FINANCE AND TRADE.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4290, 25 February 1901, Page 6

FINANCE AND TRADE.

The Customs returns for Saturday amounted to' £906 6s lid. The tot al (or tho week was £12,646 12s 2d, the beer duty amounting to £285 10s 6d. FINANCE IN LONDON. ‘ PRESS ASSOCIATION. LONDON, February 22. BANK OP ENGLAND RETURN. The Bank of England return issued for the week ending Wednesday, 20th February, is as under: Issue Department.

.MON BY MARKET. The iharkct rate id <Ii•• i■<jnll< im hc?.l, three months’ hills r. hevei , at--11-10 per t. Tin- lln n!t <>l Kiti/liiii'l rate is -1 per iviil., as ntpumil 11 per cent, on the 11011 ■ I'Vhruar.v, nml A pci-c-ent. on the. Tith l l 'c.hnmr.y. COAh EXPORT. WKSTI’OU'r, Kel.niarv ‘.M. Tim coal output from Westport, la t week was 10.000 tons 0 ov.-t. ol which the Westiiorl. Coal Company shipped 9GS-1 tons 2 owl, and the Westport CoopcratlTo Company. i.HM tom. -1 <-wt . GREYMOUTII, Eclomu-y ‘2l. The coal output for lift welt was: Blackball Coal Company, 001 tens Oevvt. coal; Brunner Coal Company, -07.5 tons oewt of coal, SO tons Icwt of coke and 21 tons 3cwt of bricks.

Note issue ... £01,10!,000 Gov. debt .. £11,015,0011 Other seoarities 6,760,000 Gold.. . 33,329.000 £51,104,000 £51,104,000 Banking Department. Proprietors' Got. soeuricapital .. £11,553,000 ties ll,23i,0C0 Public deOther goposits .. 7,170,000 ourities .. 23,117,000 Other uoNotes .. 21,60/,13 u posits .. 3b.444.000 Coin.. .. 1,770,000 Boat, 7-day and other bills .. 3,753,000 £53,022,000 £63,022,000 The leading items of the Bank of England return afford J ho following companscMi: — This Jjast List Week. Week. Year. £ £ £ fV.lHon .. .. 33.339,000 30.849,000 31,087,000 u..serve .. .. 2*1 467.000 2i5,724,000 24.597,* M >la circulation .. 28,467,000 28,535,000 27,032,000 tioposits .. .. 43,014,000 46,252,000 54,238,000 • '-©portion reserve to liabilities .. 52' 21 48-90 45.ID GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following are the latest quotations for Government securities, and a comparison with those ruling last week: — - PriceVariation. £ b. d. 2J % Imperial Consols 97 16 0 J5/- higher 4 % New South Wales 115 0 0 30/- higher 3) % New South Wales 102 15 0 5/- lower S % New South Wales 100 0 0 Unchanged 4 % Victorian .. 109 0 0 Unchanged 3J % Victorian .. 102 10 0 Unchanged 3 % Victorian — — BJ % South Australian 106 0 0 Unchanged 8 % South Australian 93 0 0 Unchanged 4 % Queensland 107 0 0 Unchanged &i% Queensland 102 n o 5/- higher 4 % New Zealand* 114 0 0 20/- h gher % New Zealand! ..107 5 0 10/- higher 3 % New Zealand! 93 5 0 5/- higher 3‘, % West Australian 101 0 0 6/- higher Ta^manfan .'103 O 0 20/- higher ♦Interest payable In May and November. 4 Interest payable in January and July. i Intamt payable in April and October,