CONSOLS AND AUSTRALASIAN STOCKS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 74, 28 March 1914, Page 4

CONSOLS AND AUSTRALASIAN STOCKS.

Following *r« the current quotationi for Consols and Australasian Government stocks, *i compared with those of list we«k: —

THE MONEY MARKET. This Last Last week. week. year, per cent, per cent, per cent. Bank rate ... 3~ 3 5 B»nk of France 3g 3£ 4 Imperial Bank Germany . . 4 4 6 Short Loans 3 2£ 4| Three months' bills — London ... 2 2-1-16 4? Paris ... Z^ 2| 3? Berlin ... 2% 3| 5| LONDON MARKETS. Wheat.— The market is dull, with little enquiry either consumptive or speculative, but there is no pressure to sell. There are excellent prospects of a large winter crop in America, and the weather is favourable to the Indian harvest. Liverpool "futures" quotations: — For MarchMay shipment, 7s 3d per cental, July 7s 2^d. Australian on the spot is nomi- j nally 38s 6d to 39s per quarter of 4961b. j New Zealand is not offering. » Flour. — The market is Blightly easier. Thirty-five shillings is aske^ for Australian parcels, April shipment. There is little business owing to the cheapness of English, and there is small retail demand. Oats — The market is dull. Twenty-one shillings and sixpence is quoted for new New Zealand and A Grade Gartons. Beans — The inarkot is neglected. New Zealand, nominally 35s 6d to 36s 6d per quarter of 5041b. Peas. — The market is more active. Forty-five shillings to 45s 9d per quarter of 5041b c.i.f. is the price quoted for New Zealand maples, March-April shipment. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. Butter. — The market is flat. Danish is unchanged at 122s to 1245. Colonial is neglected. Choicest Australian, salted, 106s to 108s, unsalted 110s to 112s, secondaries lpOs to 102s. Sales are very slow, especially for unsalted, which is too plentiful. Choicest New Zealand salted 110s, unsalted 116s. Cheese.— The market is dull. New Zealand white 62, coloured 645. Bacon. — The market is steady. A few Australian flitches sold for 60s to 62s per cwt. Sugar. — German beet sugar, 88 per cent, net tifcre, is quoted at 9s 3d per cwt (Id up), • first marks granulated lls Wd per ewt, f.o.b. Hamburg (^d up). Bradford Wool.— There is more enquiry. Sixty-fours, 30s ; super, 29jd ; common 60*8, 28id; 56's, 23d; 50's, 20Ad ; 46's, 17±d; 40's, 16£ d. THE METAL MARKETS. Copper.— On the spot, £64 18s 9d per ton; at three months, £65 6s 3d. Tin. — On the spot. £175 5s per ton; at threo months, £177 sw. Pig-iron— Middlesbro' No. 3, 50s 9d per ton. Lead — Soft foreign, £19 5s per ton.

Price. Variation, compared with ilast week. !J% Imperial Consols ... I % New South Wales ... !i% New South Wales ... SJ% N.S.W.. 1930-50 i % New South Wales ... 1 % Victorian S% Victorian % Victorian, 1929-49 ... I * Victorian \i% South Australian ... ! % South Australian ... I % Queensland li% Queensland ! % Queensland I % New Zealand* Si% New Zealandt [ % New Zealandt !l% Westr&ban ! % Westralian )i% Taemaman \ % Tawiaman £ s. d. 75 0 0 103 0 0 99 10 0 92 0 0 86 0 0 102 0 0 96 0 0 90 0 0 81 0 0 93 0 0 75 0 0 101 0 0 96 0 0 81 0 0 100 0 0 92 0 0 82 0 0 92 0 0 82 0 0 93 0 0 88 0 0 10/- higher Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged ♦Interest payable in Mj tlnterest payable in Jan payable in Apr) ly and November, iiiarj and July, il and October.