PRICES CURRENT.

Thurs. Friday.

3 per Cent Consols

Ditto for Account

3 per Cents Reduced New 3 per Cents

Lung Annuities

Annuities 1865

Bank Stock, 11 per Cent India Stock, 101 per Cent

Exchequer Bala, 214. per diem

Exchequer Bonds 1859 India Bonds, 4 per Cent

951 951 9141 931 951 964

931- 951 951 931 951 964 nl n1 93/ 944 951 961 814 931 93j 931 94 961 - 2 — — 184 — — 3294 2261 2231 227 2234 226 — — 219 2211 22 ina. 22 28 23 30 32 .1001 1004 1001 1001 1001 15 pn. — — 21 21

YORMIGN

(Last &tidal Quotation during the

FUNDS.

Austrian s ,c1. Belgian - Ditto si - Brazilian 6 -

Buenos Ape* 6 - Chillan 6 -

Danish 6- Ditto $ -

Dutch (Ex. 12 Guilders) 21 -

Ditto 4- French 3 - -- 97 — 1031 38 ex d.

104 — 84 631 - 991 — French Mexican Peruvian Portuguese 1833 Russian Sardinian Spanish Ditto New Deferred Ditto Passive Turkish . .

Venezuela Week ending Friday Evening.) 41 P•Ut• 3 - 41 -

3 - 5 - I - 3 - 3 - 6 -

2 - (Last Official Quotation during the Week ending Friday Evening.)

alILWATS- Balms-

Cheater and Holyhead City Great Northern London Great South. and West. Ireland. London and County Lancashire and Yorkshire London Joint Stock Midland South Australia Worth-Eastern-York Western Bank of London

Oxford, Wor.& Wolverhampton DOCI.-

Scottish Midland London South-Eastern and Dover St. Katherine Eastern of France Victoria

East Indian MISCELLANSOC11-•- Grand Trunk of Canada 48 British American Laud Great Indian Peninsular 211 Canada Great Western of Canada .... 211 Crystal Palace Perla and Lyons 13 Electric Telegraph MIANS- General Steam

Australian I National Discount Brazilian Imperial

Ditto St. John del Rey 114

Cobre Copper Rhymney Iron 23 Bristol and Exeter Australasian Caledonian British North American Eastern Counties Colonial Edinburgh and Glasgow Commercial of London Glasgow and South-Western ... - Engl. Scotsh. & Australian Chtd

Great Western London Chrtd. Junk. of Australia Lancaster and Carlisle London and Westminster

London, Brighton,& South Coast National Bank London and Blackwell National Provincial London and North-Western.... New South Wales London and South-Western.... Oriental Manchester, Shetlield,& Lincoln. Provincial of Ireland • Midland Great Western (Ireland) - Union of Australia North British Union of London North-Eastern-Berwick Unity Scottish Central Bast and West India - , Geelong and Melbourne Australian Agricultural

931 941 37 81j 671 106 106 614 94 1074 ex d. 61 len 991 401 cad. 67 541 971 Si 331 1084 77 1203

174 134 II 105 25 81

London Discount 4 Peninsular and Oilental Steam 801

Royal Mail Steam - 60

South Australian 94

as 62 cad. 271 201 191 491 sad. 301 19 Cad. 30ex d. 151 cad, 311 76

341 641 341 161 121 ex d.

124 166 32 _117

BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the 7th and 8th Victoria, cap. 82, for the week ending on Wednesday the 3d day of Feb. 1898. ISSUE DEP■IITILENT.

229,413,163 Government Debt 211,013,105

Other Securities 1.159.000 Gold Coin and Bullion 14,970,141

Sliver Bullion £23,445,103 A39.445,163 ...MEMO DEPLIITNEYT. Proprietors' Capital 214,533,000 Government Securities (Mein- Itest. 3,721,209 ding Dead Weight Annuity).. 29,519,161 Public Deposits' 3,651,686 Other Securities 10,073,740 Other Deposits 17,030,175 Notes 9,370,100 Seven Days and other Bills... 870,362 Gold and Silver Coin 823,331 239,826,332 £39,824,932

• Including Exchequer, Saving-Banks,Commlasioners of National Debt, & Dividend Acct,

Notes issued BULLION. Per os.

Foreign Gold in Bars, Standard 23 17 9 Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in Bars, Standard 0 6 if METALS. Per ton. Copper, Brit. Cakes 2117 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Iron, Welsh Bars.... 7 10 0 .. 8 10- 0 Lead, British Pig ... 25 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Steel, Swedish Keg.. 22 0 0 .. 22 10 0 GRAIN, Mark Lane, Feb. 5.

Wheat,R. 0 eta 0 Fine 0- 0 Red, New 40-42 Pine 43-45 White Old 0- 0 Fine 0-0 New 45-49 Pine 49 to 51 Foreign,R 38-48 White F 51 - 58 Rye 34-30 Barley 0- 0 Malting 38 - 40 Malt, Ord 58-62 Fine 63 to 68 Peas, Hog 35-37 Maple 37-40 White 38-12 Blue 0- 0 Beans, Ticks 34-39 Harrow 39-15 Indian Corn. 34 to 38 Oats, Feed.. 13..-23 Fume.... 26-28 Poland ... 35-29 Fine .... 23-20 Potato .... 57-29 Fine 29 -30 WEEKLY AVERAGE. SIX-WEEKS AVERAGE.

For the Week ending Jan. 30. Per Qr. (Imperial) of England and Wales. Wheat 47.. Ai, I Rye 34e. 101. Wheat.... 48s. Od. 1 Rye 32s. lls,

Barley 37 1 Beans 39 6 Barley.... 36 7 Beans 38 4 Oats 23 1 Peas 40 4 Oats 22 7 1 Yeas 40 0 FLOUR.

Town -made per sack 43.. to 46s.

Seconds 36 39 Essex and Suffolk, on board ship 33 - 35 Norfolk and Stockton 30 - 32 American per barrel 24 - 27 Canadian 24 - 27 Bread. 514. to 714. the 41b. loaf. PROVISIONS. Butter-Best Fresh, 101. Od. per dos. Carlow, Si. 12s. to Si. 18s. per cwt. Bacon, Irish per en t.

Cheese, Cheshire, fine ".

Derby, pale 66 Hams, York Eggs, French, per 120, Os. lid. to 74 - - 74

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BUTCHERS' NEAT.

KLYS-61.7. •ND L.annnni. CATTLE-3111.8[61... a. d s, d. s. d. d. s. d. Beef... 3 0103 8 to 4 0 .... 3 6 to 4 4104 8 Mutton 3 2 - 3 10 - 4 4 .... 4 4 - 0 - 6 4 Veal... 3 8 - 4 0 - 4 8 .... 4 10-2 0 - 5 6 Fork.. 3 4 - 4 0 - 4 8 .... - 4 0 - 4 6 Lamb. 0 0 - 0 0 - o 0 .... 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 • To sink the offal, per 8 lb.

EILLII Or CATTLI: tv 095 earns-man I< l• T.

Monday. Friday. Beasts.. 9,411 715 Sheep -14,380 1,14.

Calves.. so Ill Pigs... 91 ,613

HOPS.

Weald of Kent Pockets 56s. to 701.

Mid and East Kent ditto 70 -120 Sussex-ditto 52 - 62 Farnham ditto 0 - 0 . 'WOOL.

Down Tegs per lb. 2214.00 171J. Half-bred Wethers 14 - 10

Leicester Fleeces 14 - ii

Combing Skins 1(1 - 131

HAY AND STRAW. (Per Load of 36 Trusses.) Smi-rnrixtz.Wis premiss-at. ecnevatsza. 66e. to 70e 68e. to 74e $4. to 001.

60 - 60 65 63 60 - 76 0 - 0 0-0 o - 0

SO -100 90 - 95 95 -100 24 - 38 24 26 30 - 33 Hay, Good Inferior New Clover Wheat Straw GROCERIES.

Tea, Souchong, fine,perlb.2a. 01.20 2e.10d.

Congou, fine 1 10 -3 6 Pekoe, flowery $ .0 - 4 6 In bond-Duty Is 91. per lb. Coffee, fine In bond) cwt. 68e. Od. to 80s. Oft. Good Ordinary 52e. bd. to SO. Od. Cocoa, Trinidad (in bond) 73s. Od. to 831. Od. Rice, Ame. dr. Carolina 20s. Od. to 23e. Od. Sugar, Muscovado, average... 24e. 711.

West India Molasses 14,.Od. to 17s. Od. POTATOES.

Kent and Essex Regenta.. ton .120s. toI60s. Shims 0 - 0 York Regents 180 - 0 Scotch ,, 120 -140 MISCELLANEOUS.

Jainalea Rum..., per gal. 4s. 10d. to 54 94 101 104 Saltpetre, Ref... per cwt 43 0

Brandy, Best Brands Cotton, N. Orleans.per lb °nano, Peruvian . per ton 280 0

Tallow r. Y. C... per cwt 53 6 - 0 G43-0 Rape OiTI7English refined 41 0 -• 43 Linseed Oirrown 28 0 - 0 - Palm Oil 4402 (0)

Cocoa-nut Oil

Linseed Oil-cake, per ton 200 0

Tees 17 6 17 6

Coals, Hetton

11 -

- o 71

- 43 - 0 - 45 - 41 - 0

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