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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 278, 15 April 1911, Page 8

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THE PRICE OF METAL. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, April 13. Copper.—On the spot, £53 13s 9dj at three months, £54 lis 3d. Tin. —On the spot, £194 ss, at three months, £lB9 10a. KAURI GUM. Received 14, 5.5 p.m. London, April 13. Kauri Gum. —One hundred and seven-ty-three parcels offered and 78 sold. Prices unchanged. CEREALS. Received 15, 12.45 a.m. London, April 14. Wheat.—Milder weather lias checked the demand. The market had a general holiday tone. Thirty-three shillings is asked for Australian per sailer, AprilMay shipment, and 33s 7y 2 d for March shipment; 33s lOd was paid for a near parcel. There is limited inquiry for Australian on the spot at 35s 3d to 35s !)d. New Zealand stocks are practically exhausted. Flour.—Quiet. Patents, 24s 6d: on the spot, 23s c.i.f. Oats. —Better inquiry. Cartons at 19s Gd to 225; sparrowbills, 19s to 22s 6d; La 'Plata April-May shipment, 13s 9d. Beans—New Zealand, 34s Od to 355. DAIRY PRODUCE. Received 15, 12.45 a.m. London, April 14. Butter.—Danish, 116s to 117s; Australian, firm and unchanged. New Zealand, salted, 108s; unsalted, scarce, 110s. There is a slightly better demand for secondaries, owing to the temporary decrease supplies. A downward tendency is expected after the holidays. Home supplies are growing and heavy colonial supplies are imminent. , Cheese.—Firm. New Zealand 02s to 635. THE WOOL MARKET. Received 15, 12.45 a.m. London, April 14. The Bradford wool market is animated. Sixty-fours, 27'/ 2 d; super, 27d; common sixties, 26d; fifty-sixes, 22% d; fifties, 19% d; forty-sixes, 15y 2 d; forties, 14% d. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. Received 15. 12.45 a.m. London, April 13. Gold coin, £35.015.000. Reserve, £25,873,000. Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 43.55. Note "'reulation £2.8,032,0GA. Public deposits, £17,852.000. Other deposits, £41,522,000. Government securities, £15,095,000. Other securities, £36,167,000. THE MONEY MARKET. Bank rate, 3 per cent.; short loans, 3 per cent.; three months bills, 2% per cent.; Berlin, 3 per cent. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following are the latest quotations for Government securities:— 2'/ g per cent. Consols, £Bl 17s 6d. Rise of ss. 4 per cent'. New South Wales, £lO6. Unchanged. 3i/ 2 per cent. New South Wales, £99. Rise of 10s. 3 per cent. New South Wales, £B7 10s. Unchanged. 4 per cent. Victoria, £lO3 10s. changed. 3'/ a per cent. Victoria, £9B 10s. Unchanged. 3 per cent. Victoria, £BO. Rise of 10s. P/t per cent. South Australia, £9B 10s. Unchanged. 3 per cent. South Australia, £B2 10s. Unchanged. 4 per cent. Queensland, £lO4. Rise of ss. 3M; per cent. Queensland, £9B 10s. Rise of ss. 3 per cent. Queensland, £BO 2s Gd. Rise of 2s Od.

4 per cent. New Zealand, £lO4 10s. Fall of 10s. 3y g per cent. New Zealand, £9B. Unj changed. | 3 per cent. New Zealand, £BO 10s, j Unchanged. I 3y s per cent. Tasmania, £97 10s. U»changed. I 3 per cent. Tasmania, £BS 10s. Unchanged. | 3>/ s per cent. West Australia, £96 15s. | Rise of ss. 3 per cent. West Australia, £BO 10s. Rise of 10s. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, April 13. Wheat, 3s 4</ a d. Flour, £8 ss. Oats.—Algerian, 2s 3d to 2s 8d; sparrowbills, 2s lOd to 2s lid. Barley.—Cape, 2s Od to 2s Bd. Maize—Victorian, 2s Od: local, 2s Cd. Bran and pollard, £4 10s. Potatoes.—Tasmanian, £6 to £7 ss. Onions, £2 to £2 10s. Butter, 80s. Cheese, sy,d. Bacon, 7d. Melbourne, April 13. Hides. I'air supplies, and a good competition; prices firm. Wheat, 3s 4»/ 2 d to 3s sd. Flour, £8 to £8 ss. Oats, Is lid to 2s iy 3 d. Maize, 2s Od. Bran and pollard, £4 10s. Potatoes, £3 to £4 10s. Onions, £1 15s. Adelaide, April 13. Wheat, 3s 4d to 3s sd. Flour,. £8 to £8 ss. Bran and pollard, Is lly.d. Oats, 2s 3d.