COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 127, 30 May 1914, Page 4

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. (By Telecr»ph.-~l?ress Association.— Copyright.)' LONDON, 29th May. Tho Bank of England return isuted for tho ; week ended Wednesdaj-, 27th May, h us under: — ■ : Issud Department. Note issue, £52,700,000 Govt debt ... £11,015.000 Other securities 7.434,000 Gold 34.251.000 £52^700.000 £52J007f100 Banking Department. Proprietors' Gov. becuri' capital £14.553,000 ties £11,047.000 Public de- Other securipositS' ... 19.016,000 ties 41.461,000 Other de- Notes... , H 2:5,7G7.000 posits ... 41,210.000 Coin ' 1.097,000 Best, 7-day and other bills ... 3.155,000 £77,972,000 £77,072,000 The leading items of the Bafik of England return afford the following comparison : — This week. Last week. Lastyear £ £ £ Bullion ... 34,251.000 34,201.000 36,095,000 Reserv* ... - 25.464,000 25.721.000 27.411,000 Note circulation 28.UHH.000 28.G7U.000 28,640.000 Deposit? ... 00.26-1,000 D 8,965,000 02,410.000 Proportion reberve to liabilities ' ... 42.24 43.60 52.27 CONSOLS AND AUSTRALASIAN STOCKS. Following are the current quotations for Consols and Australasian Government stocks, ai compared with those of last vreek: — Variation. — PnVo compared i-nce. Wlth last week' „, " £ s. d. 24% imperial Consols ... 74 17 (J 5/- higher i% New South Wales ... 101! 0 0 Unchanged 31% New South Wales ... 100 0 0 Unchanged. 34% N.S.W.. 1030-50 ... 1)2 0 0 Onchantled 3 % New South Wales ... 84 0 0 201- lower 4 % Victorian .102 0 0 Unchanged ty% Victorian 96 0 0 Unchanged 3i% Victorian. IJJ29-49 ... 90 0 0 Unchanged 3 % Victorian 81 0 0 Unchanged 3J% South Australian ... 93 0 0 Unchanged" 3 % South Australian ... 75 0 0 20/- higher 4% Queensland .. ..! 102 0 0 20/- higher 81% Queensland 07 0 0 Unchanged 3 % Queensland. 8L 0 0 Unchanged 3 % New Zealand* ... 101! 0 0 70/- higher 34% New Zealandt ... 91 I) 0 20/- lower 4 % New Zealand* ... 81 0 0 20/- lower H% Westralian 92 0 0 Unchanged 3 % Westralian 87 0 0 Unchanged '&}% Tasmaman „ ... 92 0 0 Unchanged 5 % Tastnanian 82 0 0 Unchanged ♦Interest payable in May and November, tfntcrest payable in January and July. payable in April and October. THE MONEY MARKET. This Last Last week. week. year, per cent, per cent, pur cent. Bank rate ... 3 3 4£ Bank of Franco 3^ 3£ 4 I Imperial Bank Germany ... 4 4 S Short louns ...21 2| 3i Throe months' bills — London ... 2 13-16 2 15-16 3 11-16 Paris ... 2| 21 3§ Berlin ... 2;,' 2| 5i GRAIN AND FLOUR. Wheat.— Market dull; 36s 10^d per quarter is offered for West-Australian shipments, and Australian on the spot uialies 38s bd. Flour.— Slow of sale. Australian patents, 26s v 6d per sack ex store. Oats.— Quiot. La Platas, for Juno-July shipment, 16s per quarter. Beans and Peas.— Quiet, and prices are unaltered. COLONIAL AND OTHEP, PRODUCE. Butter.— The butter market is quiet, and prices unchanged. Cheese.— Slightly better business is doing, and New Zealand white makes 60s per cwfc; 'coloured, 63s to 645. Bacon. — Markpi' dull. Australian Cutnberlands are worth, aboub 58s per cwt. SiiKar —German beet sugar, 88 pencont. net titre, is quoted at 9s 8d per cwt ; first marks ■ granulated, 11s 9d per cwt f.o.b. Hamburg. BRADFORD TOPS. The Bradford tops market is quiet. Forty-sixes are quoted at 17cl per lb, 40's 16ad ; other qualities unchanged at 64's, 31jd ; super 60' s, 30d ; common 60" s, 29d ; 565, 24d ; 50's, 21d ; 40's, ,16id. THE METAL MARKET. Coppor.— On the spot, £63 3s 9d per tonj at three months, £63 15s. Tin. —On tho spot, J8145 per ton; at three months, £147. Pig-iron.— Middlesbro' No. 3, 51d 3^d per ton, Lend.— Soft foreign, £18 17s 6d per ton. Spelter.— O.B , £21 5s per ton.