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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 14071, 28 May 1906, Page 9

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United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, Mav 25. The weekly return of the' Bank of England shows the amount in hand of gold coin and bullion to be £33,011,000; reserve, £23,187,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities 44.11; notes in circulation, £28,623.000; public deposits, £10,328,000; other deposits are stated at, £42,124,000; Government securities, £15,977,000; other securities, £31,234,000. / Consols are quoted at 89 j. Colonial Securities. —The following are the quotations of colonial securi-

Wheat. —The English wheat markets are quiet, but firm, owing to moderate arrivals. Continental markets show a decline of 3d to fid per quarter, and American markets are a shade weaker. Cargoes are dull and rather easier. . Australian, afloat are quoted at 3Gs 9d to 31s per quarter; May shipment, 31s 34 to 31s fid. A cargo of Australian sold at 30s 9d. Australian wheat, .spot, is scarce at 32s 9d. New Zealand is firm; short berried, 31s fid to 32s fid per quarter. Flour is plow of sale at 23s 3d ex store London, and 24s 3d to 24s fid Glasgow. Butter.—The market is firm; Danish IOGs to 108 s per cwt. All Continental sorts have advanced about two shillings. In colonial a steady trade is doing, but prices are unchanged. , Cheese.—There is a strong demand for New Zealand cheese at G3s to 64s per cwt. Copper.—On spot, £BS as per ton; three months, £B4 15s per ton. Tin.—On spot £l9O per ton; three' months, £IBB 10s per ton. Lead £l6 17s fid per ton. Iron.—£2 10s lid par ton. Spelter.—£27 7s fid per ton, Wool.—The Bradford wool market is quiet; forties, 18Jd; forty-sixes, 20s; common sixties,', 27£d; super, 28Jd. Three months’ bill© are discounted at 3 7-16 per cent. Sugar.—German 7e 10d, first marks 108 Id. Silver.—2s 7 3-16 d par oz. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received the following cable message from their London office, under date May 25: —“Since our last telegram prices of leather are lower by id per lb, basils-are higherby-id to Id per lb,.and hides are unchanged.” SHARK QUOTATIONS. It* following »rs quotations supplied by Messrs Henderson and Burns;— Latest

SHIPPING. . LONDON, May 25. The Ruapehu arrived at Plymouth today. Arrived—Pakeha, from Wellington.

ties;— S Si i percent, percent, percent. New South Wales 83 99 no Victoria 89 looi 10-1 Queensland . 88i 109J 103 New Zealand 89 ■ 107J 106J Tasmania 90 100g — ■ Western Australia 88 93* —

Companies. Shares quo paid up. iJitiona. £ 9. d. £ 9. a. B&x&a— Australasia .... 40 0 0 96 10 0 iN'ew' South Wales .• , 20 0 0 4B 15 0 New? Zealand . . 3 6 s 8 10 0 Union of Australia 35 0 0 SI 15 0 National of Now Zealand, Ltd. . . . . 2 10 0 5 7 0 Financial — ChristcimxcH Building Society .... 10 0 0 11 15 0 K.Z. Siver Plate . . 1 0 0 1 10 8 Dalgety and Co.. Ltd.. 5 0 0 5 17 6 Mutual Benefit Building Society ... 10 0 0 11 0 0 Rational Mortgage and Agency Co. . . 2 0 0 3 /0 0 Permanent Investment Association ... 10 0 0 / 10 5 0 Chta Companies— Ashburton .... 4 10 0 4 15 0 Auckland ..... o 0 0 14 IS 0 Cbristcborcb ... s 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 s 0 0 Pending ..... i 0 0 1 3 3 Gisborne ..... i 0 0 2 0 0 Hokitika ..... 6 0 0 4 S 0 Rapier ...... 10 0 0 26 0 0 8 0 0 S3 10 0 New • Plymouth , , . 5 0 0 7 13 0 3 0 0 5 7 8 Palmerston North 3 10 0 5 5 0 Port Chalmers . . 1 0 0 0 19 0 Thames 1 10 0 1 IS 6 Timaru . , , . . 5 0 0 8 10 0 2 0 0 3 10 0 TVeHingion , . . - 10 ,0 0 10 0 0 6 0 0 9 12 6 Insurance— Palmers’ Co-op. F. and M. Asso. . . . 2 10 0 2 10 0 National 0 1 4 0 New Zealand . . . 2 0 0 3 10 0 South British ... i 0 0 S 15 0 Standard ..... 0 15 0 0 19 0 Meat Preserving— Canterbury Frozen Meat and Produce Export Company 7 10 0 8 2 6 Christchurch Meat Company .... 10 0 0 9 0 0 Gear Meat Preserving and Freezing Co. 1 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 8 0 0 Wellington Meat Export Co ■5 0 0 6 12 6 Wanganui Meat Freesing Company . . . t 0 0 6 0 0 1 10 0 1 10 0 JUOway mnd S-hipping— Wellington and Man- : awatu Hallway' Co. . 1 0 0 1 18 0 New Zealand Shipping Company . . Woollen Manufacturing— 8 0 0 5 14 0 Kaiapoi Woollen Co.. 9 0 0 B 3 6 Mosgiei Woollen tory Co 3 10 0 11 6 Oajnaru Wool ion J?'aotcry Co. . . . . 1 0 0 1 5 6 Wellington Woollen Co. ...... 4 0 0 3 14 0 Miscellaneous — Ashburton County Stock and Saleyards Co. . . . . 6 0 0 e 0 0 Canterbury Central Co-op Dairy Co. . 1 15 0 1 is 0 Canterbury Farmers! Co-op. Asso. ... . o 10 0 2 ID 0 Canterbury Saleyards Co. . . f . . . 5 0 0 5 0 0 New Zealand Drug. Co . o 0 0 2 6 0 1 10 0 1 15 6 New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op. Asso. of Cant. 2 0 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 1 4 6 &, Manning- and Co, . 4 0 0 4 8 0 Ward and Co. . . . 4 0 0 5 IF. 6 Whitcomb* and Tombs 2 10 0 A 8 6