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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 77, 26 January 1914, Page 3

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BANK. 01' ENGLAND RETURNS. I!y Cable—Press Association—^Copyright London, January 23. The Bank of England returns for the week ending Wednesday lust are as follow: Hold coin, .CJO,BSO,dOO. Reserve, 32,120,000. Nolo circulation, £28,253,000. I'ublic deposits, £10,174,000. Other deposits, £40,752,000. (Jovernment securities, £11,199,000. Other securities, £30,001,000. I'roportion of reserve In luibilitise, 57.42. i THE MONEY MARKET. I I!;uik,( rate, 4 per cent. •Sliort loans, 2 3-8 per cent. Three, months' hills, 2 15-10 per cent. ■ Paris, 2'/ 4 per cent. I Herlin, 2 7-8 per cent. J > LONDON? .MARKETS. J London, January 23. I Victorian scrip is at I'/, premium and I New South Wales at 2. J Copper.—Spot. £OS ss, three months ! .£(>s 10s. Klcetrolytic, £fi7 2h (kl. Tin.- Spot CITS, three months £179. I Spelter, £2l 15s. J Pig iron, 50s lOd. Sugar.—Oennan 9s 3d, first marks 11' I 5-Hd. Fir.idford wool. —The market is slow nit lirm; 40's are quoted at 15% d and 10's at 14% d. London wool sales. —These "will con'lude next week. The grand total of iiiles during the season was 630,73-4 ■ ja icy. the approximate, value being £O.O(NWHK). Hungarian realised, average I I'M Wheat.—Firm; There is more inquiry 'or cargoes. The balance of the Tasnanian Transport's cargo realised 35s ). Australian spot is quiet and is (noted a I 38s 0(1. Klour.—Steady; prices ar» unaltered. Australian ex store, 275. Oats.—Steady; La Plata February-' darch shipment brought 14s 7'/ad. lieaus and peas.—Quiet, but firm. Butter.—Selling well; Danish is on- . :hanged; hsavy supplies of colonial but- I er liave caused an easier tendency; choicest Australian salted 110s to 112s, ixceptional 113s, unsalted 112s to 114s, ( 'xception.il 115s:. New Zealand salted 13s to Hss, unsalted litis, exceptional 18s: secondary Australian brought 02s to 108s. Cheese. —Firm; New Zealand white 10--, colored <!7s to C7s Gd. LONDON WOOL SALES The Hank of New Zealand lias re- j eived the following cabin advice from J ts London otlice: —"The sales have 1 losed firm for all kinds of. wool; there | s a good demand for all kinds o[ cross- } ired wool. Total quantity held over ] ;<)00 hales, of Which 1500 hales are New {ealaud. Current prices for North Isand farmers' lots: Coarse eross-brcds Ki's and Hi's quality, average condition, Oil to lO'/id per lb; medium erossbreds It's and 4(ls, 10'/.d to liy 4 d; line, crossireds 50's. lid to 12d. Current prices for South Island farmers' lots; Inferior merinos «o's and 04's, ll'/ 2 d to 12d; superior merinos 12d to 13d.