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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 297, 23 December 1901, Page 3

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By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Loudon, Dec. 20. Silvor is at 2s 1 916 d. Tin : Spot, 109 ; three months, 104. Tho Gothic’s butter arrived in good condition. | The Bank of England returns show the ressrvo to be £22,596,000 ; coin and hub ! lion, £32,207,000; proportion of reserve to | liabilities,4s'o7; in circulation,£29,s7l,ooo; [public deposits, .£10,493,000: other doposits, .639,400,000; Government securities, X’17,470,000 ; other securities; X 27,782,000. Three months’ bills are discounted at 3.}, Consols are at 941. New South Wales fours, 115 ; three and a-halfs, 105 ; threes, 95. Victorian fours, 111 ; three and a haifs, 104 ; threes, 93. Queensland fours, 198; threo and a-balfs, 103}. New Zealand fours, 111 J ; threo and a-halfs, 106.5 ; threes,94l. Tasmanian three and a-halfs, 104. Westralian throe and a-halfs, 103. The wheat market is quiet, but firm. Cargoes are steadily held. Victorian, afloat, is at 30s 3d; South Australian, December - January shipments, are at 30s.

Butter is in slightly better demand. Colonial, 104 s to 106 s; unsalted, dull ; secondary being at 94s to 98s. Tho prices for Danish are unchanged. Cheeso : Tho Gothic’s cargo, good quality, sold at 46s to 48s ; Canadian, 495. Sugar is slow of sale. German, 7s ; first mark, 8s 9d. Copper, spot, and throe months, 49J. Lead is at 10;), and spelter at 17. At tho Bradford market wool is firm, but prices arc unebangod. Later. —Pig iron warrants have collapsed owing to tho failure of William Sargent and Company. Pig iron is quoted at 49. Copper, on spot, is at 48j ; three months, 49. Tin, on spot, 101 f; three months, 1001.