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(per united press association.) deceived April 15, at 9.50 a.m.
London, April 14. The Bank of England stock of gold, coin nnd bnliion, is L 28,244,000 ; reserve L 19,491,000 ; proportion of reserve fco liabilities 38'90; circulation, L 27,659,000; public deposits, Lll,860,000; other doposits, L 38,042,000; Govommenb eeonrlties, L 14.393.000; and other eeourltloß, L 34,873,000.
Three months' bills aro discounted at 2 7-16 per cent. Consols, 110£.
New South Wales 4 per cent. Inscribed stock, 120 ; 3£ do, 106* ; 3 do 100. Victorian 4 per cent, inscribed sfcook, 113|; 3£ do, 107. South Australian 3$ per cents, 108; 3 do, 95i. Queensland 4 per cents, 112|; 3$ do 107£.
New Zealand 4 per cents, 109 ; 3 do, 96'f. Tasmanian 3£ per cents, 104. Wheat—English and Continental markets steady, Ameriian hardening, 12,000 quarters of Australian March shipment sold at 27s 3d ; April shipment offering at 275.
The sugar market is hardening. Java, 12s 6d ; German, 10a 7§d. Copper, firm—Spot. 73. Tin, flit—Spot, L11210s; throomouths, 111. Iron, 545.
Lead—The imports during bho month totalled 22,648 tons, including (5413 tone Australian ; exports totalled 3867 tons. Soft foreign, quoted at The Bradford wool market is very firm. Common sixties, Is 9Ad ; super sixties, la ll£d. Rabbits, scarce—Hid. Butter—Quiet. Colonial, 98s to 100s.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIV, Issue 7492, 15 April 1899, Page 1
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