COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 253, 5 April 1915, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.

fiy Gallic—Pros Association—Copyright.

London, April 2 The Bunk of Fiighind returns l'or tin week ending Wednesday last arc as i'.j] low: Cold coin, £52,511,000. Reserve, .CUT.145.00(1. Note circulation, £34, 105,000. Public, deposits, CI!8.000,000. Other deposits, £80,714,000. Government securities, £44,000,000. Other securities, £140,004,000. Proportion of reserve to liabilities 18.20.

Short loans, 1} per cent.; three months' bills 2 7-10 per cent.

COVEI!NSIEXT SECURITIES.

_ The following are the latest quotations for Government securities:

2J per cent. Consols, £fl(i 8s Od; fall of Is 3d.

■1 per cent. New South Wales, £OS >,- fall of ss. 31 per cent. New South Wales, £O7 ssunchanged. •') per cent. New South Wales, O;0 15s; unchanged. 4 per cent. Victoria, £OB 15s; fall of ss. 31 per cent. Victoria, £Ol 15s; fall of 4os.

3 per cent. Victoria, £7O; unchaiuvd 31 per cent. South Australia, £BS 5s fall of 15s.

3 per cent. South Australia, £7O 5 unchanged.

4 per cent. Queensland, £OO 15s- <-j. of 15s.

31 per cent. Queensland, £O2; fall of 10s.

3 per cent. Queensland, £74 12s fidfall of 07s (id.

4 per cent. New Zealand, £O7 10s: rise of 17s Od.

3} per cent. New Zealand, £B3 12s (id unchanged.

3 per cent. New Zealand, £7O ss; no changed. 31 per cent. Tasmania, £BS 12s 'id rise of 7s Od.

3 per cent, Tasmania, £7O; unchanged 31 per cent. West Australia, £88; 'vis; of 7s. Od.

3 per cent. West Australia, £B2; unchanged.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MKRCAN TILE AGICNCY CO., LTD.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Stratford branch, report as follows: 11 j On Tuesday, 23rd March, we held our 11 j usual fortnightly sale in our Stratford '" yards when we had a small yarding of 151 head of cattle and 1351 sheep, most of which were disposed of, more particlulariy the sheep, at an advance in values:—Fat cows, £il 2s to £7 15s; store cows, small, 70s to 80s; medium, £5 to £5 10s; good, up to £5 10s; heifers, fat, light weights, up to £4 (is; dairy | cows, fS 2s (id; IS-months steers, £3 i,los; 18-month heifers, 40s to 425; miwd 'lwcanors, small, to 22s fid; weaner heirfors, small, Kis to ISs; bulls, small, £3 12s (id; medium, £5 15s to £5 17s (id; ■'{.fair weights. £fl to £0 ss; f.m. ewes, t 'poor, lis lid to 13s 7d; lambs, culls, ,5s Kid to 5s lid; medium, fls 4d to 8s; , ' fair, 10s 3d. ' I Our next Stratford sale will be held

on Tuesday, fith April. s On Thursday, 25th March, we held our usual monthly sale in our Kohnratahi '" yards, when there was a fair yarding of 2"fi head of cattle and 10,80 sheep, most ■ % of which were sold at the hammer or afterwards at full market values, more e especially the sheep which advanced in price. There was a large attendance of the public. Fat cows, up to £0 Ids; 18 months steers, 00s to (15s for small to 75s (id for medium; 2</,-yea>- steers, 1115s; dairv cows, up to" £7 5s- 2tooth wethers, IS* 4d; lambs, lis fid: 2-tooth ewes, from 12s 3d to 17s 3d; f.m. ewes, small, 0s 5d to 10s fid; 4 to 5-ycar-ohl ewes, fair line, up to 10s 4d; ' f.m. rams, 15s; Romney rams, £2 ss. Our

? next sale at this point will 'be held on ' Thursday, April 22. f i)n 'Wednesday, 31st March, we held ■I our monthly sale in our Te Wera yards. ' when we had a fair Yarding of OOOshccp t and IS2 head of catt'e. We have to' report a very brisk sale, nearly every lino ; being cleared at the hammer or after-

i wards at satisfactory prices, more or* pecially for sheep, which sold exceptionally well. We sold 780 sheep and 145 i head of wfttle. Ewes, from 13s 2d to 17s

fid: 4-tooth wethers, small, Ids fid 4 and 5 year old fat lambs, on account of Mr Martin Ford, made 14 8s; mixed lambs lis Id: 20-months steers, 71s to 72s fid; 2 to 2'/,. year old steers, £4 5s to £4 , 18s fid: 3 war old steers. £7 14s; 20 , months heifers, in calf, 02s to (13s; wean- ) er heifers, small. 225; weaner steers, small 23s fid to 2-ls; fat cows, £0 SS;5 S; store cows, small, from 70s to SSs; medium, 52s to 100s; bulls, small, £5 to £5 15s; medium, £0 to £G 7s fid. -.uir 1 next Te Wera sale will be held on Frit day, April 30. At this =alc we also offered on ncs count of M 0. Mc-Aloon three case, of - fruit, proceeds to go to the Belgian . Relief Fund, which were sold and rosultl ed as follows:—First case purchased at - 4s by Mr M. W. Priest, Company's agent at Kohnratahi: re-offered on his account : and purchased by 11 V. H. Nolan, Te

Wera, at 3s 6d; rc-offered on his - count and purchased by Mr Olaf McCutchcn, Kohnratahi, at 3s; re-offered on his account and purchased by Mr Alex. Todd. Kiore. at 3s; re-offered on his account and purchased by Kindberg Bros., at 3s; rc-offered on their account and purchased by Mr W. IT. Best, Kohnratahi, at 3s; re-offered on his account and purchased bv J. G Schormann, Pohokura. at 3s; re-offered on his account and finally purchased at »s Od by Mr J. B. Buchanan, of Pohokura bv

whom the apples wore distribute.! anion'" the crowd. { Second ease was purchased by Mr A. <K Speck, Wiiangamoinona, at 2s; reI offered on his account and purchased by |Mr !W. Winmill, Pohokura, at 2s; rei ol £r °!' 't S !U '" mnt »n<l purchased by. Mr W. A. Hewitt, Stratford at 2s- re- ] oflered on his account and purchased bv | Mr V. IT. Nolan, To Wera. at 3s (id- rendered on his account and purchase by Mr ,\. E. Speck, Whangamomona, at 3s; re-oflered on his account and purchased by Mr W. A. Hewitt, Stratford, I at 2s fid.

i T l'f !"-!",'■! O, ' ,SP (I'linccs), purcha od by Mr (i. E. Willis, Kohnratahi, at ->s-ro-oflered on his account and purchased by Mr (~ S. ITobbc, at 2s Od; re-offcred on his account ami purchased by Mr Olaf McCntohan, Kohnratahi, at "s- re oflere.l on Jiis account anil purchased bv Air .T. 0. Letham, Tuna, at 2s; re-offer-ed on his account and purchased bv Mr \\. A. Hewitt. Stratford, at 3s 0d • reollcred 0,, his- account and purchased again by Mr W. A. Hewitt, at <>s fid Since we last reported we have turned over a lot of stock privately as follows-■-tooth wethevs. 15s (id to 10s fi,|i

4-tootb wethers. ISs Od: f.m. ewes. 13s (,', I •« »< ; 2, 4 and B-tooth ewes, 15s 0d; 4-tooth owes. 17s; 2-tooth ewes, 13s to bis to ISs; hnohs. small, 0s to (Is fid ; rnerlnnn. irom 7s to 0s fid; good, from 10s to lis fi,l; „„„ B . from i t0 o„ IH . weaner steers, f,,,,,, n2s fi|l t(> 3fo - ,;,_ months steers. (50s 0d to 80s; mixed we»i>ors, 30s; 18-months heifers, £2s tn £2 2s fid; cows and calves, £4.

AUCKLAND.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report as follows: At Wostlield yards on .Wednesday, fat cattle were yarded in scarcely average numbers, and for all classes prices advanced on last week's rates, prime, oxen selling to£2'2s; others, S6s to 39s

10011).; cows and licifers, 80s to "Is; steers sold at from £7' los to £lB 5; cows and heifers,' £5 to £l2 l?.s Oil; a truck of steers from Mr TL K. Heid, VVaernnga, averaged Clli "s, and other consignments of steers averaged over £l4. Veal calves came forward in larger numbers, and prices were firmer throughout. Heavy vealers sold at from £5 to £0 !)s 0,1; medium weights, £5 ISs to £4 17s; lighter, £2 to £3 10s; others, 2lls to .'ISs; smaller and fresh dropped; 3s to ISs. Sheep were ynr.l in smaller numbers than usual, and improved in price from Is to 2s per bead on last weeks' quotations. Best wethers sold at from Ufa to 20s (hi; others, 2ns to 23s fid; inferior fritted ditto, Ms fld to ills; heavy ewes, IR S !ld to 20s 3d; others, 10s to ISs Oil. Lambs came forward in large numbers, and showed no improvement in price. Host lambs, woolly, sold at from ]3s Od to Tss 3d; others. 12s to 13s Bd; shorn ditto, 10s to 15s. Pigs were yarded in usual num. liers. Largo porkers, £2 Wis to £3; porkers, £1 10s to 28s; slips, Tos to 21's; weancrs, .'ls to Ss.