COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17533, 27 January 1919, Page 6

COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright

LONDON, January 23. (Received Jan. 26, at 11.5 p.m.) Bank of England returns:—Gold coin and bullion, £79,476,000; reserve, £29,716,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 19.32 per cent; notes in circulation, £69,022,000; public deposits, £27,217,000; other deposits, £126,573,000; Government securities, £62,934,000; other securities, £79,041,000. Discount on short loans, 3£ per cent; three months' bills, 3i per cent. War loans: 3£ per cent., £88 12s 6d; 4 per cent:, £94 17s 6d.

The following are the quotations for colonial stocks, as compared with, those for a fortnight ago:—

Jan. 9. Jan. 23, Commonwealth sJ's _ „ ... 99 90 Commonwealth 61'3 _. _ .„ 100J 100 i Victorian 4's ... _..__.... JBJ 98J Victorian 3's ..._.„„ _. 74jJ 745 Victorian 3£'s* __...„ 89$ 89$ Victorian 3's ... ~ _. ._ >_ 66$ 66J New South Wales 4'B _ _ _. 86 85i New, South Wales Sj'sf .- _ 75$ 75J New South Wales 3's „ _ .„ 72} 73£ Queensland 4's _._.„_. 94 93J Queensland 3i's .__.„_. 90 • 90} Queensland 3's _. _. .„ ... 65J 65 New Zealand 4'e _ ...... „ 89J 89i New Zealand 3J*a -..__. ... 77$ , 77$ New Zealand 3's ... ~ ... „ 68$ 68 3-5 South Australian 3J's _ ... „. 57 77$ South Australian 3's ~ _ 58J 53J TasmaniKa 3J's ... _ _. _. 77J 77} Tasmanian 3's •'..._„_. 71 71 West Australian 3*9 _ „ ... 81 80J West Australian 3's _ _ „. 74 74

* 1921-6 currency, f 1920-30 currency. Wheat: Quiet; no Australian on passage offering. Small quantities ex store at Cork 6old at 83s 3d.

Flour •. The market is quiet. Prices are unchanged.

Oats: Firm. La Platas on spot are quoted at 62s 6d to 63s 6d. Beans and peas make full late rates.