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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 5, 30 January 1909, Page 5

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BANK OF EXOLAXD. / Received January 2!>, 10.10 p.in. Loudon, January ill. Bank of England return* f» .the past week are as follow:—Hold con !£32 716,000; reserve, £24,050.000; ~rc •portion of reserve to liabilitie- 4SU4 .circulation, £25,U55,00«;; deposit., t. > -.840.000; other deposits, .C4:*.llii..iHMl government securities U4,501,00l other securities, £2U-"",000. . THE MONEY UAKKK'I. • Three month*' I'ills arc quoted at 2= iper cent. F»r sliort loans the rate : e l /. tier rent. (iOVEKN-UKXT STOCKS. • (Jovcrnmcnl stocks imclmnjtcd. WHEAT AXJ) FLOCK. Wheat markets are inactive, alter .■brief spurt. The weakness m America as counteracted by the Continental d wand causing about a threepence n. .vanee. Carres are lirmly held h ■thousand quarters of Austrain; > Jan ary-Februarv sliii>meut sold at JOa / ,« • Flour is nuiet hut steady. • . BUTTEK. Tie butter market is quiet. Hie is a goud demajld for unsalted. All traluin is quoted at 110s, Xew Zcalai ai3s a-id 114s. Salted butter )= dull ■» the price is unchanged. , METAL MARKtr.s Copper.—On the spot, KM i> '' three months,. £59 15". ~,.,, months, £59 15s. I-.lcctrolyt

;Oi2 15s. . Xin.-()n tin- spiil, Mil !•'-■• llm ' c , months, £ 1211 12s Oil. Lead, £l3 2s o<l. Iron, 48s sd. SUGAR. UN "2.1: first marks. 12* 4d. AVOOLMAKM'-r The Bradford wool marV-rt i> wi-«ikiT. .Common sixties, 23% d; super. 24i/,d. NATIONAL MOHTtJAfih fO. . The National Mortgage Co. of >' l ' w ■Ke»Wnd's profit for tlie past year was « of which £13,0110 lias been v , to the reserve fund and CB2IKI parried forward. , DUNEDTX CITY LOAN*. Received 20. 0.50 p.m. London, January 20. Ths citv of Dunodin'a loan ww over-