COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16480, 4 September 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS

Preas Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, September 2. The Bank of England returns show that the stock of gold coin and bullion is £67,466,000; reserve, £54,558,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 24.15; notes in circulation, £32,325,000; public deposits, £137,935,000; other deposits, £87,922,000; Government, securities, £44,418,000; other securities, £145,105,000. Short loans, 4§ per cent.; three months' bills, 4f per cent. Following are the prices for Government stocks as compared with those Tuling. a fortnight ago:— Aug. 19. Sept. 2. "Victorian 4'a 95£ 95 Victorian '3J's* 9ljj 91§ Victorian 3.J's ... — — Victorian 3J'st ... 83J — Vioborian 3's 7G| 761 New South Wales 4's 95# 95 New South Wales 34's 95 New South Wales 3i's $ 83J / 83§ New South Wales 3's 78 78 § Queensland 4's — — Queensland 3i's ... ._ 1 — . — Queensland 3's — — e South Australian 3J'a 85i — . South Australian 3's 70 — New Zealand 4i's — — New Zealand 4's 95 95 New Zealand 3J's 83f 83J New Zealand 3's ._ 76 76 § Tusmanian 85J — Tasmanian 3's ... — — West Australian ?j's ... ... 87$ — West Australian 3's — — Other colonial stocks are unchanged. * Early currency. 1 1929-1949 currency. I 1920-30 currency. § Ex dividend. Consols, £65 6s 8d : (ex div.). Copper : Spot, £68 ss, £68 10s; three months, £69 10s, £69 15s. Tin: Spot, £153 10s, £154; three months, £155, £155 10s. Lead, £22 12s 6d, £22 15s. Silver, 23 5-16 d per oz. Butter : Very firm. Supplies are short in the absence of Siberian arrivals

Cheese: Firm. "New Zealand, 72s to 755. . Sugar: Quiet and/unchanged. Wool : Bradford tops quiet. The market is oheerful, and prices are unchanged. Wheat : /The market is quiet and unchanged; flour is lifeless. Qats : Very quiet. Bahia Blanca, August and September, 24s 6d. Beans : Firm at late prices. Peas : Steady. New Zealand blues, 60s to 80s. ! ,