COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11524, 9 September 1899, Page 5

COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright i . LONDON, September 8. (Received Sept. 8, at 10.25 p.m.)

The Bank of England returns show the stock of gold, coin, and bullion to be £34,137,000; reserve, £24,357.000- proportion of reserve to'•• liabilities, 51.25. The notes in circulation total £28,399,000; public deposits, £7,389,000; other deposits, .£39,953,000; Government securities, £13,068,000;; other securities, .£28,398,000. Three months' bills are discounted at 3| per cent. ■ ' . :' '••■.' Consols, 104£. • Quotations for colonial Government stocks are subjoined, compared with those ruling at the close of last week: — Sept. 1 Sept. 8. New South:.Wales: 4's'.. .. 117 117 '• New, South "Wales 3i's .; .. 104 1041 New South Wales 3's ... .. ' 104| ' 99~' I Victoria "4's .......... 11l 111 Victoria-3J's .. .. .. .., .. 106 108 South Australia 3|'s .. ..; ..108 108 South Australia 3's .. ; -.. .. 95 95 -Queensland 4's .. .... .. 11l 111 Queensland 3§'s. .., .. .. .; 104 . ICM& ' New Zealand 4's.. .. .. .. ■' 111| lllj .-.New Zealand 3£'s .. . ... .. 106| 106| x.New. Zealand 3's " .. ... '.. '. 97| 96| Westralia SJ's .. ... ..... 105 ' 105 Tasmania 3J's .. ...... 106|; '106J The American visible supply of wheat i k 48,087,000 .bushels.

Metal Markets.—Copper (quiet): , Spot,, £77; three months,' £77 ,ss. .Tin. (very, .firm): Spot, £139 12s 6d.;-' three months, £138 12s 6d, ■Iron J ;-69s'"aid;. Lead, £15 2s 6di ■ ■

: Sugar (dull): German, 10s l^d; Java, 12s 4id, .•" - , .'■■,;". ■■'. - ■:■:■ ■■•■ :

Bradford Wool Market.-^-Common sixties, 27^d ;. supers, 29d. /

■ The wheat market is quieti The' American, is a shade weaker. Australian September and October cargoes, 29s 9d, with a good demand; parcels on' passage, 27s :6d. ..■■.-• '■:■;■

Rabbits are steady at 9d,

The bulk of the Australian butter has been stored. A few choicest samples sold at 116s; ordinary, 104s; Danish, 1265.