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Evening Star, Issue 21007, 22 January 1932, Page 12

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FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright,

COMMONWEALTH BANK RETURN. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, January 22, (Received January 22, at 1.20 p.m.) The- Commonwealth Batik return shows that the general banking department deposits amount to £65,050,000, an increase of £lO,-484,000, and money in London £15,488,000, an increase of £2,552,000. The ratio of cash to deposits is 10.31 per cent. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, January 22. (Received January 22, at 1.20 p.m.) Wheat is steady, with small business. Growers’ lots, 3s IJd; ex trucks, 3s o|d; country stations, 2s s|d. Flour.—Slack at £lO. Bran and pollard, both £5. Potatoes. —Tasmanian, £9; Victorian, £7. Onions.—New season’s, £ll,

LONDON WOOL SALES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 21. (Received January 22, at 1.5 p.m.) At the wool sales 9,056 bales were offered, including 2,919 from New Zealand. Approximately 6,945 bales were sold. There was active Yorkshire and Continental competition, and prices were fully maintained. The sales close on January 29. New Zealand crossbreds, “ CN,” 10.}d and B|d; scoured, “ Oxford,” 17d and 16Jd. At Bradford business is rather quiet. Quotations 1 ; —Seventies, 26d; sixtyfours, 23Jd; sixties, 22d; fifty-sixes, 17£d; fifties, 12|d; forty-sixes, 9Jd; forties, 9d. , SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY. Christchurch. —New Zealand Government 5J per cent. Inscribed Loan (1937), £99 10s; Golden Dawn, 7s lOd; Gold'-’. Point, 9d; King Solomon, 2s 2d. Auckland. —King Solomon, 2s 2d; Kauri Timber, 10s; Waihi, 16s lOd; Union Steam, 19s lid; Colonial Sugar, £4O; Inscribed 5} .(1937), £99 15s; Mount Albert Sixes (1959), £lOl 10s.

RUGBY, January 21. (Received January 22, at 1 p.m.) Jan. 20. Jan. 21. Paris, franc to £1 88} 87} Brussels, belgas to £\ 24.85 24 13-16 Oslo, kroner to £1 18| 183 Stockholm, kroner to £1 17 15-1G 17.1)0 Copenhagen, kroner to £1 18} 18 3-16 Geneva, (ranc to 17v 17} Berlin, rcichmarken to £1 14 11-16 14.65 Montreal, dollar to £1 4.01 4.06 New York, dollar to 6.46} 3.46 Amsterdam, florin to £1 8.61 8.60 Milan, lire to £1 68} 68} Prague, kroner 'u £1 116} 1J7 Vienna, schilling to £i 30 30 Hclsinglors. marks to 232} 232} Madrid, peseta to £1 40 13-16 41} Athens, drachmae to /.I 272,; $)/ Lisbon, escudo to 111!), 7 10U* Bucharest, lei tc £'. 577} r»77-j Kio do Janeiro, pence to milreis 4} 4j Buenos Aires, pence to pesos ... 30} m Montevideo, pence to dollar 31 :n Jjhanghai, pence to tael 22 MG 'J'J§ Yokohama, pence to yen 25} 255 Hongkong, pence to dollar 17 ]7 11-16 Bombay, pence to rupee 18} 18£