... LLOYD'S SmaPPDiG NEWS. TIM MAILS. BArforons, Dec. 31.-The Bosui, from Hanbrue arrived. BEAcE? HExA Dec. 31--Tho OC-ani, from Lrs burg for South Atimerica, passed. BROwEADn, Dec. 30.-lhe Etruria, from Nev Yori for Livernool, passed. COLON, Dec. 29.-The Traveller, from 1irere,^ arrived. COL9O, D~ee. 29.-The Yeras, from Yokohama, Marseilles, leFt. Crxn&vzN, Dec. 30.-The Buenos Aires, froml ?? ...

... SocRn Sseio'sHri.z.-The iron trade has been quiet - durine the weel owing to the holidays, when the works were stopped, but they will be in full swing again with a the New Year. Enquiries have been slow, but makers h have a good amount of orders in hand. Prices are very firm. Steadv husiness is done in the bar trade, beat d marked bars beinz quoted :£10 lOs., merchant bars £9 'Ss. to £10. and ...

... : ~. I LOND4N (ThuX CQRNT . - wheat eoptizbes firm. 4 au4. t eja %kA'r y.wltsis eroe re.vdj 0i E IoZn s.e$ Are prop :Ocors VM707 u~iwtirs, ?? ltbuk ?? hil. pit is,. 341.; hlu gsrem 10,281 juarters, per B'iew4,Octoberi ELx at N6s. 3d. j arid 10,000 cjdarrrs 80~th ?? ralian Tanar at 22k. Wallii Waila prompt may hbe had at 2%i. id., an2i Odess Janury (o s.y 2. d. ]?raoelsfirmier; No. 1Id ...

... MOHERICAN hMARKETS. SEW YORK STOCK ESCHANGKE mowo Our. Co.n.ssroc,-nr%.-rJ jORE. D~ienixr 30.-'To-da-y's tradinghas been ?? ries, whichb centred largely in industrials and ~, ;Baltimtore, 'southern Pacific, and Union n- .~e ail;road list. The weeks oaltrnover (in five datys) about 2, 600, 000shragit , a NO the previons -week. market opened firm, w-itha an upward tendency. i -~rered. purchases ...

... 1WNX2Y STOCK NAwakT$ BAIMCrPc1 ENGosxnAirGt (owa 3Oi 1899) ; 10fl3fll SrrrnrG D kn .. ?? Jtw 10, 11, 12. MAUXIETS STRONG. W_ [Fou OQu Cm COBAasIownD T.l Lo-NDo, ;S4turday. -ioo-etar requiremetls in Lombard Street to- d were Very brisk, owing to the demands inci enal to the end of the year. The charge for loans unitil Monday ranged from 5% up to 6% per araunt, and wveekly fixtures, were called ...

... B3usiness British hag Bellies an recovery have' chan while C. aa 5. BanB Prev's 13i'no. 1k ts5?, 5 18 10 2- 10 2'1 2 10 35/5 5 l11% 20 32'5 s0 52% 60 14-4 59 A 10 3/i I 40 1Q 10% 10 1par I 1 18 100 24/ 10 105i/, 1iOQi 453 5 102 Sty~ 0l l 65 5 I 77 H2 5 10 Ii I. 10 1 51 5 D 1I /0 I 410D 51 II 5M 5 25/6 1 120 I 30 10 8 5 0%: 5 101% 100 18 20 3b65 1 23/5 1 9%4 7 4% 7 15 S 15a/ 20 97* 4 ;s in the ...

... JAMES CAP.TLAND &; So-.-Warrants for the half- yearly interest on the debentures, and the half-yearly 1 dividends on the preference shares were posted on Saturday. W. HI. HAT & Soxs.-The di;vidend warrants on the preference shares at the rate of 51%, due January 1, i 1900, were posted on December 30. 1899. tiOUT]ALL BROTERRS & BsacLAi.-Dividend warrants V for six months' interest on the ...

... i The tone of the real-estate market during the year just closed has been altogether very satisfactory, and displays an increasing confidence on the part of the public in this form of investment. Residential properties and shops in good thoroughfares have been readily and advantageously disposed of, whilst the prices realised at the height of the season for landed estates showed a gratifying ...

... LLOYD'S SrES. THE MA]LS.. Acres, Deec.T.M-he gZela- and -the, kg hom~eward bound l eft.: :: neirszr. Jan. ?? Ortona, from London f,, Sydneyr arrived.c I nEs, Dec. 3. -Lthe KXnigin Luise, from Brer and Ant-werp for Australia, arrivedr-Jan. 1: Thq Silesia, frnom Calcatta for Trieste, and the Hiriaiaya from .L-ordon for Sydnev. arrived. A:LBNTY, Dec. 3L.-The Antral, from Sydney f London, left. .- ...

... Avey AND STOCK MARKETS. I e: ,: 4 *fl45 8-L&so ?? (N-?raz 30~, l~) * FE~~~o LL}t-_v L--Etfra2e3, ?? ?? 6 H:EAY GOLD LNIFLUX BrSoTex 1.1 &RKTZET HOLIDAiY. I:Fao GuR Cm-y ConnRZSPOWDnNT. I .Lo o, Monday. i * 5o >era sumn th~lan £t325,OOOin goldwasreejrve thle Bank of E nglard to-day, of -which £1,099,000 wa V in Se and £226,000 in Germani -coin, &e. The market was not fully cognisant of;. ...

... I | CORN. £LOiDO'N(Tnzrsascti.-Wheat: With holidays in ?? States, on the Coentinent, and in Scotland and Liverpool, the market has been quiet at nomin.lly unchangud rates. Buvers heae generally held off, and no sales orc bide are reported. To-day seliers are firria ant) the quantity on offer has not seemingly increased. I.awto on Saturdax Oregon 11,700 quarters per Dunreggan arrived .iold at ...

... ^ BiSrsoy GNS-Irn ?? COX2 CosrNY. -The annual meeting of the shareholders of this conipany was held at the ofices, aet Ethngshlil, yesterday. Mr. Thomas Ifolroft (the chairman) presilded; and among those present were the Rev. 0. Lee, Messrs. J. Annan. H. Hfoleroft, H. S. Pratt, S. B. Cole. J. W. Hall. F. G. Liddington, B. D. Lewis, A. H. Mould,, and 3. S. Reeve-s (manager and secrerary}.-In, ...