COMMERCIAL NEWS.
W [FIB PiUBS ASSOCIATION.] t (Received 9, 9.5 a.m.) London, July 5. Bank of England reserve, £19,507,000; coin and bullion, £30,918,000; percentage of reserve to liabilities, 37 32; in circulation, £30,960,000; public deposits, £8,141,000; other deposits, £10,749,000; Government securities, £20,161,000; other securities, £30,536,000. Three months' bills are discounted at , A a 7-16 per cent. Consols, 99. Hew South Wales four per cents, 116; < three anda-halfs, 104$ ; threes, 100£. Vic- I torian fours, 110; three and a halts, 103 J. i South Australian three and a halts, 10s; threes, 93. Queensland fours, 109; three and a halfs, 103. New Zealand fours, 114J; ■ three and a halfs, 105; threes, 97|. Tas- i manian three and a halfs, 103. Westralian ( three and a halfs, 103. Copper,—Quiet, bpot, 71f; three months, . Lead, steady, 17*. Tin.—Spot, 129J; three months, 133|. ( Pig iron, 67s Bd. . Spelter, 20j. Sugar.—Steady. German, lis 6d; Java, ' unquoted. Wool.—Bradford, common sixties, 20J: | supers, 21J. At the London sales, prices' | were firmer all round. The fifth series of gales opens on October 9ib, and will be limited to 250,000 bales. There will be no other sales this year. The announcement ' has hardened the market. French buyers < are operating more freely in merinos. ■ London, July 8. J At the wool sales yesterday 35,082 bales ' were catalogued and 3t-,664 sold. There was ' a spirited sale, and all classes, showed an upward tendency. Sales included the fol- j lowing clips:—Paika and Trnelands, BJd; Eti,6sd; Tokomaru, 6|d. " ' Mutton: Crossbred wethers and maiden ( ewes, Canterbury, s|d; Dunedin and South- \ land, unchanged; North Island, 4§d. Lamb: I Prime Canterbury, od; fair average, includ- | Ing Dunedin, Southland, Wellington, and secondary Canterbury, 4Jd per lb; River Plate crossbred or merino wethers, heavy, 4*d; light, Id. Mew Zealand beef, 180 to 2201b5, fair average quality, ox fores, 3jjd. Hides, 4jd. Linseed oil, 375.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 180, 10 July 1900, Page 3
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