COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 94, 20 April 1912, Page 4

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. By Telegraph.— Pre»a Association. — Cop.Triuht. LONDON, 19th. April. The Bant of England ret-uru issued for week ending "Wednesday, 17th April, is as under: — Issue Dew»tm£kt. Note ißßue, £54,379,000 Gor. debt £11,015,090 OtUer securities ... 7.434,009 Gold ... 3(i,4'!0,0C0 £54,&79,603 £54,879,000 BAXKISG DtrABTMEHT. Pr'priet'r3' G»v. securieanital £14,553,000 ties ... £14,281,000 Public de- Otker eeoupesite ... 18.997-.000 ritiee ... 36,747.600 Otlier de- Notes ... 26.i59.6M posits ..* 41,669.000 Coia ... J ,383,909 Best, 7-day and other bills ... 3,247,600 £78,686,099 sOs&X.OW The leading items of the Bank of .England return afford the folloinng compaxilon t — This week. Last week. Last year, £ £ £ Bullion ... 36,430,0*© 35,031.000 35,417,000 Reserve... 27.633,000 25.901,000 2G.b39.0G0 Note ciru'28,«29,000 28.942,000 28,083,000 Deposit* 60,866,000 60,421,600 56,206,000' Proportion reserve to liabilities 43.39 42.85 47.72 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following are the Jaiest auotationifor Government securisifii, ruth a com* parison of those ruling last weak: —

* Imterest payable in Hay and, Noremtor. t Interest payable in January and July, j Interest .payable in April and October.

LONDON BANK OF AUSTRALIA. The London Bank of Australia balancesheet shows transferable deposits, £802,159; other deposits, £4,862,202; cash investments, 32,233,911; bilk, £4,374,023. [ GRAIN AND FLOUR. The wheat markets are quiet but fairly steady at a alight reduction. Five Aus-^ tralian cargoes have been sold at from 39s 3d to 40s per quarter. Parcels arrived are quoted at 40s to 40s 3d, and AprilMay shipment at 38s 4id. There ib a quiet trade in spot wheat at 425. . Flour. — Market quiet. Australian patent brands are quoted at 27s 6d per sack ex store, and 26s c.i.f. The visible supply of American wheat and flour east of the Rock Mountains is estimated by "Bradstreet's" at the equivalent in wheat of 106,496,000 bushels, compared with 109,210,000 bushels a woek ago. Oats are easier, La Plata April-May shipments bringing 18s 6d per quarter. Beans are firm at 37s 6d to 395, and peas are steady at 39s to' 39s 6d for fine quality New Zealand, average lots making 366 6d to 38s 6d. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. Butter.— The batter market is lifeless. There are no buyers. 'Danish is quoted at 124s to 127 a per cni; choicest Australian 110s to 112s, and secondary 104s to 108 a; New Zealand salted 112s to 1148. unsalted 116s. The market closed with a downward tendency. Cheese. — The cheese market is dull. Nbw Zealand ib quoted at 723 per cwt. Cargoes havo arrived by the Rotorua, Drayton Grange, and Indralema. Tallow. — At tho tallow sales 1648 casks were offered and 1289 sold. Fine mutton made 36s 6d per owt, medium 33s 6d ; fine beef, 35s 6d, medium &s. Sugar. -German beet sugar, 88 per cent, net titre, is 4d lower at 13s 8d per owt; first marks granulated, 4d lower at 16s Bd. BRADFORD TOPS. . The Bradford wool martcet is firm. Quotations: 64's, 25id per Ib; super 60' s, 24|d; common 60's, 24id; 56's. 21d; 50's, 17|d; 46's, 14id; 40's, 13£ d. METAL MARKETS. Bilyer.—ln bars, 5-16 d higher afc 27 5-16 d per ounce. t Copper.— On the spot, "5s lower at £70 5s per ton; at three months, 5s lower at £70 2s 6d. Tin.— On the spot, 5s lower at £198 per ton ; at three months, 10s higher at £194 ss. Lead.— lmports tor the month totalled 22,323 tons, and exports 4047 tons. Pig-iron.— Middlesbro' No. 3, lid higher at 53s lOd per ton. Spelter.— Half-a-crown down at £25 10b per ton. Wolfram,' 3os to 31s.

111 JtL&XLJ^£IX< Bank rate ... Three months bills - Short loans „. Paris open market Berlin open market This Last week. week. P.C. I\C. • ... 3i 34 „ 3 7-10 Si ~ 3i 3 3 ~ 3i Si Year ago. P.O. 3 2i 2ir 24 2i

Price. Variationti compared wfth last week. i\% Imperial Consols ... 1 % New South Wales .„ Sl% Now South "Walea ... J £ Hew South Wiles ... 1 % Victorian ... ... Jig Victorian $ % Victorian .„ ... 31%ttonth Australian ... S s>Soath Aoitrmlian „ 1 %Qneenßland ... ... iSlgCiaeeaslaad ... i ... 1 &N«w Zoalknd* 3i-i,K«n- ZaiUaadt SigWostraliau „ i % Westraliaa „ iii%l'iLßina>iiui J .„ £ 8. d. 78 0 0 105 10 0 88 10 0 86' 0 0 102 0 0 58 10 0 SI 10 0 97 0 0 SS 10 0 163 19 0 80 10 0 84 0 0 lOi 10 0 07 0' 0 »> 10 fa 86 0 0 Ss 0 0 85 0 0 2/S Muter Uiicimnred Unchanged UnohaiiKea "CTuchnuteU Uuchaßted Unchanged ITnohauged Unchanged Unchanged Uuohiuiged Unchanged XTnchun^ecl Unchanged Uuehaused Uuehiiuged Unchanged Unchanged