PRICES CURRENT.

BRITISH

FUNDS. (Closing Prir.es.) Saiserd.131effiday. Tuesday. W.dau.I Thurs. Friday,

abut ex 961 51 210 shit 961 Mississippi 6 Ditto 4 - 964 Spanish .8 5-- French 3 75f. 25c. Ditto New Deferred I - Ditto 41 -- -- Ditto (Passive)

Massachusetts (Sterling) 5 - — Venezuela

Austrian 6 p. Ct Belgian

41 -

Ditto 21 - Brazilian

9 -

Buenos Ayres 6 - Chilli= 5 Danish 5 Ditto 3 -

9-- 44 - - a- a- 48 - •

Si - New York 99 Peruvian 65 Portuguese 102 Ditto.

103 Russian — Ditto Dutch (Ex. 12 Guilders) -21 - 641 Sardinian FOREIGN PONDS.

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

Mexican I p. Ct

691

42

1121 5 32

001 91 cad, 46/ 22/

Spur Cent Consols

Ditto for Ammar

I per Cents Reduced 31 per Cents

Long Annuities Bank Stock, slur Ceat India Stock, 101 per Cent Exchequer Filth, 25. per diem India Bonds 31 per Cent Si

96

95

993

93/ 941

951 961 97 61 51 9

210 218 250 6 pm. 231 3

4,

Pot

3 pm.

9

97 51 220 SHARES.

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

RAILoAys-

Bristol anti Exeter Caledonian Edinburgh and Glasgow Eastern Counties Great Northern Great South. and West. Ireland Great Western Hull and Selby Lancashire and Yorkshire Lancaster and Carlisle London. Brighton, & South Coast London and Blackwell London and North-western Midland Midland Great Western (Ireland) North British Oxford, Wor. and Wolverhampton Scottish Central South-eastern and Dover South-western York, Newcastle, and Berwick York and North Midland

Doces-

East and West India Loudon St. Katherine Victoria 371 63 131 861 103l ae 110 688

1504

1031 641 138 39

"63

781 661

so

112 94 78

Esse CS--

Australasian

British North American Colonial Commercial of London London and Westminster London Chartd. link. of Australia National of Ireland National Provincial Provincial of Ireland Union of Australia...

Union of Louden Moms-

Brazilian Imperial Ditto (St. John del Rey) Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Nouveau Monde

IllacaLLANTOos-

Australian Agricultural Canada Crystal Palace General Steam Peel Elver Land and Mineral Peninsular and Oriental Steam

Royal Mall Steam

South Australian PROVISIONS.

Butter-Best Fresh, 16s. OIL per dos. Carlow, 41. 185.-to 51. 2a. per awt. -

Bacon, Diets per cwt. 575. to 595. Cheese, Cheshire 68 - 82 Derby Plain - 62 - 66 Hams, York 84 -86 Eggs, French, per 120,45.44. to Ss.ad.

HEAD 07 CATTLE AT Surransto. Friday. Monday.

Beasts. 862 4,74/ Sheep . 4,110 24,090 Calves . 119 91

Plg8 ... 209 240

WOOL.

Down and half-bred Hoge per lb. 145.40 174.

Wether and Ewe 24 -15 Leicester Hogget and Wether 13 - 138 Skin Combing. 13 - 243

GROCERIES.

Tea, Souchong, fine, per lb. Is. Od. to U. 01. Congoa, Ins 1 6 - 1 9 Pekoe, ttowm7 I it -5- A 0 • In Bond-Ditty la. 103. per lb. , Coffee, fine (in bond) per cwt. 761. to 901. 051,1

Good Ordinary 46s. - 48s. 0 , Sager, Muscovado, per cwt 245. si 3. _ .

West India Ifolassea 17i. 6 I. to 15..9'4

OILS. COALS, CANDLES. Rape 011 per cwt. £5 0 0 Refined 2 1 I Linaeed Oil 1 9 3

Linseed 011-Cake per 1000 11 0 0 Candles, per dozen 75.0d. to 7s. 6d.

Moulds, or dozen Plead. to 75. N. Coals, Helton 264. Od. Tees 265. 051. HOPS.

Kent Pockets 2105. to 2625.

Choice ditto 260 -360 Sussex ditto 200 - 240 Farnham ditto ' 0-0 FLOUR.

Town-made per sack 705. to 735.

Seconds - 65 -68 Essex and Suffolk, on board skip 60 - 61 Norfolk and Stockton 55 - 68 American per barrel 32 - 40 Canadian 39 - 40 Bread, 914. to Ild. the 41b. loaf.

92 614 234

151 2; 50 751 20 6 491 75 71 27 61 722 62 40 BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and 8th Victoria, cap. SS, for the week ending out Saturday, the 3d day of December 1953, MOE DEFAJITMENT.

Notes issued £28,406,599 Government Debt £11.015,100 Other Securities 2,984.900 Gold Coin and Bullion 14,404,690 Silver Bullion £28,406,990 int,4011,690

SA LINO DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors' Capital £14,053,000 Government Securities OE. Rost 3,175,626. cradle g Dead Weightdnualty) /13,622,039 Public Deposits. 709,9245 Othe Securities 16.386,818

Other Deposits 11.480,162 Notes 7,200,790 Seven Day and other Bills 1,236,912 Gold and Silver Coin 683,977 £38,095,621 £38,568,514 Vaeluding Exe,hequer, Savings-Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, & Dividend Accts.

BULLION. Per or. METALS.

Foreign Gold in Ran, Standard ....es 17 II Copper, British Cakee£126 0

Foreign Goldin Coin,Portugal Pieces 0 0 0 Iron, Welsh Bars 8 17 New Dollars 0 6 I Lead, British Pig 23 0

Silver in Bare.Standard 0 0 0 Steel , Swedish Keg... 16 0

Per ton.

• 00 .. 00

• 90

• 00 GRAIN, Mark Lane, December 9.

5. 5.

Rye 361040 1 Maple 471o90 Barley 28-30 Wlute .... 56-60 Malting 38-40 Boilers ... el --62 Malt, Ord 61-68 Beans, Tlcks. 38-40 Fine 68-70 Old 42-46 Peas, Hog .. 49-46 Indian Corn 37-42 Wheat,B-New 69 0o61 Fine 03-60 Old 67-60 White 43-64 Fine 64-66 Super. New. 74-76

L

Oats, Feed .. 22 to 23 Pine 23-24

Poland 06-07 Pine 27-28 Potato 28-29 Fine .. 29-39 ATEH.AGE PRICES OF CORN. WEEKLY AVERAGE. Per Qr. (Imperial) of England and Wales. For the Week ending December 3. Wheat.... 715. 114. lLye 42s. 114. Wheat .. . 72. 74. Rye 435, Barley.... 41 6 Beans 50 6 Barley 40 9 leans 52

Oats 25 8 Peas Al 5 Oats 26 3 Peas 93

23.

BUTCHERS' MEAT.

NEM/AU AND LEADENELLL.. SMITHFIELD..

a. d. S. d. s. d. s. a. d. s. a. Beef .. 2 8 to 3 4 to 3 8 .... 2 10 to 4 4 W 4 8

Mutton. 8 4 - 3 19 - 4 4 4 - 4 10 - 5 2 Veal .. 8 0 - 4 0 - 4 4 8 8 - 4 8-0 0 Pork,. 3 4 - 4 4 - 5 0 .... 4 4 - 4 8 - 6 0 Lamb,, 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0* ... 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 • To sink the offal, per le lb.

HAY AND STRAW. Per Load of 86 Trusses.)

Criessztain. Serricemze. Witresortaret•

1005. to 110. 1105. to 1125. .... 100s. to 112

40 - 81 82-80 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 70 - 86

124 -130 124 -126 90 -126

40-44 32 -42 3(1 -85 Hay, Good Inferior New Clover Wisest Straw