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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 212, 12 September 1904, Page 2

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TRADE ANI) FINANCE. LONDON, September 9. Hank of KngLaml returns Hold coin, etc. £35,508,000, reserve £27,508,000, proportion of reserve to liabilities 57.15, in circulation £28,oIM.OOU, public deposits £5,388,000, other deposits £'12,575,000, Government securities £14,227,000, other tecurities £24,024,000. Throe months bills are discounted , at 2 9-16. Consols, 88J. .V'w South Wales four per cents. 108 J, three and a halts 96, threes 85J. New Zealand threes 87. Tatfiiianian Uiree aud a halfs 97. llest unchanged. All the wheat markets hove qulet--1 ened, anti priceß have declined in sympathy with American, which .■ is "bearish" owing to tho belief that report? as ta damage to crops have been exaggerated. The Quality of English is very good,~fiut the yield has )>con disappointing. There have been a few dealings in off-coast cargoes, numerous arrivals rendering buyers cautious. Soven thousand quarters of Australian SeptemberOctober shipments solid at 83* 3d. Australian flour 95s Od. Oats.—August-September shipment . 14s 9d. New Zealaaft beans, 29s fld. Cocksfoot, 171b, 58a to 555. i The American visible supply of wheat and flour afloat 4s 00,906,000 ibushels. Minneapolis Sour sdol 20 cents. Copper—Spot £57 7s od, thre# ■ months £57 10s. o Tin-Spot £l2B 2s fld, three months £126 7s Od. L Iron—lßs sd. ) Sugar—Slow. First marks 12s 6d, ; German 10s Od. t Bradford wool is cheerful and there is more inquiry. Merinos: common sixties 23JS, supers 24td, common forty-rixfg, 14Jd, supers 14|d. » Butter-Quiet. Choicest New South Wales 88, New Zealand nominally 94s to 100s, Danish 117s. Some • season's contracts for New Zealand .. are reported at 9Jd f.o.b. There is a good demand <or Au»- ' tralian rabbits ut 6W to 7d Hares—Dull. At t/he kauri sales 2107 ease* offered and 850 sold at about late nates. Fair three-quartor ssmnmi 122s fld, "Cmpea

PRODUCE COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.

WELUNOTON, September « JUr U. C. Cameron, the Governs . moat Produce Commikioner iTlSdon, reporting under date August ,' s 'ates that the unusually hot and dry weather of tho previous two- , months had improved the market materially. Pr i ces ; pulp lu«i advanced fr 0 m 20s to 29sper cwt., and black currants were--y nrm lit about similar values. The, ' " uu l l . it!t lu '' l ,lu "' and upricot pulp, ' tlle 'J 11101 ' hand, was very much depressed, tlio lormer only realisina us per cwt., or tictually less than tb a duty to bo paid upon it, viz.. per cwt. ' B ADDINGTON STOCK SAX',E CHIUSTCHURCH. Septen- lt)er 7 At thei Addingtori nuu'ket to-dav 1-9 head of fot cattle of f , uy were yarded, and prev Cs „rici t «ere maintained, primes* : Prime" 2?s a t 5 0 8 ' « 00d .7 £io X 2O ? , stoor - to £l2 lOk a ri ot seven at £l2 r»d), cows £9 7« a "jj u ,nodcrato <*try L 4,d i '"«• porkers at 4}d ' factnrv i, ftasW?S ,or a. southern dairy m,. » Haconers 40s to 50s (a lew ' t0 60s), porkers 30s to 38s; ,o° rc t (large) 25s to 82s, medium .i " o 235, woanors 12s to 16s. . i f a - slieop.—The entry was not 1 e, but the «|oali ty was very gk>od, ; Wf. competit on was keen, prices owing advance on previous rates. 1 rime wethers made about 5d per lb jver all. Wethors, extra prime, 27s 3d to 30s, prime 23s to 275, others 10s lOd to 22s 6d ; ewes, prime hea- ' vy, 23s to 26s 7d, others 17s 6d to 225, hoggets 16s lOd to 20s 9d, merino wothers, prime, 20s to 24s 9d, others 15s 7d to 17s lid.