FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 3 August 1901, Page 3

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

(by ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) London, August 2, Coin and Bullion ... .. 35,204,000 Percentage of Reserve to Liabilities * .. .. .. 46.27 In circulation 30,747,000 Public deposits 8,413,000 Other deposits 44,090,000 Government Securities .. 16,205,000 Other Securities 3,090,000

Three Months Bills .. .. 2 9-16% Bank of England Reserve ~ £24,341,000

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES

The wheat markets are quiet. Continental is lower, and the American irregular owing to unfavorable weather reports. Cargoes are steady. South Australian March, and Victorian April 29/3. Copper —Nominal, Spot £67105. Three months £6717s 6d. Supplies 22,943 tons, deliveries 22,010 tons, stocks 27,495 tons, advised afloat 2,200 tons. Tin —Spot £ll6 10s. Throe months £ll3 10s. Stocks 18,650 tons, on spot 5,231 tons, afloat 3,527 tons, deliveries 1,760 tons. Iron—s4s 4£d, Load—£ll 16s 3d, Tallow—Stocks 15,698 casks, imports 9,097 casks, deliveries 6,475 casks. Sugar is quiet. Gorman 9/3. First marks 11/-

Name ?f Security Price. Variation as compared with last week. £ 8. d2\% Imperial Consols 93 5 OjUnchanged 4 % N. S. Wales 113 0 0 Unchanged 3J% N. S. Wales 103 15 ©'Unchanged 3 % N. S. Wales 99 0 OjUnchanged 4 % Victorian 111 0 0110/- higher 3J% Victorian 10G 0 0!60/- higher 3 % Victorian 94 5 0 Unchanged South Australian 100 5 0|Unchanged 3 % South Australian 94 0 OjUnchanged 4 % Queensland 105 10 OjUnchanged 3i% Queensland 101 0 ©Unchanged 4 % New Zealand 114 15 035/- higher 3J% New Zealand 108 0 0,Unchanged 3 % New Zealand 91 15 OjUnchanged 3J% Tasmania 104 0 0,40/- higher 3J% West Australian 101 0 OjUnchanged 3 % West Australian — —