COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 47, 24 February 1906, Page 4

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

BANK OF ENGLAND, RETURN. rr««8» ASBOOIATION.I , (Eeoeived Fobm»ry 24, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 23rd February The Bank of Enrrland roturn issued for the week ending Wednesday, 21st Febntary, is as undor!— M^ m U»V* »«»AOTMH«T. Kot« iißite m>7Qrm Qot. debt 411,015,000 Otbsrisoan- / „ M«» ... 7,484,(M0 — '" if??? 8 ' 000 Mdotlisr WM» ... 8,728.000 _. , /Wj««.000 i!77,f121,000 -J^l lB s dl^, ltf m ?, of t>- Bftul « o' England return afford the following oomparkioii iThl« weak. I«Bt week. Last year. 8n1H0n.,.84,2raX00 '82,419,000 SB Aim H««#rre,.. 2tf,&ss,WW MMiltiW aoairtonrt Note oif'nS? 008 000 28,084 000 5. l M7 loMl oM Potion 50 ' 848 ' 000 "W»°* "s»s» regerreto liabllltiflg 41-67 4892 «107 ' QOVURNMIiINT SECURITIES. / ' Tlw followiflff are the latest quotations for

THE MONEY MARKET. The nwrket rato of diooount for beet' three months' bilk i« 1-32 higher, at 3 16-16 per oent, The Bank of England *«« », ♦ J>ef ooni, M *gainit i per cent, on /28th September.. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. Wheat.— The markete are quiet but aJlßhtly easier, owing lo increasing shipment Mdtha quantity afloat. Cargoes are dull/ 8000 carters Victorian. JamKu-y ihlpfflent, sold at 30« lO^dj good qualities South Australian, February shipment, 31« per qautm. The Amoriosn vidbla supply orfi wheat •«»' oi th« Roeldeg it estimated at 70.640,000 bushels, Ilour.— The trade it at a standstill. JVeight* are miiet. Two taflent have bern fixed* for. WaUaroo at 23s 3d. and two for Sydney at 22* 6d and 235. Butter.-JTh6 market is firmer wfUi a good de»A&d Chofobtk Amtrnti&n, 102<» t» 104« ( ooisulonaUy lOSs) New Zdal'aad, 106b to 108fj'«nBaIted, 108s to 110«f se« oondariet flow at 06s to 101«> Danish, firm and unchanged, Ohee»e i» ,«teady. Nor Zealand, 61s to at 8s 2d: first m**k gj»ntilated r f.o.b! Hftmburg, Id higher, at 10« 2d »<* cwt. Bradford Top».-The market is firmer, with small business doing. 40's. 16Ad : >$>%, 1U&; oommatt 60% 2s^| super 60% 26id per lb ', ' THE METAL MAR±KTS. . Ooppef. Spot, 20s higher, at £79 j three months', 43a higher, at £76 10s per ton, Tin.— Spot, unohangred. at £166 10s j three months', 20s lower, at £164 per ton, Pig-iron, lid lower, at 48s 9d per ton. Lead ; 5s higher, at £16 per ton. Spelter, £26 16s per ton, Silver.— Bar illver k Quoted it 1a 6 0«16d per ounos. ohristohubohTroduoe mab* KBTS, • OHRISTOHUBOH. 23rd February. Owing {,6 farmers being busy with harvest work while the weather I* fine, there have been only two or three offerings of grain during the past few days. A few samples of barley more or less discoloured have been submitted, but prices asked by growers aro beyond buyers' limits. There w a large number of Minplw of Blenheim barloy on the local market, and the colour k beautifully bright and in marked contrast to tho bulk of that locally grown. No 'sales of wh«*t or o*t» are reported, | but as gome" threshing from staok has been done during the week there may shortly be ofTetings of oats. A few sun#le« of cocksfoot hrwe oomo ■ forward, 'mostly discoloured, but prices offered, were not aoeoptod. Potato**, are firmer, in con&equenos of small supplko coming, forward, and ;E6 would bo. paid for imn«diato delivery., SHEEP FAIR. , FEILDIIira, Tbl« D*y. , At M6s«m. Gorton and Son'« aMMaI sheep f*lr 1600 war/9 yarded, and btmfaew wm brisk. WelMtfed Romney ewes and young breading «wa» were in great de. mands the former brought iron 20f to 30i, th6*latU» 17l to 26i Bd, Daitfety »nd Co., tM,, WeHington, h*vo reoefvid th« followlMf cftWegroiM from their London ofteg. dated the 2W inrt. i -Frozen Meat^-Markfit flrw, ,but not much dfcnaad. Bttttet^-SligWly better domand, without q«ot»Wo cMttgo in valuM, Th.eqvuaitr of m*fty brands, > not eqtwl to <( un»l st*Bd*rd, accounting for prfoos realised. ToUl imports of biifcter into the tfnit«d Klnadom for the week' ending the 17th imrflint .Miounted to 94,000 ewt,, « compared with 95,000 owt. for the corresponding period of last year. More demand for unsalted than salted. ,

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