FINANCE AND TRADE.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4314, 25 March 1901, Page 6

FINANCE AND TRADE.

The Customs returns for the ->nst week amounted to £5731 15s, and the heed duty to £175 4s 9d. The total for Saturday was £6BB Os 2d. The Sunlight Soap Company made a profit last year of oyer £300,000. ' DAILY PRODUCE REPORT. The following wholesale quotations ruled on Saturday in Wellington with Messrs Laery and Co., Townsend and Paul, Thompson. Bros, and Co., and Mr •T. Gandy: Wheat—Whole fowl, 2s 6)4 to 2s 9d; broken, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; oats, short feedj Is lOd to 2s 2d, dun Is lOd to 2s; bar- 1 ley, feed Is lOd to 2s,pearl 11s 6d to 13s; maize, 2s 9d to 3s 3d : flour, roller. £6 15s to £7 os; pollard, £4 15s to £5 : barley, dust £4 5s to £4 10s: bran. £3 15s’ to £4; oatmeal, £lO, to £lO 10s; split peas, £l2 10s; chaff, £3 os to. £3 10s ; t hay, £4 to £4 10s; potatoes, £3 to £3 ss: onions, £4 10s to £6 10s; partridge . pass, 3s 9d. Butter, dairy 7d, to 8d (pats), 7d to ; 8d (bulk), separator 7d to 9d; cheese, factory, medium old to ‘sid, loaf sJdi to 6d. I Bacon, sides old to 6d, rolls 6d to 7d • hams, 7d to 7£d; fowls (mixed), 2s 6d per pair; roosters, 3s per pair; |

ducks, 3s fid to 4s per pair; turkeys, Gs to 10s; geese, 4s fid to 5s fid; eggs, fresh Is fid, preserved Is 2d; honey, 4d to 4Jd. Apples, dessert 4s fid to 8s 401 b case, cooking 3s fid to ss; pears, dessert 4s to 8s fid, oooking 4s fid to 7s; quinces, 3s to ss; peaches, 5s to (is; water melons, 4d to lOd each; pie melons, 4s to 4s fid per cwt; grapes, outdoor 2d to 4d per lb, hot-house fid to lid. \ Tomatoes, Is fid to 2s tier case; green peas, 4d to Sd per peck; cauliflowers, 2s fid to 4s fid per sack; cab. bages, 2s to 3s per sack; parsnips, 9d per dozen bunches; carrots, fid per dozen bunches; turnips. 3d to Gd per dozen hunches; turnips (swede), £1 10s to £2 per ton; French beans, |d per lb; vegetable marrows, Is to 3s per dozen; pumpkin*. 3s to ss' per owt; celery, Is to Is fid per dozen. The prices quoted are the highest and lowest returns on the market on Saturday, the difference in price being regulated by the quality and the supply and demand at the different marts. lii many cases the extreme prices did not rule with all the firms, the lowest and highest prices supplied being quoted above. COMMERCIAL CABLES. PRESS ASSOCIATION. (Received March 23, 4.13 p m 1 LONDON. Marcb 22. The Bank of England return issued for the week ending March 20th is a.s under:—

GOVERNMENT BK<JUIHUEB. The following are the latest flotations for Govern meat securities, anr] a comparison with those ruling last week:

. ,v ..... i ..... ■>* . ■ .<i ' Novvntmt. i I t •• «• ;w it> t-mury and July t r liitsr“S» i.i April and October, ■ MONEY M ARKET! The market rate of discount for best three months’ bills is -> higher, at 3J per cent. The Bank of England rate is unchanged at 4 per cent. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. Wheat.—The markets are quiet, but firm. The English market has slightly improved. Cargoes are steadily held. Victorian February-Maroh shipments, 29s 6d per'quarter; April shipments, 29s 9d per quarter, c.i.f. • New South Wales cargoes, loading, 295. ■ Sugar is dull, German beet, 88deg., unchanged, at 9s per owt; first mark, granulated, f.o.b. Hamburg, unchanged, at 10s per cwt. Butter is slow and weak. Choicest colonial is quoted at 100 s to 102 s; Danish is firm and unchanged at 112 s. Ohe.ese is dull, New Zealand is quoted at 495. , Wool—There-is good competition at full prices. Bradford Tops—The market is quiet. Common sixties, Jd higher, at 181 d P er ' lb; super sixties, Jd higher, at 19d per lb. METALS. Copper—The market is nominal. Spot, IG.s. lower, at £69 2s 6d per ton; three months', 10s lower, at £69 12s 6d. Tin—Spot, 77s 6d lower, at £ll4 7s 6d per ton; three months’, 62s 6d lower, at £lll 12s 6di per ton. Silver—Bar silver is quoted at 2s 3;}cl; per oz. Lead. 2.s 6d lower, at £l3 2s 6d per ton. ■ GOAL EXPORTS/ GREPMOUTH, March 24. The coal exports for the week were: Blackball Coal Company, 1829 tons 17owt coal; Brunner Coal Company, 1203 tons Bcwt coal, 35 tons 18cwt bricks, 26 tons 12cwt coke. WESTPORT, March 24. The coal output from Westport last week was 9848 tons 18cwt, of which the Westport Coal Company shipped 9365 tons 18cwt and the Westport Co-opera, tive Company 483 tons.

Issue Departmeht. Note Issue ... £52,175,000 Gov. debt .. £11,015,000 Other aeouri ties 8,760,000 Gold.. 34,400,000 £52,175,001 £52,175,000 Bamkikq Departheet, Proprietors' Gov. seouricapital .. Public <3e£14.553.000 ties 12,305,000 Other seposits .. 13,155,000 oarities .. 31,224 000 Other do* Notes 8H.544.00u posits 37,582,000 Coin. • an a, uo.ooo Rest. 7-day v end other bills .. 6,978,000 £69,213,000 £69 213,0C0 The leading items of the Bank of England return afford 1 ho allowing comparison : — This Zj act ii'pt Week Week. Y^ar £ £ Jr Bullion 34.4 000 81&81.4HK) S3 697 C00 Reserve .. 23 0-i.CKIO 25 7 in,(ui0 24.91!), uO 'lots circulation .. 28 :H2,H00 28 4Bi> <«>0 2e 3/7,0' 0 Deposits .. .. 5J,c5i7 0im. 5o -07 .IKK) 55.237,* -OU •ronortion reserve to liabilities 50 13 50 -B 43.01

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