... parce-is anre- >e ?? seod tinm e. Aithooh ever-.- efort is bNan-> t disappoint the re-eti -OS. sotrre of ti'en V go shot' s. to speak. espealr tsr ?? front jlacing thir ortders in ?? tirme 'n -.1i h0 n rhoe' tiigiht CoitaLm Same ?? III tfeAorlr- ptromr's lias ...

... the Stock Exchange to- iday to weaken prices. and quotations for all classes of securities at the close, were, generally speaking. the worst reached. Br-siness was on a small scale in almost all directions, partly owing to the settlement. which commenced ...

... last m~arket before the holidays, bulsines baa been even less than2 of late, but th~e posi- tion practiesly reains unchanged. Speak~ing gene- rally, it is unlsatisfactory, unsebttled, and the futue is very ?? Consumers dec!ine to believe that values have ...

... desire prevalent in almost all departments was to further reduce commitments for thle rise. with the result that. generally speaking, a still lower larel of prices was reached. In securities of the higlest chairacter British Fundas remained weak, declines ...

... section. The tone was weak at the opening in anwrer to the decline in New York yesterday, and prices underwent, comparatively speaking, little change thronghout the day, although just before the close the fall was somewhat reducel on a few purchases. Atehison ...

... quantity hardly sufficient to msake 431 .CbiP r:nt Aknd this scaze of affairs rules aT a ?? wien -tet are no stocks left to speak of tin the i-arir the correspondent states that lhierst crncn o. cove 'Will fully come up so expttocttfloS Ile quality. He ...

... rmorning a. slirbt degree of firmness was ap- t I on the news of the capture lby the British 'pS Of Brandfort . but, geaeraliy speaking, rnith the I ,small amouint of support from purblic sources, weakness -set i0, and the closing figures were about the worst ...

... tine to come. Yarns of ithe c-carter svros- ,,sch as 20's and under-, are hardly doing so we'd as medum counts. Generally Speaking, quocatiors are the sae as last week. Egyprian yrns are heavy. The ir combed sorts ares ie fair dezs aid, and full prices ...

... confident feeling here that the Colonial Office wiM not give way to the delegates. Wellington, Monday. Mr. Seddon, Premier, speaking at a public meetin here to-day to celebrate the seventh anniversary of his Premiership, stated that New Zealand regarded ...

... tdegree of firmness in sonme directions; but stubsequently lower prices became the rule, and markers closed heavy at, generally speak- in,. thn worst figures of the dav. A v-erv unwieldy specu- lative position in the West Australian Mining Market his just come ...

... amount growing so muds fur the sate of educational work of the coe;htte were corr- for she cause of the increase, a it did oto speak well for the increase of toniperance. TZWu coNurY- DEBT. Dea-ling wvith the county debt, -Add. Horsfall poiated con that the ...

... annum, but in a few instances bills were taken to the Bank of England for discount at 4. Outside, a quiet day was, generally speaking, experienced in regard to bills, but rates stiffened a Vtlt.le, dlotng as inder:- BeerT, SRii. Trade Bils. SLxty days ?? ...