COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 84, 26 August 1912, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

B AN K OF ENGLAND RETURNS. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent) mi y. ' London, August 23. , e i><ink of England returns lor the lows-- d ' ng Weduesda y last are as folGold coin, £39,534,000. Reserve, £30,108,000. Note circulation, £29,254,000. lublic deposits, £17.544,000. Other deposits, £42,890,000. Government securities, £13,368,000. Other securities, £35,103,000. portion rcs srve to liabilities, 49.80.' ' THE MONEY MARKET. Bank rate, 3 per cent.; short loans, | i per cent.; three months' bills, 3 3-16 per cfent.; Paris,22 2 per cent.-; Berlin 4 per cent. i

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following are the latest quotations for Government securities:— . 2% percent. Consols,,£7s 12s Od; rise of £1 2s 6d. 4 per cent. New South Wales, £lO2 10s; rise of 10s. . 3y 2 per cent. New South Wales, £97; unchanged. 3 per cent. New South Wales, £BS- - 4 per cent. Victoria, £IOO 10s: unchanged. 3% per cent. Victoria, £95; unchanged. 3 per cent. Victoria, £B2; unchanged. 3% per cent. South Australia, £94; J I uncharged. 3 per cent. Routli Australia, £79; unchanged. . ; ' 4 per cent. Queensland, £IOO 10s; unchanged. . • . 3 Va per cent. Queensland, £94 10s; unchanged. 3 per cent. . Queesland, £B2; unchanged. . 1 4 per cent. New Zealand, £lO2 10s; rise of £l. . 3Vz per cent. New Zealand, £94; unchanged. 3 per cent. New Zealand, £B4; unchanged. • 3y z per cent. Tasmania, £92 10s; unchanged. 3 per cent. Tasmania, £B4; unchanged. 3V, per cent. West Australia, £9.4 10s; unchanged. , * . „ ' , 3 per cent. West Australia, £B6; unchanged.

LONDON MARKETS. London, August 23. • Copper.—Spot £79 7s 6d; • three months £79 12s 6d. Tin.—Spot £2lO ss; three months £2OB 15s. Lead, £2O. Iron, 82s 2d. Sugar.—German, lis 6d; first marks, lis Id. Bradford Wool.'—Finn. Business is improving. • Wheat.—Steady, but buyers* are reserved; 38s' 6d is being paid for parcels of_ South Australian and Victorian due this week. Spot prices unchanged. —Quiet and steady; Australian 27s'9d ex store; 26s 9d afloat. Oats,—Quiet; La Plata August-Sep-tember shipment has been sold at 17s fid. ... Butter—Quiet; nominally unchanged. The demand for colonial is limited to choicest. Some purchases of New Zealand at Is 0y 2 d f.o.b. are reported, which most importers consider excessive. Cheese.—Steady; New Zealand' 65s to 665. < AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, August 24. Wheat, 4s 4y*d to 4s 4%d. Flour.—City £lO, country £9 17s 6d. Bran, £5 10s. Pollard, £6. ' Oats.—Algerian, feeding 3s (id to 3s 9d, seeding 4s; New' Zealand, whites 3s 4d. giants 3s sd. Barley.—Nominal. Maize, 4s 3d to 4s (id. Potatoes.—Tasmanian £l4,- New Zealand £ll 10s to £l2. Onions.—Victorian £2O; Japanese and American £lB to £2O. < Butter—Selected 1365, prime 1245. Cheese,, B%d. Bacon, fid. 1 Adelaide, August 24. Wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 3y 2 d. Flour, £9 5s to £9 10s. l ' Bran, Is 2y 2 d. Pollard. Is 3d. Oats, 3a 4d to 3s sd. Melbourne. . August 24. Hides.—Average supplies forward; very firm for all classes. Wheat—Parcels 4s 3y 2 d to 4s 4%d, forward delivery 4s 4d. Flour, £9 ss". Bran, .€5 15s. Pollard, £6 ss. . Oats. —Steady; 3s Id to 3s 3d,. Maize, 4s 2d. '.'