COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.
LONDON, December 12. Lead: Imports, 8206 tons; exports, 3829 tone. December 13. At the- tallow sales to-day. 1026 oasks were offered and 991 sold. Mutton: Fine, 67s 6d; medium, 50s. Boef: Fine, 56s 3d; modium, 50s.
LONDON. December 14. Bank of England returns: —Stock of gold coin and bullion, £33,462,000; reserve, £35,599,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 21.70; notes in circulation. Government deposits, £57,512.000 •. ' i< • posits, £106,526,000; Government £42,188,000; other securities, £ll j Discount on short loans, 5 per cut ; b . i months' bills, sj> per cent.
Consols, £54 10s. War loans— 3£ per cent., £B4 : 4 per cent., £95. ! Buttor: Firm; supplies of all sorts scarce. ... " ■ .Lrk'ti
Flour: Firm and active. Australian, 59s to 59s 6d. Peas and beans: Firm. New Zealand not offering'. Oats: Firm. La Plata not offering. Following are the quotations for colonial stocks, as compared with those for the previous week: —
* 1929-40 currency, t 1920-30 currency. Sugar: Unchanged. Copper: Spot, £142 15s; three months, £136 15s. Electrolytic, £166. Tin: Slpot, £lB4 6s 3d; three months, £lB6 2s 6d. .Lead: Spot, £lO 10s; three months. £29 10s. Spelter: Spot, £56 10s; three months, £52. Silver, 36gd per oz. December 16. Jute: November and December shipments, £42. Hemp: Quiet, nominally unaltered. Copra: October-December shipments, £4O. Rubber: Para, 3s 4d; plantation, 2s lOf d; smoked, 2s 10gd. Hides: Smail supply; market firm. Australian, I2|d to 14§d. Leather: Scarce. Best Australian, 22d to 26£d. Basils: Few offering. First Australians, 28d to 30d. Rabbits: Good demand; market firm. Frozen mutton: New Zealand. B|d • Australian and Sfouth American. Bid. Frozen lamb: New Zealand and Australian, 9|d; South American, 9|d. NEW YORK, December 12. Chicago wheat: December options, 159, 153 i cents; May options, 174, 164 cents. December 15. Chicago wheat slurv, ed over the peace rumours. December options, 150 to 142 j, cents; May options, 163 to 153 A cents.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3275, 20 December 1916, Page 16
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