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COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 29. (Received March 30, at 12.10 a.m.) The Bank, of England returns show the stock of gold, coin, and bullion to be £34,248,000 and the reserve £24,743,000. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 46.64. the notes in circulation total £29,220,000; public deposits, £13,576,000; other deposits; £39,296,000; Government securities, £12,229,000'; other securities, £34,457,000, Three months' - Mis are discounted at 3 13-16 per cent. Consols are quoted at £95 12s 6d. - Quotations . for colonial Government stocks are subjoined, compared with those ruling at the close of last week:— "."' Mar.22. Mar.2o. New. South-'Wales 4'a ;-.-•..-IMJ 115 New South Wales 3S'a .. 102J 102J New South Wales 3's .. .. 98j 98J Victoria 4's ! .. .. ~ .'. 110 110 Victoria OS's. .. ... „'~ 102}. 102? South Australia SJ's ~ .. 10G 100 South .Australia B's. -.-. „ 03i . 93 ' Queensland 3i's 103 ■ 103 Queensland 4's „. -.. ~ 107 10T New Zealand 4's ..' ... .. IUJ 114J New Zealand .3Vs., • 108 108 New Zealand 3's .... .. 97 96 Tasmania.3i's... ~..,. ...103. 103 . Westralia 3J's:. 101 101 The wheat markets are quiet, and 3d dearer"'6n~"tile 'week, excepting France. Cargoes are steady. Victorian near arrival 29s 9d,.,April shipment 29s 6d; South Australian Marck' shipment 29s 6d, : Bulter:'The, market is dull.- Colonial, 100s; Danish,: unchanged. .Cheese:' Market weaker. New Zealand, 4&s. ' •■ ' , Rabbits (flat), 7^d.. Importers are dissatisfied with the Victorian experimental crates, and prefer tlie old pattern. Sugar (steady): German, 9s;.first; marks, granulated, lis l^d. .Tin (firmer): Spot; £116 15s; three months, £114 10s. Pig iron,.s3s 6d. Lead, £13 ss. Spelter, £16 10s. Silver, 2s 3 7-16 d per 02. Bradford ivool is slack. Common sixties, 18id; super, 19d. Copper: Spot, £'69 12s 6d; three months, £70 2a fid.

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12006, 1 April 1901, Page 5

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COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 12006, 1 April 1901, Page 5

COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 12006, 1 April 1901, Page 5