COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 230, 17 February 1913, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

i!-L\K OF ESCASD RETUUSS. liy Cable Press Association- Copyright. London, February 14. The Hank of England; returns for the week ending Wednesday last are as follow: Gold coin, £35,994,000. lieserve, £27,700,000. Note circulation, £27,681,000. Public deposits, £20,903,000. Other deposits, £39,682,000. Government securities, £13,035,000 Other securities, £37,895,000. Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 54.8.

THE -UOXEY MARKET. London, January 31. Bank rate, ■> per cent.; short" loans. 4% per (.'cut. ; three months' bills, 4% per cent.; Paris, 3% p cr ( . o nt. ; Berlin. 5 per cent. government securities. The following are the latest quotations for Government securities: 21/.- per eenl. Consols, £74 ss; fall of 4 per cent. Now South Wales. £lOl • unchanged. o'/' per cent. New .South Wales. £O7- unchanged. 3 per cent. New South Wales. £B4; unchanged. i 4 per cent. Victoria. £103; unchanged. |)er cent. Victoria. £O3; fall of 2s fid , 3 per cent. Victoria. £7B; unchanged. VA per cent. South Australia, £9l - fall of £2. ' 3 per cent. South Australia. £75- fall of £l. 4 per cent. Queensland. £101; unchanged. 3'.', per cent. Queensland. £O-1; uncliang-i ed 0 " i per cent. Queensland. £7B: fall of;

4 per cenf. \cw Zealand. £100; fall of ss. 3VL- per font. New Zealand. £01; unchanged. 3 per cent. Xew Zealand. £SO: unchanged. •i'/i. per cent. Tasmania. £9O: unehan". od. 3 per cent. Tasmania. £S:; : nucha need, •"'/if I"' 1 ' ( ' (,|lt - West Australia. £0) - unclian^ed. 3 per eeiit West Australia.. £34- unchanged. LONDON" markets. London. February 14 ( opper.—Spof. £(i(i 7 S (id. Lead. £lO Us 3d. ' I Iron, G4s 3d. ] ■Spelter, £25 10s. I SiiSar.—Gerniaii % Til. fir-t marks lis . I'radford Wool.—Firm, with a trood imptiry: (>4's 30'/,d, super (id's 2!l</d ewmmm lift's 2S>/,d. 50's 24d. 50's W lieaf. Quiet; buyers are pans inir after the recent activity. The market is firm owinc; tn the drought in India (lie renewal of the Turkish war and unfavourable reports of the French crop. An Australian steamer January shipment sold at ,30s 0d; Australian spot small supply 40s to 40s lid : Lr(tn( j /••aland and :i?s (id'to 3Ss fid Flour. (|uiet and unchanged. Oats.—Quietj finest Uartons 25s fid to 2.is Ud. ordinary 24s fid to 25sT'elmia rv-Marcli 16s. l;ea"s.--4''irm: 40s to 40s fid ~x s {,,ire 1 eas.--|'irm; .Maple 40s ex store, nmter. T!«ther tinner. but hi"her prices are checking the demand. Australian saiu,l lOSs to lifts, a few 112s. salted 112s to 113s, a few llfis. \e W /•-aland lliis to 115s. unclm.,- < 'he,-so .--The market is <!ra,^in.- ; \ew /•■a hi ml fjOs.

WKJ'.sTKI; .doijsox ( ,-^j PiKI'ORT. ' Oil Tuesday last wo hH.I our fori,,i,l,| v M rat ford sal,. There was a lar 2 e alemlane.. a ,,d a <»„od >ardiiio of stock. <'m p,. ,tion was nood UiroiisrhoiTt, ;l „d «'II' the exeeplm,, of 2to 2 (/.-yea,- i„ '' : l 1,(-,F< ''' S - Poetically even l Jiii," was >ol<l at the hammer or after. We \\ eaner steers. 25s to 3.15: do. heifers, 915s ("1 to ~4s: colour.'.! ,10.. £■/ 7s to £2 17s: l. -nionUis heifers in calf. f:{ 4s to £3 Ss I'd: I -S-inrijitlis steers. £3 I> S (id- ■> to - £4 10s to £5: store nnvsf£2 k*l4 ,s: . iu ' sll "'"1 f»nvard do., £3 14s to £., Is: tat do.. £5 7 S lo UiSi emv.s and eah'e*. £4 :1s to £4 ISs (id: vear- ».<' huUs t-1 Is (id to £0 17s; hnlk £ . 10s to £lO Is: springing eon's. £(i 15s: fat and forward ewes, lis to lis 5d • mixed 2-looths. l:!s 4.1. Private sales: Dairy cows. £7 )0s to £!l 15s; store cows £4 os. £4 15, £4 17s fid. £4 10s, £3 ISs' fid, «■ <s I'd: in calf heifers, £4 10s. £.-,. £4 Us (id: 2vear steers. £4 10s to £.*>• ]Kmonth, heifers. £.l 2s fid: 15 t0 18-mo'nths steers. £,'! ss. £3 4s. £;i 12s Oil; bulls. £4 to £S : mixed weaners, 355: coloured weaner heifers. 52s (id. 535. 44s lid 40s ■'<s «d 455. (555, 50s. 555. 53s (id. Lamlis,' Ns to 10s: hoi'ses. £l2 to £l4 15a: 2-tootli wethers. 14s: rams, 50s. fat wethers. 17s lis (id: f.m, ewes, lis: mixed 2-tooth,