PRICES CURRENT.

BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) &turd. Monday Tuesday. reduce. Thum

S per Cent Consols

Ditto tor AeeoUnt 3 per Cents Reduced 31 per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent India Stock, 101 Exchequer Bills, 114. per diem India Bonds, 3 per Cent

FOREIGN FUNDS. • (Last Official Quotation during Ohs Week ending Friday Evening.) Alabama (Sterling) Aiutrian 5 p. Ct. — Massachusetts (Sterling)...5 p.Ct. Belgian a - — mexiean . • .. ... ........ 5 - 4 — . .3* e

Ditto 21 -

- 51* Mississippi (Sterling) 6

Brazilian 6 - 86 Neapolitan 5

Buenos Ayres . 6 - 6 42 aiwo York (1858) .... ....5

Outten

a

Danish ............ . ....3 - — Pennsylvania 5

Dutch (Ex. 12 Gullders) .. n - 801 Peruvian .... ....... 6 Ditto. 4 - 921 Portuguese 5

French 3 Ditto 8 Ditto 5 -Russian 5 Indiana (Sterling) 5 - -- Spanish .... .... ....... 6 Illinois 6 Ditto . - .. ..• .. ...... 3 Kentucky Ditto (Passive)

Louisiana (Sterling) I - 73 Ditto (Deferred)

Maryland (Sterling) 6 - Veueluela Active £26,010,711 BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Proprletors'CapItal £14,553,000 Government Securities (In- Rest 3,4.7,378 eluding DeadWeiglitAnnuity)E12,607,417

Public Deposits* 8,193,471 Other Securities 13,979,960 Other Deposits 7,991,126 Notes 6,623,515

Seven Day and other Bill, .... 885,995 Gold and Silver Coin 742,779

£36,033,970 £36,063,970 • IncludingEschequer,SayIngs Banks,Commissionersof NationaiDebt&Dividend Amounts,

AVERAGE PRICES OP CORN. DUTY ON FOREIGN CORN.

Per Qr. (Imperial) of England and Wales. For the present Week.

Wheat ... 60s. 44. !Rye ... .... 42a. 84. Wheat 4.04. I Rye 2s. Od

Barley. ... 43 1 Beans .... .. 45 11 Barley 2 0 Beans 2 0 Oats.. .... 21 5 Peas 49 I Oats I 6 Peas 2 0 Weekly Averages for the Week ending Dec. 12.

Wheat, 605. 34.-Barley,43s. 14.-Oats, 6s. 3d-Rye, 42,.11d.-Boans,45s.0d.-Peu,48s. 711.

HOPS. POTATOES.

Kent Pockets 80s. to 95r. Tort Reds per ton 140s. to Ifikt.

Choice ditto 100 -130 Scotch Reds 0 - 0 Sussex Pockets 75 - 95 Devons 0 - 0 Finetlitto 112 -147 Kent and Eases Whites 0 - 0 HAT AND STRAW. (Per Load of 36 Trusses.)

Consaateen.

May, Good 70, to 76# Inferior ...... 63 - 63

New ...... 0 - 0

Clover 90 - 94 Wheat Straw 32 - 34 PROVISIONS '

Butter-Best Fresh, 14. 64. per dos. Carlow,41. lis. to N. 18s. per cwt.

Bacon, Irish per cwt. 60s.- 62s.

Cheese, Cheshire 62 - ti

Derby Plain 60 -26 Hams, York. 60 - 74

Eggs, French, per 120, 124.6d. to 15s. oa.

BUTCHERS' MEAT.

NswOATs

5.

Ass LILDINEALL.•

O. d. I. d. BM11111121.0.•

s. of. s.

Huts Or Carts an

S. a. Smaireptatn.

Beef... 2 I to 3 4 to 3 10 .. .. 3 6 to 4 to 4 8

Friday. Mondry.

Mutton 3 - 4 0 - 4 6 4 4 - 4 1 - 5 4 Beasts. 1,376 5,470 Veal... 3 -4 0 - 4 4 4 0-4 5 0 Sheep. 9,900 26,.570 Pork ..

3

-4 0 - 4

8 4 0-4 6 0 Calves. 190 92 Lamb.. 0 -0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 Pigs. . 230 216 • To sink the offal. Per lint& GROCERIES.

Tea, Bobea, fine, per /b. Os 24. to 0.9 8. Congou, fine 1 0 -2 2

Souchong, fine 1 3 - 2 6

• In Bond-Duty 2s Id. per lb. Coffee, One (in bond) per cwt. 631.10 123s. Od Good Ordinary 37s. to 46s. Sugar, Muscovado, per cwt- 324. Id.

West India Molasses. .. 21s 04 to 33s.. 04.

(Last Official Quotation Edinburgh and Glasgow Eastern Counties Great North of England Hull and Selby Lancaster and Carlisle London Brighton and South Coast London and Blackwell London and Greenwich London and North-western London and York Manchester and Birmingham Manchester and Leeds

Midland . . ..........

Newcastle and Carlisle North British South-eastern and Dover South-western

York and North Midland .... Daces-

East and West India .

London St. Katherine SHARES.

during the Week ending Friday Evening.)

I B as so- 75; ' Australasian 231 British North American

237 Colonial 130 Commercial of London 107 London and Westminster London Joint Stock

593 National of Ireland

81 National Provincial 91 Provincial of Ireland 195 Union of Australia 21 Union of London

— Miens-

- Bolanos 1371 Brazilian Imperial — Ditto (St. John Del Rey)

37 Cobre Copper 391 MISICELIANE01711—

63 Australian Agricultural ..

93 Canada General Steam 141 Peninsular and Oriental Steam 113 Royal Mail Steam 991 South Australian

211 Is

271.

• 96' Ill 01

7514:x.d.

BULLION. Per oz.

Foreign Gold in Bars, Standard .. 17 9

Foreign GoldinCoki, PortugalPieces 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 101 Silver in Bars, Standard .... 0 5 01

METALS. Per ton. .

Copper,British Cakes Zia 10 0.. 0 0.. 8 Iron, British Bars.... I 13 6 .. 10 0 0 Lead, British Pig.... 18 10 0 .. le 14 0 Steel, English 0 0 0 .. 0 0 0 I. S.

Wheat,R.New 62 10 64 Fine 64-66 Old 62-64 White 64-64 Fine 66-7C Super.New 65-71

GRAIN, Mark Lane, Dec. 4.

I. I

Rye 44 to48 Barley 37-89 Malting 40-42 Malt, Ord 69-70 Fine. 72- 76 Peas, Hog 46-49

S. S. Oats, Feed. 27 ton Fine 28-39 Poland. 30-31 Fine. 21-52 Potato . 32-33 Fine. 39-36

Maple 491050 White 48 - 50 Boilers 80-54 Beans, Ticks. 40-42 Old. .. 42-44 Harrow 44-46 shut 9,1 ex d sib

esti

91 297 shut 14 pm 22 pm. 931 911 SS 91 14 978 931 951 91 207 II 931 911 951 91 207 13 931 94 96 207 13 931 96 961 91 206 10 233 87 63. b21 1111 211 371 11 40 BANK OF PaeCILAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and 6th Victoria, cap. 32,for the week ending- on Saturday the 12th day of Dec. 1046.

ISSUE DKPARTSIENT.

Notes tuned £28,41u,735 Government Debt E11,015,100

Other Securities 2,904,909 Gold Coln and Bullion 11,933.618 Silver Bullion 2,474,917

£28,410,726

8211710.181.11. WitrraellAYSI.

78s. to 110t.. Os to Os.

45 - 60 65 - 72 95 - 100 0- 30 - 34 ....

FLOUR.

Town-made per sack 60s. to 63e.

Seconds 56 59 Essex and Suffolk-onboard ship 53 -96

Norfolk and Stockton 50 - 33 Bran, per quarter 0 - 0 Pollard, fine. .... 0 - 0 Bread, Bd. to 94. the 41b. loaf.

OILS, COALS, CANDLES.

Rape Oil per cwt. El 131. 04. Refined 1 16 0 Linseed 011 1 5 6 Linseed Oil-Cake per 1000 0 0 0 Coedits, per doses, Is 6d. to 6s. 64. Moulds (64. per doz. discount) 7s. 64.

Coals, Hetton 18:. 64.

Tees es.. 04.