MONEY AND MARKETS

Evening Star, Issue 12551, 8 July 1905, Page 5

MONEY AND MARKETS

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, July 7. (Received July 7, at 9.42 a.m.) The Bank of England returns show the stock of gold com and bullion to be £36.674,000 ; reserve, £27,201,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities. 42.65. The notes in circulation total £30,711,000 ; public deposits, £11.361,000; other deposits, £49,956,000; Government securities, £16,725,000; other securities, £36,375,000. Three months' bills are discounted at 1J per cent. Consols are quoted at £9O 3s 9d. The following are. the quotations for colonial Government stocks compared with those ruling a week previous: Juno 50. Julv 7. New South Wales 4's „ ... 107 107 New South Wales 3i's 99.', 99J New South Wales S's ... 87 87i Victoria 4\s ... ._ ~. ... 105 105 Victoria St's 98 38 Victoria 3's 87i 87£ South Australian 3i's 99 99 South Australian s's Queensland 4's 105.V 105* Queensland S'/s 98 98 Queensland 3's 87\ 37-a New Zealand 4's 106.', 106£ New Zealand 3J,'s 98i 98S, New Zealand 3"s Tasmanian Tasmania 3's 90A 90J AVest Australian 3J's 96 96 West Australia 3's 89 89 The wheat markets are quiet, but steady. There is a little inquiry for cargoes, and 32s is risked. Victorian off the coast. 31s 9d to 32-a 6d nlloat. Flour: Finn. -Glasgow sellers are asking 24a to 24s> 3d for spot. Copper : Spot. £66 Is 3d : three months, £66 6s 3d. Tin: Spot, £l4O 7s 6d : three months, £139 ss. " Pig iron, 45s 6d. Lead, £l3 10s. Sugar: Quiet. First marks. 13s 3d ; German, lis. The Bradford wool market L- quiet, owing to the high prices ; supers, 60's, 26d. Butter: Firm. Danish, 110s to 1125.j New South Wales is the only colonia.l offer--iug, and - sells steadily at from 90s to 98s ;| Canadian, 96s to 98s. Cheese: Firm. AVhite New Zealand, 565; colored, 51s. (Received July 8, at 10.55 a.m.) The American visible supply of wheat) and flour is 20,476,000 bufhels." j