COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL (UNITES PRE9S A3SOCUTION.-COP*IUaHt.) (ABSTRAUAN-NEW ZEALAND CABIE ASSOCIATION.). BANE. OF ENGLAND RETURN. LONDON, 14th'February. The leading items of the Bank of England return issued for the week ended Wednesday; 13tli February, compared with the preceding week is aa under:— Bullion, £57,825,000 (£57,478,000); reserve, £31,332,000 (£30,028,000); note circulation, 1 £46,001,000 (£4l>,131,000); public deposits, ,£39,073,000 (£41,141,000); other deposits, £120,285,000 (£125,594,000); proportion of reserves to liabilities, 18.011 (18.50). THE MONEY MARKET. , The Bank rate remains at 5 per cent.; short loans are 3J per cent., a fall of \ per cent, on the week; three months' bills are 35 per cent., a fall o£ 2 per cent, oh the week. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following are the latest quotations for , Consols and Colonial Government securities in 1 comparison with those ruling last week, in parentheses:— 2$ per cent. Imperial Consols, £54 10s (£54 10s); 5 per cent. War Loan, £03 10s (£93 ss); 3£ per cent. War Loan, £85 10s (£BS 2s 6d); 4 per cent. New South Wales; 1033, JanuaryJuly, £82 2s 6d (£B2 ss); 31 per.cent. New South Wales, 1030-50, March-September, £09 2s Od (£9O 2s Od); 3J per cent. New South Wales, early currency, £09 15s (£OO 17s Od); 3 per cent. New South Wales, 1025, April-Octo-ber, £70 17s 6d (£7O 15s); 4 per cent. Victoria, 1020, January-July, £0(1 2s Cd (£O6 ss); 3J per cent. Victoria, 1921-0, January-July, £85 10s (£BS 15s); 3J per cent. Victoria, 1920-1940. £70 7s 6d' (£70); 3 per cent. Victoria, 1020-40, 1 January-July, £62 10s (£02); 3J per cent. South Australia, 1010, January-July. £72- 10s 1 (£72 ss); 3 per cent. South Australia, 1910, .Tanuary:july, £56 15s (£SO 15s); 4 per cent. Queensland, 1015-24, January-July, £91 (£9l 1 ss); 3} per cent. Queensland, 1022-47, January--1 July, £88 15s (£BB 15s): 3 per cent. Queensland, 1922-47, January-July, £S2 2s 6d (£G2 ss); 4 per cent. New Zealand, 1020, May-November, ,ES6 12s Gd (£BB 7s fid); 3J per cent. New Zealand, 1012-40, January-July, £72 15s (£72 10s); 3 per cent. New Zealand, 1920, AprilOctober, £08 5s (£6B 17s 6d); 3J per cent. West Australia, 1915-35, May-November, £74 12s 6d (£74); 3 per cent. West Australia, 1016----35, May-November, £09 os (£69); 3J per cent. Tasmania, 1920, January-July, £71 (£7l 2s 6d) -, 3 per cent. Tasmania, 1920-40, January-July, £65 . (£65). MARKET PRICES. LONDON. 16th February. ' Butter and Cheese.—The Food Controller is distributing on Saturday one-eighth of the 1 trade's February applications for butter. There is no news of any distribution of. cheese, i Wheat and Flour.—There are no offerings of Australian wheat nnd flour, cither on the spot or in passage. English is in small supply, and sells rapidly. Oats.—Firm, little offering. Peas and Beans.—The market is strong. Sugar.—Prices unchanged. Hemp and Jute.—There is a fair demand at the Government rates. Rubber.—Fine hard Para rubber, 2s 6d per lb; plantation, first latex crepe, 2s 3d; smoked ribbed sheet, 2s 3Jd. ALLEN MOTOR CARS! JUST Landed, a. shipment of. "ALLEN" 5-SBATER TOURING CARS. Ready for inspection. Lateet models. Also, Two "WHITE" 3-TON LORRIES and several small DELIVERY VANS at ■••,-'• ■ hand. ; DAVIDSON & CO., , HUTT-ROAD, THORNDON. 'Phone 4369. ; KALAMAZOO BOOKS MEAN OFFICE ECONOMY. Labour Saving.yet More Efficient. fTTHE KALAMAZOO BOOKKEEPER , X deals with about one-third more accounts than if using bound books. THE KALAMAZET ECLIPSES' THE*'CARD SYSTEM. 50 per cent, saving all ways. WATKINS, TVER, & TOLAN, LTD., Printers and Bookbinders, Taranaki-street. 2529 A Telephones 2530 A 2530 A All Enquirieß. 2529 A TJARTLETT : . AND ANDREW. Studio—lo, Willis-street, Wellington. I ; THE BARTLETT STUDIOS are now i open for Electric Light Portraiture (new 1 method), Wednesday and Saturday Even. ' ings, 7 to 9.30. Outdoor and "At Home" Portraiture by appointment. Tel. 1233. ■ Any photograph or snapshot of value can be copied and enlarged and proofs of auch copies submitted free to country ', clients.. \ •S. P. ANDREW, Manager. MOST people, when getting Artificial Teoth, wish those \ ' that Jpok NATURAL. This result " is achieved by .making them with r PORCELAIN GUMS, and wo Specialise in this branch, ! FBOST & FROST, > SURGEON DENTISTS, i •119, Willie-street, Wellington, I . • ■ i E ' . 1 t 1 » T4/TR. BRIDGE, Dentist (late Upper J Willis-street},- has resumed Praot tico at MACARTHY CHAMBERS, 1 opposite Hotel Windsor, WILLIS-ST. I Hours—9 to 5. Tel.' 4491.- I 3 REMOVAL NOTICE. MR. LINDO LEVIEN, Dentist, has Removed to Rooms above Davis and Clater's (opposite ICirkcaldie's). The "Kitchen" Cake Shop Entrance. Tel. 980. Tl/TRS. W. H. DIDSBURY, II ■■"■*• DENTAL SURGEON, 144, WILLIS-STREET. Telephone 216. Hours 9 to 5. a "OTONFORD F. A. APLIN, DENTIST, 0 68, LAMBTON-QUAY. ', WE ARE OFFERING y •VTERTICAL FILES, TRANSFER CASES, FOLDER GUIDES, Etc. 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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 43, 19 February 1918, Page 6
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