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Taranaki Daily News, 3 April 1916, Page 2

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BANK OP ENGLAND .RETURNS. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright London, March 30. The Bank of England returns for the week ending Wednesday; last are as follow: — , Gold coin, £55,718,000, Reserve, £41,534,000. Note circulation, £33,577,000. Public deposits, £57,004,000. Other deposits, £87,302,000. Government securities, £32,836.000. Other 'securities, ,£88,350,000. Proportion, of reserve to liabilities, 28.75. Short loans, 4% per cent.; three months' bills, 4% per cent, ' "^ LONDON MARKETS. V ' | London, March 30. Butter.—Danish, dull, 170s to 1725; colonial, steady; Australian is not offering; choicest New Zealand, 162s to 1645. Cheese—Firm; New Zealand, 103s to 104s. Wheat—Dull and nominally unchanged. Flour—Firm. Oats—Better demand; La Plata, on passage, 27s 6d. Peas and beans—lnactive and unchanged. Copper—Spot £ll2 15s, three monthß £lll. Tin—Forward, £194 10s, Pig iron, 893 3d. ... Lead. £34 17s Cd and £35 2s 6i ~' Silver, 27 3-lGd. Sugar—Unchanged. Bradford wool—Quiet and unchanged. Bradford wool buyers will not accept importers' concession .and are standing out for 28 days, with delivery on the 28th prompt. ' " 1 tt.Z. SHIPPING COMPANY; London, March 30. The New Zealand Shipping Company have declared an interim dividend of Bs, .',...

REWTON KING'S REPORT, On Friday, 24th inst., at my Waiwakaiho yards, I had a fair entry, which met with good competition, practically everything being cleared at satisfactory' ' prices as follows:—Mixed weaners £2, weane'r heifers £1 10s 6d to £1 15s, ' weaner steers £2 ]6s, empty 18-month ■ heifers £3 Os 6d to £3 Bs, bulls £7 12s • 6d, fat cows £7 14s 6d to £lO, store 1 cows £3 4s to £6 17s, springing heifers £4 7s fld to £7 7s 6d, dairy cows £9 1 12s 6d to £lO, in-calf 20-months heifers £4 Is, lambs 10s lOd, f.m. ewes 14s Id to 15s. [ At Douglas on the 27th there was a , full yarding, with a good enquiry, very satisfactory business being done as fol- ■ lows:—Weaner heifers 31s to 37s 6d, weaner steers £2 15s and £2 15a 6d, rough 18-month steers £4 to £5, empty , 2-ycar heifers £1 7s to £4 18s, empty 18-month heifers £3 3s 6d to £3 10s. 2%-year steers £6 17a, bulls £6 to £8 15s, fat cows £8 Is to £9 lis, forward i cows £5 17s to £7 lis, store cows £4 2s 6d to £5 10s, small £2 16s to £3, i f.m. ewes 13s 6d to 17s 6d, 2-tooth ewes - 22s Gd to 26s 4d, 2-tooth wethers 23s 1 lOd to 245, fld, culls 18s 9d, lambs 14s 3d to 16a lid. culls 6s Od, Romney rams ' 13s 4d to 2 1 / a gns.

At Stratford on Tuesday, 28th, for my fortnightly sale there was a full yarding of cattle (mostly farmers' lines) and a small entry of sheep. Bidding throughout was good, sales during the day being made at advanced prices. Weaner steers made from £2 8s to £2 19s, weaner heifers 20s to 31s fid, 20month steers (rough) £4 3s 6d, poor 15-20-month heifers £2 17s Gd to £3 3s fld. better cattle £3 13 s 6d to £4 Is, in-calf 2%-year heifers £6 15s, in-calf 2-year heifers (Jerseys) £5 10s, springing heifers £6 to £7 15s, bulls £5 12s Gd to £» 15s, fat cows £8 4s to £9 15s, forward cows £6 2s to £7 12s Gd, freshconditioned cowr £5 12s Gd to £G ss, store cows £4 12s to £5 Bs, small p/ore enws £3 to £4 2s Gd, aged ewes 13s Gd, cull lambs 9s to 13s 2d, f.m. ramg 20s Gd.

At Pohokura on Wednesday, 29th, I had a small sale, prices being: F.M. ewes lis 4d to 15s Gd, mixed-age ewes 17s 7d, fair lambs 12s 7d, cull lambs 5s to Bs, rams 15 s to £2.

At Stony River on the same day there was a medium entry, with fair bidding throughout for all lines offered, all cows yarded being slightly easier. Forward and fat cows made £G 10s to £3 lis, fresh-conditioned cows £5 10s to £0 ss, store cows £4 8s to £5 2s, small cows £2 to £3 16s. 20-month steers £4 IBs to £5 ss. bulls £7 to £9 ss..in-calf 20-month heifers £3 10s to £4 12s, forward bullocks £ll, weaner steers £2 to £2 18s fld, weaner heifers 25s to 33a Gd, store pigs 21s and 225. weaner pigs 5s to 7s, pedigree Berkshire sow 0 1 /i>gns., breeding sows £2 to £2 15s.