COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 86, 6 January 1919, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

. Cnptoms duties collected at the port of t Wei ,! 'igton on Saturday amounted to £6iK9 9s. Zd.. lv HANK OF EJJQtANT) RETURN. j Australian-?*cw Zealand Association. C Londcn ( January 1 b Th.s Bank er En-'n.nd r-(um Issued for the week ending 'Wednesday, January V, is as under:— TFSUH DF.rAßTjirN'r. h Notes issued £50,190.000 Gov. debt... i 11,013.000 •] Other securl- r Notes in ties ...' ... 7,434,000 ,S reaervo 37.615-OM. Oo!d 79,363.000 n jfQ7.SCS.OO3 i'D7,808,000 q Bu:kixg Dr.rAßrjiEST. j, I'loprie'orfi' Gov. securi- ( i capital ... fit,S33,GCO ties ... im,30t.000 ■ Public (le- Other secnrljiosits 2i3.3GG.000 tics 106,473,000 Other do- ' ' posits ... 214,834X00 ■ Motes in ti Rest, 7-cTny / ■ 1 roservo ... 27,618.010 v g ond other Ooin in. |j bill! ... 2.550.000 ' reserve ... 618.0CQ £253,613,000 £258.613.000 b Tho leading items of the Bank of Eu|[* t land return alfoid the foilewlng t'ompan- g son;- ' ' ' a I'hisweek Last week Last year [ Bnllion ... 79'.359.000 78.652.M0 57.131.000 f Reserve ... 28.235.000 ,27.i54.0U0, 50.544.0C0 Kote Circulation 70,190.000 . 70.307.00u 45.944,000 f< Public Deposits 26.506.00n 51,64:-I.COO 42.0CU.00U A Other Deposits ■ 214 Bfl-i:OCO H9.037.000 1'24,1(j1.p p Propoi'tloii of a roEorvesto . n liabilities . 11.71 15.73 13-o6 c ■ '■ GOYERXMENT BEOUEITIES. Government s&ockß were not cabled th)B ;1 week. Tl» last quotations were:— R Previous . , This Cabled *; Stock Veek Quota- P tions. d ; - g Vi% Imperial Consols J, % eo "o *0 S :6 i. War Loan 94 10 0 94 7 6 ? 5i „ War Loan 88 10 0 83 7 C 1 65 „ Aus.-Oommonw tn 100 s - aIM a 0 I >6J „ AUB.-Commoniv'th 'oo o o 99 10 0 a i „ K.a.W.1533.1»n-JulJ Si 17 6 85 15 0 s 3;,. 5.8.W.1920-50 Ja-Jy 72 jn 0 T5 0 0 « I „ N.B.W. IS!S Aul.-00l 7;i5 Q 7.) 5 0 < „ Vic. 1920 Jan.-July 93 9 0 99 ;0 0 f H „ Vic. 1921-6 Js-El.-Julv f0 1} n 90 0 0 ' 3J „ Vic. 1920-1949 74 0 0 *-73 .1 4 ti 3 „ Vic. 1929-49 Jan.-Jly 7 (i (17 0 0' t ! 3J „ S.A. 1916Jan,-July 67 5 0 78 '2 6 „ 3 „ B.A. 1916 .lan.-July 5s 12 c, 59 10 0 „ I 4 „ Q'l'd 191&-Z4 J in.-Jly 94 7 6 94 0 0 J 31 „ UTdl922-47 Jan.-Jly 91 0 u ,91 0 0 ' 3 „ Q'l'd 1922-47 Jnn.-Jfj 65 0 I) 66 0 0 fi 4 „ N.Z. 1929 Hny-Nov. »| 2 G Bil 0 i 31 „ N.Z. 1912-40 Jan.-Jly 77 r> 0 78 !i 0 j, 3 „ N.Z. 1920 April-Oct. 69 11 0 6J S 6- „ , 31., W.A. 1515-35 My-Mr 79 ft 0 78 10 0 V 5 „ iV.A. 1915-35 My-Nor 76 a 0 73 7 ti «' 1 3J „ Tas. 1920 Jaii-July 77 S 0 73 10 II f 3 „ Tas 192J-10 Jnn.-Jlilj 69 0 C 66 0 0 C 1 ■ ' a [ *Ex dividend. a ' JIONEr MAEKET. The Bank of England discount rato on January 12. 1917. was 51 ner cent. On I 1, April 5 it was reduced to 5 per cent., at £ . which tlgiire it han since stood. j ! . OPEN MARKET HATES, , J The discount rate for three months' bills |_ • iB 31 per cent., as compared with .35 per _ 1 cent, last quotation cabled and 41 per I> cent, last year. . , Short Joanß are quoted at 3J per cent... ' ' as «Bainst 31 per cent, tho previoUß cabled t ' quotation, and' 4i per cent, laßt- year. r ! COLONIAL AND OTHER. PRODUCE. 5 ! Butter.—A record shipment of 70,000 boxes 1 . was landed from the Argentine and other ( • large shipments are close e.t hand. It j 1 is cxpccted that the butter ration will , f be increased by the middle of february. Cheese—The position 19 unchanged, blip- 1 ' plies are fairly plentiful. 1 ■ Sugar.—Granulated. 575. 9(1. ' 5 Wheat.and Flour.-Quict. Quotations are ; unaltered. ' . | Oats—Firm,.but little offering. La Plata . 011 spot in quoted: at 635. 6d. Beans and Peas.—Quiet, at. full late ' rateß. , . 1 3 1 LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. ' " Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. 8 (Rcc. January 5. 5.5 p.m.) 1 London, January 2. ' P and O. Deferred Stock, £425. 0 Waihi, buvcrs, <os.: sellers, 425._6d. Grand Junction, 14a. 6(1. and las. 6(1. Talisman, 12s. 6d. and 15s.