FINANCE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12704, 12 March 1904, Page 3

FINANCE.

BRITISH REPORTS. ( (Received -March 11, 9.41 p.m.) ( LONDON, .March 11. ( Bank of England Return.—Gold coin ( £33.361.000, reserve £26,152.000, percentage of reserve to liabilities 49.93, , in circulation £27,707,000, public de | posits £12,304,000, other deposits j £39.939,(XX). Government securities ( £19,223,000, other securities £25,231,000. Three months bills are discounted at 3 1-16 per cent. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Per This week. Last week, cents. end and H Imperial Consols 85 IS o 86 ID u » N.S.W. H's 15 0 105 15 II 31 N.S.W. 98 5 0 08 5 0 3 N.H.W, 81 0 0 «t 0 0 I Victorian 105 0 0 109 0 0 31 Victorian 98 0 0 90 10 0 3 Victorian 88 0 0 86 0 0 I New /calami 109 15 0 109 15 0 31 Now Zealand 100 15 0 100 15 U 3 New Zealand 87 J 0 87 0 0 I Queensland lot 0 0 IH (1 0 31 Qnoenslnnd 98 0 0 98 0 0 3 Queensland 86 0 0 86 0 0 31 South Australian WOO 97 15 9 3 South Australian 86 0 0 86 0 0 3f Tasmanian 98 0 0 97 0 0 3 Tasmanian 88 0 o 86 0 0 31 West Australian 98 0 0 98 0 0 3 West Australian 88 0 ft 88 0 II Flour.—Minneapolis 460 cents. Wheat.—'Frisco 141< cents; 12.000 quarters Australian June-July shipment sold at 30s lOj'l; 12,500 quarters New South Wales shipment by March 16th, 30s 9d; 12,000 quarters Victorian MayJune shipment 30s IOJd. Butter.—Dull. Copenhagen quotations are lowered 6 kroner, making the London value of Danish Ills, Australian 96s to 98s, New Zealand 98s to 100s. The Kaikoura’s cargo arrived in excellent condition. The arrival of ► 80,000 hoc -, is depressing values. Cheese is hardening. New Zealand 495. Copper.—Spot £57, three months £66. Tin. —Spot £124 12s 6d, three months £124 17s 6d. Iron.—42s 7d. Lead.—£ll 18s 9d. Speller.—£22 2s 6d. Sugar is firm; first marks 10s 2d, German 8s 2d. WOOL. At tho Bradford wool market crossbreds were firmer, merinos weak. Fortysixes fetched 13W; other sorts unchanged. The London sales included Ponparae B£d, Dunnaral 9gd, Chalton 17Jd, Tinapagee 18|d.