MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.
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LONDON. August 20. The Bank of England reserve is £24,965,000, the proportion of reserve to liabilities being 53.44 per cent. Three months’ bills are discounted at If per cent. Consols, £ll2. Quotations for colonial stocks
The English wheat market shows a general advance of 6d, the Continental is tending upward, while the American is advancing. Californian No. 1 milling, 37a; Russian cargoes, 33s 3d. London quotations for No. 1 hard Duluth, 36s 3d. Colonial oats : Fine, 26s 3d : common, 24s 6d. ’ Colonial beans, 31s 9d. The Bradford wool market is firm.
Tallow : Mutton—fine, 20s ; medium, 18s 9d. Beef —fine, 19s 3d: medium, 18s.
Sugar flat. German beet, 8s 9d; Java, 10s 9d. Pig iron, 44s 7-id. Silver, 2s o|d per oz.
- Price. Variation from Last Week. 4 % N.S.W ' 3i X N.S.W. 3% N.S.W 4 % Victorian % Victorian 4 % South Australian 3 i X South Australian 4 % Queensland 3J % Queensland 3i % Tasmanian 3} X West Australian 4 X New Zealand ... 3i X New Zealand 3% New Zealand .. £ 8. d. 122 10 0 107 10 0 102 0 0 114 0 0 168 0 0 114 0 0 111 0 0 115 0 0 107 10 0 109 0 0 109’ 0 0 116 10 0 108 10 0 100 10 0 10s higher Unchanged 5s lower 10s higher Unchanged os lower Unchanged 15s higher 20s lower Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged
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Evening Star, Issue 10399, 21 August 1897, Page 2
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235MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. Evening Star, Issue 10399, 21 August 1897, Page 2
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