MONEY AND MARKETS.

Evening Star, Issue 11511, 30 March 1901, Page 6

MONEY AND MARKETS.

Press Association—By .Telegraph— Copyright. LONDON, March 89. (Received March 50.! at 12.10 a.m.). The Bank of England returns show the stock of gold, coin, and bullion to ; ha £54,248.000 a.nd the reserve £24,745.000. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 46.64. The , notes in circulation total £29.220,000 ; public deposits, £15.576,000 ; other deposits, £59,296,000; Government securities, £12,228,000; other securities, £54,457.000. Three months’ bills are discounted at 5 15-16 per cent, Consols are quoted at £95 12s 6d. Quotations for colonial; Government stocks are'subjoined, compared with those ruling at the close of last week : Mar., 22. Mar. 29. New South Wales 4‘s ... 114J 115 New South Wales 3J’s ... 102j 1021 New South Wales 3’s ... 98:j 98i Victoria 4's 110 110 Victoria 3j’s 102J 102J South Australia 3i‘s ... 106 105 South Australia 3's ... 951 93 , Queensland 3 (As 103 103 Queensland 4‘s 107 107 New r Zealand 4's 1141 114J; New Zealand 3A’s 108 108 New Zealand 3’s 97 96 Tasmania 3£’s 103 103 Westraliu Si’s ... TOl 101 The wheat markets are quiet, and 5d dearer on the week, excepting France. Cargoes are steady. Victorian near arrival 29s 9d, April shipment 29s 6d; South Australian March, shipment 29s 6d. .Butler: —The market is dull. Colonial 100s, Danish unchanged. s Cheese. —Market weaker. New Zealand 48s. Rabbits (flail satisfied with the Victorian experimental crates, and prefer the old pattern. Sugar (steady).—-German 9s, first marks granulated 11s l^d. Tin (firmer). —Spot £ll6 15s, three months £ll4 10s. Pig iron 60s 6d. . Lead £ls ss. Spelter £l6 10s. Silver 2s 5 7-16 d per os. Bradford woo) is slack. Common sixties 18|d, super 19d. Conner. —Spot £69 12s 6d, three months £7O 2s 6d.