COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS. LONDON, August 4.

Otago Witness, Issue 2578, 12 August 1903, Page 18

COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS. LONDON, August 4.

The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,065,000 ou.irter3, and 1,000,000 quarters for the Continent. The share market is unchanged. Auguftt 5. Copper: Spot, £53 2s Cd ; (three months, X's3 15s. Supplier, 19,155 tons; deliveries, 19,499 tons. The stock, including 2950 ions advised, from Chili and Australia, is 14,940 t° ns - Le?d, £11. August 7. The Bank of England returns show the stock of coin, etc., to be £32,937,000. The reserve amounts to £23,108,000, the percentage of reserve to liabilities being 49.89. The notes in circulation total £30,091,000; public deposits, £6,287,000; other deposits, £39,937,000; Government securities, £15,339,000; other securities, £?5,903,000. Consols are quoted at- £90 15?.

i I Three months' bills are discounted at 2£ per cent. Quotations for colonial Government stocks aie subjoined, compared with those ' ruling a week since : — i July 31. Aug. 7. , New South Wales 4's .. .. 109 109 i New South Wales 3Vs .„ .. 99$ 97$ , New South Wales 3's .., .. 90 89 Victoria 4's „. 105 105 Victoria 3'a „ .. 90 90 Victoria 3Vs „ „ 98 98 South Australian 3i's „ .. 101 101 South Australian 3's 91 91 Queensland 4's .. „ .. 105 105 Queensland SJ's ...... 96 96 Queensland S'a 90 90 New Zealand 4's .. .. „ 108 10S New Zealand 3i's... „., .. 101J 101J New Zealand 3's .. „, .. 92 92 Tasmania 3i'a 101J 101 i Tasmania 3's .. , r . •• 9H- 914 I Westralia, 3>.'s .. .. .. 98 98 I Westralia 3's 90 90 j Wheat: The American visible supply is 21,480,000 bushels. The shipments from American Atlantic ports total 212,000 quarters. Manitoban, 3s ll£d ; La Plata, 29s ; 'Frisco barley, 118£ cents. Copper : Spot, £57 2s 6d ; three month?, £55 12s 6d. Tin: Spot, £128 10s j three months, £124. Iron, 52s 4d. Silver, 2s l§d per oz. Sugar is very fiim. First marks, 10s ; German, 8s 3d. The Bradford wool market is very quiet. Forties, Hid ; forty-sixes, 13|d ; common sixties, 24d ; super, 25d. August 9. Frozen Meat.— Sheep: Canterbury, light, 4{d; medium, 4]d; heavy, 4£d; Dunedin and Southland, 4Jd; Noith Island, 4 l-16d. Lambs: Canterbury, 5Jd ; Dunedin, Southland, and North Island, si-d. River Plate beef: Hinds, 4£d ; the rest unchanged. Silver, 2s 1 7-lCd per ouuee. Lead, £11 Is 3d. Copper: Spot, £57 ss; three months, £55 10s. Tin; Spot, £130 ss; three month:, £121 15s.