COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 142, 16 June 1906, Page 4

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. [PRESS ASSOCIATIOX.I (Received June 16, 9 a.m.) ' ™ _ , t LONDON, 15th June. The Bank of England return issued for tho week ending Wednesday, 13th June, is as under: — Issue Dkfautmest. Note isane £81,802,000 Got. debt £11,015,000 Oilier securities ... 7.434,000 Gold ... 33,853,000 «1,50i,000 £51,802,000 , , HiHIIKO DjCPAItTJIEKr. rr pnet ra Qor. secunp£F M A" * U'ssU ' 55S ' 000 «<« - £15.977,000 Pnblic de- Other seposit* ... 9,030,000 curities... 29,125.000 Other de- Notes ... 23.163,000 posits ... 42,741.000 Com „, 1,416,000 Rest, 7-day and othor bills ... 3.5i2,003 £69,6^6,000 , £69,6&6,000 The leading items of the Bank of England return afford the following comparison :—: — This week. Last week. Laab yearBullion ... 33,353,000 32,202,000 SC 133 000 Reserve. 24,584,000 23,025,000 27,C06*0U0 Note eir'n 28,634,000 23,990,000 28,962 000 Deposits 51,791,000 53,162,000 54,102,000 Proportion x - eservo to liabilities 47 33» 43 21 50 91 GOVIOENMENT SIiCUKITIES. The following are the latest quotations for Government securities with a comparison of those ruling last weok : —

THE MONEY MARKET. The market rate ot discount for best three months' bills is 1-16 higher, at 3 7-16 per cent. The Bank of England rate is 4 per cent., as against 3£ per cent, on 3rd May. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. Wheat. — The markets aro very firm, and cargoes are strong; 2*,859 quartern Victorian sold at 30s 9d. Holders aro asking 31s 6d for Victorian ' and Adelaide June shipments. The American visible supply of wheat east of the Rockies is estimated at 38,692,000 bushels. Flour is dull and unchanged. July shipments selling at Glasgow at 24s to 24s 6d. Butter is steady. * Danish, Ills to 113s ; . choicest Australian 98s, unsaltcd 104s; New Zealand, 102s to 104s per cwt. Cheese is firm Coloured New Zealand, 645 ; white, 65s per cwt. Sugar is quiet. German beet, 88deg, 2d higher, at 8s 2d ; first mark granulated, f.o.b. Hamburg, 2d higher, at 10s Sd per cwt. Bradford Tops. — The market is quiet but firm. THE METAL MARKETS. Copper. — Spot, 47s 6d loner, at £83 10s ; three months, 47s 6d lower, at £82 10s per ton. Tin.— Spot, £7 5s lower, at £174 15s; . three months, £6 17s 6d lower, at £174 5s per ton. Pig-iron, 4d lower, at 50s 2d per ton. Lead, 7s 6d lower, at £16 12s 6d per ton. Silver, 2s 5 11-16 d per ounce.

Price. compared with last meek. -\% Imperial Consols * % New South Wales *\% New South Wales 3 % NcwSoutU Wales * % Vlctoriau "4* Vietoriau ... 3 % Victoriou 3i% South Auati-aliau 3 % South Austmlian 1 .% Queeuslaudl ... 3i% (jueessland ... 3 % Queensland ... i % Sc\t Zealand* ... H% New Zealoudt ... 3 % Sew Zealoudj ... i% West Australian 3 % West Australiou 34* Tuauißulou ... 3 % 'i'usmamau £ R. d 88 15 0 108 0 0 101) 0 0 83 0 0 102 0 U 90 0 0 87 10 0 101 0 0 88 ID 0 iou o o 09 0 V 87 0 0 106 10 C 100 5 I S» 0 0 as o o &i 0 0 88 10 U b8 0 b 7/6 lower Uuch&nged 10/. higher Uucliuuged Unchanged (Jnchauged Unclmufjed 30/- lower LTncllimged Unchanged ITnchnugud Uucli&uged Uuchauge I (Juchanged l/H higher (Jucbunged Unchanged Unchanged Uuchauged

* Interest payable in Hay tuid Woveiuliei. t interest payable iv January and July. {Xntei est payable iv April uud October.