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Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1916, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. By Ciible.—Press Association—Copyright London, March 10. . Wool.—Crossbred sold with better competition and prices hardened; merinos were iregular. The Taimimii clip brought top price 104 d, average 18Jd, At the Bradford sales there was better inquiry, but the turnover was small; (14's 131(1, (ifl's 42.U1, common flO's 4Ud, sU's 38(1, 50's 32d* 46's 20(1, 40's 27(1. Wheat. —Quiet and unchanged. Teas and beans.—Quiet and unchanged. Hutter.—Very firm. Danish, 178(1 to lS?s; Australian, choicest lSil? ta 100?, secondary 1545, unsalted 158s to 102s; New Zealand, choicest 100s to 104s, secnidary, 154s to 15Ss, unsalted 102s to 100s; Argentine, salted 150s to 1525, unsalted 168s. Cheese.—Strong, Canadian, 100 a to 102s; New Zealand, 98s to 100s. Sugar.—Steady and unchanged. Copper, £97 2s 8d; forward, nominally £9O. Tin, £IBB and £lB7 ISa. Pig-iron, 84«. Lead, £32 17s fld and £33 2s 6d. Spelter, £95 and £B2. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright London, March 9. The Bank of England returns for the week ending Wednesday last are as follow: Gold coin, '£55,090^00. Reserve, £41,424,000. Note circulation, £33,104.000. Public deposits, £52,175,000. Other deposits, £97,036,000. Government securities, £2.838,00'). Other securities, £93,180.000. Proportion of reserve ti liabilities, 27.76. Short loanß, 4J per cent.;' three months' bills, 6 1-10 per cent. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. London, March 9. The following are the latest quotations for Government securities.

2i per cent. Consols, |*»7 2s 6d; fall of ss.

3t per cent. War Loan, '£B7 6s; fall of 10s. 4 per cent. War Loan, £9B 15s; fall of ss. 4 per cent. New South Wales, £B3 15s; fall of 10s. 3J per cent. New South Wales, '£os; rise of £9 15s. 3 per cent. New South. Wales, £69 17s 0d; fall of ss. 3 per cent. Victorian, '£93 17s fld;' fall of 2s 6d. •4 per cent. Victorian. '£B3 2s F'« fcll of £1 7b 6d. 3 per cent. Victorian, '£ol IQJ; £*ll of j 10s. .. """" 4 per cent. Queensland, i29 r M] ] rise of 7 s fid. 3J per cent. Queensland. u> changed. ' ' i 3 per cent. Queensland, £tJ2 fin j of ss. y 4 per cent. New Zealand, "£B7; Uli'Vf' 7.7 6d. 33} per cent. New Zealand, £72 10*'; fall of sa. 3 per cent. New Zealand, £O2 17s <i,' fall of 7s 6d. • ■ j 3J per cent. South Australia 17s (Id; fall of 2s 6d. 3J per cent. West Australia. f£7B?- t of 15s. 3 per cent. West Australian t«C?*>£ fall of £1 10s. I 3J per cent. Tasmania, f£7lf fall of £1 2s 6d. 3 per cent. Tasmania, (£6B, *">• changed. >