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Evening Star, Issue 19663, 16 September 1927, Page 7

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CHICAGO WHEAT QUOTATIONS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, September 15. (Received September 16, at 10 ami.) Chicago wheat: September, 126$ cents per bushel; December, 129|; May, 133*.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS

Press Assooiaiion-By Telegraph-Copyright. SYDNEY, September 15. Wheat: At country stations, 5s Id; ex truok, Sydney, 5s B|d. Flour: Local, £l3 15s. Any export business offering is goinnr to the other States, as the price of°wheat here precludes millers from competing for tho oversea trade. Bran: £8 10s. Pollard: £8 10s. Oats; Tasmanian Algerian, us; white, 4s lOd. Maize: Local yellow, us Cd; Quccns'land, 5s 9d. . Potatoes; Tasmanian, _£S to £l2. Onions; Victorian, £5 10s. ADELAIDE, September 15. Wheat: Growers’ lots, 6s 4kl to 6s s£d. Flour: Bakers’ lots, £l4 2s 6d. Bran; £6 10s. Pollard; £6 lus. Oats: 3s Cd. MELBOURNE, September 15. At the hide sales reduced catalogues were offered, and lights and kips advanced *d to Id. Other grades wore extremely firm. (Received September 16, at 10.40 a.m.) Wheat; Few buyers 1 arc operating, but no sellers. Parcels arc nominal at 5s lOd and os 101 c!. Flour: £l3 5s to £l3 10s. Bran: £7 10s. Pollard: £7 10s. Oats; Milling, 4s Sd to 4s Del; feed, 4s to 4s 6d. Barley; English, 4s i'd to 4s 8d; Cape, 4s to 4s la. Potatoes: £7 to £8 Onions: £3 5s to £3 10s. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. Press A isocialion—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, September 15. (Received Sc ptomber 16, at 10.30 a.m.) The following arc the Bank of England returns: —

The proportion of reserves to liabilities is 31.0 par cent. Short loans are quoted at 3J per cent, and three months bills at 4 5-16 per cent. SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY. Christchurch.—Commercial Bank of Australia, 27s lOd; Standard Insurance, 60s; Christchurch Gas (rights), 6d; N.Z. Breweries, 445. On ’Change: Commercial Bank of Australia, 27s lOd; National Bank of Australasia (£lO paid), £l7 Is (two parcels); Christchurch Gas, 7d (eight parcels); British Tobacco, 55s 6d; Quill, Morris, 21s 6d; Waihi, 22s 6d (two parcels). Auckland.—Occidental-Una, Is 3d; Northern Steam (paid) 14s 6d, cont. 7s; Wilson’s Cement, 365; Huddarti*arker, 47s 6d. Reported: Albania, 2s aOd; Waihi, 22s 3d, 225. Wellington.—Reported sale; New Zealand Drug Co., £3 4s 6d (cum div.).

ISSUii DEPARTMENT. Note circulation ... ... ... ... Kotcs in more 33,146,000 J /;i(!9,218.CC0 Government debts ... M. *•« ... £ii,oir.,mio Other ... ... 8,7:1,1,000 Golu coin ?nd bullion ... ... 149,458,000 41109,218,000 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors’ capital ... £1 4,513,000 Rest ... ... ... 3,727,004 Public deposits ... ... (It ... 11,730,000 Other deposits 100,112,000 Sevin-diiy and other 1 bills ... ... ... 4,000 120,000 Government securities *±J ««« ... Other securities ... ... ... 44,164,000 Notes in reserve 33,140,000 Cold and silver coin ... 1,562,000 j£l 30,186,000