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LONDON, Jan. 13. The members of t!>e new House of Commons met yesterday for the swearing in of members. The Right Hon. Arthur Wellosley Peel was unanimously re-elected Speaker. It is believed that Earl Carnarvon, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, contemplates resigning that office. Tenders wnro opened to-day for the loan of £25,000 at 5 per cent, placed upon the market by the city of Auckland. The total amount tendered for was £137,500. Tenders at £111 Is will receive 96 per centof the amount applied for, and tenders above that in full. It is announced that the Otago Harbor Board invite tenders for a loan of £150,000 at 5 per cent. The minimum is to be fixed at £101, and tenders will be opened on Jan. 20. Consols and New Zealand securities are unchanged in value. Tiie market rate of discount remains at 2$ and the bank rate at 4 per cent. Ordinary business is being done in tal low and breadstuff at late prices. Pig iron, f.o.b. in the Clyde, has fallen to 42/ --per ton. BERLIN, Jan. 13. In reply to representations from the English Foreign Office on the subject of the recent events in Samoa, the German Government have replied that they are without information on the subject, but any intention of annexation is disclaimed. RANGOON, Jan. 13. Intelligence from Mandalay announces that the British have successfully carried the Dacoit position at Saigong, killing sixty of the enemy and wounding a con siderable number.
