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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 139, 29 May 1914, Page 6

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BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. (Reieiied 29, 10.30 a.m.) Lenihin. Mav 28. Coin, £34.251,0<!0. Reserve. £25,461.000. Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 42.24. Circulation. £28,933,000. Public deposits, £19,015.000. Other d-posits. £11.249,000. Government securities, £11,047,000. Other securities. £41.461.000. SHARES. Waihi, 45 - to I'3 3. Talisman, 37,6 to 40/-. A USTRALIAN PRODUCE. (Received 29, 10.5 a.m.) Melbourne, Alay 29. Wheat, 3/11. Flour, £9. Oats, 1,9 to 2-. Barley.—English malting 3/- to 3/3, Cope 2,1 to 2 '3. Bran, £5 5/-. Pollard, £5 15,'-. Maize, 3/6 to 3, 9. Potatoes, £3 10,- to £5. Onions, £6. ONG A ONG A STOCK SALE. The usual sale was held at Onga. Onga yesterday, when there was a good attendance of buyers and others interested. The respective brokers report sales as follows:— Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Co-operative Association, —66 fat ewes 17, -, 10(J lat wethers 22 -. Dalgeiy and Co., Ltd—399 fat wethers 23 -, 60 lambs (mixed sexes) 11,_IO. Gilliams and Kettle, Ltd. —51 fat wethers 21 1, 37 at 20,8, 4 at 20 -, 58 ewes 14 1/53 at 20 1, 115 at 15/3, 57 at 17 4, 50 Mothers 20/-, 64 at 22,1, 134 ewes 19 3, 50 at 12 6, 37 hoggets 14 6, 44 at 11 8, 101 ewes 18 51 2-tooth cues 25 -, 7• > hoggets 16 -. 94 at 15.11. 119 ewes 14 9, 48 at 18 4, 10'8 hoggets 14/9, 70 owes 15/-. 44 at 20 4,2 springing heifers £9 5 -, 23 weanr-r steers £2 6/-, 55 steers £5 16 -, 2 at £6 8 -, 3 cows £6 2/6, 2 steers £7 5 -, 1 at £>s 17 6, cow £6, 7 weane: s £3 15'-, 2 cows £4 ,5 -, 6 weaners £3 •J -, 5 at £2 14 -. 16 heifers £4 10'-. London, Stewart and Co., Ltd. —30 forward owes 14 8, 33 woolly lambs 13'-, 40 forward ewes 14 '4, 27 fat and furv. ard 2-tooth weihers 20 -, 20 woolly lambs 14 3. 32* shorn lambs 11/6, 101 s.m. ewes in lamb 21 9, 59 woolly lambs I > 10, 3)9 2-tooth ewes in lamb 22 '-.

COLONIAL MUTUAL LIFE SOCIETY Melbourne, May 28.

At the annual meeting of the Colonial Mutual Life Society, the report and balance-sheet wore adopted. The chairman said the report issued some time ago was the result of an inquiry, ami was a conclusive reply to averments of a few former employees of the society. These averments temporarily interfered with profit-prcdlic-ing sources of the business, and the directors d-v/ded to strengthen the reserve fund rather than distribute a bonus. In the meantime an intermediate bonus will he paid to all policies maturing during the triennial period. The society’s reserve fund is over C’.J.lilhUK!'!, and the annual income £725,1)00. TALLOW. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., advise having received the following cable advice from their London house: —•‘Medium and inferior descriptions are 3d per cwt lower since our previous advices, whilst other descriptions are 3d cwt higher.”