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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 23, 26 January 1918, Page 4

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPSRIOHT.) (AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received January 26, 8 a-m.) BAKE OF ENGLAND RETURN. LONDON, 24th January. Tha leading items in the Bank of England return Issued for the week ended Wednesday, 9th January, compared with those of last week In parentheses is as under— Bullion, £57,783,000 (£5.7,626,000); reserve, £32,142,000 (£31,893,000); note circulation, £45,223,000 (£45,325,000); public deposits, £41,815,000 (£41,416,000); other' deposits, £124,440,000 (£121,589,000); proportion of reserves to liabilities, 19.33 (19.56). I THE MONEY MARKET. The Bank rate remains at 5 per cent. ;. short loans are 3$ per cent, as against the same rate last, week, and the rate for three months bills is unchanged at i per cent. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following are the latest quotations for Consols and Colonial ■Government securities in comparison with those ruling last week, in parentheses:— 2i per cent. Imperial Consols, £54 15s (£55); 5 per cent. War Loan, £93 10s (£93 12s 6d).; 3\ per cent. War Loan, £86 10s (£B6 15s); i per cent. New South Wales, 1933, JanuaryJuly,' £82 5s (£82); 3i per cent. New South Wnies, 1930-50, March-September, £100 10s (£IOO ss); S\ per cent. New South Wales, early "» currency, £70 (£70); 3 per cent. New South Wales, 1925, April-October, £70 10s (£7O 10s); i per cent. Victoria, 1920, January-July, £96 5s (£96 ss); 3J per cent. Victoria, 1921-6, JanuaryJuly, £85 (£85); 3J pel cent. Victoria, 1920-49,. £70 (£70); 3 per cent. Victoria, 1929-49, Janu-ary-July, £62 (£62 0s); 3K per cent. South Australia, 1016, January-July, £72 (£7l 15s); 3 per cent. South Australia, 1916, January-July, £57 (£SO 10s); 4 per cent. Queensland, 1915-24, January-July, £01 2s 6d (£91); Z\ per cent. Queensland, 1922-47, January-July, £89 (£BS 15s); 3 per cent. Queensland, 1922-47, JanuaryJuly, £61 5s (£6l ss); 4 per cent. New Zealand, 1929, May-November, £86 2s 6d (£BS 15s); Si per cent. New Zealand, 1912-10, January-July, £72 10s (£72 2s 6d); 8 per cent. New Zealand, 1920, April-October, £63 10s (£63 7s 6d); 3J per cent. West Australia, 1915-35, May-November, £74 10s (£74 2s 6d); 3 per cent. West Australia, 1915-35, May-Novembei, £69 10s (£69); 3} per cent. Tasmania, 1920, January-July, £71 7s Od (£7l 53); 3 per cent. Tasmania, 1920-40, January-July, £65 (£64). COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. Wheat.—Cargoes are at a standstill in tho absence of offers. Little is offering on the spot, except new Manitobas. A small quantity of overseas flour sold quickly at full rates. Oats, Beans, and Peas.—The market has a hardening tendency.' Sugar is unchanged. Two Australian butter cargoes have arrived, allowing of another distribution. One was made on' the Bth January, applications . consisting of equal proportions of butter and marEiinne' THE METAL MARKETS. Tin.—Spot, £299 15s per ton; three months, ' '£298 158. ■ Bar Silver, 43jd per ounce- standard. Other metals are unchanged. SOUTHERN. MARKETS. SfiX TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHTJHCH, 25th January. No samples of. this season's wheat are reported to have been submitted to buyers as / yet. • Oats are coming forward slowly, and a few . lines of Gartons have" changed hands at ur> to 3a 3d at country stations, there being a good demand for them on account of the shortage of stocks of white oats. Algerians are selling, up to 3s. Tho purchase of tho new barley crop has commenced, and several sales of prime malting have taken place at up to 5s 9d at country stations. The barley is of good quality, and so' far mostly of good colour. • There is practically no old oat-sheaf chart now offering, and naw chaff is worth £4 at country stations for immediate delivery. Thero have been offers of £3 10s for forward delivery, but growers aro not yet prepared to accept that figure. No sales of main crop potatoes are yet Some Trofltneiß Is betaa. dan*, in «hlLj* aroD _onion* ! at' £6,SSX "Jon.