COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS. LONDON, August 19.
The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,170,000 quarteroj and for the Continent 930,000 quarters. Stocks and shares aro unchanged. Copper.- Spot, £51 10 a 84; three nignth^^J
August 20. Copper.— Spot, £51 15s; three months, JE62 JBs4a. At the tallow sales 1850 casks were offered and 375 sold. • Mutton : Fine, 35s Cd ; medium,
31s 6d. Beef: Fine, 355 ; medium, 313.
August 22. . The Bank of England returns show .the stock of coin aud bullion, etc., to be £35,139,000, and the reserve £25,843,000. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 52.67. The notes in circulation total £29,795,000, public deposits £9,735,000, other deposits £39,265,000, Government securities . £15,58^,000, other securities £25,815,000. Consols are quoted at 95. Three months bills are discounted at Quotations for colonial Government stocks are subjoined, compared with those ruling last week : — Aug. 15. Aug. 22. 3S,ew South Wales 4's . .. 113 112J New South Wales 3Vs .. .. 101 101 -New South Wales 3's m , 95 95 Victoria 4's 109 109 Victoria Si's 103 102* Victoria 3's 95 95 'Sout 11 Australia 3J'a .. .. KM 104 South Australia, 3'b .... 94 94 Queensland 4's 105J 105 Queensland SVs 101J 1015 New Zealand 4's . c .. .. 113 113 New Zealand 3i's .. 102 102 - New Zealand 3' a .. .. « 96J 96* ~ Tasmania 3J's .. .. .. 104 104 SVestralia 3£'e .. ». .. .. 101 101 * Copper-; Spot, £52 2s 6d ; three - months, £52 10s. .' The American visible supply of wheat is 31,352,000 bushels. The wheat markets are hardening in - consequence of the weather in Europe. ; The American markets are firm. Cargoes are quiet. An Australian cargo sold at 29s 3d. Sugar: German, 6s 2d ; first marks, 7s 7d. Copper : Spot, £52 ; three mouths, £52 7s 6d. Tin: Spot, £127 ss; three months, £123 15s. Pig iron, 57s od. Lead, £11 2s 6d. Spelter, £18 18s 9d. The Bradford wool market is quiet. Forties, 7 id ; 46's, 10} d ; common 6O's 3 22£ d; super, 23^d.
August 24. Copper : Spot, JESI 17s 6d ; three months, £52 ss. Tin : Spot, £126 10a , three months, £122 10s. Hides: Dull and nominal. Queensland: Heavy ox, 5Jd ; light, 4£d ; cow, 4£d. Leather: Basils neglected.
Silver is quoted at 2s OJd per oz,
Frozen Meat: New Zealand be<?f, 1801b to . 2201b, fair average quality — ox fores 4Jd, ox lands Sd. Other meats unchanged.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2528, 27 August 1902, Page 18
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385COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS. LONDON, August 19. Otago Witness, Issue 2528, 27 August 1902, Page 18
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