MONEY AND MARKETS.

Evening Star, Issue 11451, 19 January 1901, Page 6

MONEY AND MARKETS.

Press Association—By Telegraph— Copyright. LONDON - , January-18. The Bank of England returns show the stock of coin to be £29,533,000, and the reserve £19,825,000. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 38.80. The total notes in circulation amount to £29,119,000; public deposits, £7,034,000 ; other deposits, £43,715,000 ; Government securities, £16,097,000 1 other securities, £31,063,000. Three months’ bills are discounted at 4 3-16 per cent. Consols are quoted aF'£97. Quotations for colonial Government stocks are subjoined, compared with those ruling at the close of last week : Jan. 11. Jan 18. New South Wales 4’« ... ... 113 1134 New South Wales 3Vb„. ... 105 105 New South Wales 3’i 103 100 Victoria 4’s 109 109 Victoria 34’* ... 1024 1024 South Australia 54’a 10 i . 105 South Australia 3’« 93 93 Queensland 34’» 102 1024 Queensland 4’s 1074 107 New Zealand 4’s 115 115 New Zealand 34’« . 105 106| New Zealand 3'» 93 93 Tasmania 34’a 102 102 Weitralia 3’s 101 IQC-* Wheat; The market is dull, and the tendency is downwards. New South Wales January-February shipments are quoted at 30s 3d ; Victorian, 30s 6d ; sailed parcels, 29s 3d. Copper is nominal. Spot, £73 7s 6d ; three months, £72 2s 6d. Tin is steady. Spot, £l2O 10s ; three months, £ll9 10s. Pig iran, 53s 9d. Lead, £l6 2s 6d. Silver is quoted at 2s 5 l-i6d per ounce. Sugar is dull. German beet, 9s 3d ; first marks, lls 3d. Wool is very firm, but prices are unchanged. The Bradford wool market is quiet. Common sixties, 184 d ; super, 19 a M. . ' Butter is quiet, and a shade weaker. Choicest, 110s to 112s; good demand for secondary quality, 96s to 110s ; Danish, 1255.