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London, Feb. 21.“°
The Bank of England returns show t reserve to be ,£26,743,000 ; coin and bu u lion, .£35,102,000 ; proportion of reserve t liabilities, 47T8; in circulation, £28,542,000;public deposits, £76,799,000; other deposits, £39,645,000; Government securi£l7,274,ooo; other securities, £30,779,000. Three months’ bills are discounted at 2J. Consols are at 94J. New South Wales three and a-halfs, 1034 ; Tasmanian, 104] ; Westralian, 102. Other stock, unchanged. The wheat markets are quiet in tone, but steady. Cargoes are dull of sale. Victorian January and South Australian January-February shipments are at 80s. The buttter market is firm. Colonial, 110 s to 112 s ; New Zealand, occasionally, 114 s. The high prices are, however, checking business. Danish is firm, but unchanged in price. Sugar is steady, but unchanged in price. Copper is firm. On spot, 55J; three months, 55].
Pig-iron is at 58s 9d. Lead, £ll 11s l]d. Spelter, 17Jd. Wool: Bradford tops are steady and firm, but unchanged in price.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 347, 22 February 1902, Page 2
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