Commercial.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7796, 12 April 1905, Page 4

Commercial.

ENGLISH MARKETS. . | LONDON, April 7. Bank of England returns : Gold coin, £3(1771,000 ;• reserve, £28,485000 ; percentage of reserve to liabilities, 51.95 ; nates, in circulation, £28,7*50,000 ; public deposits, £12,797,000 ; other deposits, £41,881,000 ; Government securities, £15,444,000 ; other securities £22,572,000, Three months bills are discounted at 2 per cent. • New South Wales 3 per cents, 88J. South' Australian 3J. 10QJ. Queensland 3J, 100 J. New Zealand 4, 106 ; 3s, 99J ; 3, 88. West Italian <JJ, 98 ; 89. Consols and other stock ed'.Wheat markets are dull owing to heavy shipments, large prospective supplies,,and promise o( a 'iarge winter crop in America, and line crop prospects in France. Cargoes are negleetod, sellers near landing for Victorian asking 33 s (kl ; Mareh-A])-ril shipment 31s (id ; Australian spot 33s 6d.

Flour, flat, the London quotation being 25s 3d, sellers asking 26s 3d for shipment. Nothing •doing in freights. | lJutter is dull. Danish 10(>s, New Zealand 104s, Australian 100s to ! 103s. -

Cheese is firm and unchanged. Copper, spot £O7 5s three months £67 l-2s' (id. Tin, spot £l4O 10s ; three months £134 15s.

1r0n,49s ; spelter, 23a 9-lGd. Lead, £l2 lis lO.id. .Sugar is dull ; first marks 16s 3d. Bradford 'wooj sales.—There is a ijrisk demand, for all merinos and fine crossbrods f common sixties 23Jd, super 24Jd.

Shocuskina.—At the sales 4000 were offered, whereof 3(500, Australasian practically, were all sokf. There was /air competition for mei'ino and line crossbreds, which were a farthing higher ; coarse at par to a farthing lower.