TRADE AND FINANCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13156, 5 May 1906, Page 7

TRADE AND F INANCE.

United Pre«i Aaßpoiation— By Bleotri l>lajp:apfa.—Ccpyriglit. Received May 5, 12.37 a.in. ' ■ Lond)on> iMay 4^ Bank : ©f- England returns :^-Gloldi coin £31,113,000, .. reserve £21,892,0Cib, proportion oi reserve to litetbilities 3^76, notes in/ circulatibn £29,0^>,000> public deposits £8,329,000, other deposits ,£48,081,000, G^vernjn'ent securiti|s £15,977,000, other securities £36394,p00. .; V . Qfatee mlonths "bills are discounted at? -froni 3f to 4. Consols, 89f. '- : ■ ; ; ; Queens'lanid threes - 88^. (N»ew, Ziealand fours 107$. . The .wheat )na*xk,ets are quiet '■mil payees steady: Cargioes aflbat-' ''aUd shipnuents are 3ield (at late prices, .Three Austraiiaa cargoes isoicL; a< 30^10, -31/H, and 31/3,; holders asking' 31/9 for an .AidelaMe^- 'pffrcba&t Mour is neglected and prices anichangedi :■....•■ ■ j. ■-■•■:■ ■'■j"! There is a steady trade in butter, Danish 105/, ColoniaJ <r unchaiigetfc' Choicest is , scarce, and is rjgadily cleared. There is an 'improving dentend, |ot secondaries; -^- ?"--".i-v' i rv£\ iA^^te- sheepskins sale there ■ was f >aiii> average attendance and fair competition. Two / cig^ttv hundred} 'Australian wetre offered'; an(i :prasitlcal^ ly ! all fibld. Good fc<^bing; me\;in;qs and best :, New Zfealandv ;cr6ssl)red coinfeings were fully a f^th&g;alK)ye March rates. Others unchanged. Copper.— Spot £83 10s, three) m. on ths '£81 15s. \ Tin.— Spot £185 15s, three months '£190 10s. Lead, £16 2/3. ' 3^on, 48s, ild. Sugar dull. . German Ss 3d; nrst marks 10s 7 4d. praidford wgo?.— Prices were strong, with a confident tone. :G<>mmoh wx-ti«s>:S7£-'d, forty sixes l9|d, forties