COMMERCIAL

Evening Star, Issue 15899, 3 September 1915, Page 4

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' SALES ON 'CHANGE: THIS DAY. Christ-church.—Manning's Brewerv, £4 12s 6d : Cbristchurch Gas, £7 10s; "Union Steam Ship, 225; Mosgiel Woollen, £4. . Auckland.—Talisman, 19s 3d.; Grand Junctions, 21s 6d. MONEY AND MARKETS. Press Association—By Telegraph— Copyright LONDON, September 2. (K-eeeived September 3, at noon.) Bank Returns.— The stock-of gold coin is £57,466,000; reserve, £54,558,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 24.15: notes in circulation, £32,325,000; public deposits, £137,935,000; other deposits, £87,922,000; Government securities' £44,418,000; other securities, £145,105,000.' Short loans, 4§ per cent 3 three months'' bills, 45 per cent. Consols, £65 1-32 (ex div.). Colonial Stocks.—Victorian 4's, £95 • 3|'s. £9lf; 3's, £76£; div.); New South Wales 4's, £95: 3i's £95; 3's, £7B (ex div.); 3's, £B3|; Mew Zealand 4's, £95; 3£-'s, 3's, £76 (ex div.). Metals,—Copper: Spot, £6B|, £6BA; three montlia, £69£, £69 J. .Tin : Spot £lssi, £154; three- months. £155, £155-'-Lead, £22f, £222. Silver,' 23 5-16 d p!r oz. Butter.—Very firm. Supplies are short in the absence of Siberian arrivals. Cheese.—Firm. New Zealand, 72s to 755. Sugar.—Quiet and, unchanged. Wool.—Bradford tops quiet. The market is cheerful, and prices are unchanged. Wheat.—The market is quiet and unchanged; flour is lifeless. Oats.—Very quiet. Bahiablanca, August and September, 24s 6d. Beans.r-Firm at late prices. Peas.— New Zealand blues, 60s to 80s. " • '