BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 139, 13 June 1908, Page 8

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.

WHEAT MARKETS WEAK. ;, BUT^BR~QUIET. [PEESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received June 12. 7.57 p.m.)' LONDON, June 12. The Bank of England return for the week onded Wednesday, June' 10, is, as" follows:—Gold coin, £36,449,000; reserve, £27,424,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 50.65;' notes >irt circulation, £29,020,000;. public deposits, £9.760,000; other .deposits, • £44',;329,- , 000;' Government ,securities, £15.t)08,~ 000: other secnritte^i£BQ,f29;ooO: ' , .'"The market1 rate -of "«iscount. f<ir 'best three months' bills is 1| pcr1 cent; for short loans {}. per cent; Paris,' I^| per cent.; Berlin,,3? per cent. • Consols, £87 15$/. : .- : ' " i. ■ New So^ith Wales 4 per cents. £107; 'the rest are unchanged. ■ The hot weather has weakened alii th!e wheat markets.'Buyers,-1 are'very scarce. An Australian, s carg<> sold at 35s 3d.. Steamer parcels, May-June^ are offering at 36s 3d. Australian oil spot 38s to 39s 6d.-«..-> - i . Flour is dull, aiuf weak. Australians are pressed f oj; sale -at Glasgow' for 275. There are no buyers. * , i,Copper, spot'£l26 7s ,6d c per ton,: iihree months"£l3o 28 6a.; letfd,fl2 12s 6d, import* 17,957 tons, Australian 4151 tons, exports 6631 Uoiis) pigiron, 51s 3d. Sugar is quiet. German 11s Sd; first marks 13s 3d. ' Bradford Tops: Limited business; prices are unchanged. Butted is quiet and firm. Danish 112s to 114s j choicest New South ■ Wales and Queensland 102s to 104s: New Zealand 110s to 112s. At the1 Kauri sales 675 cases were offered, and 150 sold. Prices are unchangedi' . "