COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 150, 25 June 1904, Page 4

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

4 ZmiHß ASSOOtATIOH.I (Received Juno 25, 9 a.m.) LONDOX, 24tli Juno. BANK OF ENGLAND RKTUHN\ 'I'ho Hivnlc of Knpland return iasnml for tlio wook onding SVodnoatiay, 22ud Juno, is as under : — Issue T>i:pahtui:ht. iHfiuo C 51.510,000 Go?, dobt iJ1i.015.000 OUior uoctintlos ... 7,i.'H,000 Gold ... 5i.031,000 £5^,5 10.000 X 52. 510,000 lUNUINfI DuPAIITMnhT. Pr'puot'i-H 1 Oor. 80CIUI' t-amtil.. £U,55.X000 tws ... £16,638,030 I'ublii! dv- Othor soposliß „. 9,103,000 ouritios... 2-1,750,000 Othor do- Note? ... 'ii.i'.O.iioO posits ... 40,008,000 Uoiti ... J,O?7,O0O Kost, 7-day niul other bills ... 3,200,000 ZC0.955.000 £00.005,000 Tho leiullutf itoms of tho Bank of Kujfland rotuin alTord tlio following coinp.iriHOii : — This ivoek. Last wook. Lustvear. .C Ji i' Uullion ... 3t.0i)l,000 82,465,000 35,4.7 ,000 Uosorvo... 25,5-7,000 2-i.84u.00D _il,Bs'*,oolJ Noto oir'n 28,000,000 _Bui-8,000 -O.OUS.uOO DuposiU -t0, 110,000 40,706,000 51,800,000 Proportion rosorvo to liabilitioa 51.82 50.81 51.62 GOVIOHNMKN'J" SKOUItITIWS.The tollowiii£ aro tho Intent quoLationa for Government HocuriUos with a coinpaiiaou of tliouo ruling last wook s —

' iuluiu^cji.tyublu in Ality uua iSotuuiuoi. t lnluio.it p.iyublo iv .liuuuu-y and July. jlutuiitoG puyaLiiu iv A|nit un 4 Uoloudi'. MONEY MARKET. Tho market rato of discount for bost throo inontia' bills is A higher at 2 3-16 por cent. Tho AJcinlc of England ruto is 6 per cent., as against 3£ por cont. on -Ist April, and 4 por cont. on 14th April. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. . Whoati— Tho markets in Amorioa nncl England uro steadier but quiet. Continental markots aro weak. Auslrßimn cargoes afloat aro quoted at 28s Od lo 295 ; •luno-iJuly- August shipments, 29s (o 29s 3d ; parcels afloat, 28s 3d per quarter.' A cargo sold nl 29s per quurlcr. San 'Francisco wheat Idol 26| cent por cental. Bultor — Tho market is firmer, but prices aro unchanged. Mow Zealand, 86s to 90s; Australian, 84s to 86s por owt. Chocso. — Tho marlcot is dopressod. Now Zealand 40#to 41s. .Rabbits arc unchanged at 6d lo 6id. Sugar is stoady. Gorman beet, COdoR., Id higher at 9<» 2(1 por cwt ; first mark granulated, f.o.b. Hamburg, Id higher nt lls 2<l por owt. Bradford Tops.— -Thoro is»a small turnover, nnd tho markol ia vory firm, and prieos nro unchanged. THE METAL MARKETS. Copper — Spot, 6a 3d lowor at £56 3s Od per ton ; throo months', 3s 9d lower at £56 3s 9d per lon. ' Tin. — Spot, unchanged at JGII9 por ton ; throo months', 5s higher at £118 12s 6d por ton". Pig-iron. — Middlcborough No. 1 cneh, 3^d highor ot 42s lOd por ton. Load, 3s 9d highor nt £11 10s per ton. Spelter, £21 68 3d per ton.