COMMERCIAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 429, 7 August 1915, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

BANK OF ENGL \ND RETURNS. London. Aug. .*>. The Bank of England returns afford the following comparisons:— Last week. This week. £ £ •*.!',!> I i .<»*»’ b] .-JIfS.IHK 10-o'iu'LL... i i i;.isii.o<K Proportion reserve t.. b.d-dil !>■-. Io."' I s - Nr'tes in vinula tion .... ; 4-;..‘.•31.0>"' 3-2. Public dcpo-.it- 177.ti36.10) 117.059.iH16 (Itli.r .1.-po-its 95.5|l>.tMKt M.-221 .<->>" t...vi, .iriti.-s i->'.>■>.«' h;.'-7-IJHh: Other--entities 1!«2.195.1W 155.2115.'Hit' Short l->ai.' p-ivietit. Three in-tn-.b--’ hili’—•> per rent. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.

BRADFORD WOOL MARKET. , London. Aug. 6. Wool.— T>»- Bradford • inurh-l i' quieter, with good rene lor iiu'rim'' ami tine em-'hred,. - 3o’d. |t> - ?6'.d. »■’' 21 ‘.d. BUTTER. B" i. Very firm. Fim-i '<ar<o. Few Au-traiians 142 - t.> 111 -- ( HEEwE. ("nees.-. -Quiet. w till rath-T lieio i demau-r. CEREALS. Wheat. —Quiet, but steadily held owing to b'dii- h winter a heat report' from America. Flour. - Firm 1-Ut qlliet. Oat.'.--Steady. Bahian Blanra .lulyAugii't shipment 2-’> 3. Rearm and pea'. So :tdy at unchangC l 1 AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. Melbourne, Aug. C>. Wheat. ■- 1 : flour. £l7 ; oats. I 9. Chili •* 3. .Japnnce 3 9 t-> » - : maize. 4 6: biaii. Li" o pollard. Lil •> potatoes. £, 1 11 -tn £ s : onions. L. .-> - to V 7 15 -. GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET. • Christchurch. Aug. •>. TliO bx'al grain n.tirket is s'ill r.t a standstill. there appear' to be no buyers lor wheat. and th“r<- an* m* <>:it - available except what are held by merchants. and their stocks sin- lignt_. Ol’t-sheat chaff is 'lower <>i sale at £. 1!' -. and the;.- i< u w no demand im straw eli ifi. t’.ii.ii •• ;.1<- i.-itliei e.-i'i- but there >' a little more inquiry from the North I'laitd. Quotations are now to 5 - and £•> 1" -as country stations.

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