... TIMBER IN i899. Teak-The market for -this wood was consistently firm throughout 1899. The shippers, both in Burma and Siam, continued to demand an advance on. the level of the previous year's prices, and consumers generally steadily resisted such pretensions. Forward contracts were, therefore, few and difficult to make, but the 'hand-to-mouth consumption was of so steady a character that the ...

... A , .flR X MAR KE S . 71i i; ?? A.. ?? ?? ?? 't:dMS. :.t Ac-. ?? : NEtW YOiiKtO6K EXkCHANGE.' B~oU OURt C oatssplwretr.] LJrw YoEZ'januar 3.-There has beer n a'oisierihle. 1e~anaon at'f thie. volume of bnaine&, transacted' ai She Stc'Erbsagh,. thet tatil dealings, ~comzpringa abot .829,00 sabae's, wella distrsbjsted over I e active lists. The sesimi opned duill -and low~er, an-d ffraders ...

... I BMUINGRAM SHARE LIST. 'te I Jrt rnaet haa ?? somte imateas Of vrination. Smnful-arms ir firma at the recent impmres wetin I rc and British Mriw~seope havm recovered to, 14s. As regtads Thanks, Lloyds continue a featur%* further rise to' 33% having bccaried;- Metzopolitaa-are qactoed higher.' B:rewiry deacriptionA have been quibi; arle quoted mazerially betten. nisi Holt have show wolre ...

... P iCE EE ., . I .IE I e~tet A o -Y esrerdajafternoon,~ at Winchester iH ouse,: an ertraozdinary1 general: wmeeting of~ the sbarehclder6~a'in this undertaking was'lheld to toisrar ' a series of' spe a resolutions, havingr for their; obect the obnr winding-up an:d tecnstruton of die company There -was a very'small -atendaneSir William Ingram, the chairmanof the'boasd of directrs, who presided ...

... MON i ohr A -STOCK MARKETS. BsAsNm- ?? (ovrts: :n, 1 ?? FOR~s[G-h ?? Sze-rSNo Das ?? Jssus 10, L4Z1Z PRICES AGAIN BEIR ON BALANCB. ?? n Qu Cu Coneoaa tmoyro, WeddeWay. The firmness developed in disco t rates in, Looitt b-6i Street yesterday afternoon has proved very .sluost-lived, ?? giving way in viev of the abundance of funds, and the approach- hng d4stribution 'of the dividends- on British ...

... CORN. LONDO (TnzBAanicl.-Wheat : Assistedbvis American adviens the market opened firm, widi motly askting 3d. per quarter advance~; buyersapt- in -renewed force, and the outlook is agerin cblfei Walla. Walla. 14.,810 garters per Botbwellis held~i * d, whilst 28s.& 9d. is Mid. For Pine Stemn 10,8330 quar i. per Kilmory 30s. Sd. 3s asked. Walla Waila laig ob'.tainable at 27's 9d. For Californian ...

... .MtDLAND SECURITIES I1M JAN7~kRYI Tbhe folloywing is a table of the leading coimfer- W cialahd ind ustrial securities dealt in ?? 0 Ezehange, showing the yield - per cent.. on the basts of the latestdiveidends and selling prices ~ *PrAe !re Janlairy-l. pee ZQa 1kbigdon Works ?? 1 W t 201Oin BroCam-n (3e.13! 620113iBOS 13:0in 4Dtt, 4 e'f. 5 6 6:B 00Ditto, ?? De. 4 4%O ~102% 3 is, p I ...

... LTOYS sSE-NG NEWS. THE AMALS. Amzs, Jan. 3.-Tbe Laos, from Marseilles foro left-Jan. 4: The Pennslar, from Blrbav, theG :, for Ease Africa, and the Duke of Portland, for 3rn arrived. BRIsns:sx, Jan. ?? Isis, from PB-t Said, arriI BmS.ANSE, Jan. 4.-The Duke of Argyll, jO; . bound, left; the Duke of Devohire, from 3 ' arrived. BanowiEssn, Jan. 4.-The Perniand, from Pbilade1 | for Liverpoo], ...

... RA3r OF ECGLA2r, Par (NSOVESl 30, IM99) ?? . 6X ?4Qm=IGETLY Sfsrrna DAm ?? ?? JAI..nr 10, U. 1. MONEY AARK= MUCH EASIRL [Fnoar GUsL GIn Conn;srPobrvnIr LoNDoR. Thursday. Six per cent. continues the official minimum at ;he Bank of En gland, the directors at their meet- mug to-day having decided to nakeeno change. The weekly return of the central institution for the past week showed some -very ...

... THEE MEMTA MARAKET I 1899.: thae good trade of thle ceosntry during the Paat Tfr was fully sA red in by the mnetal trade, and a very lageM volkine of bu nixess was done.' I~n muatimetals ?? ou tstrivpped the supply, and for a longlperiod abnormlyth high prices ruled. As usual, ihowever., speculation foreddi up' values'beyond~tbe lavel at wrbfhio they could be main- tb tained, and the last. ...

... AMERICAN MALKEThS. NTVYORK STOCK EXCHANGE. RnOM OUR CoaaarorrnxDtrr.] tic IN-w YORE, January 4.-The volume of bnusiness at the ~ Stock Exchtange has been smaller in the aggregatv, and po althougha some half-dozen favourite. at .c's recorded To hieaovy dealingii the total transactions are reduced to Pr 618.000 shares. E The declines cabled. from Londona and free foreigne selling oirders ...

... TREDE REPORTS. Covmwrear.-The first week of the New Year fir several of tbe trades of Coventry very quiet and tibI appears to be a lack of employment among unskiavi Iworkers, There is not much building going on. Te elastic-web and ribbon workers are not doing much. The engineering trade is fairly active. There is a. conlsldC able amount of work being turned out ig the monr an, 2 motor-car ...