COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.
LONDON. December 13. _ Bank of England returns: Gold coin and bullion in hand, £56.O c 9,OO0; reserve, £32.027,000 : proportion of reserve to liabilities. 19.58 per cent. Notes in circulation £4-3,936.000; Government deposits, £40.415.000: other deposits. £125.153,000 j Government securities, £57,896,009; other* securities, £91,535,000. Discount on short loans, ty per cent.; three months' bills, per cent. Consols. £54 17s 6d. War loans: 3£ per cent., £BS; 4 per cent., £93 10a.
■ : - =3 There will bo a total eclipse of the moon, visiblo throughout New Zealand, on the 28th inst. The moon will enter the penumbra at 6.23 p.m., and enter the shadow proper at 7.35 p.m. The total eclipse will begin at 9.8, reaching (he middle at 9.16, and the total eclipse will end at 9.25. The moon will leave tho shadow at 1C.57 and the penumbra at 0.9 a.m. on the 29th.
Following are the quotations for colonial Ttocks, as compared with those for the previous week: —"
• 1929-40 currency. t 1920-30 currency. Wheat: Moderate quantities are selling at late rates. No cargoes offering. Flour: Scarce, in strong demand; prices (unchanged. Oats: Quiet. Butter: Another sixth of the trade applications will be distributed on Monday, Jiaking a total distribution for December Jf about 6000 tons. There is the keenest emand at maximum prices. Pea 9 and beans: Firm at full rates. Sugar: Granulated, 46s 9d.
Dec. 6. Dec. 13 Victorian 4's ... 942 94} Victorian 3i's ... 84 84$ Victorian Si's * ... 70 692 Victorian 3's ... Gig 611 Jfew South Wales 4's New Soutth Wales 3J's ... 803 81$ ... 98J 99$ New South Wales 3J's t ... ... GOJ 69ft Few South Wales 3's ... 69 69 Queensland 4's ... 89J 89 Queensland 3i's ... 86 86 Queensland 3's ... 612 fiie pouth Australian 3$'s ... 71 71* South Australian 3'8 ... ... ... 56J r>62few Zealand 4's ... 85 85 New Zealand 3i's ... 715 71J Kew Zealand 3's ... r ... 633 63J frcismanian 3i's ... 71J w\ lasmanian 3's ... 64 64 West Australian 3J's ... ... ... 73J 725 .West Australian 3's ... 69 69
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Otago Witness, Issue 3327, 19 December 1917, Page 15
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