COMMERCIAL.
LONDON MARKETS. London, February .27. Wool.—A strong sale and firmer all round. The Bradford mar'-c 1 , is strong; sixty-fours 28% d, super sixties 28 1 / 4 d, common sixties "2VA&. Copper, £O4 7s 6d to £64 15s. . Tin-.—£177 10s, three months, £157 15s. Pig-iron, 57s Id. Lead, £2O to £2l 2s Cd. Sugar, unchanged. Wheat.—Firmly held, but quiet. Flour, steady. Barley, oats, peas raid beans, quiet, and unchanged. Share quotations.—Waihi 40s and 42s Cd; Junction 23s 9d and 2Gs 3d. Butter.—There is a better tone. There are large arrivals of colonial, but the slow discharge prevents a glut. Australian, choicest salted, 128s, unsalted 130s to 1325; New Zealand salted 130s to 1325; unsalted 134s to 136 a. Cheese. —Firm. New Zealand 80s to 88s; best Australian 84s to 87s. Bacon.—Dull; Australian Cumberlands about 60s to 61s. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. London, February 26. The Bank of England returns for the week ending Wednesday last are as follow: — Gold coin, £62,330,000. Reserve, £48,099,000. Note circulation, £34,223,000. Public deposits, £26,925,000. Other deposits, £132,869,000. Government securities. £26,924,000. Other securities, £102,932,000. I Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 30.09. Short loans, 1 per cent.; three months I bills,- .1 7-16 per cent.
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
The following are the latest, quotations for Government securities: —
2% per cent. Consols, £OB lis 3d; unchanged. 4 per cent New South Wales, £99 ss; rise of ss.
3% per cent New South Wales, £97 10s; rise of 70s.
3 per cent. New South Wales, £Si. 17s 6d; rise of 77b Gd.
4 per cent. Victoria, £99 2s 6d; unchanged.
3Va per -cent Victoria, £94; fall o! 10s.
3 per cent. Victoria, £79; unchanged. S'/s per cent South Australia, £B9 unchanged. 3 per cent. South Australia, £73; un changed: 4 per cent Queensland, £99 ss; un changed. 3y» per cent Queensland, £O4 10s rise of ss. 3 per cent. Queensland, £7B; unchan ged. 4 per cent. New Zealand, £9B las; un changed. 3y s per cent. New Zealand, £S7 2s Od unchanged. 3 per cent. New Zealand, £77 10s unchanged. •4 per cent. Tasmania, £B9, unchan ged. 3 per cent. Tasmania, £BS 15s; nil changed. 3} pi- cent. West Australia, £B9 on fall of 2s 6d.
3 per cent. West Australia, £S3 15s rise of ss.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 224, 1 March 1915, Page 2
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376COMMERCIAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 224, 1 March 1915, Page 2
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