COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 66, 15 September 1917, Page 6

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

(BNHSB HtKS« iI.»aSOCiATION.-<»PIEiaHI4 (nSTBALIAII-NEW ZEALAND CABMI ASSOCIATION.) ' SSNK AND STOCK EXCHANGE KEPOBTS. LONDON, 13th September. BAHK OF ENGLAND RETUEN. Iho leading items of the Bank of England nturn afford the following "comparison with fboso of. last week in parentheses:— Bullion, £61,828,000 (£51,828,000); reserve, '£32452,000 .(£32,003,000); . note circulation, £40,534,000 (£40,670,000); public deposits, £42,590,000 (£44,402,000); other deposits, £121,340,000 (£124,077,000); proportion of reserves to liabilities, 18.01,(18.92). MONEY MARKET. Bsnfc rate, 6 per cent-; short loans, 4i per •ent.; tliroo months bills, *f per cent; ail tmchanfied. GOVE&STMENT SECUBITIES. The following ore the latest quotations for Consols and Colonial Government securities in comparison -with those rnlins last week, in parentheses; — 2A per cent. Imperial Consols, £55 5s (£65 Ms); 5 per cant. ■ War Loan, £04 7s 6d (£9l 10s); 3J per cent. War Loan, £87 6s (£B7 10s); t per cent. New Zealand, 1329, May-November, £86 2s 6d (£S3 2s 6d); SJ per cent. New Zealand, 1013-dO, January-July, £73 12s 6d (£73 JSb) ; 3 per cent. New Zealand, 1920, April-Octo-ber, £C 3 {£C 3 ); 4 per cent. New South Wales, 1333, January-July, £81 7b 6d (£B2 sa); Si per cent-iNew South Wales, 19SO-50, March-Septem-ber, £98 (£97 15s); 3} 'per cent. New South Wales, early currency, £70 5s (£BO ss); 3 per cent New South Wales, 1925, April-October, £70 (£70); 4 per cent. Victoria, 1920, January-July, £95 10a (£BS 7a 6d); SJ per cent. Victoria, 1921----1928, January-July, £S5 (£B4 Es); Si per cent. .Victoria, 1920-1949,.£69 17s Gd (£70); 3 per cent. Victoria, 1929-19, January-July, £62 15s (£62 16s); Si per cent. South Australia, 1916, Janu-ary-July, £72 2s 6d (£72 10s); 3 per cent. South Australia, 10.16, January-July, £58 7s 6d <£57 10s); i per. cent. Queensland, 1915-24, Janu- j ary-July, £90 15s (£9O 6); Si per cent. Queensland, 1922-47, January-July, 1 £87 15s (£B7 10s); S per cent. Queensland 1922-47, January-July, £81 17s 6d (£02); SJ per cent. West Australia, 1915-35, May-November, £74 7s 6d (£74); 3 per cent. West Australia, 1815-35, May-November, *69 (£69 15s);\3i per cent Tasmania, 1920, January July, £73 10s (£72 10s); 3 per cent. Tasmania, 1220-40, January-July, £65 (£65).

, THE MARKETS. LONDON, 18th September. "Ex* butter market is at a standstill. Prices «re nominally unchanged., Cheese.—The Board of Trade is releasing for September 75 per cent., of the amount for which the trade has applied. Wheat arid Flour.—The markets are lifeless. Oats. Peas, and Beans.—Stocks are being" held tor full prices. Sugar.—Prices are unchanged. Hides, Leather, and Basils.—There is nothing doing owing to tho absence of supplies. Kabbitskins.—The sales have been cancelled owing to the few skins available. THE METAL MARKET. Copper.—Standard, for cash, £120 fis per ton ; forward delivery, £119 15s. Electrolytic copper, £135. ' Lead.—Soft foreign, for cash, £S9 10s per ton; forward delivery, £29 10s.

Spelter.—Ordinary brands, for cash, £54 per ton; forward delivery, £50. Tin. —Straits, for cash, £244 7s Od per ton; forward delivery, £2-13 15s. Silver.—lv bars. 60d per ounce standard.