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Evening Star, Issue 18057, 26 August 1922, Page 3

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Press Association—By Telegraph— Copyright THE HOME MARKETS. LONDON, August 24. Australian wheat cargoes are steadily held owing to scarcity in tho Transvaal. Cargo, ex New South Wales, SOs. Parcels are in moderate demand at 6d to 1® decline.—A. and N.Z. Cable. Butter market quiet and prices firm. New Zealand choicest, 210 s; exceptionally good 2125. Unsalted is very scarce‘at 220 sto 2245. Australian salted, nominally, 200 s, in the absence of supplies, pending the discharge of the Ascanins shipment. Cheese is slow. New’ Zealand, white, SOs to 925; colored, 85s to 86s. The Bradford wool market is firm, and quotations are hardening. Sixty-four's, 56d : 66’s, 30d; 46’s, 143 d.—A. and N.Z. Cable. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. LONDON, August 24. The Bank of England returns for tn« week ended August 24 were:— Coin and bullion £125,504,^00 Reserve 22,424,000 Proportion of reserves to liabilities, p.c .-TtSa Note circulation _ j-23>454,000 Government deposits 18,458,000 Other deposits ••• 195,496,000 Government securities 43,853,000 Other securities 76,765,000 Short loans, per cent.; three months bills, 2 3-8 per cent. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. LONDTN, August 24. The following are the Latest quotation*

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES. LONDON, August, 24. The foreign exchange rates are as follow compared with, those last cabled : London on Aug. 17 Aug 24. Paris, fr to £ £6.60 nl'iS Christiania, hr to £ 25.67 26.00 Copenhagen, kr to £ 20.66 20.70 Stockholm, kr to £ 16.90 _16.75 Berlin, marks to £ .. 4,725.00 8,250.00 Rome, lire to £ ... 99i Montreal, dol to £ ... 4.41 J 4.47, New York, dol to £ 4.474.47, Hongkong, dol to £ sld 31 |d Yokohama, st to yen 25|d 25|d Calcutta, st to rpe ... ISfdl 15|d —A. and N.Z. Cable.

for Government securities :— '£ a. d. 21 s per cent. Imp. Con 58 5 0 3i per cent. Imp. War Loan, "1925-28 95 5 0 5 per cent. Imp. War Loan, 1929-47 100 0 0 5| per cent. C’wealth Loan, 1920-22, Feb.-Aug 102 0 0 per cent. C’wealth. Loan, 1925-45, Junc-Dec 108 15 0 N.S.W. 4’s, 1933, Jan.-July .. 88 7 6 N.S.W. 3J>’s, 1935-59, Jan.-July 77 5 0 N.S.... Sf’a 102 0 0 N.S.W. 6’s 108 10 0 N.S.W. 4^8,1934-35, Jan.-July 97 2 6 Vic. 4’s, 1921-6, Jan.-July ... 95 0 0 Vic. 3i’e, 1929-40, April-Oct. 76 10 0 Vic. 3’s, 1929-49, Jan.-July ... 70 7 5 Q’land 4’s, 1924, Jan.-July .. 95 2 6 Q’land 3i,’s, 1921-30, Jan.-July 66 0 0 N.Z. 4’s, 1929, May-Nov, 95 0 0 N.Z. 3A’s, 1940, Jan.-July .. 81 0 0 N.Z. is, 1945, April-Oct. ... 73 15 0 S.A. 3’s, 1930, Jan.-July 63 5 0 S.A. 3A’s, 1945 or after 81 0 0 Tas. 3-i’s, 1920-40, Jan.-July 80 15 0 Tas, 3’e, 1920-40, Jan.-July ... 73 0 0 W.A. 3£’e, 1920-35, May-July 81 0 0 W.A. 3’s, 1915-35, May-Nov. 78 0 0 W.A. 5’s, „ -iS, June-Doc. 100 0 0