LONDON CABLE.
LONDON, December 7.
Bank of England returns show:—-Stock gold, coin and bullion, £29,445,000; reserve, £12,525,000; proportion of reserves to liabilities, 41.58; in circulation, £29,453,000; public deposits, £5,014,000; other deposits, £40,858,000; Government securities, £18,----176,000; other securities, £26,949,000. Consols, 97y. New South Wales fours, 113; three-halfs, 103; threes, 99:*. Victorian fours, 108_; three - halt's, 102. South Australian three-halfs, 107; threes, 95. Queensland fours, 107; three-halfs, 102. New Zealand fours, 111; three-halfs, 104; threes, 97. Tasmanian three-halfs, 102. Western Australian three-halfs, 101. The wheat markets are lirrher, especially in Paris. Business in cargoes is, however, quiet. Australian November and December, 29/6; parcels afloat, 29/. Copper, spot, £72 2/6; three months, £72 10/. Tin, spot and three months, £122 10/. Iron, 06/3. Lead, £1G 12/G; sliver, 2/5 13-16. Sugar, weaker. German, 9/9; first marks, 11/I_. The Bradford wool is advancing. Common sixties, 18d; supers, 19d. Butter is firm and brisk of sale. Choicest, 112; fair demand for secondary, about 104/; Danish, unchanged. Rabbits, lifeless, 8d to Bid.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 292, 8 December 1900, Page 6
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