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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 194, 6 January 1913, Page 2

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THE MONEY MARKET . By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. London. January 3. Bank rate, 5 per cent.; short loans, 4 per cent; three months' bills, 4% per cent.; Paris, 3% per cent.; Berlin, 5% per cent. LONDON MARKETS.

London, January 3. Tallow.—Stock 3407 tons, imports 2404 tons, deliveries 2252 tons. Wheat.—Quiet and with an easier tendency on free offers of River Plate and disposition to sell Australian and Indian forward. Liverpool March 88% cents, May 86% cents, July 86% cents, Australian spot dull at about 395, NewZealand 37s for retail demand. Flour.—Australian, ex store 28s. Oats.—Quiet. A Cartons 25s 9d to 20s 3d, Sparrowbills 24s 3d to 24s 9d, La Plata Decembei-Januarv 15s 3d. Beans.—Fair trade, 39s 6d to 40s exstore. Peas, nominally unchanged. Butter.—Dull. ' Buyers are inactive and stocks are difficult to clear. Largo supplies have accumulated during tiie holidays. -Danish 12.0s to 130s, choicest Australian 112s to 114s, secondary 106s to 110s, New Zealand 118s to 120s. Argentine 110s to 112s. Cheese.—Quiet. New Zealand white 60s to Cls, coloured 61s to 625. Copper—Spot £77. three months £77 12s Od, electrolytic £92. Supplies 42.777 tons, deliveries 42,817 tons, stocks 32.159 tons, afloat 5400 tons, visible 43.241 tons. Tin.—Spot £220 15s, three months £220 7s (id. Stocks 11,861 tons, spot 2285 tons, afloat 4526 tons, deliveries 3034 tons.

Iron, 07s 10% d. Lead, £l7 17s fid. Spelter, £2O ss. ■Sugar 0s sd, first marks lis Oil. Bradford Wool.—Merinos firm, crossbred* dull, 04's 20d, super fiO's 2Sd. common 00's 27d, 50's 22%, 50's 21'/,(!, 40's 17d, 40's IGd. The A'ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile, Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from t!:;-ir Londoi; muise, under date. January 2:—Tallow: The spot market is michauged.