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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 69, 25 March 1901, Page 2

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THE LONDON MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, March 22. The stock of gold coin is £34,400,00, reserve £25,6684,000 : proportion of reserve to liabilities, 70-48. Circulation £28,382,000, public deposits £13,155,000, other deposits £67,532,000, Government securities £12,805,000, other securities £31,224,00 ; three months’ bills are at 3], Consols are at 95}. New South Wales 4 per cents are at 114]-; 3 h per cents at 102}; 3 per cents at 99]. Victorian 4's are at 110, 3) at 102}. South Australian at iO3, and 3at 93}. Queensland 4’s are at 107, 31- at 103. New Zealand 4’s, 114}; 3}, 108; 3, 97. Tasmanian 3}, 103. Westralian 3} are 101. The wheat market is quiet but firm. English has improved slightly, and cargoes are steadily held. The Victorian February shipment'is at 29s 6d, and the April shipment at 29s 9d. New South Wales cargoes loading are at 295. Copper: Spot is at 69 1-8 per ton; three months, 69 5-8; market nominal

Tin: Spot is at 114 8-9; three months, 111 3-8.

Iron is at 52s 9d, and lead at 13 1-8. Sugar is dull. German 9s ; first marks, granulated, 10s 10] d. In \yool, there is good competition at full prices. Tho Bradford market is quiet. Common sixties are at 18}, and supers at 19.

Butter is slow, and sales are weak in price. Colonial is at 100 sto 102 s ; Danish, firm, but unchanged in price. Cheese is dull; New Zealand, 495, Silver is at 2s 3}d,