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Evening Star, Issue 22804, 12 November 1937, Page 12

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NEW GUINEA GOLD SHARES, Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 11. (Received November 12, at 1.45 p.m.) New Guinea Gold shares are quoted at Is 6Jd. PRICE OF GOLD. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyrigh LONDON, November 11. (Received November 12, at 11 a.m.) Fine gold is quoted at £7 0s lid per ounce. « DOLLAR AND FRANC. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 11. (Received November 12, at H a.m.) The dollar is quoted at 4.99 J, The franc is quoted at 147 7-16. BEET SUGAR. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 11. (Received November 12, at I p.m.) Beet sugar, ■ 6s lid. BUTTER, CHEESE, AND EGGS. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 11. (Received November 12, at 2 p.m.) Butter is weak. Danish, 150 s and 1525. Choicest, salted, Australian and New Zealand, 138 s; unsalted Australian, 144 s and 1465. Cheese is steadier. New Zealand white, 73s 6d; coloured, 72s 6d. Australian white and coloured, 71s 6d and 725. Eggs are steadier. Seventeens, 17s; sixteens, 12s 6d and 12s 9d; 12s; fourteens, Us 6d and 11s 9d; thkteens and a-half, 10s 9d and 11s. BANK OP ENGLAND RETURN. Press Association—By Telegrapn—Copyright LONDON, November 11. (Received November 12, at 1 p.m.) The following is the Bank of England return:— —lssue Department.— Note issue in circulation £465,600,000 Bank department _ ... 40,800,000 Government securities 188,100,000 Other securities ... 900,000 Silver coin —Banking Department.— Rest ... .. • ... ... ••• 3,200,000 Public deposits ' ... 30,700,000 Bankers’ deposits 90,900,000 Other accounts ... ... 36,100,000 Government securities 103,900,000 Discounts and advances 8,400,000 Other securities ... ... 20,800,000 Notes and coin 42,300,000 Ratio of reserve to liabilities is 26.86 per cent. The Bank of England discount rate remains unchanged at 2 per cent. METAL MARKET. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 11. (Received November 12, at 1 p.m.) Copper: Standard, £4l 4s 4Jd per ton; forward, £4l 10s 7Jd. Electrolytic: Spot, £46; forward, £47 10s. Wire bars, £47 10s. Tin: Spot, £207 17s 6d; forward, £204 2s Cd. Lead: Forward, £l7 13s lid; spot, £l7 15s 7id. Spelter; Spot, £l6 18s lid; forward, £l7 Is 10i<l. Silver: Fine, 19 13-16 d per ounce; standard, 21-|d. WHEAT, FLOUR, ETC. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 11. (Received November 12, at 12.20 p.m.) Wheat: Cargoes dearer. Parcels higher. Futures':—London: November, 43s sd; March, 435. Liverpool; December, 8s 2fd;. March, 7s 10|d; May, 7s lOd. It was a holiday in America. ——j— —— BRADFORD MARKET. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 11. (Received November 12, at 11.45 a.m.) The Bradford market is quiet. Little business is passing pending the London wool sales. Quotations; —Merinos— Seventies, Slid; 64’s, 30d; 60’s, 29d; cross-hreds—sß’s, 26d; 56’s, 25d (all nominal); 50’s, 23d; 46’s and 44’s, not quoted. SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY.

Auckland. —Bank of New Zealand, 44s 2d; Dominion Breweries, 40s ,6d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 63s 3d, 63s 9d (3); same (rights), 29s 4d; Taranaki Oil, 6s; Woolworth’s Holdings, 14s 4id; Mount Morgan, 12s 2d, 12s Id. 12.15 p.m. call: Bank of New Zealand, 44s 3d; South British Insurance, 98s 3d: Broken Hill (rights), 29s 6d, 29s 9d, 29s lOd; Mount Lyell, 36s 3dj 11awanf Tin, 10s 7Jd; Taranaki Oil, 5s 9d. ° Wellington.—Morning call: Broken Hill (rights), £1 9s 3d, £1 9s 6d; Burns Philp, £2 17s 8d; M'Kenzie’s, £4 9s Cd (2). Sales reported; Tooth and Co., £2 14s 3d; Broken Hill. £3 3s 3d; M'Kenzie’s, £4 9s Gd (odd lot) ; Woolworths limited, £1 9s (3); G. J. Coles, £4 12s 3d. Noon call: 4 per cent, stock, 1955, £lO5 7s 6d; Broken Hill 63s 6d; Broken Hill (rights), 29s 4d (3); Hume Pipe £1; Colonial Sugar, £47; Argo Gold, Is lOd.