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 26 THE BUILDING NEWS. LATEST PRICES OF MATERIALS USED IN CONSTRUCTION. LEAD. Pig—Foreign. . . + -perton £18 15" 0)" 219 0) 0 » English W.B, .. do ah 0 0 0 9 0 yy «=~ bead Co. wo ss do 19 5 0 00 0 », Otherbrands. . . do 1817 6 19 0 Sheet Milled. .... do 20 0 0 000 Shot, Patent. .... do 21° 0) 70, 2110 0 Redorminium. ... do 2110 0 000 Litharge, W.B.. . 2. do 0 0 0 000 White Dry, =... 2 . ‘do 2610 0 000 » groundinoil., . do 0 00 0 0 0 COPPER. British—Cake &Ingot .perton £89 0 0 £91 0 0 Best Selected . ... oo 3 oi f a : e SHES eis ee) st 6 AO 9 96 Bottoms .....-. do 95 0 0 93 0.0 Australian. ... =. do 909 0 0 95 0 0 Spanish Cake .... do 84 0 0 00 0 Chili Bars,cash ... do 8 0 0 86 0 0 » Refinedingot .. do 92 0 0 938 0 0 Yellow Metal. . . .perlb 0 0 0 0 83 IRON. ' Pigin Scotland,cash .perton £5315 0 £00 0 Welsh Bar, in London. Be ere, : 0 = Wales. oO § 5 Staffordshire .... do 10 0 0 1010 0 Rail,in Wales. ... ado 8 0 0 ‘Si be Sheets, singlein London do 1115 60 1210 0 Hoops, first quality .. do 1015 0 111c ¢ INEROHOM issue fens, 0G 10 0 0 1010 0 Swedish areca ee aO 1110 0 12 0 0 Orns, &c. Seal, pale es » » - pertun £3610 0 £87 0 0 Sperm body. oth acl ss on 4 f oe 2 CPU rie eiciee ies b user! ton i0 3 35 Whale, South Sea, pale. S6m0) 0) 87000 Olive, Gallipoli .°. .. a 540 (0 OF 0" 0 Cocoanut, Cochin, tun. . as 44 £ e = ‘ ; Palme nies ie) elle) bine ae 40 ( SPAMBEOA irs) vere ay cot (aw 33 0 0 0 0 0 Rapeseed, Eng. pale. . . es 425 40000 00000 Gottonseed 6. + 6 ss gs 34 0(«02=S 385 0 0 ‘TIMBER. Medeperyellrd ocie is ie lond =£1210 0 £13 10 Quebec, redpine. ... A 315 0 415 0 a yellow pine. . . 4 45 0 415 0 Quebec oak, white . 600 6 5 5 me DIECIUE ee ” 315 0 50 0 elm > Seep nee es ” 315 0 45 BIAELIG ORK 5 ola) nanny 410 0 610 ° PUNE r a (sr oan, 27 0 200 =e Ari. pe . = 3 e o ae ‘ ge ha LD oo. ” o RYO Lan gate tees east (of ts 0" 10 210 9 Masts, Quebee red pine. " 400 610 0 » yellowpine... a 4 . 0 a “4 APO RON aie eel eye aly) (6 7 0 Lathwood, Dantzie,fm. . a 410 0 6 (0; 6 i St. Petersburg _,, 8 0 0 910 0 Deals, per C., 12ft. by 3 by 9in., Quebec, white spruce . .,, 1210 0 18 0 0 St. John, white spruce. eS 12° 0,0 14 0 0 Yellow pine, pr reduced C Canada, Ist quality. . . “ 1810 0 21 0 0 Monica i tts age 3.00 1410 0 Archangel, yellow .. . ay 1210 0 1410 0 St. Petersburg, yellow . co 1210 0 1310 0 Airilaricl Masons kee. Sia 615 0 715 0 Memel and Dantzic. . . bd 000 000 Gothenburg, yellow. . . 9 810 0 1010 0 Pace ee 1010 0 1210 0 efie, yellow ..... Soechamne ss se 810 0 12 0 0 Christiana, per C., 12ft. by 3 by 9in., yellow . ; 7. 10 0 0 1210 0 Other Norway. .... a 00 800 Flooring boards, pr square of lin., first yellow .. oF 010 0 O11 6 PERN MVTIEED toler clin (6. ¢ ey 08 6 09 6 Second qualities . . .. a 060 08 6 ae BANKRUPTS. TO SURRENDER IN THE COUNTRY. John Hipkins, Prince’s-End, ironfounder and chain manufacturer, January 19, at Dudley.—George Barrett, Hull, builder, January 10, at Hull. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Under this heading last week the name of John Joseph Bell appears, whereas the annulling order is against Henry Harris only. SITTINGS FOR PUBLIC EXAMINATION, January 16, H. Hunt, Stratford and Bow, manufacturer of oil, varnish, and grease.—January 26, D. Rowland, Stockport, builder and grocer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. 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