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Evening Star, Issue 16351, 17 February 1917, Page 1

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MONET AND MARKETS,

Pr&s .Association—By Tolcgrnfph—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, February 15. —Bank Returns and Discounts.— Bank of England returns :—Gold coin and bullion in stock, £55,603,000; reserve, £36,141,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 18.35 per cent.; notes in circulation, £59,4b1,000; Government deposits, £51,923,000; other deposits, £145,157,000; Government securities, £154,959,000; other securities not stated. Discount on short loans, 5 per cent.; three months’ bills, per cent. Consols. £sl 10s. War loans : 31 per cent., £34 10s; 4 per cent., £9O 15s. —Dominion Stocks.—• Following are the quotations, as comj pared with those for the previous week :—•

t1920-30 currency. • —Wheat and Flour.— Wheat.—Unchanged. The American visible supply is 55.512,000 bushels. Flour.—Restricted business. Australian patents, 62s 6d. —Sugar.— Unchanged. —Butter.— Butter.—Unchanged and firm. Canadian very scarce, at 162s to 1645. —Cereals.— Oats.-—Firm. No La Plata offering. Peas.—Firm. New Zealand maples small supply ; prices unchanged. Beaus.—Firm; no New Zealand offer ing. —Metals.— (Received February 16. at 10 a.m.) Copper. £l4O 5s to*£l36 ss. Tin, £199 12s 6d to £l9B 12s 6d. Lead, £3O 10s. Spelter, £56 15s to £52 15s. Silver.-—Unchanged. WOOL SALES. GOVERNMENT ACQUIRE CROSSBREDS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, Australian and N. Z. Cable Association. LONDON, February 16.

(Received February 17, at 11.30 a.m.)

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