FINANCE, WHEAT, WOOL, ETC.
LOXDON, October 27. Bank of England returns are as follows:—Stock of gi/ld coin and bullion £31,993,000; reserve, £22,527,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 44.43; In circula tion, £28,040,000; public depssits, £8,072,000; other deposits, £42,470,u0U; Government securities, £15,180,000; other securities, £30,728,000. Three months bills are discounted at 41 per cent. Consols, 103 J. New South Wales fours, HGJjtliree and a half 3, 1042; threes, 100. Victoria fours, 111; three and a halfs, 10G. South Australian three and a halfs, 107; threes, 9G. Queensland fours. 110; three and a half, 1043. New Zealand fours, 110J; three and a halfs, 107J; threes, 97. Tasmanian three and a halfs, 1042. West Australian three and a halfs, 104. Wheat: The market is dull and inactive. Australian cargoes, June shipment, 31/ti; parcels by sailing ships now due, 29/. Sugar: Firm. Java, 11/9; German, 9/IJ. Copper: Spot, £74 2/6; three months, £74 10/. Tin: Weaken1. Spot, £143 15/; thm months, £144. Pig iron, 70/9. Lead, £lfl 15/. Spelter, £21 15/. The Bradford wool market is advancing. Common sixties, 2SJd; super, 29jid. The butter market is steadying. Aus tralian, choicest. 108/ to 110/. A few box<* of fancy sorts 112/; secondary, 94/ to 104/7 Danish, 118/. - >
(Per Loan and Mercantile Agency.)! "}, LONDON, October 27. Sheepskins: Mlerino. fine and cnars* crossbred, have advanced respectively id and id per lb. .
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 256, 28 October 1899, Page 3
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