COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 112, 13 May 1899, Page 4

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. [trkss association.] (Recoived May 13, 9.30 a.m.) London, 12th May. Tho Bank of England roturns published yostorday show the total reserve of notos and coin in tho Banking Department for tho week to bo «C 19,474,000, aa against -019,861,000 for last week and J323,813,000 I'or tho corresponding week of last year. Tho proportion of reservo to liabilities is 39*50 per cent., as against 3840 last wook and 4327 last year. The circulation ol' notos is -£'27,7:43,000, as against .£27,854.000 last week and -828,557,000 last year. The complete returns aro as under: — ISSUK DUPAHTUCNT. Noto issue £45,103,000 Gov. dobt £11,015,000 Olhqr securi-

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Tho following aro the latest quotations for Government securities: —

♦Interest payable in May and Noyembei. fluterest payable in January and July. payable in April and October.

TO-DAY'S WRATH UK. troji ousEßVAiioss ta.\ks at 0 a.m.

ties ... 5,78. r >,(M Gold ... 28,308,001 £15,103,000 £15,108,001 Banking Department. Pr'pviot'rs" Gov. securicapital .. £14,553,000 tics ... £13,373,00( Pnhlio do- Other seliosiiM ... 11.J90.000 cui'ities... 3-t, 1 6 f,00( Othoi- lie- Notes ... 17,355,00( po B i(s ... 87,792,000 Coiu ... 2,039,00( Kojt, 7-day uud otlier bills ... 3,376,000 £07,011,000 £67,01^,001

Price. ■ 'compared with last week. 21% Imperial Consols i % Now South Wales i{% New South Wales } % Now South Wales I % Victorian i\% Victorian ii% South Australian { % South Australian !• % Queensland )J% Quoonslund t % New 'Zealand^ ... l\% New Zonlandt ... 5 % Now Zealand* ... •i % West Australian )J% Tasmanian C s. a. 110 0 0| 119 10 0 106 5 0 101 0 0 \U 0 0, 107 5 0 103 0 0 95 10 0 IU 0 0 107 0 0 114 0 0 100 0 0 90 15 0 \o4> 10 0 107 0 0 | ,*)/• lower 10/- lower Unchanged 20/- higher [Unchanged Unchanged 10/- lower 5/- lower 5/- higher Unchanged 10/- higher Unchanged