BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 100, 26 April 1909, Page 2

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN

WHEAT MARKETS FLAT.

LATEST QUOTATIONS

[PBESS ASSOCIATION.]

! LONDON, April 23. The Bank of England return for (the week ended Wednesday, April 21, is as follows:—Gold coin, £37,877,000; rej serve, £28,803,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 49.73; notes ih. circulation, £29,075,000; public deposits, I £12,731,000;! other deposite, £49,128,-, 000; Government securities, £15,369,----000; other securities, £39,447,000. i The bank rate: of diiscount is 2i per 'oeait. : short loans, | per cent.; tihree months' bills 1J per cent.; Pariis li pen-cemt.; Beirlin 1| per cemt. Consols, £85. . , Victorian 3^ per cents. £99; Queensland 3 per cents. £86 15s; New Zealand 3 per cents. £87 ss; Taismanian 3^ per cents. £98, 3 per cente. £88 j West Australian 3 par cents. £86 10s; other stocks are unchangedl. The wheat markets ar© flat, the American decline causing some nervousness regarding the future. There are few buyers. Two Australian cargoes sold at;, 435. Australian) on 'spot, scarce, 475-to 47s 6d; New. Zealand nominally 45s 6d shortberry, 46s 6d longberry. ,-.-| ...... Flour is quiet. The recent adTanc* is maiiitfeined. Australian patem/t sorts 33s to 345, ex store. Oats advanced Is. , New Zealandis 25s to- 275. Beans are 6d dearer. New Zealamds 34s 6d to 35s 6d. Peas are scarce, andl Is dearer. Victorian Duns 35s to 365. The butter market is dull.. Prices ai]4 'unchanged. There is little inquiry except for choicest sorts,' which are scarce. Copper, spot £56 6s 3d1 per ton, three months £57 12s 6d; tun, spot £133 2s 6d, three months £134 ss; lead £12 ss; spelter £21 10s; pig-iron 47s 6d; silver 23 3-16 d per oz. Sugar is quiet. German 10s Sd,1 first marks 12s 4d.

Bradford tops are strong, everything hardening. Forty-sixes 14a^i; others are unchanged.