COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue LXXXVIII, 12 September 1914, Page 6

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

♦ BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. (By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright.) LONDON, 10th September. The Bank of England return issued for the week ended Wednesday, 9th September, is as under : —

THE MONEY MARKET. The Bank of England discount rate for throe months' bills is 3£ per cent., against 4i per cent, last week, and 4a per cent. last year. Short Joans, are quoted at 2^ per cent., against 3 per'oarrt. laet week, and 2i per cent, last year. WHEAT. Wheat is fully sixpence lower on a sharp American decline; 47s 3d is offerad for South Australian afloat. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. Butter. — The butter market is very quiet. Danieh is in fair supply and realises 124s to 128s per ovrt. Quotations for Australian and New Zealand makes are nominally unchanged in the absence of supplies at 118s to 124s for Australian and 125s to 130s for New Zealand. Cheese.— Cheese market is firm. New Zealand white and coloured makes are. Is higher at 75s and 73s per cwt respectively. Bacon. — The market is firm. Sugar. — Foreign granulated sugar on the spot Bells at 30s 6d per cwt compared with 30s last week, and about 16? at the end of July. BRADFORD TOPS. The Bradford market for top-making wools is weak, excepting low crossbreds. Quotations : —64'b, l£-d lower at 29s per lb ; super 60's, l£d lower at 28d ; common 60'b, l|d lowor at 27d ; 56's, Id lower at 23^d; 50's, 20£ d. PIG-IRON. Pig-iron, Middlesbrough No. 3, 5d lower at 51s per ton.

This weelc. Last "week. ', o o tullion ... 46.779.000 37.051.088 teserv* ... 30,737.000 30.935.000 fote circ'l'tion 35,222,000 35.285.000 >eposits ... 155.110,000 162,496,000 'ronortion rei erve to liaWlities ... 19.81 19.04 Last rear £ 40.877.000 31.835.000 29.049.096 52.564,099 60.54

ISSUI DIUMKTIUNT. Note issue, £65,228,000 Govt. debt ... £11,015.000 Other secun- „ ti« 7.434.000 Gold 46,770.000 £65.228,000 £65,228,000 BINIIMO DEPARTUINT. Proprietors' Gov. securicapital £14.553,000 ties £25.748,986 Public de- Other securiposits ... 24.406.000 ties 116,923,008 Other de- Notes ... 30.006.000 posits ...130,704,000 Coin ... ... 731,009 Rest, 7-day And other bills ... 3,745,000 £173.408,000 £173,408.000 The leading items of the Bank of England return afford the following oompariion : —