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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 124, 19 October 1914, Page 2

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BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. iJy cable.—Press Association.—Copyright London, October 111. 'Ulie Bank of England mumis lor isiu week eudiuy Wednesday last are as follow: Hold coin, £58,017,000. Reserve, £43;OI'S>,UW. Note circulation, £34,0<57,00ft. Public Deposits, £23,7'32;,000. Other deposits, £135,829,0U0. lioverninenL securities, £27,571,000. Other securities, £t'bir,7l7,UW. . Proportion of .reserve to liabilities 20.4(5. Short loans, & per cent.; three mouths' (bills, 3!/ 8 to ;(',4 per cum.

LONDON MARKETS. e -■- London, October 13. Silver, 23% d per ounce. Pig iron, 48,5, 7d. tSugar.—American, granulated, spot 30s. Wheat.—Firmer; setters are offering sparingly; 44s 0d is. asked for South Australian afloat. Flour.—tFinni; Australian patents 30s upwards. Oats. —Dull; New Zealand ex store 29s do 3 Is.

Beans.—Quiet and steady; New Zealand, spot, 40s to -12s. Peas.—Finn; New Zealand maples 5Sa to (50s. ' Barley.—Quiet; Australian Chevalier 31s (id to 345; Jute.—October is quoted' nominally a.t £lB 10s. Butter.-HQuiot; Continent! is rather easier, and colonial in the albsence of supplies, is nominally unchanged. Cheese.—Very fbm; Canadian 70s to 775. Bradford 'Wool. —All cross'breds are advancing strongly; merinos are hardening, and there is a good .inquiry; (it's 29d, super OO's 2Sd. comnnon Go's 27d, 50's 2ud,sJo's &V/.A, 4ti\s 2tW, 40's l'B'/ a d.

AUCEHIND STUCK REPORTf^

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency. C 0.,. Ltd., report:At illie IWes'Midd yards on Thursday best dairji cows and heifers close to profit sold at from £3 to £9 15s; others £4 iws ito £7 IBs; cows, £4 8s to £5 Hs; hrifefs, £3 Iftj to £4 2s; yearling hoifors, £2 1% to £3 3s; bulls, £4 to £7 10s; calves, 2f>s to £2. ss.

Ati yards on Friday, (heavy draught ihorses sold at from £3O to £■10; medium draught, £lB to £2B 10s; light harness horses, £lO to £ls 10m; bucks.. £5 to £l3; wends, 20.5 to £3. At WaTkworth yards on Friday, tlluree to four year old steers sold at from £7 15s to £!) 7s (id; two to three- year Old swots, £5 15s to £7 l'2s (id; yearling ■to 18-m.os. steers £3 5s- to £5; empty cows, £4 5s to £G 10s; empty (heifers, £3 2s to £4 4s; Shorthorn bulls, £G to £l2 15s; Jersey bullti, £3 to £(>; tflher bulls, £3 to £6 10s. Beef sold at fairly late rates.

Ati' Puikeko'he yards on Saturday, Shorthorn 'bulls two year old 1 £8 to £10; yearling £4 10s to £ll 10s; Ilolstein bulls £3 15s to £10; Jersey Oralis, £4 to 11% guineas; Ayrshire 'bulls, £3 to £(> l'Os; Hereford bulls, to £8; other 'bulls, £3 to £5.

At Pukekohe on Monday, best cows eow K close to profit sold at. f-ora £8 10s to £lO 15s; others, £4 10s to £8; cows in milk, £4 to £0 Ms; best flueifers, £7 10s to £lO ss; others, £4 to £7; aged and inferior cows, £3 to £4 ss; bulls sold at fitly Monday rates. At WeshJield yards on Wednesday, besti woolly wethers sold at'from S9s to 33s Od; otlhera, 23s fid to "iSs Gil; shorn wethers, 19b od to 20s; woolly ewes, heavy-weight, £1 4s 6d to 27s M; others, £1 Os 3d to 23s !)d; shorn ewes, 18s 3d to 235; hoggets, 17s fid ito 235. Spring lambs, in good numilbers, first quality, £1 to £1 3s; others lis do Ms fid. Pigs came forward in full numbers, and sold at late rales. Baconors, £3 5s to £3 Ms; large porkers, £2 5s to £3; porkere, £1 8a to £2; slips, 18» to 225; weaners, fcs to 10s.