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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 160, 8 July 1899, Page 4

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: - LONDON, July 7. I Bank of England returns show:—Re- ' serve, J_ii..i-...(.; proportion of reserve to liabilities, -ii.-l; mock of gold coin and bullion, £_0.'.u>,000; in circulation, £29.103,----i LOo; public deposits. £i.,S-_i,000; other de- \ I posits, ._■'....:i:..u.i: Government securities,: £13,259.000; other securities, £33,113.000. Three months bills arc discounted at 2 ver cent. i Consols 107.1. ! New South Wales fours. 117: three I halves 10G; threes 100_, -Victorian fours 1111-1: three halves 105. South Australian I three halves 107; threes !._. Queensland 'fours ll'li; three halves 10.:,'. New Zea-j land fours 112; three halves 10..; threes 963. Westralia!) three halves 105. Tasmania throe halves 106. Wheat: Market quiet and steady. Vici torian cargoes off coast, 29/3; parcels i alloat 28/ to 28/3. Copper, firm; spot. £77 5/; three ! months, £77 of. Pig iron 69/5; lead, soft ' foreign, £11 5/; spelter, £25 2/0. '< Silver 2/3.. , | The Bradford wool market is . quiet. Common sixties. 2,._-.t: super, 27_d. At tho London sales French buyers were active. German and Home purchasers competing fairly well. Waipotu clip sold at 10.d. _~,'♦ Rabibts: Colonial consignment fiat at 7:,' d; arrivals mostly being stored. The tin market is very strong. Spot, £120 12/6; three months, £120 10/. Sugar, flat. Java, 13/1_; German, 10/9.

Messrs Donald and Edenborough'a market report:—Potatoes:-Oatoarus £2 7/0 to £2 12/6 Timaru £2. seed kidneys £2 5/ to £3 2/6 ' Pumpkins 2/ to 2/6, onions prime 3/3 to -1' other lots 2/ to -3/, kumaras ./ to 6/0 eggs 10d to IA cheese large 4}d to ■I'd loaf 3d, butter. Taranaki. rolls, 9d. to «.Jd." bulk 7_d to Kd. prime keg 6d to ,il. nastrv 4d to sid, bacon fid to fi:;d. hams C.d to 7d Fruit: Apples, choice dessert 8/ to 9/6, medium 5/ to 7/3. prime cookers i/ to S/6. medium 5/ to 6/0 second class trait 4/ to 5/3. lemons 3/ to 6/, pears 9/6 _o 10/9, peanuts 2d to 33d. walnuts 5d to 6d.