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I [Per Press Association.] LONDON, Mat 15. Silver, 2s 7 Ad. \ The total reserve in the Bank of England is .£37,152,000, the proportion to liabilities being 59-10 per cent. Three months' bills are discounted at if per cent. Consols 112New South Wales 4 per cent stock 122, 3% per cent 109, 3 per cent 102; New Zealand 4 per cent 115|, 3£ per cent 109, 3 per cent 102 ; Victorian 4 per cent 114£, 3% per cent 107£ ; South Australian 4 per cent 114, 3£ per cent 111$ ; Queensland 4 per cent 116?, 3£ per cent 109£; Tasmanian'3i per cent, 109; West Australian 3£ per cent, 111, 3 per cent lOlf. . Frozen mutton is unchanged, and the market is lifeless. • Wheat, off^coast cargoes, business quiet. Oats, fine 24s pd ) common 21s 9d. Beans, 27s 3d. Sugar, German 12s 4^d ; Java 14s. Iron, ,465. Wool, inferior selection, faulties, irregular; good, unchanged. Hemp is quiet. Ninety bales of New Zealand were sold at £15 ss. Butterjs inactive.* Danish 75 kroner.

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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5567, 16 May 1896, Page 5

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COMMERCIAL. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5567, 16 May 1896, Page 5

COMMERCIAL. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5567, 16 May 1896, Page 5