COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.
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LONDON, January 25. The bank rate of interest is 4 per cenf. ( The American visible supply of wheat is estimated at 89,638,000 bushels. January 26. (Received Jan. 26, at midnight.) Three months' bills are discounted at 3 per cent. . - ... Consols are quoted at 101J-. , Quotations for Colonial Government stocks are subjoined, compared with those ruling at the close of last week: — New South Wales 3's .. .. 993; .100J Victoria 4's 109 110.V Victoria. 3J's :. ..... .. KMf 105J South Australia 3l's ... .. 105 J. 103 South Australia 3's '.. .. 95 95 Queensland 4's .. 103 ' 109 Queensland' 3J.'s 103| 105$ New Zealand 4's 111J 1121 New- Zealand 3l's 105 105* New Zealand 3's 9GJ SOS Westralia 3£'s .. .. .... 103 j 1011 Tasmania 3A's .. 103£ lOl" New South Wales t'a .. .. 115 115J Now South Wales 3S's ... .. 104J 1054 Copper: Spot,£7l 2s 6d ; three, months, £70 12s 6d. Tin:' Spot, £122 10s; three months, £120. Lead, £16 2s 6d. Silver, 2s Sgd per ounce. Sugar: Java, 11s 9d ; German, 9s 7£d. (Received Jan. 27, at 1.20 a.m.) The Bank of England returns show the reserves to be £23,922,000; the stock of gold coin and bullion, £33,680,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 44.95. The notes in circulation total £23,119,000 ; public deposits, £12,439,000; other deposits, £40,581,000; Government securities, £19,057,000 ; other securities, £26,272,000.
The wheat markets arc improving. The French crops are reported to be damaged. First Victorian cargoes (January-February shipments) are offering at 29s ; parcels, 28s.
Pig iron, 69s lOd,
Butter is steady, but trade prices are barely maintained. The arrivals are heavy. •
Cheese is firm.' Prices are unchanged. Rabbits: Colonial, little doing. Quoted at 9id to 9£d.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11642, 27 January 1900, Page 8
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272COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11642, 27 January 1900, Page 8
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