COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 92, 13 January 1919, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Customs:.dutiep.collected, at t-h'o port of Wcl'ineton on Saturday amounted to £6209 95.: 2d." - v i BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. Australian-New Zealand OsMe' Association. (Hee. January 12. 5.5 u.m.) London, January 9, Til'' Sunk of Eutfiand r?tum issued for the week endintr Wednesday, January.7, is. as under; JSBOE DCPAETMBST. , Notes issued £70.140.000 Gov. debt... f 11,015,000 Other BeourlNot«i in ■ «e» 7.434.000 reiKVO 38.154 000 Qold 79,841.000 ' £98.294.000 £98,234,000 BiNKINO DEPAJITIfEXT. pmnrintors' Gov. seeuri-. sS*tal "fW.863.000 £71.877.000 Public do- Other securlpoaltß - 03.163,000 tios... ... 83,(93,000 °pS°*... 140,188.000 Notes in „ Beßt.T-day ' - 26,154.000 and other - Coin in bills 3.295.000 resciTO ... 676.000 / £156,200,000 f186,200,000 The leading: Items of the Bank of England return' afford tho following compari* ,on ' This week Last week List year . & i ' £ £ Rnlllon 70.845.000 79,859.000 67.900.000 Reurn •• 39 830.000 28.236.000 81,8-26.000 NoteCireulation 70.141.000 70,190.000 45.703.00U pSbllo Deposits J8163 000 56.806.000 87,690.000 Other Depbslts miSB.OOO 214,894.000 123.534.000 Proportion of reservesto ' liabilities , 17.13 11.71 18.71 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. . Tho followinK are the lateßt auotations for Consols and Colonial Government 6ocuritles in comparison with, tlioso ruling

MONEY; MARKET.' . ■ The Bank of England'discount rato on January 12, 1917, was 55 per cent. On April 5 it was reduced to 5 per cent., at it Inch figure it'has since stood. OPEN-MARKET BATES. The dißcount rate for tlttce monthii' bills is 31 per cent., <is compared -with oj per cent, last .quotation cabled and 4 per cent, last year. Short loans are quoted at 3} per cent., as against 31 per cent, the previous cabled quotation, ana 38 per cent, last year. . COLONIAL AND OTHER'PRODUCE.' Butter and Cheese.—Unchanged. Wheat and Flour—Dull; Australian,nono offering. Oats.—Quiet: prices unchanged. Beann and Peaß.—Market steadily held, Sugar—Unchanged. Customs duties, collected at tho port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £852 2s. 4d. > LEVER BROS. (llec. January 12, 5.5 p.m.)' ■ London,- January 10. 11b 'I,over Bros. Soap Manufacturing Company lias dccidel,to. increase its capital to £t0.000,0C0-Aus.-JT.Z. Cablo Asen. WHEAT. New York, January 8. Chicago reports that the visible supply of wheat cast of the Rockies is 1&5,«80,CG0 bushels.—J&is.-JT.Z.. Oable Assn.

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