COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.
LOXDOX, April 2. The total quantity of v.-heat it.xl floiu afloat for the United Kingdom is 4,210,000 quaitei=. and for the Continent 1.583,000. Stocks and shares are unchanged. Tin Spot, £118 5s ; three months, £116 7s 6d. Coppci. Spot, £52 15*; three months, £52 12s 6d. The supplies are 20,1-15 tons, and the deliveries for the past month were 26,044 tons. Shocks, 2b. 121 tons; advised afloat, 2850 tons. Lead, £11 8s 3d. Tallow Stocks, 9912 casks...'lmports for the month, 5181 casks, deliveries, 3360 casks. Avail 4 The Bank of England returns fehow the reserve to be £23,945,000. The *tock of coin nnc! bullion is £32,996,000. The percentage of reserve to liabilities is 41.69. The total notes in circulation is £29 110,000, public deposit, £15,125,000, other deposits £42,142,000; Government securities £15,274,000, other securities £36,584,000. Three months' bills are discounted at 05. Consols are unchanged. Quotations for colonial Government stocks are subjoined, compared with those ruling at the close of last week: —
The American visible wheat supply i-> estimated at 75,598,000 bushels. The wheat markets are quiet. The English is steady, the Continental easier, and American hardening. Cargoes are firmly held. Victorian and South Australian February shipment 29s 6d; parcels afloat 28s 9d. Butter is quiet. New Zealand 105s to 106s; Danish firm at 114-. . Cheese is unchanged. Sugar is dull. German 6s 6d, first marks 8-. Copper firm. Both spot and three months £53 lo«. Pig iron 53* Id. Lead £11 9s Spelter £17 13s 9d. Silver 2s o^-d per oz. The Bradford wool market is firm, but unchanged. Tin: Spot, £120; three months, £118. The stock is 19,039 tons. Spot 5108 tons, afloat 2743 tons, deliveries 2288 tons. April 6. Copper, £52 15s. Frozen Meat.—New Zealand mutton has risen l-16th, heavy River Plates Jd, and New Zealand beef has advanced Jd. The beef quotations are nomin?l. New Zealand lamb has declined 1-lGth. SYDNEY, April 4. The breadstuffs market is strong and advancing. Flour is quoted at £8 15s per ton. For wheat 3s 10id was refused for a large parcel; holders want 4s.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2507, 9 April 1902, Page 17
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