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COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. By Tele|r»ph.-Pre» A&EOci»tion.-'-Copyrl«hk. LONDON, 24th January. The Bahk of England return issued • for tho week ended Wednesday, 22nd JahUary, is as under :-*■ ISStjE DfiPAXTMEKT. Note Issue, £53,373,000 Gov. debt ... £11,018,000 Other securities ... ?,*34,006 _ Gold ... JU.0.H.000 £53,373,000 £53,378,000 BANKING DEtABtMEST. Fr'priet'rs 1 Gov. seouilcapital £14,553,000 ties ..,£13,035,000 Public de. other secuposits ... 13.933,000 rities ... 31,751,000 OQiei; de. Notes ... W0,709,000 -P® Bl *? ,- 50.329,000 Coiu ... bOJ.OOO Rest, 7»d».y and other bills „, 3,503,000 £71,343,000 iTIiitS.OOO The leading items of the Bahk of England return afford the. following comparison :~— This Week. Last Week. J.ast year. * *6 £ £ Bullion ... 3*,924,000 34,262,000 37,019,000 Reserve... 26 ( t62,000 25,645,000 28,682,^00 Note ciru 27,6ti4,000 28,079,000 27,811,000 Deposits 53,262,000 52,m,000 68,871,000 Proportion reserve to liabilities 49.84 49.16 15.7^ GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following ar« the late*t quotation! for .Government securities, with a comparison of those ruling last week: — Vdrutions — Price. °°X ted i lost week. 2i% It&ptntl Consoli ... fa 2 6 5/- bijiber 4% N*w South Wfcles ...101 0 0 Unobiviic»d i\% N*w Boiitli Wnles ... 08 0 0 Unchanged 3 £ N«w South Wales ... 84 0 t Uuchauged 4 * Viotonau , lou 0 d (Jnchkbged 3|* Victorian 91 0 0 Unchanged 3 % Vietorun 78 0 0 Umshang«d 3 ftttmtliAuttnlian ... 76 0 0 Uuchtnired 3J % South Australian ... tj II II Uuohaujftd 4 tOL 0 0 Unchanged al^yueenaiaud 91 U t Unchanged 3 ifcyutemlaild , 70 o t Uuchangftd 4 fciNew/ealfcud* ... loi v 0 Uuehnujed 3jfcJN«w 2eal«udt ... Ot 0 0 Uuolumired a %He» Zeaianat !*. 8U 0 0 Unohauxed <*t% W«straiiau si o" 0 Uucuunged i 84 o 0 Utioiiuu^ed Sj'^XMiniuilwi „, „, 9i 0 i (/ucliauged 3 ... ... 83 Uj. _UttdhattKed * lbtef eit payable in May and November, t interest payable ill January aud July. j latetett payable in April aud October. THE MONl£¥ MARKET. This Last Year week, \veek. ago. P.O. 2.C. V.d, Batik rate .. „ ..0 6 4 Bank of France 4 4 H. imperial Babk Germany 0 6 o Short loans .» 4J aj 8| Three mouths billsLondon .. .. .. 4 11-16 41 3 11 16 Paris 4 3} 3 Berlin .. .. .. 4| 4f 3i . GRAIN AND FLOUR. ' Wheat.— The market is inactive, with a tendency against sellers. Two thousand quarters of Australian January -February shipment sold at 37s 3d. At Liverpool tho quotations for wheat "futures" are: For March, 7s old (lid lower than lust quotation) ; May, 7s &5d (lid lower) ; July, 7s 2id (lid lower). Australian wheat on the spot in London, just landed, is firm at 408 per quarter of 4961b*-last price 39s to 39s 3d. Flour.— The market is steady, but slow. Australian patent brands on the spot, 27s 9d per«saok of 2801b ex 6toro. r Oats.—La Plata, January-February shipment, 15a ?4d per quarter of 3041b— last price, 15s 9d. Beans and l*eae.— The market is firm,, with prices unchanged. COLONIAL, AND OTlplft. PRODUCE. Butter.— The market is depressed owing to the weather. There are heavy supplies, and buyers are inactive, hoping to force a further teduotion. Danish. 124s to 1265 ; choicest Australian, 108s to ilOs und Occasionally 112b; New Zealand, 112s to 114«, and occasionally 115s. ' Cheese.— The market is steady and prices unchanged. New Zealand 60s. Sugar.— German beet, 88 pot cent, net fcitrc, 3d inoro than last quotation, afc. o3 5d per cwt; first marks granulated f.o.br Hamburg, lls 7d— ld more than last quotation. J - • BRADFORD WOOL. , Merinos and fihe crosebreds have a hardening tendency, and low cros3breds are Bteady. 64's, 29£ d %, Buper, SBjd; common 60's, 273 d; S6\ 23id; 50's, 2lgd; 46*8, ;16|<i; 40\ 16tf. THE METAL MARKETS. | Copper.— On the spot, £70 10s per ton; I three months, £70 17s 6d; electrolytic, £75 10b. Tin.— On the spot, £226 15s— 15s lower ; at three months, £226 2s bd— a rise, of 2s 6d. Spelter.— Same as last price, £26 5s per ton. Pig-iron.— MMdlesbro' No. 3, 65s 6d per ton. NATIONAL MORTGAGE CO. LONDON, 24th January. The balance-sheet of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealahd shows a profit of £52,666. The total dividend for" the year is 124 per cent. ; £15,000 has been added to tho t%servo fund, and £12,666 carried forward. AUCKLAND HARBOUR BOARD. " LONDON, 24th January. Tho Auckland Harbour Board is issuing £260,000 worth of 25-year debentures at 100. FEDERATION OF LABOUR ■ ■ m REPORTED PRESENTATION OF . NEW DEMANDS. (fit TELEGRAPH— SPECIAL TO THS fOftT.) '' DUNEDIN,. This Day. • The Stat last night had this para' graph :— "There are murmurings in ship-, ping and transportation circles that the Federation of Labour has presented new demands, covering substantial increases of wages, together with an intimation that if these be not conceded no goods will be handled on and after Ist February. It is understood that those primarily interested are earnestly considering the position,- which is an acute one." SATISFACTORY AGREEMENT. (BY TELEGRAPH— PRIfcSS ASSOCIATION.) WAIHI, 24th January. The following message has .been torwarded to the Federation of Labour, Wellington, by the president of the Ohinemuri Mines and Batteries Employees' Union (registered under the Arbitration Act) j— "The most satisfactory industrial agreement ever arrived at by a miners' union in Dominion was obtained to-day by Waihi Onion." TAUPO TROUT DECLINING «■>' WHAT IS THE REMEDY' (6V MLSOSAPH—SPEOIAL TO THK POST.) MOKAI, This Day, An important point cropped up while Mr. Maefiey was hearing disputations In Taupo. Captain Ryan referred 1 to the decline that had occurred in the quality of the Ixout in Rotoi-ua (where the Government is fighting the parasite), and stated that a decline le also eottihg in in the quality of th.9 trout in Taupo. Captain .Ryan eaid there were indications of Berioue deterioration in Taupo, and the Government had done nothing. Tho whole of th© fishing should be , placed in the hands of people who knew thoiv business. My. Maseey : Do you euggeat handing over the fiehing to the control of the Maiinc Department '( I Uaptaia Byanj There m uu vikci 1 ,