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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 108, 23 September 1912, Page 7

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BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. Bj Cable—Press Association—Copyrigtht London, September 20. The Bank of England returns for the week ending Wednesday last are as follow: Gold coin, £'10,250,000. Unserve, £31,834,000. Note circulation, £28,548,000. Public deposits/ £15,885,000. Public deposits, £15,885,000. Other deposits, £40,355,000. Government securities, £13,308,000. Other securities, £35,598,000. Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 50.1i4.

THE MONEY MARKET. Bank rate, 4 per cent.; short loans, 2 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'/ 3 per cent. Consols, £74 2s (id; unchanged, 4 per cent. New South Wales, £lO3 10s; unchanged. 3 1 / a per cent, New South Wales, £O7; unchanged. 3 per cent. New South Wales, £B4 10s; unchanged. 4 per cent. Victoria, £IOO 10s; unchanged. 'i'/ s per cent. Victoria, £95; unchanged. 3 per cent. Victoria, £B2; unchanged. 3'/ z per cent. South Australia, £94; unchanged. 3 per cent. South Australia, £79; unchanged. 4 per cent Queensland, £101; unchanged. - ~v , 3% per cent, Queensland, £94 10s; unchanged. 3 per cat. Queensland, £B2; unchanged.

4 per cent. New Zealand, £lO3 10s; unchanged . V/., per cent. New Zealand. £O3 10s; fall of 10s. 3 per cent. New Zealand, £S2 10s; unchanged . 3>/ 3 per cent. Tasmania, £O2 10s; unchanged.

3 per cent. Tasmania, £S4; unchanged. 3 per cent. West Australia, £O4 10s; unchanged. 3 per cent. West Australia, £80; unchanged. LONDON MARKETS. London, September 20. Wheat.—Quiet; 40s fid is being asked for an Australian April sailer shipment. 30s 3d for a December-Janaury steamer shipment, and 40s fid for a SeptemberOctober cargo. Parcels of a September shipment sold at 30s (id. Liverpool futures: October 02-%, December 80%, March 88%. Australian spot 425, New Zealand 41s fid. . Flour.—Steady and. inactive. Australian ex-store 27s fid. Oats.—Slow; La Plata; SeptemberOctober 18s 6d. Butter.—Slightly firmer; Danish, 130s to 1325. Colonial nominally'unaltered. Copper, £7B 12s fid to £79 13s Od. Tin, £22(1 5s down to £223. Lead, £22 10s. Iron, 079 3d. Spelter, £27 ss. Sugar.—German lis lid; first marks 13s;Cd. Bradford Wool.—All sorts 'have advanced i/,<l. Sheepskin Sales.—The numebr of bundles offered was 12.834, including 2757 New Zealand. There was a good attendance, and keen competition. Merinos are at -par to a farthing higher. Crowbreds, fine, medium and coarse, %d dearer.