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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Officia] statistics of Victoria's oversea ' trade show that imports of merchandise dur- ing ilny were valued at" £3,339,709, against £063,218 for'.May 1018, and exports at £3,320,202,. against £1,408,477. ' Kor the first five months of the year value of exports exceeds that of imports hy. £1,851,210, against a favourable trade balance of £827,577 for the corresponding terra last year. The ? netunl figures arc; . imports',

£15.107,081,'Bgamst £0,012,250, and exports' £10,058,297,. ngain.t, £9,930 827. Values of some of the principal articles imported and exported duriug the-five months compared

with .corresponding ligures for 1918 ns,

under:

IMPORTS. I Jnn.-May. ISIS. . 1010. '

£ £

Appirel and*3tift Roods .. 3,201,016 5,4SI,E9_ linois and shoes. 10,075 ,34,863 Corea and chocolate .. .. 55,742 07,4(18 Cordale and twincl .. .. 1,12,744 278,714 Drugs and chemicals .. . 171,1(18 318,018 Implement, i.nd machinery , 372,004 765.150 Irai and steel .'.. 228,78.1 " 431,035 .lute Roods, Ac. 483,072 523,432 Tcatlicr. 52,497 115,280

Metals, manufactures of .. 328,501 ft"fl.OT3 . {??"?. 311,855 074,fHil j Illlllber (foods. 1711,457 276.0)3 1 Spin's. 84,1104 73,571 Tea .. .. ,. ..-». 101,401 111,387 Timber . 201.022 257,0!!..

Tobacco, manufactured.. .. 7,850 2,100

-Do.; iinmanutacturcd.. .. 83,31(1 232,328 "'chicles. 22S.Ü.10 343,705

*? E\POI.Tä.

P'ltter. 1,258,472' 1,312,210 |

"heal. I,5ä»,5i2 2,8S8,483 , Flour. 803,201 1,05(1,575] dams and jellies . 3.10,028 472,19) leather. 87.038 S78.332

Meat- I

Mutton and lamb .. .. 102,753 602,104 Rabbits and hares .. .. 101,352 05,31«

Other. 230,(178 6't5,SD3 ' Skins and hides. 176.BSO !¡52,S7(! Tallow. 2,260 278,144

Wool- '

Orcasy. 2,710,50.1 " 4,040,241; Scoured and washed ... 721,641 1,051,361

Kates and allowances quoted by the associated banks are as follow:-~

Advances.-Dt»couni t_te, 5j to 6" per cent, per aurum; ovenhoft rate, (I to 7 per'cent. per annum.

Deposits.-For 0 month», 3 to 3] per cent; per snutlm; for 12 months, 4 per cent., per annum; tor 2 }ears and upwards, 4 j per cent» per annum.

LONDON n.\C!IANaE.

Oujfntr. Sellltw.

rd/ A discount O.D. 10/ X premium. 27/0 % discount so dava 2/0 V. premium. 87'(I '/, discount , no days ' 7/0 % discount, 17/0 J_ discount 00 days ..

Tclrt-rnphlc Transfers.-22/0. per cent, premium

(selling).

Interstate KxehnnBe.-On Xevv South Wales, } per cent.: on lltlihniic, _ per cent.; on North Queensland, J to 1 pel cent.; on South Australia, r per cent.: on Western Australii. Perth ami Fre- mantle, _ to j per cent.; do., Co.iHh.ldi, 3 to 1J fier cent,; on Tasmania, \ per cent.; on New Zea

»nil, i per cent.; on Northern Territory, 1 per

Figures supplied by the Australian Wheat Board show the total quantity of wheat which has been handled throughout ,thc Commonwealth dining the past four seasons to June 10, to be as under:

1915-10. 101(1-17. Hastiéis. HushcR

Wheat shipped ,. .. 05,210,000 35,D(B,000 Sold locallv. Bl,334,0!-0 00,868,0*0 Shippcre' stocks .. .. 3,821,000 42,211,000 SIHlcrs' stocks .... .. 130,(100

Wheat shipped ., Sold lorn.lv .. .. Shipper.' stocks .. Millers* stocks ..

1017-18. Bushels.

22,417,000 :15,501,00a 43,734,000 .v 1,8(10,000

138,276,000

1018-11). Bushel»,

028,000 li.880,00. 50,807,000

7,111,000

Total. 103,311,000 (14,775,000

Statibürs relatint- to Victoria for the same periods arc given below:

1015-10.

1010-17. Ilnshcls.

Iludióla.

Wheat shipped ..

37,75S,C00

15,140,000 22,144,030

10,440,000 Shippers' stocks ..

15,815,000 Millers' btocks ..

12.000 69.002,000

50.407,000 1017-18.

191B-10. llu-hcls.

Bushel».

Wheat shipped ..

5,510,000

202,000 11.5ÎI.O00

3,072,0011 Shippers' stocks ..

18,ES7,(XVI

11,115,000

210,000

4,010,000

Total. 30,233,000 22,815,000

A summary of the four seasons ¡b sub- joined:

Commonwealth. Victoria.

Bushels, llushels.

Wheat shipped. 153,000,000 68,705,000 Flour shipped .. .. 10,012,000 11.137,010 l.ocll *iil«s. 1111,178,00.1 30,137.000 Flour slocks held .. .. "(I,271,(V0^ 3.333,0.10 Shippers' stocks .. .. 140,(!3T.OOO 40,017,000 Miller»' stocks. 0,110,000 .4,307,000

Total. 400,760,000 160,137,000

r*or the period-June'0 to'June 10 in- clusive-values of the principal industrial incluís have advanced throughout. Elcetro lvtic copper is C5 per ton clearer, standard spol, £4/2/0, and three months £4/10/. Tin on spot has advanced CS/5/ per ton, future delivery £8, lend "m both punitions 7/0 lier ton, fpot spelter £1, forward £1/5/, while silver is up 1 5-Sd. per oz standnid. In the following table is displayed current innes for met ils in London» in companion with those a year ago and at the commence-

ment of the war:

.lilly 30, June 17, Juno 10, 1014. W1S. 1010.

_ s. d. - s. d. £ B. d. Copper, clcclro .61 00 123 00 8700

Do., standard,

spot. 50 12 O 110 5 0 8.1 0 0 Do., 3 months. 53 2 fl 110 5 0 S3 12 0 Tin, >pot.132 5 0 .123 10 0 241 10 0

Dp., forward ..135 5 0 323 IO 0 237 15 0 Lead, soft foreign IS 15 0 20 10 0 2.1 2 0 Spelter, spot . . 21 15 0 510 0 31 10 0 Silver, standard . 0 1 113 0 4 0_ 0 ' 4 03

The Commonwealth Dairy Porudcc pool eommitttce has notified butter interests that no further quantities of butter will be re- quired for the winter pool to meet Aus- tralian consumers' requirements.

FARMT-RS' DELIVERIES OF WHEAT.

Tile qinntltv nf wheat loaded at Victorian coun- try stations during the week ended June io and the decrease in steel.» dnrinir the leime period. pare with the coT-j^nonding week last jcar

June 21

1017.

niiBs nans. nain.

.. 002.1)00 22S.fM 52 203 .. 508.071 188.051 45.014

others. Tile following table shows tile quantities mm stacked at the stations loaded into trucks, since the middle of December, and tho nggretinte brought In to the countr' stations throu«honl Vic- toria, in cniniwrison with the figures for the corre- spondió!, period in the two prerloni jeara:

Stacked Loaded Brought

at to in to Stations. Dote. Stations.

Haps. Kairi. lions.

1010-17.3 00S.O0S 12.603.220 15,102.718 1017-18. 1)14 505 S.Mlñ.SS.'i 0.SS3 ¡M2 1018-10. 440.201 5,515,781 5.770,810

GRAIN AND PRODUCE, '

WHEAT. - OOleial mtotltlons:-Millers' require ment« for Hour to lu1 shipped to the l.fl.t to July 3], ß/ay., IIoi'R Kane and Shanghai, to August 31. 6/; otbc'r Knstcm ports. In August 31 0/IIS. lo New

'/.ealnnil, June, j/JO',.: South Africa iDclairo.), Jn-y-Aiii-i-st. (1/0. nulla, hip pt. UnlU'd kingdom, price" on npp'lcetiti'i: Pacific Isles. 0/: lorn con Mi'iption, 6/; below f.a o . 3/0 to 4/0. according to

Î LolTIt.-Tile association price for local rcoutrc

mrnls l< CIO/IV di'lliircil.

/ti! VS and I'lll.b.VKIl. - The association nrico for linn is CO/5/, and that for jiollard £fl .5/. both

H.VUI.KY.-Vlnst buyers aro off the market Rest clvsscs of nnallvli nro strati}, howcrer, and little Is offered. Good lu prime Itaglilh is quoted at 5/0 to , fi/o similar Cape 3/11 to 4/1. and feed Capo nt

I eiiiicesvinna.

0 ATM -Tile demand penernlb Is limited, but I lm'tlcm of pond flnnir-les In store are not pressing

s.lef. Vlllling Algerians are quoted at 4/7 to 4/8, ¡good fcttl 4/4 to 4/5 and lioor luw"

MAI/.B.-Vnlucs ore strati} on

Prime old flat red I» minted at 7/0. 1 at 0/0 to 7/0 ûcrtirdliifi lo fiuallt}.

1 CIIAl-1-.-l.imlteil qiW"**- -'

otfereil on Bpot. lilli era, the ctiieetane} of Tobies

is quoted at ÇO/12'O to C0/15/ g £0/10/. and medium down to £5/10/.

HAY anti STHAVV.-Monger trusses are stead}, at up to £7/10/ flcllrcntl, bundled manger sheaves to £0/10/ delivered dialling sheaves £4/1/ tn £4/10/ ex rall, anil good to prime oaten straw £2/10/ to

POTATOI'S.-Hnlc- aro almost limited to the Rtate. HctallcrH* dcmniids are moderate, but the portion is stead} on small Incomings Cood to prime Carmans at» quoted at £1) to £n/]0/. anti poor ot down to £0. The quantit) of potatoes loaded at Victorino country stations during (he vveik ended June 10 was 3.318 tons, compared with 2.437 tons for the prcilous week, ontl 3.080 tons

for the corresponding week a }eor ago i

ONIOÎ*i».~C«rTellt prices ore rhecking cnnsunip

tltm but the market ia firm on Hint olfcrlngs. (iood . to prime brown Hponlo'i ore quoteil ot £13/10/ to £14. and poor ot from £11/10/ upwards.

MELBOURNE CORN EXCHANGE.

Whent scrip quotations on Satunla} were as fel- low '-Victorian-A linier 25-3-fl., seller 27-3'd.; II bnvcr ll'Ad.. seller lllid.. C bu>er 11 ll-10<i, seller 1'*Ad.; IV, buyer '».it., seller '¿-»d. New Suntb VVoles-A. bii}cr l".tl.¡ II. lnucr 0 1-1M.. Beller , (liid., C, bioer 12'id. ; D. hmcr 01. bntith Aus Urolla-A, bu)cr 6-10ll : B, bioer 5 O-lOd.. seller 5"itl.; Ü, bu)er «'«."seller 0)_d.; D. bu}cr 2d . seller

nnowN ami nuRn.vu ltd.

UUV AND SKt.Ii VVIIKAT SOIIIP.

803-305 Flinders Lañe. Tel. 002ó.-tAdvt.l

CUSTOMS REVENUE.

Tile revenue collected at the Custom House .... Juno 21 amounted to:-Iterenue. Cl7,28,-/14/7. light dues. nil. trust account, £108/0/1); pilotage, nil;

. ." t

Btotc, nil; wharfage, £160A/5

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