COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144197, 13 September 1913, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. LONDON, September 12. The Bank of England returns for the week ending 'Wednesday last are as follow; Gold coin, £40,877,000. Reserve, £31,835,000. Note circulation, £29,049,000. Public deposits, £9,900,000. Other deposits, £43,555,000. __ Government securities, £12,452,000. Other securities, £26,523,000. Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 60.54. THE MONEY MARKET. Bank rate, 4i per cent. Short loans, per cent. Three months’ bills, 3 11-16 per cent. Paris, 3J per cent. Berlin, 5J- per cent. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following are the latest quotations for Government securities; — 2J per cent. Consols, £73 10s; unchanged. 4 per cent. New South Wales, £IOO 10s; unchanged. 3J per cent. Now South Wales, £97; unchanged. . m 3 per cent. New South Wales, £BO 10s; unchanged. 4 per cent. Viqtoria, £100; unchanged. 3t per cent. Victoria, £88; fall of £l." 3 per cent. Victoria, £77; unchanged. ■-3 J per cent. South Australia, £B9; unchanged. 3 per cent. South Australia; £73; unchanged. 4 per cent. Queensland, £101; unchanged. 35 per cent. Queensland, £93; unchanged. 3 per cent. Queensland, £7B y unchanged. 4 per cent. New Zealand, £101; fall. 3i per cent. Now Zealand, £96; fall of £l. 3 per cent. New Zealand, £77; unchanged. ■ 3i per cent. Tasmania, £B9; unchanged. 3 per cent. Tasmania, £81; unchanged. 31 per cent. West Australia, £B9; unchanged. 3 per cent. West Australia, £80; unchanged. LONDON MARKETS. ■ LONDON. September 12. Copper.—Spot £72 10s, three months £72 7s 6d, electrolytic £77 ss. Tin. —Spot £193 ss, three months £192 10s. Pig-iron, 64s 9d. Lead, £2O 10s. Spelter, £2l 6s. Sugar.—German 9s 7d, first marks 12s 3d. Bradford wool. —More cheerful, insufficient business to test prices, nominally unchanged.