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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 214, 16 September 1901, Page 1

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By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, Sept. 13. The Bank of England returns show the stock of gold and coin in bullion to be ■£87,073,090 ; reserved, £27,237,000 ; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 52 - 73 ;in circulation, £20,667,000; public deposits, £11,480,000 ; other deposits, £40,003,000 ; Government securities, £6,683,000 ; other securities, £26,048,000. Throe months’ bills are discounted at 2j|d per cent. Consols are at 93;,. New South Wales 3 percent debentures arc at 95; Victorian 3.1 105.1, 3’s 96? : New Zealaland 3 per cent debentures, 97] ; the rest arc unchanged. The copper market is nominal ; on spot, £67 15s ; three months, £66 2s 6d. Tin is steady; on spot, £l2O las ; three months, £llß. Pig-iron, 545. The load imports are 1883 tons. Australian, 4913 tons . exports, 3079. Silver is at 2s 3d. The wheat market is quiet, but steady. French is a shade easier, the crop being superior to expectations. Cargoes are slow of sale. South Australian, afloat, was sold at‘2Bs6d ; Victorian September cargo, 29s 3d; a steam parcel of New South Wales, nearly duo, at 26s 9d. Sugar is declining. Gorman is at 7s 9d ; first marks, 10s lid. Wool—-The Bradford market is very firm. Common sixties aro at 19(d; supers, 19? d. Rabbits are slow of sale. New, 8d to 8)d ; old, s|d to s:{d.