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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 137, 1 July 1901, Page 2

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Br Electric TBiararAPa—Ooptbiut. (PEE PBBSS ASBeCIATTOH.) Receive 129,1.6 a.m. | Lohdok, June 28. Bank of England returns for the week:— Stock of gold coin and bullion, £86,839,000; reserve, £26,203,000; proportion of reierve to liabilities, 49-50 per cent.; notes in circul'ition, £29,»88,000; pnblic deposits, £11,855,000; other deposits, £40,899,000; Government securities, £14,802,000; other securities, £29,686,000. I Thiee months' bills are discounted at 211-16 percent Consols are quoted at 98$. | The following are the quotations for Colonial Government securities:—Victorian 14 per cents., 110J; 3} per cents., 104. New South Wales, ( per cento., 118; 8} per cents, 103; 8 per cents, 99. South Australian, $± per cents, lOt; 8 per cento,9l < Queensland 4 per cents., 106}; 3} per cento., 101 New Zealand 4 per cento., 118; 3} per cents, 108J;3 per cents.,97J. Tasmanlaa 3} per cents., 102$. WestraU»,BJ per cents., Wheat—Reports of splendid crops in America are depressing the markets, > nit heavy supplies of floor make the ontlookdlcouragieg,. Cargoes qniet; Vtoiorian e*d South Australian January-April shipaent, 295. Bu6w is steady. German, 9s 8d; first marks, lis. Copper, doll. Epot, L 67 12s 6d; three months, L 67 7s 6d. ■ Tin: Steady. Spot, LlSo;three months, Ll?3 Ss. Pig iron. 525. Lead,Ll2 Bs9d. At Bradford wool is slack and prices an unchanged NOLAN, TONICS AND OO.'S BTOOK JRBPORT. Hawbra, June 2*. At Eltham, on 25th instant, there was a medium ettry of cattle, with good enquiry, all bein? sold at the hammer. At Hawera, on 27th, we had a fair yardinr. A large attendance of buyers and spirited bidding resulting ib praotioally all lines being disponed of. We qiole :—At Rlthim: Thr*A>Ttarheifers, eariy calvers, L 4 7s6dtoLs;2tO 2J-year heifers, in calf, L 8 10s to LBl7s 6d j store cows, LBtoL 87s 6d; fat cows, XA Is to Li 10s; fresh cows, L 3 10s to LSlts; weaner', LI 7s to LI l-'s; wemer steers, LI 13s to LI 1 Ss; calves, 17s to LI. At H iwera: Fat cows, L 4 10s to U 15s ; heavy weights, L 6; fat and forward oows* 13 18s to L 4 4.; fresh oows, L3l2s6dtoU 164; htoro cows, 13 4s to Ijß 8s; <-y*er heifers, L2 12s 6d to IS 16s; 18-month steers. r,3 to L 3 rs; 2-year steers, L 4; wcasers, LI S< Cd to LI 16s ; cows and calves, L 4 to L 4 ss; mix ri yearlings, L2 2s to L2 4s; spriM heiters, L< 1% to L 5. Sheep: Wethers, 12s.