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Taranaki Daily News, 12 February 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Melbourne, Feb. ft. Barley—English 4 3 yd, Cape 3s 4d to 3s 3d. Oats.—Algerians, milling 2s Did to 2s 4'/ s d, feed 2s Id to 2s 2>/ a d. Potatoes, £2 10s to £O. Onions, £7 to £B. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. London, February S. Coin, £.">s,4!lfl,<!f;fl. Reserve, £j.i.83!1,00<). Proportion of reserve' to liability, 13 33. Circulation, £3ft,s3."i,oC'!>. Government denosits. £42,2(52,000. Other deports, £220,170,000. Government securities, £212.3'9J.000. Other securities. £38.55(),0'00. Short loans, 4% per cent.; throe months bills, 5 1-10 per cent. Consols, £sl 10?. War loans, £B4 lfts, £99 17s Od.' New Zealand 4 per cents., £Bl 17s (id, .IV, per cents £0!) 15s, three per cents £(10 I7=i Od. Waihi—Sellers 34?, buyers 335, LONDON MARKETS London, February 8. Wheat—No London business is reported. Prices are unchanged since January 30. Flour—There is a strong demand, but supplies available arc limited. Australian patents G2s Od. Oats—Very firm. La Plata, mixed, ex quay, 495. ■ P'oas and beans—Firm and unclianged. Sugar—Standard, granulated, £4l 7s 0.1. i upper—Spot £i37 ss, three months £133 ss; electrolytic, £l4l 10s. Lead—Spot £3O 10s, three months £2!) 10s. Spelter—Spot £55 ss, three months £52 los. Tin—Spot £2OO 7s fid, three months £2Ol 7s Od. Silver, 3s 1 9-lCd per oz. Wool —Bradford market is very slack, business being practically at a' standstill. AUCKLAND. 'Tlie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report: At Westfleld best dairy cows and heifers brought £lO 10s to'.£l4 15s, others £8 5s to £'lo ss, empty cows £7 5s to £!> 10s, bulls 7gns to Mgns, yearling to 18-month heifers £0 5s to' £S sa, yearling to 18-rhonth steers £7 10s to £!) ss, steer calves £4 5s to £5 lis, heifers calves £3 12s to £4 10s, inferior calves £2 10s to £3 10s. At Westfleld fat stock market best o.\en sold to £2 10s per 1001b, others £2 0s to £2 fts, cow and heifer beef 43s to 4Ss per 1001b, steers sold at from £l3 15s to £2l 12s od. cows and heifers £9 to £lO ss. Calves: Runners made fiom £7 to £ls (a record), heavy vcalcrs £5 15s to £7 ss. medium vcalers £3 10s to £5 Ms, light vcalers £2 2s (id to £3 fts, small and fresh-dropped Ss to 335. Sheep: Best wethers £1 17s to £2 Is. others £1 12s (id to £1 His (id, best ewes £1 13s to £1 Ids Od. others £1 7s to £1 12s (id. hoggets £1 Is to £1 lis. Lambs: Best £1 2s 3d to £1 (is fid, others 17s to £1 2s, inferior 13s 3d to 10s Od. Pigs: Choppers and heavy bsconers £3 10s to £4 lis, others £2 12s to £3 fts, heavy porkers £2 His to £3 12s (id, medium £2 5s to £2 lbs, small 34s to £2 4s, slips 22s to 335, weaners 12s to 21s.