MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL
[United Press Association.]
. London, February 28. The Bank of England reserve is £10,997,000. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 63 38.
Tho discount on three months bills is 1 per cent, and the market is steady.
Consols 1093,
New South Wales four per ocnts 123; threo and a-half do, I*.OJ, ' ' Victorian four per cents 112 ; three aud half do 106 J. ! >....■ South ' Australian four per cents 115; three and half do, 109} ;' three dp, 97 J.
Queensland foUr per cents, 115; three and half do, 107 J.
Ndw Zealand four per confs, 115 ; three ond half do, 106 ; three do, ' Tasmanian three and balf ppr cents, 1(16, Western Australia!] foiif per cents 125. New Zealand lorig-horried wheat nominal,
Hemp is unohanged. ' Lamb 5 ' d ; frozen mutton unobangad. German beet sugar 12/4J; Java, 13/9, Market quiet.
Adelaide wheat, 29/6, firm ; Victorian,' 29/9, firmer.
There is good enquiry for wool in the Bradford market. Merinos hava advanced Ad ; crossbreds are firm.
Butter is firmer. Owing to provincial demand, quotations are 96/- to 101/-; ohoicest, 104/-. oer cwt.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 51, 29 February 1896, Page 2
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179MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 51, 29 February 1896, Page 2
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