COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 243, 20 February 1911, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. By Cable.—Press Association.—Ooorrieht London, February 17. The Bank of England returns for the week ending Wednesday last are as follows: Reserve. £29,021,000. Gold coin, £30,505,000. Note circulation, £20,920,000. Public deposits, £13,751.000. Other deposits, £41,203,000. Government securities, £14,830,000. Other securities, £29,300,000. Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 52.72. THE MONEY MARKET. Three months bills, 2 15-10 per cent.; Paris, 2% per cent.; Berlin, 2% per cent. Bank rate, 4 per cent. Short loans, 2'/ a per cent. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following are the latest quotations for Government securities: — 2'/ a per cent. Consols, £BO 2s Od. Rise of 2s Od. , 4 per cent. New South Wales, £lO5 10s. Rise of 10s. 31/2 per cent. New South Wales, £9B. Unchanged. 3 per cent. New South Wales, £BB 10s. Rise of £l. i per cent. Victoria, £lO3. Unchanged. V/» per cent. Victoria, £97 15s. Rise of ss. .1 per cent. Victoria, £BS. Unchanged. 3'/ 2 per cent. South Australia, £97. Rise of 10s. 3 per cent. South Australia, £B2. Unchanged. 4 per cent. Queensland, £lO3 10s. Rise of 10s. 3'/ 2 per cent. Queensland, £97. Rise of 10s. 3 per cent. Queensland, £BS 10s. Rise of 30s. 4 per cent. New Zealand, £lB5 10s. Rise of 10s. 3'/ a per cent. New Zealand, £9O 10s. Rise of 10s. 3 per cent New Zealand, £B7. Rise of 20s. 31/2 per cent. Tasmania, £97 10s. Unchanged. 3 per cent. Tasmania, £BS. Unchanged. V/ z per cent. West Australia, £97. Unchanged. 3 per cent. West Australia, £B6 10s. Unchanged. LONDON MARKETS. London, February 17. Copper.—Spot £54 lfis 3d, three months £55 10s; electrolytic £57 ss. Tin.—Spot £l9O, three months £IBB. Lead, £l2 18s 9d. Silver, 24 l-16d. At Bradford wool is firm; forties 13y 2 d, other/3 unchanged.

Kauri Gum.—At the sales -f 10 c-ises were offered and 131 sold; good Cirequarter scraped brought 150s.