FINANCE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12728, 11 April 1904, Page 3

FINANCE.

BRITISH REPORTS. LONDON, April 8. Bank of England Return.—Stock of gold coin £31.419,000, reserve £23,831,000, in circulation £28,878,000, public deposits £11,410.000, other deposits £40,665,000, Government securities £20,884,000. other securities £25.953,000; percentage of reserve to liabilities 44.13.

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Per This week. Last week, cents. £ a d £ s d 21 Imperial Consols 86 0 0 86 0 0 4 N.SAV, 105 15 0 105 15 0 3i N.SAV, 96 0 0 96 0 0 ? N.SAV. 81 10 0 81 10 0 4 Victorian 105 0 0 105 0 0 31 Victorian 97 0 0 97 0 0 3 Victorian 86 0 0 86 0 0 4 New Zealand 105 0 0 106 0 0 31 New Zealand 100 10 0 100 10 0 3 New Zealand 87 0 0 87 0 0 4 Queensland 104 0 0 104 0 0 3ft Queensland 95 0 0 95 0 0 3 Queensland 86 0 0 86 0 0 31 South Australian 99 0 0 99 *• 0 3 South Australian 86 0 0 86 0 0 3i Tasmanian 97 0 0 97 0 0 3 Tasmanian 86 0 o 86 0 0 35 West Australian 95 0 0 96 0 0 3 West Australian 85 0 0 86 0 0 Three months bills arc discounted at 2| per cent. Copper. Spot £SB 17s 6d, three months £SB 12s 6d. Tin. —■ Spot- £127 ss. Iron.—4Ss 4d.

Lead.—£l2 6s lOtd. Sugar.—Quiet. First marks 10s &d. German 8s 6d. WOOL. LONDON, April 8. The Bradford market is steady. Prices are unchanged. BUTTER. LONDON, April 8. Butter is dull and weak, Danish 100s, New Zealand 90s, Victorian 88s to 90s, New South Wales and Queensland 84s to 88s. BREADSTUFFS. LONDON, April 8. Wheat. Envers are holding off. For Australian 31s 3d is asked for cargoes on passage and 30s 9d for AprilMay shipments.