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COVERING THE TRAIL OP THE DREYFUS SNAKES. STOCKS, PRODUCE & METAL QUOTATIONS LONDON, Dec. 14. Received 14tb, 10.54 p.m. The French Chamber of Deputies hotly discussed an Amnesty Bill, and voted the first clause, amnestying all acts connected with the Dreyfus affair, by a majority of 85. Persons guilty of treason or espionage are excluded from the* amnesty. Received 14th, 11.2 p.m. The weekly returnsof the Bank of England, published to-day, show the stock of gold, coin, and bullion to lie L 29,486,00 0; the reserve, L 19,635,000 j and the proportion cf reserve <;o liabilities, 41 66 ; notes in circulation, L 29,244,000 ; public deposits amount to L 7,967,00 0; and other deposits, L 38,984,00 0; Government securities, LI 8, 17 7, 000; and other securities, L 27,047,000. Three months' bills are discounted at 4 percent. Consols 97 1. Colonial securities — New South Wales & per cents, 113; 3£'s, 10JJ ; 3's, 100 ; Victorian 4's, 108 ; 3£'s, 102; South Australian 3£s, 105; 3's, 93; Queensland 4's, 107 ; 3£'s, 102-] ; New Zealand 4's, 111 ; 3^'s, 104|; .Ts, 97£; Tasmanian 3£'s, 10!J ; West Australian 3£'s, 100 i. The wheat market i9~ quiet aiad steady. Australian of January -February shipment (parcels), 29s 3d; cargo-is, . 30s 3d ; for off -coast 31s 3d is asked , and 30s bid." Tin is declining : spot and three •; months, both £121 2s Gd. r Silver : 2s 5 13-16 d. Sugar is quiet : German, 9s 4^d jujr cwt ; first marks granulated, 10s 9d. Butter — Colonial is a shade weaker at 110s to 112s; Danish, unchanged!. The Bradford wool market is tehd-* ing upward Common sixties, 18|cl; supers, 19jcl.
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Southland Times, Issue 14814, 15 December 1900, Page 2
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