COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL. [PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Evening Post, Volume LXIII, Issue 87, 12 April 1902, Page 4

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL. [PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

(Koooiyod April 12, 9 a.111 ) LONDON, llth April BANK OF ENGLAND KKTUIiN. The Bank of Kntfiaiul return iaanod for tho wook ending AVodnoadny, 9th April, is as under « — IaSUE DRrAKTMf.NT. Note issue £60,010,000 Oov. Uobt £11,015,000 > Other securities ... 6,760,000 Gold ... 32,871.000 £50,016,000 £60,010,000 Banking Dkfaiitmbnt. Pr'pnot'rs' Gov. Bocuneamtol... £14,553,000 ties ... £14,774,000 Public de- Other seiiosits ... 0,405,000 ourltles... 28,803,000 Other do- Notes ... 21,261,000 posits ... 30,811,000 Coin ... 2,373,000 Best, 7-day and other bills ... 8,850,000 £07,210,000 ' £07,219,000 The loading items of the Bank of England return afford the following oompariaon :— Thia wook. Lastwoak. Laatyoar. £ X X Hullion ... 32.871,000 32.i19G.000 31.{Ki0,000 Reserve. •J.'1.1W.000 23,945,0 i)(» 21,t»ti7,000 Noto oir'n 20,382,000 29,110.000 29,<i2tf,000 Dopositß... 49,31(5,000 57,207,000 47.17G.000 Proportion roHorvo to liabilities 47.75 41-69 46.43 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following aro llio ktost quotations for Government seouritioa •.—. — ~ Variation aa _ „ compared - Price. w { th last week. ' ~"jB «. d. H% Iniporial Consols ... 01 0 0 5/- lower 4 % New South Wales ... 115 0 0,20/- lowor 3i% Now South Wales ...103 5 0 Unchanged 8 % Now South Wales ... 03 5 O.iruuhmitjod 4 % Victorian HI 10 Oi Unchanged 3{% Viotoriun 104 0 0| Uncluui b -od 0 % Victorian W 6 OUuehiiugcd 9\% South Australian ... 104 0 o|Uiichaii«ed 3 % South Auwtrallan ... !H 0 O.Unoluui^od 4 % QueeiMlund 108 0 0, Unchanged 3t% Queensland 1(H 0 o|Uuchuiijfod $% Queensland 01 15 o|Unclmiik'i'd 4% Nuw Zenliuid* 110 0 Oj Unchanged 3J% New Zoalainlt 105 0 0 Uncn.ingod 3 % Now Zoalandi 94 0 0 Unchanged 3\% West Australian ... 100 0 o;tJucliiiuyod B|% Tasuianian 104 5 O'Uuchangod ♦lutorcsti }>nyablo iv Hay and Novumbor. fluterost ]>ayablo in Jauuary and July, jlutoioat piiynblo in April aud October. > MONEY; MABKKT. Tho market rate of di«counfc for boat three months' bills is £ higlior 11 1 2J por cent. Tho .Bunk of JKnglumi rate ie 3 v>or cent., as against 31 per cent, on tho tith Vobruary, aud 4 por oont. on tho 22nd January. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. Wheat.—Tbo Knglish markets are firm owing to rumours of tho imposition of a duty. Heavy arrivals aro depressing tho Continental markets. Thero in a better enquiry for oargoon. Sydnoy Hteatuer shipments (February), 29s lOfcii per <iuatter. Sugar. — Uerman boot, 88deg, ia Id lower at Cs 5d per owt • fivst-utark, granulated, f.o.b. Hamburg, unchanged ut Bti per cvt. Bradford Tops. — The market is animated. Common COb, 20d por lb ; sapor CD's, 21} d per lb. Babbits aro dull at 7M to Bd. PItICES OF METALS. Tin, spot, £125 per ton; three months, ■ £128 17s 6d pof ton. fig Iron— Glasgow warrants, No. 1 cash, 4d higher at 53s sit, per ton f.o.b. in Clyde.

Mossrs. Laory and Co. t Ltd., Jorvoisquay, report tlio following wholoealo pr.ioos ou tho Wollington pruduoo market: — Wheat, wholo fowls', 3b lOd ; feed oats, 2s lOd ; sood oats, 2s lOd, 3a ; ryo corn, 4a : barloy, 3s ; maizo, 4s ; partridgo pofts, 4» •, horso beans, 4a ; rye grass Bead, 4s, ss, all at por buahol ; flour, £11 ; pollard, £6 ss ; bran, £5 ss ; oatmeal, £13 10s ; chaff, £4 15s; hay, Canterbury, £4 10s; onions, Canterbury, £5; local ditto, £4, all at por ton ; cocksFoot, maohino dressed, 4Jd, 4id ; farmers' parcels, 3d to 37d ; dairy buttor, 9d ; pastry, 8d ; eeparator, 9d, lOd ; cheeso, Sd ; bacon, factory, 63d ; rolls, 7id ; hams, 7id, all at por 1b ; fresh eggs, Is 9d, 2a; limod, 1b 3d per dozen; fowls, 2s 6d to 3o ; roosters, 3b, 3s 6d ; ducks, 3s, 4s ; turkeys, 7s, 8u ; p:obbW% 9a to 13s ; goose, ss, all at por pair ; cabbages, 2s to 3s 6d ; oaulitiowcru, bs to 8e 6d, at per sack'; cooking applos, 2s, 3s ; dowiorfc apples, 3s to 6s per 401 b oases ; pumpkins, £2 10s, £3 por ton;' marrows, 2s 6d, 3s per saok. Mossrs. Abraham and Williamß roport as to Thursday's salo at Pal morn ton North: — Wo had a good yarding of shoop, but 'caltlo wore not up to usual numborß, vory few grown stoors boing ponnod A bottor demand oxistod for Bheop, ospooially Boundmouth owes in forward condition for fattoning, a good onquiry oxißting. for this class. All except three linos of sheep were sold, mostly undor the hammer, at an advance on rocent priooa. Quiot heifers and young cattlo Hold woll, and we made a total clearance Quotations:— Fat ewes, 9s 9d to 10s ; forward owes, 7s 9d to 8s 2d ; forward wethers, 9s 4d ; store "owes, 5s to 6s 3d; cull owes, 2s 6d to- 4s ; storo wothors, 8s 2d ; lambs, 3s 9d to 4«; 3-yoar steors, £5 9s j fat cows, £4 17s to £5 17s ; springing cows, £6 ; empty 2-year hoifora. £2 19s 6d ; 18-months and 2-year sloers, £2 15s 6d ; woanors, 26s to 37a ; small woaners, 14s to 20s ; yearling steora, £2 to £2 13s; cows in milk, £4 15s to £5.