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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 264, 6 April 1914, Page 3

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I | BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. !By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, April 3. The. Bank of England returns for the week ending Wednesday last are as follow: Cold coin, £37,383,000. Reserve, £27,069,000. Note circulation, £29,496,000. Public deposits, £27,668,000. Other deposits, £41,421,000. Government securities, £11,151,000. Other securities £46,086,000. Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 41.43. j THE MONEY MARKET. Bank rate, 3 per cent. Short loans, 1% per cent. Three months' bills, 1% per cent. Paris, 2'/ 2 per cent. Berlin, 2% per cent. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES The following are the latest quotations for Government securities:— 2y 2 per cent. Consols, £76 10s; rise of £l. 4 per cent. New South Wales, £103; unchanged. 3% per cent. New South Wales, £100; rise of £l. 3 per cent. New South Wales, £B6; inchanged. 4 per cent. Victoria, ,£102; unchanged, 3% per cent. Victoria, £9O; unchanged. 3 per cent. Victoria, £81; unchanged. 3Vs per cent. South Australia, £93; inchanged. 3 per cent. South Australia, £75; nnihanged. 4 per cent. Queensland, £101; unilianged. 3% per cent. Queensland, £97; rise if £l. 3 per cent. Queensland, £81; unhanged. 4 per cent. New Zealand, £IOO, unjhanged. 3V4 per cent. New Zealand, £92; unihangcd. 3 per cent. New Zealand, £B2; unihanged. 3% per cent. Tasmania, £92; unchanged. 3 per cent. Tasmania, £B2; un:hanged. 3'/ 2 per cent. West Australia, £92; fall of £1 ■ 3 per cent. West Australia, £80; unchanged. LONDON MARKETS. London, April S. Tallow.—Stock 3800 tons, imports 322!) tons, deliveries 2984 tons . Copper.—Spot £OS 17s Od, three months £66 2s 6d. Suppliers 60,635 tons, deliveries 57,459 toss, stocks 11,739 tons, afloat 3800 lons, visible 2(5,129 tons.. Tin.—Spot £l7l ss, three months £172 15s. Stocks, 18,539 tons. Spot, 3604 tons; afloat, 2540 tons; deliveries, 2982 tons. 'l'ig iTon. 51s sd. Lead. £lB 2s Od. Spelter, £2l 12s 6(1. Bradford wool, unchanged. There is better inquiry, but the actual business is small. Wheat. —Dull, with no bidding; 30s (id is asked; Australian spot 38s Od. Flour. —Slow and tending to be easier; J Australian ex store 36s fld. Barley.—Quiet; Australian C'hevaieir | 28s to 31s. Oats. —Dull; Plata April-Mity 14s 9d. Pea 3 and Beans.—Slow, \\;itli a slightly easier tendency. Butter.—Very Hat; choicest Australian salted 104s to 100s, unsalted 108s to 110s, secondaries 90s to 100s, choicest New ..Zealand salted 100s to 10Ss, un salted (very scarce) 114s to 1163, Danish 122s to 1245, choicest Siberian 106s. Cheese.—Quiet; New Zealand .white Ola to 02a, colored 64s to Bos. , Bacon. —Firm; small parcels of New South Wales Wiltshire 02s to 04s. 'THE QUEENSLAND LOAN'. London, April 3. Tile Queensland £2,000,000 4 per cent, loan, issued at 99, has been/subscribed fourfold and closed at noon. XIiWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Friday, 27Ui ult.. at my Waiwakaiho yards I had a fair entry of .-little. The quality and condition, with a few exceptions, were below previous sales. Most of the yarding was cleared at the following prices:— Good Sliort- , horn weaner steers £1 14s lid and £1 115s Od, well-grown weaner heifers with color £1 5s to £1 7s Od, small wcanors ! lis to ISs, poor and badly done stufT | 0s fid to 10s, 15-months heifers R.W.B. i £2 lis, empty M-monihs heifers, £2 i fls, Jersey 18-months steers £1 12s Ud, j bulls heavy £0 to £7 16s, small £2 5s I to £2 ISs 6d, spring heifers £5 5s to £0 ! 13b, dairy cows £5 7s 6d to £6 ss, itged !store cows poor conditioned £1 to £1 | 12s, small framed store cows £2 5s to | £3 7s, store cows with condition £3 I 1 tia to £4 13s, forward cows £5 2b 6d ito £5 14s (hi. small fat cows £6 ss.

At Douglas yards on Monday 30th ult., then; was a full yarding of cat.tlc, mostly real good stuff and a fair entry of sheep. The attendance was good and competition keen for all lines at the following prices:—Good weaner steers £1 1-ls, £1 13s (id, £1 Ids, poor sorts 10s to 51s 6d, mixed weaners £1 7s. £1 3s, ISs, 15-months heifers £2 17s Od, £2 14s, £2 0s Od, bulls from £2 10s, to

£(> ss, IS-months steers £3 6s Cd to £3 I 15s, smaller £2 Is (id to £3 3s. work- • iiijr bullocks £lO per pair, springing ; heifers £4, springing cows £(i ],w, for- ; ward cows and light fats £0 or, £.l l(!s, . £•) 14s, £5 7s (id. £5 (is, £5, £4 17s, | £4 lfls, £4 lis, £4 10s, £4 !)s, £4 Ss I £4 os, "Ood stores £3 3s to £3 Kin (id. ■ smaller rows £2 8s to £2 17s, aped cows

10s to £1 3s, lambs 9s !)d, (is lid, culls

• r )3 4d to .is Sd. forward ewes 12b lOd, | f.ii'. ewes Bs II id, 7s, (is Id, 4, (i, and f.m. , ewes Us lOd and l'2s, 4-tooth weLhers I.w (id to 1 lis Id, rums 9s to lift (id. ! On Tuesday, 31st ult., at Stratford, all yards were well tilled with eaLtlfc and i several pens of sheep. The attendance 'of the public was good, a |[ p ar t g 0 f t lu , ' district being represented. Several pens of -Vs-ycaf steers were offered but were

looking on the rough side, and in each

J case had to he passed; 18-inoiilhs steers and good condition cows and bulls sold very readily; several nice pens of weanels were 'offered, the best of these selling quickly, there being very little enquiry after the smaller calves. Prices obtained were: Good wearier steers £2, £1 15s Gd, £1 15s, £1 12s, Jersey weaner heifers, good colored line, £1 ISs, well grown pen of Holstcin heifers, £2 Is, other well grown grade heifers £1 2s Cd, £1 2s, £1 Is (id, £1 others 10s Gd to 16s Gd, mixed weaners £1 3s fid, £1 2s Gd, £1 Is, £1 Os Gd, 13s 6d, lis, 15 and 18-months heifers empty £2 16s (id,- £2 las, £2 14s, £2 12s, £2 9s, £2 Bs, bulls, heavy £5 Lis to £7 7s (id, others £2 10s to £4 10s, spring heifers J £0 5s and £(i 7s lid, fat cows £6 Is, to £0 10s, forward cows all according to frame and condition £5 18s, £5 12s, £5 Os, £5 ss, £4 17s, £4 15s, £4 14s, fresh conditioned cows £4 8s 6d, £4 7s fid, £-4 Is 6d, £4, £3' 18s, £3 16s Gd, £3. IBs, £3 15s, store cows £2 lfts to £3 lis, aged cows £1 Us to £2 Gs Gd, 20some color £3 17s Gd, 15, 18, and 20months steers £3 15s, £3 14s, £3 lis Od, £3 10s, £3 2s (id,, 15-month steers, rough £2 10s, £2 IBs (id, £2 6s, £2 0s 6d. nice pen of fat and forward 2%year bullocks £7 lis, lambs (fair line") ' os, f.m. ewes Ss 2d to 10s, 4 and '6-tootli I ewes 16s 2d, 2 and 4-tooth ewes 15s 6d.

At Stony River yards on Wednesday Ist inst., I had a good yarding which sold under keen competition as follow, prices in most cases being in advance ot late sales: —Good wcaner steers £1 12s fid and £1 15s, weedy sorts Gs Gd to 19s 6d, weaner heifers, £1 4s, mixed weaners £l 4s 6d, £1 2s, 16s, 9s, 15-months empty heifers small £2 4s 6d and £2 os, 18-months heifers R.W.B. £3, bulls, heavy £G to £7 10s, small £2 Is to £3 15s, yearling pedigree Jersey bulls Sgns, stags £5, springing heifers £3 2s Gd to £6 10s, Jersey cows (calved) £9 30s, 18-month to 2-year steers £4 2s, £3 10s (id, £3 12s, forward cows £5 ss, £5, £4 os, good store cows good conditioned £3 10s to £4, smaller framed cows £2 12s to £3, aged cows £1 3s to £1 IBs.

On Thursday, 2nd inst., for my Waiwakaiho autumn horse fair, I had a good catalogue, with a representative attendance of buyers. Good broken horses were in demand, and any broken horses with some weight met with good competition. Mr. Harold Street's hunter "Nigger" made £35. unbroken heavy horses up to £2O 15s, 2 and 3-ycar halfdraughts from £l3 to £l6 10s, hacks £2 5s to £5 ss, good spring carters, broken up to £25 15s, hacks and lighter horses from £5 to £l3 10s. Private sales for the week as follows: Forward cows £5 10s to £4 10s, good store cows £4, bulls £5 10s, 2y s -year steers £5 7s (id, £5 2s 6d, £5 15-months and 18-steers steers £4, £3 16s, £3 15s. £3 14s, £3 12s, £3 10s, £3 (is, £3, weaner steers £1 7s to CI 17s, wcaner heifers £1 2s, mixed aged ewes 13s, fat lambs 13s, 2-tooth wethers 15s, 2-tooth ewes 14s 3d, lambs 9s 9d, small 7s 9d, rams 1 Vagus.

AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report as fob lows:— At Wcstfteld yards on Thursday last dairy and store cattle came forward in average numbers, and sold at the laterates. Best dairy cows and heifers, close to profit, sold at /rom £8 10s to £0 15s, others £6 to £7 17s Gd, empty cows £3 13s to £4 2s, heifers £2 10s t<SM, calves 25s to 38s bulls £2 10s to £4 4s, Sheep.—Best wethers sold at from 22s 6d to 245, others £1 to 22s 3d, heavy ewes 17s Od to 225, others 15s Od to 17s Od; lambs in short supply, advanced in price?. Best quality 17s' Od to £1 Is Gd others 16s 3d to'l7s 3d .

Pigs came forward in full supply, and sold at late rates. Baconers sold at from £3 to £3 lis. large porkers £2 5s to £3, porkers £1 10s to £2 4s, slips 18s to 23s weaners 6s to 12s Gd. .