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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144854, 4 December 1915, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. BP-ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Dec. 3. The Bank of England returns for the week ending 'Wednesday last are as follow — Gold coin, £51,100,000. Reserve, £35,414,000. Note circulation, £34,275,000. Public deposits, £50,361,000. Other-deposits, £93,525,000. Government securities, £39,840,000. Other securities, £96,481,000. Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 24.61. Short loans, 41 psv . cent.; three mcw.ihs’ bills, 5 3-16 per cent. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following are the latest quotations for Government securities: — 2J per cent. Consols, £57 15s; fall of 255. 4 per cent. New South Wales, £95; unchanged. 31 per cent. New South Wales, £B3 7s 6d; unchanged. 3 per cent. New, South Wales, £7B 2s 6d; rise of 2s 6d. 4 per cent. Victoria, £94 (ex interest). 3J per cent. Victoria, £9l 15s; unchanged. 3 per cant. Victoria, £76; unchanged, per cent. South Australia. £BS os; unchanged. 3 per cent. South Australia, £7O; unchanged. L 4 per cent. Queensland, £95 2s 6d; unchanged. 31 per cent. Queensland, £9l 6s; unchanged. 3 per cent. Queensland, £74 10s; unchanged. 1 i 4 per cent. New Zealand, £95; unchanged. 31 per cent. New Zealand, £B3 7s 6d ; ■ unchanged. . 3 per cent. Now Zealand, £76; unchanged. ' 31 per cent. Tasmania, £BS 7s 6d; unchanged. 3 per cent. Tasmania, £76 Is 3d; unchanged. 31 per cent. West Australia, £B7 10s; unchanged. 3 per cent. West Australia, £B2 2s 6d; unchanged. LONDON MARKETS. . LONDON, Dec. 3. Wheat.—Firm and dearer. Flour.—Steady and inactive. Oats.—Dull; La Plata afloat 20s 3d. ' Beaus and peas. —Firm at full prices. Sugar.—Unchanged. Copper, £79 IDs to £BO. Tin, £165 to £164 10s. Pig-iron, 71s lOd. Lead, £2B. 10s to £2B 2s 6d. Spelter, £96 to £B6. Silver, 26 11-16 d. Bradford wool.—Cheerful tone ; 56’s, 851 d; 50’s, Slid. BUTTER AND CHEESE MARKET. LONDON, Dec. 2. The butter market is not greatly disturbed by the prohibition of Australian export, though this is one of the factors contributing to the high prices. The general opinion in Tooley Street is that the stoppage of Australian butter will harden the prices of all the choicest sorts, especially New Zealand, and a reatly assist the sale of Siberian, whereof ther.e are enormous supplies, • the quality being secondary, but useful for blending with New Zealand and Danish. Another result wil be to enhance the sale of margarine. Quotations: Col/.iial is rather firmer; Australian 162 s to 1665, unsalted 168 s. There is good inquiry for the Rimu- . taka’s cargo of butter, which is just discharging, at 166 s to 170 s. There is a strong market for cheese, New Zealand being about 90s. MATTHEWS, GAMLIN AND CO. Matthews, Gamlin and 'Co. report a small yarding at their Inglewood yards last Wednesday. Owing to the Stratford Show, there was a small attendance. Bidding was fair throughout, especially for good-framed cows, and we sold the majority of stock yarded at the following prices: —Springing heifers £5 10s to £7 10s, do; cows £6 to £8 15s; store cows £5 5s .to £6 12s 6d, / forward .do. £7 to £8 17s 6d; Bulls £3 10s to £7, empty heifers £3 2s to £4 7s 6d, yearling steers £3 4s to £3 18s, do. heifers £2 3s to £2 15s, forward ewes (shorn) 18s Id, ewes and lambs (shorn) 22s 7d.