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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 82, 19 March 1928, Page 9

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FOREIGN EXCHANGES. London, March 16. Foreign exchanges on London today, compared with rates previously quoted:— Mar. 16. Mar. 12. Par. Brusselb _ (belga to £) 35.05 3.».00 35.00 Paris (fr. to £) ... 121.00 124.00 , -0.22-> Stockholm (kr. to £) W8 18.19 18.159 Oslo (kr. to £) 18.31 18.32 18.159 Cc'enhagen <r. to £) 18.21 18.22 18.139 Berlin (r.m. to £) 20.10 20.41 20.43 Rome (lire to £) 92.40 92.36 25.225 Calcutta (pence to rupee) 18 1-23 18 124 Yokohama (iWtce to yen) ... 23 3-22 23J 24.58 Hongkong (pence to dol.) ... 24 g 24$ • Montreal (dol. to £) 4.87 25-32 4.88$ 4.866 New York (dol. to £) 4.87 27-32 4.88 4.866 Amsterdam (fl. to £) 12.12$ 12.12$ 12.107 Batavia (fl. to £) 12.14 12.14 12.107 * Determined on the price of silver, t On bisis of ten rupees to one sovereign (gold.) AB quotations are for cable transfers BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. London, March 15. The Bank of England return is as follows:-— £ Note circulation 134,402,000 Notes in reserve 42,260,000 Government debt 11,015,000 Other securities 87,350,000 Gold coin and bullion 156,912,000 Banking Department. Proprietors’ capital .... 14 553 000 The rest 3*732*,000 Public deposits 9,770,000 Other deposits 103,632,000 Seven day and other bills 2000 Government securities .. 31,507,000* Other securities NNN 56,982,900 Notes in reserve 42,260,00" Gold and silver coin .... 940,000 Proportion of reserve to liabilities 38.0; loans 3| per cent three month bills 45/32 per cent.—(A.P.A. and “Sun” cable.)

EXPORT PRICES. London, March 15. Sheep: Canterbury, light 7§d, medium 6sd, heavy sf; North Island, light 7|d, medium 6sd, heavy ssd. Lambs: Canterbury, light 9|d. medium 9|d, heavy 9 l-Bd, second Bfd, other selecteds 9^d; North Island, firsts B|d, seconds B|d; Australian, firsts (Victorian) 7jd, others 7 l-Bd. (’hilled beef: Argentine, fores 43d, hinds 6&d; others unchanged.— (A. and N.Z.) FRUIT MARKET. W. Burbidge and Co. report a fair demand for. all apples, especially cookers and Coxes, but pears, except green Williams, chill. Red pumpkins, nectarines. Cape gooseberries and new laid eggs in keen demand at good prices. Current prices: Apples: Coxes orange 6s to 9s, Gravensteins 5s 6d to 7s 6d, Worces tors 4s 6d to 7s, cookers 5s to 8s 6d. Pears: Williams 5s 6d to Bs, Louis Bon Jersey 5s 6d to 8s 6d, cooking 4s to ss. Quinces: 8s to 10s all bushel case. Tomatoes: Hutt. 2s to ss. Peaches: 4s fid to 7s. Nectarines: 6s to 8s all half cases. Red Pumpkins: Ils to 13s sack. Eggs: 2s Hid, dozen. Potatoes: Whites £7 to £lO per ton.