COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS. LONDON, November 21.

Otago Witness, Issue 2437, 28 November 1900, Page 15

COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS. LONDON, November 21.

.The total quantitj'- of wheat and fibui afloat, for. tJfe ."United Kingdom' is 2,055,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,190.000. Shares.— Bank of Australasia, £7 ; Bank of New South Wales, £43; Union Bank, £37 10s. : At the tallow sales 2175 casks were offered, and 1475 sold. Prices rfor all kinds remain unchanged. November 23. The Bank of England returns show.thfc, stock of gold, coin, and ' bullion to be» £30,027,000, and the reserve £20,48^QQ04

The proportion of reserve to liabilities ' is 45.31. The total notes in circulation is '£29,154,000; public deposits, £8,180,000; other deposits, £36,833,000 ; Government securities, £17,445,000; other securities, £25,016,000. • _ Three 'months' bills are discounted, at fi- per cent. \ Consols are quoted at' £98 10s. , I Quotations for Colonial " Government stocks are subjoined, compared with those ruling at the close oi last week: — Nov. 16. N0v.28 USTew South Wales 4's .. .. 116 116 . New South Wales 3£'s .. .. 103| * ' 1031, JsTew South Wales 3's .. „' 93f 93f Victoria 4's .... .« .. ..-'llO 110 Victoria *3|'s 104 104 South "Australia 3Vs .. .. 107 107 South Australia 3's .. 96 95 .Queensland 4's 109 109 i Queensland 3k' a 104 ' 104 •New Zealand ~~4's 112£ • 112£ ' •SSTew Zealand 3*'e .. .. .. 108 106| ' 'New Zealand 3's .. „ .. 97% '97i •Westralia 3J's .. .. .. „ ,103~ 10l" .Tasmania 3's .. .. .. .. 103 103 Tasmania 3£'s ». ... .„ „ "103 103 , , T?he -wheat market is quiet and v steady. Cargoes, are hardening at 30s: '„ Butter. — The, market, is hardening. Choices.t is ■in good demand at 108s, with a few, samples' at" 110s. Secondary qiialities are neglected. Danish, 1255. Rabbits.-g^The market is very dull at Bd. Consignees complain of the state in which Victorians were shipped under the Government stamp. Copper is nominal. Spot, £74 to £76 ; three months, £73 2s 6d. Tin is very firm. Spot, £128 ss. Pig iron, 67s Sd. . Lead, £17/ , ■ Silver is quoted at 2s s^d per oz. •Sugar. — The market is quiet. German, 9s 6^d ; first mark granulated, . lls l?sd. j The Bradford wool. market is restricted. Common sixties, 17^d ; supers, 18^d. , At the Antwerp sales 776 bales of Australian .were' sold art the rates ruling at the close of the last London auction sales. , . , '■ The New Zealand and Australian Land Company's balance sheet reveals a profit of £86,383 for the year. The directors carried forward £18,883. Novemk«r 558 L The Corryvreehan's cargo of New Zealand jirheat sold at 28s 6'd. Linseed oil, £34 a ton. Frozen mutton: Crossbred wethers and maiden ewes — Canterbury, 4^d ; Dunedin , and Southland, 4£d ; North Island, 3 15-16 d. iLainh : Prime Canterbury, s|d'; fair average quality (including Dunedin, Southland, jWellington, and secoridary Canterbury), s|d. IJiver Plate ■ crossbred or merino rwethers — heavy, , 3 11-16 d; * light, 3 9Tl6d.9 T l6d. [New Zealand beef (1801b to 2201b, fair aver-, age quality) : Ox fores, 3^d to 3|d j jox binds, 3|d.