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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12970, 25 November 1907, Page 9

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Untt#a Ekto LONDON, Noreiaber 22. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. The Bank of EnaLaad rrtura wued for the week ending L "e d ° esd ? y> November SOtii, efforda the following comparison:— . , , , Hie •**&■ La*t ■w**^' Bullion ... 29,247,000 30,595,000 Iteserro 21,113,000 X k?ion a 29,020,000 29,233,000 PuWiTdepoeif 7790,000 6,963,000 Other deposite 43,491,000 45,087,000 Government cc- „„„ Mf . caritioe ... 14,332,000 14,332,000 Other eecurities ... 34,900,000 34,618,000 Proportion reserve to liabilities, per cent. ... 33.78 40.52 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following are tho latest quotatione for Government securities, with a comparison' of thoso ruling last week:—

• Inlcmt p*y»bl» Iα M*y and Norembet. t lac«r«*t piyjOle ia J*na»ry *n>l J at/. I InUrut payable in April »nd Ootoixr. THE MONEY MARKET. Three moartihe bills are quoted at 6J, as against 6 11-16 per oent. last week. The Jiaok rate is undhenged a* 7 per cent. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. LONDON, November 22. "Wheat—The muwkete axe quiet and fairly steady, but the American financial troubles are still oausing nervousness. Nothing is doing in cargoes, and 43s 6d is asked for Australian new orop, January-February shipments. There is quiet trade in Australian; on spot 45e 6d to 46». Flour is steady, and there is liittQe business. Australian is offering at 30s to 80s 6d, ex store. Butter —There is fair trade. Danish is unaltered: choicest Australian salted and unsaited, 114s to 116s. A few. lots are quoted at 1186; New Zealand, 118s to 120s. ' Sugar— German 9b 3d, first marks 10e lid. Bradford Tops—The market is quiet; forties 15} d, forty-sixes 16$ d. Others are unchanged. METALS. Copper, on spot £69, three months £58 lfis. Tin, on spot £135 10a, three month* £136 ISs. Lead, £17 12s 6d. Spelter, £20 15s. Iron, 50s 7d. Silver, 2s B{d per 01. The New Zealand Fanners' Co-ope-rative Association of Canterbury, Limited, on Saturday reoeived tie following cable message from their London office:—"Wheat is 6d per.quarter cheaper. We quote to-day's value of prime Canterbury lamb delivered to Smithfield Market: Carcases, 28-36 lb, s)d per lb; 36-42 lb, SJ<I per Ib; 42----50 lb, 5Jd per lb.

Price. Variation tiscoiui«red with lMt week 2J % Imperial Consols 4 % N*w tiouth Wait* ij % New south WalM i % New aoutiJ Watt* * % Victorian Jj% Victorian & % Victorian H % South Autlralian, 5 % SouL'i Auitralian 4 % VuetJiUnd .. 3i % Uueeaalaiid '* % yueentland 4 % Mew Zealand* .. 3)% NewZeilandt .. J % MtwZealaadt .. JJ% vteat AtutralUa 5 % Wut Auitnlian*H % Ta»manUn 3 % Xasmanian U 0 C 106 0 C 96 0 0 B3 0 0 101 10 0 97 0 0 86 10 0 98 0 0 85 0 0 104 0 0 97 10 0 84 0 0 104 10 0 99 0 0 E4 10 0 95 0 V 83 0 U 97 0 0 ba u o Unchanged S» higher 20a lower inchanged Unchanged Unchanged Un(,h»u<«l Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Ui)Cl)»UK't<l Cnctmaged Unchangtd Unctwayed UuchnueU Unchaiiittd 5.i lower Uncbuiiced