COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 218, 22 February 1915, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. v Cable —Press Association —Copyright.' London, February II). Copper.—Spot, £O3 15s to £B4; three , t'.onths, £f>4 2s Oil l;o £O4 7s fid; clec'.rolytic, £OB 10a to £69. Tin.—-Spot, £lB4 to £ 185s; three months, £lOl to £lOl 10s. Load, £lO 12s 0(1 to £l9 15s. Spelter, £4l to £42. Silver, 22% d per oz. ' Danish butter' 132s to 130s. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. London, February 10. flic Bank of England returns for the week ending Wednesday last are as follow: Gold coin, £04.105,000. , Reserve, £40,820,000. ?fot« circulation, £34,107,000. Public deposits, £40,310,000. Other deposits, £117,0] S,OOO. Government securities. £24.503,000. Other securities, £101,701,000. Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 31,54. Short loans, % per cent.; three months' bills, 1 7-lfld per cent. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. , Th e following arc the latest quotations for Government securities:— 2% per cent. Consols, £OB lis 3d; unchanged. 4 per cent. New South Wales, £99; fall of 2s Od. 3Va per cent. New South Wales, £94; unchanged. 3 per cent. New South Wales, '£7B; fall of 455. 4 per cent. Victoria, £99 2s Od; rise of 2s 6d. 3'/> per cent. Victoria, £94 10s; rise of 10s. 3 per cent. Victoria.;, £7O; fall of ss. 3 1 /. per cent. South Australia, £80; unchanged. 3 per cent. South Australia, £73; unchanged. 4 per cent. Queensland, £99, ss; unchanged. 3VS> per cent. Queensland, £94 ss; unchanged. ! 3 per cent. Queensland, £7B; unchanged. 4 per cent. New Zealand, £9B 15s; unchanged. 3 1 / a per cent. New Zealand, £B7 2s Cd; unchanged. 3 per cent. New Zealand, £77 10s; fall of 2s od. 3'/o per cent. Tasmania, £B9; unchanged. 3 per cent. Tasmania, £S3 15s; unchanged, 3% per cent. West Australia, £B9 7s 6d; rise, of 2» Od. 3 per cent. West Australia, £S3 10a; unchanged.