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Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12481, 22 April 1901, Page 5

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United Press Association—By Electric) Telegraph—Copyright. . 1 LONDON, April 19. The Bank of England returns show the stock of gold' coin and bullion to be £33,266,000, the reserve £27,371,000,'the proportion of reserve to liabilities 49.46 per cent, notes in circulation £29,191,000, public deposits £9,690,000, other deposits £38,146,000, Government ■" securities .£13,524,000, other securities £28,460,000. Three months’ bills axe discounted at 3£ per cent. Consols are quoted at 95L-

New Zealand three and a half per 'cent inscribed stock is quoted at 108|. New South Wales three and a half per cent 103, three per cent 98£. The rest are unchanged. ' The'wheat markets are quiet, and generally steady. . The Paris and Berlin markets are slightly easier. Cargoes are steady. Victorian December and March shipments 29s 6d per quarter ; New South Wales April shipment 29s per quarter, i

Copper' is weaker; on spot £7O 5s per ton, three months’ £7O 17s 6d per ton. Tin is weaker; on spot £llß 6s per ton, three months’ £lls 15s per ton. Iron, 53s 9d per. ton. Lead, £l2 6s per ton. Sugar is quiet; German 8s 10£d, First marks 10s 7£d. Wool, at Bradford, is very firm; common sixties 18-id, superfine For the Antwerp sales, from April 23 to April 25, 7350-bales have been catalogued, including 490 Australian.

Stocks of Australian butter are practically finished. There is a brisk demand for New Zealand choicest at from 100 s to 104 s per cwt. Danish is dull at 107 s per cwt. Cheese is flat; best New Zealand 48s per cwt. SHIPPING. LONDON, April 19. Arrived—Waikato, from Wellington. Messrs Dalgety and Company have received the following cable message from their London Office, under date April 18.— Since our last telegram prices of merino sheepskins are higher by Id per ib for combing and fd per lb for clothing, ‘ while for cross-bred sheepskins prices are lower by id to |d per lb for combing, and unchanged for clothing.