COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 79, 30 September 1905, Page 4

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. (Received September 30, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 29th September. Tho Bank of Enpland return issued for the week ending "Wednesday, 27th September, is as under:— ISSDK DbPARTJIEST. Note issue £31,333.000 Got. debt 411,015,000 Other securities ... 7.434,000 __^^ Gold ... 32,889,000 £51.838,000 £51,338,000 Banking DrumMEST. Pr'pnet ra' Got. seeuri. capital £14,553,000 ties ... £18,667,000 PuMic da- Other seposit* ... 14,203,000 ouritlea... 35.i97,000 Othet de- Notes ... 2J,068,U00 posits ... 45,169,000 Corn ... 1,740,000 Rest, 7-daj nnrt other bills ... 3.817.000 £77.772,000 £77.772,000 The leading itoras of the Bank of England retnrnjafford the following oomparisou :—: — Tbis week. Last week. Last year £ £ £ Bullion ... 32.859.000 33,398,000 36,889,000 Keserve... 23,808,000 24,677.000 28.960.000 Note cir'n 29,270,000 28,805,000 28,102. 000 Deposits 59,372,000 55,416,000 50,391,000 Proportion reserve to liubilittea 4003 44>8l 57 50 GOVIORNMKNT SEOUBITIKS. The following are the latest quotations for Government securities with a comparison of tlioso ruling ltu>t week: —

' lineiest iMjuUit) iv Alujr ami iSuiouiudu fluleiesc paj aule m January aud J uly. Jlnttuesti pujnulo in Apiil ami octouer. MONEY MARKET. The market rato of discount for best three months' bills is 5-oth higner at 3 o-6th per cent. Ihe Bank rate is 4 per cent., as against 3 per cent. on the ZBth September. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. Wheat.— The markets are quiet, but steady The Frenoh market is rather easier on publication of the preliminary official estimate of, 119 million liectolires. Onrgoca 'are firm. Adelaide wheat off coast is held for 33s 3d ; afloat, 33s to 33s Bd. Flour i 3 slow and nominally unchanged. Bu'far,— German beet, 88deg, 2d higUer at 8i Bd, first mark granulited, f.o.b. Hamburg, 6d hijher it 11s lOd per cwt. Butter is firm *nd unefeanffsd. Sacondaries are negleeUd. Bradford Topt. — The market is firm and unchanged iritn an improved enquiry. Shtepakin Auetioni.— 4o6o bales were offered and all sold. There' was an avoragp attendanoo and good competition. Clothings unchanged, combings Ad lower. THE MBTAL MARKETS. Copper.— Spot, £71 ss; three months', £70 5s per ton. Tin.— Spot, £U7; three months', £145 17s. 6d per ton. Lead, £14 per ton.

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