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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 210, 4 March 1912, Page 2

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BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. By Cable—Prtw Association—Copyright. London, March 1. The Bank of England) returns for'the week ending Wednesday last are as follow: Gold coin, £38,730,000. Reserve, £30,532,000. ■ Note circulation, £27,989,000. ' Public deposits, £21,571,000. Other deposits, £44,830,000. Government securities, £15,116,000. Other securities, £38,861,000. Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 45.97. THE MONEY MARKET. Bank rate, 3% per cent.; short loans, 3% per cent.; three months' bills, 3% per cent.; Paris, 2% per cent.; Berlin, 4% per cent. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following are the latest quotations for Government securities : 2% per cent. Consols, £7B 7s 6d; fall of 15s. 4 per cent. New South Wales, £lO5 10s; unchanged. 3 x / 2 per cent. New South Wales, £97; unchanged. 3 per cent. New South Wales, £B7; unchanged. 4 per cent. Victoria, £lOl 10s;' unchanged. 3% per cent. Victoria, £96 10s; unchanged. 3 'per cent. Victoria, £B4 10s; unchanged. 3% per cent. South Australia, £97; unchanged. . 3 per cent. South Australia, £BS; unchanged. 4 per cent. Queensland, £102; unchanged. 3y 2 per cent. Queensland, £96 10s;' unchanged. 3 per cent. Queensland, £B4 10s; unchanged. 4 per cent. New Zealand \ £lO4 2s 6d; unchanged. 3% per cent. New Zealand, £97 10s; unchanged. 3 per cent. New Zealand, £B7 10s; unchanged. | 3y 2 per cent: Tasmania, £96; unchanged. 3 per cent. Tasmania, £BS; unchanged. 3y 2 per cent. West Australia, £95 10s; unchanged. 3 per cent. West Australia, £B7; unchanged. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET. Mr. >W. D. Robertson, representing Andrew Clement and Sons, Ltd., dairy produce salesmen, London, is in receipt of the following market report, by cable, of the latest spot values for finest New Zealand butter and cheese:— Butter.—Salted, 131s; unsalted, 1325. Market weak and declining. Chese. —White, 725; colored, 725. Market firmer.