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United Preee Aaeociation—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, Ootober 13. The American visibls supply of wheat is 33,828,000 quarters. Copper—On spot £60 Os 3d, three n'ontbs £60 ss. Lead—lmports 20,737 tons, including 6307 tons of Australian; exports 3282 tons. SYDNEY, October 13. Wool—Greasy cold at 124 d, 1 scoured at 2Ud. Wheat—3s 7Jd to 3s Bd. _ (Received October 14th, 9.46 p.m.) LONDON, October 14. The Bank of England returns show that the gold, coin and bullion held by tho hank amounts to £35,054,000, with reserves of £27,098,000, the proportion of reserve to liabilities being 54.90 per cent. Notes in circulation amount to £28,402,000, public deposits to £5,030,000, other deposits to £44,240,000, Government securities £16,298,000, other securities £23,645,000. Three months' bUls are quoted at 2£ peT cent, discount. Consols, 882New South Wales 4 per cents. 103 i, 3£ per cents. 961, 3 per cents. 85J. Queensland 4 per cents. 104iJ, 3£ per oente %i, 3 per cents. 85$. West Australian 3J per cents. 95, 3 per cents. 84. Other stocks are unchanged. Messrs Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable iurt«"ge from their London Office-, dated October loth: — "Prices of irozen mutton are firm, but there is no demand for beef, tho mark.jt Being dull, owing to heavy accumulations of stocks and arrivals from La Plat*. Tho demand for lamb is light, bufc prices aro uncluuigcd."