COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 242, 22 March 1915, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

BANK OP ENGLAND RETURNS. | By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. | London, March 10. , The Bank of England returns for the I week ending Wednesday last are as follow: Gold coin £58,028,000. Beserve .-£43,850,000. Note circulation £34,005,000. Public deposits £70,950,000. Other deposits £100,404,000. Government securities £30,049,000. Other securities £115,750,000. 1 roportion of reserve to liabilities 25.58. I Short loans Iy s per cent.; throe months' bills 2-% per cent. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The -following are the latest quotations for Government securities:— -'ft ]>« r sunt. Consols £OB 10s: fall of Is 3d. 4 per cent. New South Wales £O9 ss; nse of ss, 3'/ s per cent. New South Wales £97 2s (id; fall of 7s 6d. 3 per cent. New South Wales £BO 15s; unchanged. 4 per cent. Victoria £99; fall of as. •>>/■ per cent. Victoria £94; fell 0 f ss. per cent. Victoria £79; unchanged, j 3>/ g per cent. South Australia £B9fall of -is od. 3 per .cent. South Australia £73unchanged. ' 4 per cent. Queensland £99 os- unchanged. 3% per cent. Queensland £O4 2s Gd: fall of 7s Od. 3 per cent. Queensland £7B; unchanged. 4 per cent. New Zealand £97 7s 6d: fall of 12s fid. 3Vs .per cent. New Zealand £B7 2s Gdunchanged. ' 3 per cent. New Zealand £77 15srise of 3s. 3% per cent. Tasmania £B9; fall of ss. 3 per cent. Tasmania £B3 15s; unchanged. 1 3'/ 3 per cent. West Australia £B9 10s; l'irfc of 2s (id. | 3 per cent. West Australia £B3 las; unchanged.

LONDON MARKETS, London, March 18. Flour, steady and unchanged. Barley, quiet. Australian Clievalici' 38a to 40s. ' Oats, iirm. Now Zealand 35 s to 375. Peas, quiet and unchanged. Beans, quiet. New Zealand 42s to 43rf. Share Quotation.—Wailii 41s 3d and 42s Oil. Copper.—Spot £O7 to £OB sa, tiirce months £O7 103 to £O7 15s, electiolytic £72 15s to' £73 ss. Tin.—Spot £lB7 to £IS7 10s, three months £173 10s to £m. Pig-iron 03s. Lead £22 15s to £23 10s. Spelter £44 to £44 10a. Sugar, unchanged. Silver 23% d per oz. Butter, very strong. Colonial is in short supply. Choicest Australian 140s to 1425. New Zealand ]44s to 140s. Lon-lon, Mar.:h 10. Wool.—Good sale of all sorts; prices unchanged. The following prices were obtained for New Zealand clips: Kiwi, top price 18d, average 17% d; Napier, lSd and 17% d; Weatho, 18i/,d and 17% d; Waewaepa, l»d and ,17% d. Bradford spot lots are very dear. Skeepskins.—.At the -sales there was a good attendance and excellent competition; 7100 Australian, 700 Capes, . and 1!XM) Puntas were offered, and the bulk cleared. Compared with January, all combings averaged three-farthings dearer. The greatest advance was in New, Zealand cross-breds and clothings, which were a farthing to a halfpenny ilearer. Lambs were a farthing dearer. Merino pelts were unchanged. The next auctions are on May 6. Wheat. —Firme'..

Wool.—Good merinoes and all crosabrcds firm; faulty merinoes. irregular in buyers' favor. Avondale 18d to lC%d, Gear 25% d to 24% d.