COMMERCIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16749, 2 January 1915, Page 11

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS.

MONEY AND STOCKS.By Telegraph— Preas Association— Copyright. LONDON, December 31. The weekly returns of the Bank of England are aa under: . Doo. 24. Dec. 81. e £ Gold ooin and bullion 69,896,000 63,082,000 Reserve . 62,608,000 61,804,000 Proportion to liabilities 83.41 A3A2 Notes in circulation . 86,220,000 26,139,000 Public depots . . * 97.459,000 26,983.000 Other deposits . . 116.400,000 Government securities 14,806,000 14,808,000 Other securities . . 103,294,000 106,236,000

Short loans, 1£ per ce nt ? tliree months’ bills, 2ft per cent. Silver, Is 1.0 11-16 d. *

METALS. Tin r On spot, £146 10s to £147; three months, £142 to £142 10s. r Pig iron, 64s 4d. Spelter, £27 12s 6d. SUGAR. American granulated, 27s 6d. WOOL. On the Bradford wool market there is fair inquiry and rather more business, Sixty-fourß, 24d to 24}d ; sixties super 231 d to 24d, ordinary, 23d to 23Jd; fifty-sixes, 2od to 26d; fortysixes, 20d to 20jd. dairy produce. Colonial butter is firm at late ratee. It is selling freely, but the slow discharge is hampering business. Cbeeee is firm. New Zealand, 76s to 765. GRAIN AND PULSE. Wheat is steadier. No. 1 Northern Manitoba, January, is quoted at 61s 6d.- ; ; w-r -

Flour is firm, but inactive. Australian, ex store, 20s. ! Barley is firm, but unchanged. Beans are quiet; New Zealand, 40a to 425, ■

Oats are firm. Bahia Blanca, Decem-ber-Jammry, 265. Peas are firm. New Zealand Maples, 65s to 725.