MONEY AND MAMETS.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright,
LONDON, May 25. The Bank of England returns show the reserve to be £22,124,000; coin and bullion, £31,851,000 ; percentage of reserve to liabilities, 44.22. • The notes in circulation total £29,162,000; public deposits, £8,801,000 ; other deposits, £41,075,000 ; Government securities, £14,520,000; aud other securities, £31,194,000.
Three mouths’ bills are discounted at 3 1-16 per cent. Consols, £lOl 10a Quotations for Colonial Government stocks are subjoined, compared with those ruling at the close of last week
Wheat: The market is firm but inless favorable reports of Russian and French crops have been received. Victorian, prompt shipment, 295. Copper : Firm. Spot, £72 15s ; three months, £74.
Tin ; Steady. Spot, £137 ; three months, £134. Iron, fiOs 7d. Lead, £l6 17s 6d.
Sugar is firmer. German, 10s 7id. Wool: The Duntroon clip realised lOjd. The Bradford market is quiet: Common sixties, 23d ; supers, 24d.
New South Wales Vs ... May 18, 117 May 25 117 New South Wales 3Vs... New South Wales 5*» ... 10JJ 104 99i 100 Victoria Vs HOj 111 Victoria 3i’a . 103i 103| South Australia 3i’s ... South Australia 3’s . 107 107 . 91 94 Queensland Vs . 110 111 Queensland ... ... . 101 103^ New Zealand Vs ,* no no Hew Zealand 3$’s . 106 106 New Zealand 3’s . 95i 97 Westralia 3i’s 102* 10 >i Tasmania 3i’s . 104* 101
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Evening Star, Issue 11251, 26 May 1900, Page 6
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