COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 18, 22 January 1916, Page 3

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright.)

LONDON, 20th January.

The Bank of Engiand returns issued for the week ending Wednesday, 19th January, is .' as follows, last week's figures being given in parentheses: — Coin, £50,936,000 (£51,019,000); reserve, £35,708,000 (£35,413,000); note circulation, £33,910,000 (£34,338,000); public deposits, £59,474,000 (£53,553,000); -other deposits, 1 £100,782,000 (£104,076,000); Government securities, £109,725,000 (£107;361,000); proportion of reserve to liabilities, 22.28 (22.46). -: . •.: '-. ■ '•■■■ • • Short loans are quoted at 1 15-16 per I'oe'nt.. (4£ per cent.); three months bills, Is£ per cent. (5j per cent.) ' ■• . . ! Imperial Consols, £59 (£59).- ',]■ '■■ ':■ ■.. I • AUSTRALASIAN STOCKS.

Current quotations for Austraksiaji Government stocks, compared with tLose of last"'week are:—3j 'per cent. War Loan,' £89 10s (unchanged); 4£ per cent. War Loan, £95, (5e lower); 4 per cent. N.S.W., 1933,' Jauua.ry-July, £95 '(unchanged); 3£ per cent. N.S.W., 1930-50, March-September, £95 17s 6d (7s 6d higher); 3^ per cent. N.S.W., Early Curr., £83 7s 6d (2s 6d higher); 3 per cent. N.S.W.; 192b, April-October, £78 (un changed); 4 per oent. Victoria, 1920, January-July, £93 15s (5s higher); 3£ per oent. Victoria, 1921-6, January-July, £91 7s 6d (2s 6d higher); 3 per oent. Victoria, 1924-49, January-July, £76 (unchanged); ■3£ per cent. South Australia, 1916, January ■ July, £85 5s (unchanged);' 3 per oent. South Australia, 1916, January-July, £70 10s (unchanged); 4 per cent. Queensland, 1915-24, Januaiy-July, £95 (unchanged); 3i per oent.-Queensland, 1922-47 JanuaryJuly, £91 5s (unchanged); 3 per cent. Queensland, 1922-47, Jaaunry-July, £74 10s (unchanged); 4 per cent. New Zealand, 1929,,' May-November, £95 Is 3d (unchanged); 3i per oent. New Zealand, 1912-40, January-July, £83 5e (unbhanged); 3 per cent. New Zeiuland, 1920, AprilOctober. £76 (unchanged); 3s per cent. West Australia, 1915-35, May-November, £87 10s (unchanged); 3 per cent. West Australia, 1915-35,' May-November, £82 (unchanged); 34 per cent. Tasmania, 1920, January-July, £85 5s (unchanged); 3 per cent. .Tasmania, ,-,1920-40, JanuaTy-July, £76 Is 3d (unchanged).

LONDON MARKETS. ' Wheat is firm, owing to the strength of the freight market.

Flour is firm and advancing. O»ts <»re dull. La Plata, February* March, 33b per quarter.

Pens and beans are firm and unchanged.

Butter is quiet. Danish is unchanged. Colonial, unsalte'd, is firm tt full' late rates; Australian, salted, 142s to 144s;' exceptional lots, 1465; New Zealand, 148s. Apparently there are some "bears" of New Zealand) as sales are' reported of the Rangatira's shipment expected for delivery next week at 1445. Cheese is firm and unchanged. Sugar is firm and unchanged. Bradford Tops—The market is strong, with a healthy tone. Sixty-fours, 44d; super sixties, 43d; common sixties, 42d; fifty-sixes, 38£ d ; fifties, 33£ d; forty-sixes, 29d; forties, 27d. METAL MARKETS. Copper--On spot, £87 15s per ton; three months, £87 7s 6d; electrolytic, £116 to £119.

Tin—On spot, £177 5s to £177 10s per ton. • ..

Pig-iron, 80s 4d per ton. Lead—Soft | foreign, on spot, £31 10s per ton; forward delivery, £31 ss.

Silver—Bar silver is quoted at 26 15-16 d per ounce standard.