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Taranaki Daily News, 31 March 1917, Page 5

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J LONDON MARKETS. -Al Anstralian-N.Z. Cablo Association. $1 Received March 31, 12.50 a.rt. v 'fl London,' March 30. Copper—Spot £l3O sa; three montU »/fi§ -£135 15s. P Electrolytic.— £149. V J /flj Lead.—Spot £3O 10s; three months. ."',M £29 10s. • I A|l Spelter.—Spot £55; three • months 1 £52. «f Tin.—Spot £215 7s Bdj three £214 17a fid. » 4 ->| Silver—3s 15-10 d per ounce. '' Wheat.—No offers. "• -'"iitS Flour has advanced a shilling, and All ''jjl grades are scarce. No Australian offer*. tt ,s ing. ' .J! i Oats.—The market it strong: no L£ Plata offering. ' Pens and Beans.—Marked hardening. '-a Sugar,—Unchanged. Butter,—Market nominally unchanged. " ;i§ The markot is practically without colo« nial, pending the discharge of an Aug" ' tjgj tralian cargo which haa just arrived, ss Several Danish cargoes have arrived at northern ports and aro discharging slow* r '4 ly. There is a ready sale at 220s to 224* Cheese.—Scarce and unchanged. '|j BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS, .J| GOVERNMENT SECURITIE& ' V | ' — m Received March 30, 5.5 p.m. London. March £9. -H The following are the Bank of fog* }J land returns for the week ending Weill* . ».9 nesday:— ' '-IS C0in—£52,302,000. ' J Reserve— £34,170,000. " ,< Proportion of reserve to liabtUtlM—« '.. iS "lp2. , Note circulation—£3B,2B9,ooo. < < V Government deposits— £49,848,000. \ ' -fV] Other deposits—£l29,o47,ooo. > V-'J Government securities.— £24,003,000. 14*® Other securities.— £139,610,000. ' ' gfl Short loans—4 3-8 per cent; months bills 4 9-16 per cent.' ■ ip| Consols—£s3 j five per cent, war loan, £o4}; Victorian £4 per cents £94 7s '>'|l lid; 31 per cents., £B2 12s 8d; three and, a halfs £6O 17s 6d; three* £9O lQigj New South Wales, three, and a halfs, : m £(18; Queensland, £BO ss; Taamanlan, "(J- i £7O; New Zealand threes, £Ol 17a 6dj' ''i South Australian three and a halfs, l£fQ IN 15s; threes £sft 10s. <• ==============