MONEY AND MARKETS

Evening Star, Issue 12308, 24 September 1904, Page 5

MONEY AND MARKETS

Press Association—Ey Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, September 23. (Received September 23, at 11.48 p.m.) The Bank of England returns show the stock of gold coin and bullion to be £36,563,000, and the reserve £29,005.000. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 58.55. The notes in circulation total £27,835,000: public deposits, £8.668,000: other deposits, £40,537.000; Government securities, £14,227,000; and other securities, £24,295,000. Three months' bill.", 2g per cent. Consols, £BB 7s 6d. Quotations for colonial Government stocks are subjoined, compared with those ruling a week previous : ' Sept. 16. Sept. 23. New South Wales 4's „. ... New South Wales 3£'s 96 06 ■ New South Wales 3's _. ... 85£ 351. j y, ic^ ri " *'<! 103 i 103 2 Victoria 3£s ._ % g 6 ! Victoria 3's _ 855 S qz j South Australian 3i's 93 93 South Australian 3's ... .„ 86 86 ' Queensland 4's 101 104J- ' Queensland 3|'s „ 95 gg? j Queensland 3's 86 Now Zealand 4's IQSI i New Zealand 3£"s 99* gg 1 I New Zealand 3's „. 87t 87'- ' Tasmania 3£'s gg"* go* i Tasmania 3's .„, 87 H7 i West Australia 3g's [" 97 gy j West Australia 3's ... „. ... 89 89 j Copper.—Spot, £SB 5s 9d; three months £SB ss. Tin.—Spot, £126 17s 6d; three mouths, £127 ss. Pig iron, 435. Sugar, firm. First, marks, 15s; German, lis. Tlie Bradford wool market is firm, bub there is only a small trade. At the sales the following clips were sold:—Moa Flat lljjd; Severn, lljjd; Struan, 113 d; Gear.' IOJd. The English and Continental wheat markets are firm, and have recovered from their previous decline. American is steady. French crops are not expected to be sufficient for the nation's consumption. France is buying cargoes, largely English, but the demand is quiet. Eleven thousand quarters of Australian September and October shipment" sold at 3-1s 3d; 9,000 quarters of September at 34s 4^d. Flour.—London, 25s 6d to 265. In Glasgow there is a quiet trade in Sydneys at 27s 6d to 28s; Melbourne and Adelaide at 27s to 27s 6d. Australian oats near at hand, 14s 6d; September and October, 14s. Butter, quiet. Danish, unchanged, holders asking 110s to 112s; Victorian choicest, 104s to 106s; Sydney, some f.o.b. sales, fair demand. Rabbits.—6Jd to 7d for Anstraliarra. Holders of New Zealands are asking but few are selling. Hares, steady. Is 9d to 2s. • , (Received September 24, at 10.40 a*m.) Wool.—Sales are extremely brisk. All good merinoes and cross-breds are 5 per cent, above Jnly otes. i New Zealand Butter.—There were a few j sales at 9£d f.o.b.