London Quotations.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7939, 22 October 1904, Page 5

London Quotations.

Flonr and Wheat Dnlh

./.Crossbred Wool Firm.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright),

, (Per Press Association). 'Received Oct. 21, at 11.9 p.m.

LONDON, October 20. ; Bank of England returns :—Gold coin, etc., £34,892,000; reserve, £27,324,000; proportion of reserve to habilitiies, 56-53; in circulation, £27,980,000; public deposits, £7,612,000; pther -deposits, £40,614,000; -Government sbcurities, £14,613,000; other securities, £23,889----000. .:-;•■: . / ..-.''

Three months bills 2 7-16.

There is a general improvement on the'stock exchange, though business is small. Consols, 88$. New South Wales, three and a-halfs,- 96\ ; Victorian, three and a-halfs, 96^; Queensland; fours, 105 ; three and a-halfs, 97; threes, 85^.; New Zealand, threes, 88; the rest unaltered.- ; ■ *' '■'

The wheat markets are dull and in buyers' favour. Owing to the heavy shipments from' Russia and- India arid the;. increased; ; estimates : of.,'.the spring, crops, in' American and1 Canada cargoes are. neglected.. Those near.afr hand are offering at:32s 6d to' SSs; SeptemberOctober shipment 34s 6d. -

Floiir has relapsed owing to the heavy supplies, the value in London.is 25s 6d to 265; Glasgow, 27s 3d to 28s.

Parcels of Algerian oats,, on passage, 14s 3d., . ;'.;■ ": ■■■A/

. - New-Zealand beans, 295/ to 30s. ■*"_-." : Victorian peas, 26s 6d_ / - ','/ : •; /' -San Francisco wheat, i4B|-./: . Minneapolis.flour', 530.■:.-'-• ■•. / The American visible supply of "wheiat and flour is 39,985,000 bushels. v

Copper, spot, £66 6s 3d; three months, £6010.. -AA-' •-:'■:/ ■■;,'■-,*

Bradford wool is quiet and small business is . doing.' Merinos are :/v/eaker •

crbssbreds;'firm; common sixty's, 23jd,*V ''£ super/ 24£d.-*' ! v>-,-; '• *///-/: (X ■ ;■*:_■-,: f* Ay AX A ? A ; Butter is-quiet. * Baoish;^ unchanged^::: choicest/ yictoria;h;^lo4, to 106s;; N_\v*.'v' South-Wales,'loos toi(M__ j ]Queensla__3^. 883.. to 945;-best stored- New <v 965. ~AA, ■y-'A'X -;X: *■:■):■■-. '**-:•-'.-^ AX.

.'■■'■. Rabbits are dull. :Victorian and Newi South Wales, 7*d.*; .•'■"'■,. ->'Xy "■ XAiXA-Z -Tin, spot, £13117s 6d; three months.' £130 ss. - . - / ■'~.*■ *'* : ,, •: ::-,./'.

Iron, 43= -3d.

.;/• Lead, -j.-.:. ,6s 3d. ■•..'•'' '/A'X'-^ .'/A..----y Sugar is slow; first marksy 12s: lOd;/ German, lis Id. ;*.*.;. :/_;." /..

." Centaur " Cycles, " Centaur " ■■■•' Cycles/ :.''.'"

\. We have just landed ex s.s. Waiwera.ae shipment, of these... "famous since---1876", bicycles. Featherweights, £25* nett; cash, £28. terms or exchange; lightweights,, £'23 nett cash, £26 terms or exchange ; standards', £20 nett cash, £23 terms or exchange. Best value cycles. We are the directimporters. Inspection invited. New Zealand Agency, Clarkson's, Coleman Place.