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Prow Association—By TelegrspJi—CopyrlgWb LONDON, February 3. (Received Feb. 4, at 10.15 p.m.) The Bank of England returns show that the stock of gold coin and bullion ia > worth £52,289,000; reserve, £36,939,000; 1 proportion of reserve to liabilities, 23.55-; notes in circulation, £34,199,000; Government deposits, £58,246,000; other deposits, £98,584,000; Government securities, £32,839,000; other securities, £105,140,000. The discount on short loans is 4£ per cent.; on three-months bills, 5£ per cent. . Consols, £58 17s 6d. WaT loans: 3J per cent., £88 2s 6d; 4 per cent., £97. The following are the quotations for dominion atocks, aa compared with the latest previous quotations:— Tan. 3L Feb. 3. Victorian 4's _ _ _ _ _ 93$ 93f Victorian 3J'a _ _ 83 BS| Victorian 3J'a f ... ... _ _ 63 69J Victorian 3's ... SI 65 New South Wales 4's _ _ „ 83 83J New .South Wales 3J's 38 95 New South Wales 3'b 70 70 New South Wales 3J's J _ _ 73J 8U Queensland 4's ... ._ _ „ 88 80| Queensland 3j's 86 * 86} Queensland 3'b „. _ _ _ 65 63 ■!- South Australian 3J'b ~ — 71 73 South Australian 3's „ _. _ £8 New Zealand -4'a 86 87 • New Zealand 3i's ... _ ... 70 73 ' New Zealand 3'b 63 63| „ ' Tasmanian 3J's ... ._ „ _ 69 71j■ Tasmanian 3's .. 761-16 761-Ifl West Australian 3J's _ _ _. 72 7B West Australian 3's ... „ 73$ 68J. f 1923-1340 currency. § 1920-30 currency. Wheat.—Quiet and firm. A cargo of Australian sold at 725. Flour. —Quiet and firm. i Oats. —Firm. Bahia Blanca February- - March shipment, 335. 4 Beans and Peas. —Firm and unchanged. Butter.—Quiet. Danish, Unaltered. 5 There is little' Australian offering; choicest salted, 156s to 158s. JSTew Zealand, salted, . 146s to 150s; 'unsalted, 1625. Cheese.—Slightly easier. New Zealand, 97s to 98s. Sugar is unchanged. Copper.—Spot, £94 15s; three months, v £94; electrolytic —spot, £126; three months, £128. Tin.—Spot, £178 ss; three months,'? £178 7s 6d. ; Pig iron, 87s 9d. Lead, £31. Spelter.—Spot, £88; three months, £82.' Bradford Wool.—Sixty-fours, 45 id; sixties, 44^d; common sixties, 43^d; fifty- < sixes, 40d; fifties, 34d; 30|d; forties, |
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16610, 5 February 1916, Page 7
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