COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXII, Issue 72, 22 September 1906, Page 4

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. TI'RES'S ASSOCIATION.! (Received Ssptomber 22, 9 a.m.) TV, n i L P£ D °N, 21st September. Iho Bank of Kncinnd return issued for the week ending Wcdnosday, 19th Sept is cs under- — l . ISSOR DrPARTHEHT. Note issue £51,758.000 Gov. debt £11.015.000 Other securi- „ tje* ... 7.*U.00(l Gold ... 53,309,000 £51,758.000 £51,758,000 D . i. , *»*KWNO I>»PXRTMENT. Pr pnet is' QOT.Q OT . seo ,, u . pfift"*; £lt * S3 ' m o3£ i- £IWS3 ' 000 ! oSSV "■ ls3 ' 00 ° N ot 0 r s lles - »28 posits 40.555.000 Com Z "fflgw I ivesc, #-dftv ' and other bilk ... 3,779.033 £70,37J,000 £70,373,000 The leading items of the Bank of England return afford the following comparison .— This week. Last, weak. , Last year J£ J£ JJ Bullion ... 33,305>,000 n3,G35.000 33,398 000 Reserve... 21,784,000 2i,7GJ,00v) 21.677 OuO Note oir'n 28,377,000 20.734,0J0 2S,Bjs'uoo Deposits 52,041,000 51,701,00'J 53,41 0 -'ouo Proputciou ■ reserve to liabilities 47.5G 4785 4481 GOVIiitNMKNT SKUUIUTIKS. _ The following «iro fcua latest quotations for Uovernment seuuritiea with v uuiupanson oi LUOsO runi.x last Week: — ■ ■ — _

THE MONEY MARKET. Tho market rato of viscount for best three mouths' bills is 3-16 higher, at 4 1-16 per cent. Tho Bank ot Jinglanu rate is 4 per cent., as against 5^ per •cent, on 13th September. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. Wheat. — Tho markets aro quiet. Cooler weather and rain have slightly improved tho tone. Cargoes aro steady, April offering 30s, August 30s 9d; parcels afloat 28s 9d to 295. Flour is unchanged. Butter.— The market is firmer. Danish 1255. Colonial is in strong demand, with a hardening tendency, especially for unsalted. The quality of tho new mako is satisfactory. Sugar.— German beet, 88deg., unchanged, at 9b lfld ; first mark granulated, f.o.b. JHamburg, 2d lower, at 11s lOd por cwt. Sheepskins. — At tho auctions, 5500 wero offered, 5000 being Australian, and the bulk was sold. There was fair competition and a largo attendance. Compared with August sales, combing merino and coarso crossbred declined halfpenny _to chree farthings; finer crossbreds farthing to halfpenny, short and shorn practically unchanged. Bradford Tops. — Tho market is stagnant Common 60' s, 25d; super 60" s, 26d per lb. THE METAL MARKETS. Lead, 2s 63 lower, at £18 5s per ton. Pig-iron, 4d lower, at 54s 6d per ton. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., Wellington, have received tho following cables from their London house, dated the 20th inst: — Butter — Market firm. Tho Copenhagen official quotation is higher by 2 kroner (about 2s 3d) per ewt. We expect higher prices. The total imports of butter into tho United Kingdom for tho week ending tho 15th September amounted to 72,000cwt, as compared with 69,000 cwt for the corresponding week of last year. Frozen Moat — There is a bettor demand for both mutton and beef, and a fair demand for lamb. Mutton, market .firm. Tho increased demand for beef is in consequence of tho cold weather. Wo quote: — New Zealand prime crossbred 1 lamb, Canterbury, heavy, 4id, light 4?d; North Island lamb, heavy, 41d: lights 4jd ; New Zealand prime crossbred mutton, Canterbury, heavy, 3id; light, 3Jd; North Island, heavy, 3J; light 3jd; prime ox beef, fores, 2id; hinds 3id. Sheep-skins^ — Combing merino, lower by 3d; crossbred, lower by id; shorn pelts, unchanged. Tallow— ln general higher by 6d per cwt. The demand is chiefly for spot parcels. C.i.f. buyers are very shy. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency .Co. has received tho following cablo message from London, dated 20th instant: — "Sheepskins. — Morino have declined Jd per lb, and crossbred Jd per lb since last sales." Messrs. Murray, Roborts and Co. have received the following cablegram from London, dated 21st September: — "Marino sheepskins, market declined id. Crossbred sheepskins, market declined id to id. Shorn skins, market shows no material change."

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