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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 222, 16 September 1905, Page 3

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GISBORXE WOOL SALES. i GISBORXE. Friday. j Then? was animated competition at the ( local wool sales to-day, but the quantity offering was much less than usual. .Rough i fleece brought from TJd to 8i<l; crntelilnga. J from ed to Tid: dead wool. Sd. ' LONDON CABLE. ' j (Received 8.34 a-m.; j \ LONDON, September 13. | The Bank of England returns show tiiat tae stock of sold coin aad bullion amounts to £33,469.000: reserve. £24.506.000: proportion of reserve to liabilities. 40.j4: notes j in circulation. £ - J9.:.Hn.000: public deposits. £U.riH9.ooo: other deposits. £4a<m.o<<o: | Government securities £18.667.000: other I securities. £28.864.000. Three months' bills are discountpd at 2} per cent. | Consols. 89$. v West Australian 3.J per cents.. 96J. | The wheat markets are quiet and steady owing Co less; fa*"onruble reports of the American sprins crop. Cargoes are firm, and :«/ is asked for those aflo.-it. Flour unchanged. The French wheat crop is fsti- j matod at 121.iT01.7RS bushels, of wlileh \ 3.117.510 bushels are above the aveniKf for j the last decade. "Thf Times" says that the I condition of British crops on September 1 was 99 per cent, of the average. J Oopprr. on spot. £68 17/6: at turp<» months. £6S 15/. Tin. on spot. £147 12/6; at three months. £143 5/. Iron, 4S/0. Lead ; £i -> . IT/S. The susrar niartpt is quiet. First marks, i 11 ■: iltrman. S 6. Ar rhe Bradford wool market there ix '• (rood inquiry for all classes. Common sii- ' ti<»s. 2.">} d: supers. 263 d. The s.s. Totomarns chilled beef was monlti.T. and coudeninf*d. The butter market is qniiT. ami a shade easier. Choicest Australian. 110. to 112,. The quality of rpvent arrivals i« satisfac- | tory. j