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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 57, 8 March 1913, Page 2

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL BANK OP ENGLAND RETURN. By Telegraph.— Prew Association.— Couyrlght. LONDON, 7th March. Tho Bank of England return, issued for the week ended Wednesday, sth March, is as under: — Isstje Department. Note Issue, £ 54,892,000 Gov. debt ... £11,018,000 Other securities ... 7.4 M.OOO _ Gold ... 33,443,000 jEM.892,000 £54,892,000 BANKISta DferARTMfcUT. Pr'priet'rs' Gov. securi. capital JEU,053,000 ties ...£13,035,000 Public de- other secu.Posits ... 24,640,000 rities ... 42,530,000 Other de- Notes ... 26,770,000 posits ... 40,«C,C00 Coin ... 1,039,000 Beßt, 7-dsy nnd other bills ... 3 ( 700,00O« £'83,370,000 £83.<ff9.000 The leading itema of the Bank of England return afford the following comparison s — This week. Last week. Last year. ■£ £ £ Bullion . r 36,443,000 ' 36,645,000 37,642,000 Reserve... 27,814,000 28.455,000 29,275,000 Note ciru 28,117,000 27,708,000 28,253,000 Deposits 65,126,000 65,215,000 6(5,123,000 Proportion reserve to liabilities 42.70 43.61 41.26 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following are the latest auotations for Government securities, with a oomparison of thote ruling last week: — Variations — ™<». C °wPth fed last week. £ c. A. H% Imperial Consoli „. 7S 15 v 22/6 higher 4 % New South Wales ... 101 0 0 Unchanged «% New South Wttles ... 86 « 0 Unchanged i % New South Wales ... 82 9 U 48/- lower 4 % Victorian 19© 0 0 Unchanged 34% Victorian ... ... 91 0 o 40/. lower 3 % Victorian 78 0 9 Unchanged 3 StScmth Australian „. 75 0 0 Unchanged 31% South Australian ... Pi 9 0 Unohanxed 4 10U 0 0 Unchanged 3J%Queensland » It o Unchanged 3 ,„ „, 78 0 0 Unchanged 4 %hew Zealand* ... 100 0 to W/. higher 3i%New Zealandt ... 90 0 0 Unchauged 3 %New Zealandt ... 73 0 0 «/• lower 3i%Westraliau ... ... ho 0 0 Unchaaged i %Westralian ... ... Si o 0 UaChatiged 3J%Tasmanian 89 o i> UmohanKed 3 %Taan)aniau ... ... 83 0 l Unchanged * Interest payable in Hay aad Norember. t Interest payafeU in January and J uly. $ Interest payable U April and October. THE MONEY MARKET. This Last Year week. week. ago. P.C. P.C. P.C. £ank rate ...... 6 6 3} Tiank of France ..... 4 4 3£ Imperial Bank Germany ..A 6 6 Short loans .. .. .. 4| 4f :>i Three months billsLondon .. .. 4 11-16 4 13-.16 8 746 Paris .. .. ■.. 3{ 3| 3 Berlin , 6| 6| 41 GRAIN AND FLOUR. f j Wheat.— There is little demand, and cargoes are fairly steady. Liverpool futures, March delivery, 7s 64d per cental; May delivery, ?8 3|d; July delivery, 7s 2id ; September delivery, 7b 2|d; October delivery, 7s l|d. Australian and Now Zealand, on spot, are not offering. Flour is quiet and unchanged. Oats.— There is ft poor demand. La. Plata, March-April, 16s 4£d. Beans and peas aro dull and unchanged. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. Butter is dull owing to warm weather. Danish is unchanged. Choicost Australian, 108s to 110s; a few_ 112s; unsalted, 114s to 116s; secondaries, 100s to lO&s: choicest New Zealand, 114s to 116s; vtnsalted, 116s to 118s; secondaries, 106s to 110s. Cheese.— Now Zealand, 61s W"62g. Sugar.— German beet, BfJ per cent, net titre, 10s per owt; first marks granu- : lated, f.o.b. Hamburg, 12s 3d. [ .. BRADFORD WOOL. [ * -The' market for ' Bradford tops is very ' firm," 'especially for crossbred counts. Sixty-fours, 30id,' super 60' s, 29id; oorrimon 60's, 283 d; 56's, 24id; -50's, 22£ d; 46's, 18d; 40' s, 16id. THE METAL MARKETS. Copper. — On the spot. £65 18s 9d per ton ; three months, £66 3a 9d ; eleotrolytic, £69. Tin.— On the sttot, 35s higher, at £217 10s per ton; three months, £4 15a higher, at £214. Pig-iron.— Middlesboro' No. 3, Is lid higher, at 63s 4d per ton. Lead.— Soft foreign, 11s 3d lower, at £15 15s per ton/ Spelter, £25 per ton. NOTICE. IT is notified for public information that on ahd from MONDAY, the 10th inst., the Government Tourist Enquiry Bureau will be located in the General Post Office Building, opposite the Queen's Wharf, Customhouse-quay. Full information given and itineraries prepared free of charge. Ticket* obtainable without extra charge for booking. v BY ORDER. Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, Wellington, 7th March, 1915. ■ NOTICE. THE Head Office of the N.Z. State Coal Mines I (Telephone 1807) will from this date be- located on the Second Floor of the Union Steam Ship Company's Buildings, at the Corner of Cus-tomhouse-quay and Johnston-etreet. The Retail Department (Telephone- 222) remains as heretofore, in the premises in Cuba-street Extension. W. 1 C. GASQUOINE, General Manager. Wellington, sth March, 1913. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE. SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS. THE commodious Vaults of the Publio Trust Office, Wellington— Fire and Earthquake * proof— have oeen fitted up with CHUBB'S BURGLAR and FIREPROOF LOCKERS. The Lockers are of various sizes, ahd may be Leased for the deposit of Documents, Plate, Jewellery, ahd other Valuables. \ Each Locker requires two keys to open it. One is given to the Lessee, the other is held by the< Office. Special arrangement* are made for the Lessee getting access to his Locker at any hour. For rent and other particular, apply to the Office. I FRED. FITCHETT, ______^ Public Trustee. _^ REMOVAL NOTICE. ON and after MONDAY, the 10th inst.. our Offices will be situated at ACCOUNTANTS' CHAMBERS (Second j Floor), Johnston-street, Wellington (next j to Kirkcaldie and Staine). J GOLD AND ARCUS, Public Accountants. THE PUBLIC* "TRUST OFFICE^ACT, 1908. (Section 50). In the Estate of VALENTtNE ALFRED PAYNE, late of Lyall Bay, grocer (deceased). ALL creditors and others having claims against this estate are hereby required to send them, with particulars, on tho forms provided, to the District Manager of the Public Trust Office, nt Wellington, on or before the 12th day of May, 1913. Accounts not rendered by the date named may ha rejected. All moneys payable to the above e j£ a £ e may bo lodged to tho credit of the Public Trustee's account at any postal moneyorder office, or paid to the District Manager of the Public Trust Office. FRED. FITCHETT, Publio Trustee. 6th March. 1913.