COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 132, 5 June 1915, Page 4

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. (By Telegraph.— Press Association.- Copyright.) LONDON, 3rd June. The Bank of England return issued for the week ended \Yedneaday, 2nd June, is as under : — Issug Department. Nate issue, £75,898,000 Govt. debt ... £11,015.000 Other securities 7.434.000 Gold 57,449,000 £75,898.000 £75,898,000 BANKiNo Department. Proprietors' Gov. tecuricapital £14.553,000 ties £51,043,000 Public de- •» Other securiposits ... 131,753,000 ties 138,883,000 Other de- Notes ... 42,307.000 posits ... 84,025,000 Coin 1,196,000 Rest, 7-day and other bills ... 3,158,000 £233.480.000 £233.489.000 Tho leading items of the Bank of England return afford the following comparisons : — This week. Last week. Lastyeat £ £ £ Bullion ... 57.449.000 60.418.000 34,319.000 Reserve ... 43.563.000 47,241.000 25.448.000 Note eirol'tion 33,531,000 32.947.000 28.994.000 Deposits ... 215,778.000 229,831,000 59.913.000 Proportion reserve to liabilities ... 2050 21.49 42.40 I CONSOLS AND AUSTRALASIAN STOCKS. Current quotations for Consols and Australasian Government stocks, compared with those of last week, are: —

THE MONEY MARKET. This Last Last week. week. year, per cent, per cent, per cent Bank rate . . 5 5 5 Short loans ... 2\ v 1| 2| Three months' bills ... 21 213-16 2| DAIRY PRODUCE. LONDON, 3rd Jps. Butter — The market is weaker owing to the increasing- make on the Continent and' in. Ireland, and colonial is slow. Australian choicest, 136s to 138s per cwt; New Zealand, 140s to 1435; unsalted, 1445. Cheese — Market firm and prices unchanged at 100s per cwfc for New Zealand. Bacon — Market firm. Queensland Cumberlands, "We to 78s per cwt. GRAIN AND FLOUR. The wheat market i$ weak, sellers offering to accept 6d peir quarter 1 less. A shipment- of Walla Walla wheat afloat has changed hands at 65s per quarter. Flour is neglected. • Oats are dull. Now Zealand A grade Gartons are quoted at 37s per quarter, and Bahia Blancas, Jane-July shipment, at 29s 3d. " Peas and "beans are steady, and prices' unchanged. ' AUSTRALIAN APPLES. further sales of the steamer Morea's apples have taken place. Australian brought up to 17s a prices for Tasmaniau were unchanged.

■ Stock. This week. Last . week. 2J% Imperial Consols ... 4 % New Zealand* 34% New Zealandt 3 % New Zealand! 4 % New South Wales ... 3J% New South Wales ... 34% N.S.W.. 1930-50 3 % New South Wales ... 4 % Victorian 34% Victorian 34% Victorian. 1929-49 ... 3 % Victorian 34% South Australian ... 3 % South Australian ... 4 % Queensland 34% Queensland ... 3 % Queensland ... ... 34% W.Australia 3 % W. Austraba 34% Tasmania 3 % Tasmania . £ s. d. t!6 11 3 05 17 6 S3 10 0 76 0 0 95 2 6 97 2 6 83 5 0 79 10 0 97 0 0 91 10 0 83 7 6 76 Q 0 86 a 0 70 0 0 97 0 0 91 7 6 74 10 0 87 15 0 82 0 0 I 85 5 0 i 76 Ji 0 £ a. d. 66 11 3 95 15 0 84 10 0 76 0 0 96 12 6 97 2 - 6 83 12 6 80 0 0 99 5 0 91 5 0 83 5 0 76 0 0 85 5 0 70 0 0 98 10 0 91 12 6 74 10 0 87 12 6 82 0 0 85 5 0 76 0 0 'Interest payable in M; •(•lnterest payable in Jai tlaterest payable iv Apr ly and Jfoi luary and -J il and Octal rember. ulj. aer.