COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.
LONDON, June 3. Tallow: In stock, 2595 casks; imports, 2216 c»ks; deliveries, 3009 casks. June 6. There has been a heavy fall in tin, which reached £330 10s. Other metals are unchanged. June 6. Bank of England returns:—Gold din, and bullion, £73,210,000; reserve £30,389,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 17.82; rotes in circulation, £51,855.000; Government deposits, £38,604,000; other deposits, £131,906,000; Government securities, £101,558,000. Discount on short loans, 3J per cent.; three months' bills, 3J per cent. Consols, £56. War loans: 3J per cent., £B7 15s; 4 per ctnt., £93 17s 6d. Quotations for colonial stocks, as compared with those for the previous week: —
• 1921-6 currency. t 1920-30 currency. Butter: Plentiful, large quantities being stored. The latest distribution of cheese ixmsists largely of shipments recently arrived. The Australian quality i 3 generally satisfactory.
Wheat: Quiet; further sales of Australian on passage at "Da Gd; little offering on spot. Flour: Steady. Oiils and peas: Finn. JV;inn: A shade easier. Sugar: Unchanged. Experts predict" that the fruit crops in England aro likely to be the smallest lor 50 years. Traders are requesting to he allowed to import Canadian and American apples. They suggest that Australian growers will get permission to ship next season. June 8. Rubber.—Para., 3s, 3s -Id; plantation, Is Sd, 3s; smoked, 2s, Is 4d. Jute.—Firm; little offering. New crop, July-September, i.s quoted at 24. Hemp.—ln good request; supplies scarce. CHICAGO, June 7. I'ho visible wheat srpply is 3,027,000 bushels.
May 30. June 6 Victorian 4's 9'8$ 973 Victorian 3$'s ... 70i 70i Victorian 3$'s* ... 882 87| Victorian 3's ... 63 62 New South Wales 4's ... So 84 New South Wales 3$'s ... 100J 100* New South Wales 3$'sf ... ... 70 70$ New South Wales 3's ... 71J 69J Queensland 4's ... 00 913 Queensland 3$'s ... 90 89$ Queensland 3's ... 63 . 62 New Zealand 4's ... 86J 87 New Zealand 3$'s ... 73$ 73J New Zealand S's ... 62J 62 South Australian 3$'s ... 73 72 South Australian 3's ... 67i 66$ Tasmanian 3$'s ... 73 71* Tasmaniau 3's ... 65§ 65 West Australian 3$'s ... 75$ 75$ WeBt Australian 3's 701 72
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Otago Witness, Issue 3352, 12 June 1918, Page 10
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