COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LII, Issue 161, 28 November 1896, Page 5

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

♦ [PBKSS ASSOCIATION.] London, 27th November. The Bank of England returns published to-day show the total reserve to be £26,780,000 (£543,000 more than last week) the proportion of reserve to liabilities being 54 per cent. (146 more than last week). Three months' bills are quoted at 3i per cent. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Variation •• „ Prioa compared "* * not ' with last week. ""—"——"" — — — — f d 21% Imperial Contois ... 110 5 0 Unchanged. 4%N.sfW. ... 118 15 0 0/. hifther. »f% N.S.W. 107 5 OUi changed 3%N.8.W 103 5 050/- higher. \% Victorian 118 10 v 10/. higher. 31% Victorian 105 15 0 10/. higher.. 1% South Australian ... 113 0 0 Unobanged. S|% South Australian ...110 0 010/. lower. &% south Australian ... — — 4% Queenslaud 113 5 0 20/- bigh«r. 31% Queeuiland „ ... 1<« 10 0 10/. higher. l%New Zealand* 11l 15 0 5/- higher. 4% New Zealandf 106 15 010/-bigber. 3% New Zealand 100 0 0 Uuebauged. ii\% West Australian ... 110 0 0 20/- higher. 3% w«*t Australian ... — — , 31% Tasmania 108 0 OUnohanged. 'Interest payable in May and NoTemiier. flnterest payable in January and July.New &aland frozen mutton, first quality, 3|d per lb; second quality, 2{d. Lamb, 3id. The English wheat market showi ft general advance of 6d , the Continental has an upward tendency ; and the American is advancing with increased firmness. The decline, in the American visible supply is responsible for the hardening tendency. Sugar is firm—German beet at 9s 3d, and Java, 11s 9d. No. 1 best Scotch pig iron, f.o.b. in Clyde, 48s 10ld. Silver, 2s 5 15-16 d per oz.