PRICES •CURRENT.

BRITISH FUND S. (Closing Prices.)

Sassed. Monday.

--

per Cent Console

834

83/ Ditto for Account 834 831 3 per Cents Reduced 8;1 011 3* per Cent@

821 821

Long Annuities

Bank Stock,9 per Cent 1891 100 India Stock, 101

232

Exchequer Bills, 21d. and 3d. per diem 38-44 p. 3641 India Bonds, 41 per Cent 23 pm

21

FOREIG (Last Official Quotation during Austrian Blgian

Dietto tp. C — 2 bp. —

61 Brazilian 6 - 69

Buenos Ayres a - 22 Chilian ts - 41

Danish 3 -- Dutch (Ex. 12 Guilders) 21 - 42 , Ditto 4 611 French 3 -

Ditto 5 -

Indiana (Sterling) 5 - 28

Illinois 6 - 31

Kentucky - 78 Lonislana (Sterling) 8

Maryland (Sterling) 6

SHARES.

during the Week ending Friday Evening.)

32* 1 ANNA-

Australasian 45 Britiah North American

15 ex n. Colonial 31 Commercial of London

2295 London and 'Westminster 95 London Joint Stock 99 National of Ireland — National Provincial 495 Provincial of Ireland

335 Union of Australia

55 Union of London 1361 Minas- 1051 Bolanos 23 Brazilian Imperial Ditto (St. John Del key)

2441 Cobra Copper 481 MISCELLANEOUS-

324 Australian Agricultural ...

72 Canada General Steam 114 Peninsular and Oriental Steam 100 Royal Mailliteam 77 South Australian BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Amount, pursuant to the Act 7th and 8th Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Saturday, the 13th day of May 1848.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

426,364,090 Government Debt R11,015,1(0 Other Securities 2,984 .900 Gold Coin and Bullion 10,921,699 Silver Bullion 1,442,391 £16,364,090 326,361,093 ' BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors' Capital £14.553,000 Government Securities (W- idest 3,498,678 eluding DeadWeightAnnuityl£11,713.630

Public Deposits` 3,442,607 Other Securities 11,815,910 Other Deposita 9,756,433 Notes 8,036820 Seven Day and Other Bills .... 1,101,270 Gold and Silver Coin 723,516

£32,291.806 E32,291,696 • Including Exchequer,t3avings Banks, Commissioners of National Debt &Dividend Accts.

BULLION. Per os. METALS. Per ton.

Foreign Gold in Bars, Standard.. 1.3 17 9 Copper,BritbffiCakes 188 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Foreign GoldinColn,Port-agalPfaces 0 0 0 Iron, British Bars ... . 7 0 0 .. 0 0 0

New Dollars 0 4 91 Lead, British Pig .... 17 0 0 .. 0 0 0

Silver hi Bars, Standard .. . .... 0 4 111 Steel ,English 0 0 0 .. 0 0 9

GRAIN, Mark Lane, May 19.

Wheat,R. New 44 to 46 Fine 46 -48 Old 45 -47 White 46-48

Fine 60 -52

Super. New 52 -58

AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN. DUTY ON FOREIGN CORN.

Per Qr. (Imperial) of England and Wales. For the present Week. Wheat 495. 116. I Rye . . 29s. 96. Wheat Si. Od. 1 Rye 21.61. Barley 32 3 Beans 35 4 Barley 2 0 I Beans 2 0 Oats .. ... 19 9 ) Peas 37 2 Oats 3 0 ' 1 Pees 2 0 Weekly Averages for beVeek ending may 13. Wheat, 498. led.-Barley,32:. 86.-Osta,20s. 2ti -Bye, 29s. led.-Beans,35s. 6 d.-Eess, 360.94.

FLOUR. PROVISIONS.

Town-made per sack 46s. to 49s.

Seconds 43 45

Norfolk and Stockton 39 41 Essex and Suffolk.on board ship 41 - 43

Bran per quarter 0 - 0 Pollard,fine 0 - 0

Bread, bid. to 8d. the 41b. loaf. Butter-BestFresh, M. ed. per dos.

Cheese, Cheshire 54 - 76 Hama, York 60 - 76

Eggs, French, per 120, 4s. Od, to 5s. 6ti. Bacon, Irish per cwt. 70s. - 761. Carlow, Or. Oa. to M. Os. per OWL Derby Plain . 60 - 66

NIIVGATI ass LIADNWHALL.• EIYITIIIISILD..

BUTCHERS' MEAT. Haan or CAW= •T S. d. a. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. a. d. Serviceman.

Friday. Mandel.

Beef .. 3 4 to 3 8 to 4 0 2 10 to 3 10 to 4 4 Beasts. 1,161 8,790 Mutton 3 8 - 4 4 - 4 10 3 8 - 4 4-6 2 Sheep.. 16•760 21,090 Veal .. 3 4 - 4 0 - 4 8 4 0 - 4 4 5 2 Calves. 414 180 Pork .. 4 0 - 4 8 - 6 0 4 0 - 4 6 -6.0 Pigs.-. 390 381

Lamb. 5 8 - 8 8 - 0 0 6 0 - 6 10 0 0 • To sink the offal, per 8 lb.

HOPS. POTATOES. Kent Pockets 60s. to 78s. York Reds per ton.1801. to 2001.

Choice ditto 80 - 103 Scotch Reds 0 - 0 Sussex Pockets 58 - 72 Devons 0 - 0 Fine ditto 0 - 0 Kent and Essex Whites 130 - Ho Hay, Good 75.. to 784 72,. to 74s.

Inferior 55 - 65 60 = 65 HAY AND STRAW. Per Load of 86 Tresses.)

COUSSILLAND. SMITH/13UL WarritesSic. 0.. IQ 0'. u -

New 0 - 0 0 - 0 55 -

Clover 90 95 90 - 95 70 - 9„ , ..8,s'

Wheat Straw 28 - 32 26 - 30 .... ...... 21 Linseed Oil 1 3 0

Rape 011 per cwt. Al 15s. Od.

Linseed Oil-Cake per 1000 0 0 0

Refined 1 18 0

Candles, per dozen, 54 3d. to 54. 6d.

Coals, Eaton 15s. 9d.

Tees 151. 61.

Moulds (8d.per doz discount) 7s. Od. OILS, COALS, CANDLES. Tea, Bohea, fine, -.pull,. Os. ld. to a.

Coffee, fine (in bond) per owl. 66s. to 1105.

Sugar, Muscovado, per cwt 250.54.

West India Molasses ....15s. Od. to nit. Od.

Good Ordinary 290. L033, .

Congou, fine 1 3 -1

Boaeheng, fine 1 a 2 6 • In Bond-Duty 2s Id. par lb. GROCERIES.

Tuesday. Warms. --

831 831 831 831 81 821

8211 134 1811 191

— 233 36-45 33-45 20 20

Thurs.

814 84 821 83 1911 2305 36-47 22

114.

81 831 021 231 192 23o/ 47 26

N FUNDS.

the Week ending Friday Evening.)

Massachusetts (8terling) 5 p. Ct..

Mexican 5 - Michigan

Mississippi (Sterling) 6 - New York (1868) ..... 5 -

a

Pennsylvania Peruvian Portuguese Ditto Russian 8 Spanish

Ditto a

Ditto (Passive) Ditto (Deferred) Venezuela Active

se 115 90 Si

381 70

13

13 234 31

sat

(Last Official Quotation Ilsitwsrs- Caledonian Edinburgh and Glasgow Eastern Counties Great Northern Great North of England Great Western . .

Hull and Selby Lancashire and Yorkshire Lancaster and Carlisle

London Brighton and South Coast

London and Blackwell London and North-western Midland North British Northern and Eastern South-mama and Dover South-western York, Newcastle, and Berwick York and North Midland

Doers-

East and West India London 81. Katherine

KIS

104

19 21 451 Notes Issued

Rye 38(040 Maple 40 to 42 Barley 25 - 27 White.— 37 - 98 Malting- 32 - 31 Boilers ... 38-40 Malt, Ord 58 - 60 Beans,Ticks. 35 - 36 Fine 80- 62 Old 40 -42 Peas, Hog ... 38 -39 Harrow 40 -42 Oats, Feed . 20 to21 Fine. 21-22 Poland . 23 -24 Fine . 24 -26 Potato .. 26 -27 Fine . 27 -28