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Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1916, Page 2

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«Wi BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS'. ■ Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. . Received Sept. 15, G. 50 p.m. London, Sept. 14 The following are the-weekly returns of the Bank of England as issued on Wednesday last: Coin, £«2,9GD,000. Proportion of reserve to liabilities,. 23.80. Note circulation, £30,121,000. "Government deposits, £39,147,000. . Other deposits, £1)0,383,000. Government sec«i-ities,i £42,188,000. .j Other securities, £94,400,000. ~. Short loans, 4%; three, inontbj' foKLi, 5%. . AUSTRALIAN MARKET?. Sydney, Sept. 14. ■Oats.—Algerian feeding, 2s Go. to 2s 7d; milling, 2s 8d to 2s 9d; Tasmanian, white 2s lOdto 3s. Barley, 3s Gd to 4s. , Potatoes.—Tasmanians/'fO 8s per ton. . Onions, £i to £4 lon. Adelaide, Sept. 14. .Oats, Is Dd to Is lid. ; .. Melbourne, Sept. 14. Hides are in fair supply and met..wj'th good tompetition. . Heavie: and mediums are unchanged; lights and kips ,u'e firm. Melbourne, Sept. 15. , Oats.—Algerians, milling 2s, 2d), feed U H)d to Is U'/ 2 d. "„■ - : , .\: Potatoes, £5 to £O.. Onions, £3 15s to £4. ..'"'...' BIDES MARKET. Melbourne, Sepettniber 14. Hides were in fair supply and met with good.competition. Heavies and mediums are unchanged, and lights and kips are firm. ' SYDNEY WOoTsA'LES. Sydney, Sept. 14. At the wool sales good greasies were Arm, but inferior grades were bard to place. LONDON WOOL SALES. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd,, have received the following cablegram from their London house, under date September 13, IMG:— .Wool sales: Market active. As. compared with July 2S merino greasy superior a:id medium are par to 5 per cent, higher, crossbred greasy 5 per cent. and .slipe 2'/ 2 to 5 per cent, higher. Inferior scoured and crossbred scoured, as well as greasy lambs, are par to 5 per cent, lower. Final series fixed for December 5. J3LTHAM SALE. At the Farmers' Co-operative Society stock sale at Eltham on Wednesday there was a good yarding of cattle. Good prices were realised in all departments. Dairy cattle prices averaged the same as at the last sale, while in other 1 departments stock sold a little higher than late rates. . Quotations:— Pig: Suckers Bs, stores £1 8s Gd. Cattle: Light cows £7 to £B, forward cows £9 to £ll, cows £ll to £l2 15s, bulls £lO to £l9, empty heifers £0 7s Od to £7. ss, yearling heifers £3 10s to £4 lis, yearling steera £4 7s to £5 lis, dairy heifers £7 15s to £lo' ss. Other entries: Forward wethers £1 13s . 3d; draught horses £S 10s to £27; Angora goats 5s to 10s.