ENGLISH COMMERCIAL.
LONDON, June IG.
The Bank of England returns, published to-day, show the stock of gold coin to be £28,928,000; reserve, £20,478,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 41.44; circulation, £27,350,000; public deposits, £11,OSG.OOO; other deposits, £38,160,000; Government securities, £13,308,000; other securities, £33,243,000. Three months' bills are discounted at 2 1-16 per cent. Consols, 108. Victorian fours, 112; ditto 3J, £105. South Australian 3*, £106}; ditto 3, £94. Queensland 4,£111; ditto'3s. £104; New Zealand 4, £112 15/; ditto 3_i £107- ditto 3, £97. Tasmania.! Si, £106. W. Australian 31, £105. Wheat: The market is firmer. Reports state that the American crop is becoming worse, while the outlook in Roumania, Bulgaria, and Southern Russia is very gloomy. Australian June cargoes sold at 23/7*; prompt parcels, 28/. Copper is 'very dull. Spot, 15%; three months, 755. Tin is very firm. Spot, 1173; three months, 118. Iron, 06/. Sugar is quiet. German, 11/15; Java, 12/3. Bradford tops: Market very firm. Common sixties, 25d; supers, 26Jd. Silver, 2/3 13-16 per oz.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 142, 17 June 1899, Page 3
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