COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16664, 8 April 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS

Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright; LONDON, April 6. The Bank of England returns state that the gold coin and bullion in stock represents £55,448,000; reserve, £41,042.000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 26.03 per cent.; circulation, £33,875,000; public deposits, £69,915,000; other deposits, £87,749,000; Government securities, £38,189,000; other securities, £96,139,000. ''The discount on short loans is 4£ per cent.; three months' bills, 4| per cent. Consols, £57; war loans, £87 2s 6d an,d £96 12s 6d. Following are the quotations for dominions' stocks, as compared with those for the previous week: —

t 192D-1940 currency. § )!)20-39 currency. Wheat: Market firm and quiet. New South Wales shipments about to load, 655. Flour: Market firm, with an upward tendency. " Oats: Firm. Bahia Blanca passage, 30s 3d. Beans and Peas: Inactive; tendency easier. Butter: Steady and quiet. Danish, 1745; Australian choicest salted, 156s to 158s; unsalted, 160s; New Zealand, 162s to 1645. Cheese: Firm. New Zealand, 103s to lC4s. Sugar: American granulated, 41s 4£d. Wool: Bradford tops are fairly steady, and there is a good inquiry at 39£ d, 36* d, 31d, 28d, and 26d.

Mar. 3C Victorian 4's Victorian 3£'s 84 Vint»orian t 70J Victorian 3'b 63} New South Wales 4's 88$ New South Wales 'U's 95$ New South Wales 3's 70 New South Wales § 70^ Queensland 4's 90-j Queensland 3$'s , ... -. _. ~. 8G} Queensland 3's — ... 62$ South Anstralian 3i's 72 South Australian 3's _ ... ... 57>J South Australian * ... „. — New Zealand 4's 87 New Zealand 3£'s 72g New Zealand 3's G3} Tasmanian „. ... ... "... 72% Tasmanian 3's ... ... 63j West Australian 3J's 75 West Australian 3's 63J * 1929-49 currency. K). . Apl. 948 84J 701 62J 8U ' 95S GO J 701 90* 8C| 63} 84 jt • 62} 701 85? 72| 63$ 72i 631 733 69}