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Evening Star, Issue 16988, 10 March 1919, Page 1

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HONEY AND MARKETS. LONDON, .March 6. ’! ho Rank of England returns show that tho .-took "L gold coin and bullion is • | £80,ou5,000 ; reserve, £28,609,000; pro-. | portion of reserve tq liabilities. 13.52 per ; cent. Tiie notes in circulation total ! £71,092.00; Government deposits, i £25.702,000 : other deposits. £123.752,000 : I securities. £59.197,000 ; other securities, I £84,754,000. j I Consols are quoted at £5Bl, and war ! | loans £BB and £95. I Tho following are Ihe quotations for i I colonial stocks, as compared with those

West Australian 3’s 74£ 763 ' * 1921-26 currency. 11920-30 currency. ; Tim ■wheat market is quiet. A fair 1 quantity of Australian parcels have been 1 soli! at S4s 9d to 85s 3d landed, and 80s ; on passage. I Australian flour : None offering. Oats, peas, and beans arc slow of sale, and prices are unchanged. Sugar in unchanged. The price of butter is unchanged. The present distribution included a consider- ' able quantity of unmixed Now Zealand into Britain. , The imports for February increased, by £8,044,321, the exports by £7,815,200, and the re-exports by £2,379,255, as com- - pared with the previous February. Load: Imports, 26,366 tons; exports, . L

; ruling a fortnight ago ; — Fob. 19. Mar. 5. I Commonwealth 5|’s ... ... too 100 | Commonwealth. 5i’s ... ... 1001 100| I Victorian 4’s ... 98 i 982 Victorian 3i’s w ... 89* 89f 1 Victorian Si’s ... 66g 74 Victorian 3’s ... 75| 755. New South Wales 4’s ... 86 80| New South Wales 3i’s+ ... 76 75l New South Wales 3’s 73j 73| Queensland 4’’s ... 93| 93£ Queensland 3i’s 90 to 97 90 to 97 Queensland 3’s ... 66| 66 Now Zealand 4’s ... 89| 89| New Zealand 5A’s ... 77J„77i New Zealand 3’s ... 662 67i South Australian 3i’s ... 771 76* South Australian 5’s ... 5% 58| ; Tasmanian Tasmanian 3’s ... . 77| 74-i ... 71 71 West Australian 3i’s ... 80i 81