COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.
LONDON, September 27. Bank of England returns: Geld coin and bullion in hand, £52,723,000; reserve, £32,365,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 19.50 per cent.; notes in circulation, £41,582,000; Government deposits, £34,285,000; other deposits, £121,703,000} Government securities, £58,189,000; other securities, £95,594,000. Discount on inert loans, 4i per cent.; three months, bills, 4| per cent. Consols, £54 12s 6d. War loans: 3£ per cent., £B6 15s; 4 per oent., £94 ss. Following are the quotations for colonial stocks, as compared with those for the previous week: .
* 1029-40 currency. t 1920-30 currency. Butter: The scarcity continues; 350 s is asked for Danish, of which there are small arrivals. Wheat: Quiet. Flour : In fair demand; steady. Oats: Inactive and unchanged. Peas and beans: Firm. Sugar : Unchanged. Silver, per oz. Tin: Spot, £245 17s 6d; throe months, £242 17s 6d. Other metals unchanged. September 29. Babbits are scarce and unchanged. Frozen meats are unchanged. Rubber: Para, 3s 3d; plantation, 2s 7|d; smoked, 2s 6gd. The decline in the mice of silver ia attributed to the cessation of the Chinese demand, and the few remaining American holders are realising their stocks. On September 25 the price was 4s 7d per ounce fine, and on Friday, September 28, it was quoted at 4s 3id per ounce.
LONDON BUTTER MARKET. LONDON, September 29
The Food Controller' is releasing to importers one-half of their butter ex Osterley, which was commandeered in April, at 206 s for salted and 209 s for unsalted. The quantity released is about 25,000 boxes. Already practically all of it is absorbed.
Victorian 4’s Sept. 20. 85J Sept. 27. 955 Victorian 3J’s 85^ 855 Victorian Si’s * ... ... 70 69g Victorian 3’s 63| 63J New South Wales 4’s ... 82i 83i New South Wales Si’s New South Wales Si’s t 88i 98J 80J ?o| New South Wales 3’s ... 69| 695 Queensland 4’s 00J 90| Queensland Si’s 87S 87| Queensland 3’s 62 J 62 South Australian Si’s ... 72g 72i South. Australian 3’s 67 67i New Zealand 4’s S6f 865 . New Zealand Si’e 73i 735 New Zealand S’s ... ... ... 63J ' 685 Tasmanian Si’s ... ... 72i 72J fasmanian S’s ... ' ... — 65 West Australian Si’s ... West Australian S’s 748 74g 69i 69J
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Otago Witness, Issue 3316, 3 October 1917, Page 16
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359COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS. Otago Witness, Issue 3316, 3 October 1917, Page 16
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