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lPee Press Association.'! LONDON, August 28. The weekly returns of the Bank of England published to-day show the total reserve to be .£35,592,000, and the proportion of reserve to liabilities oS'64. Three months' bills are discounted at 1 per cent. Consols 111*. New South Wales 4 per cent stock, .122; S.\ do, 109 j; Victorian 4 per cents 114J; 3J do, 107; South Australian 4 per cents 116; 31 do, 112; Queensland 4 per cents, 116; 3£ do, 109}; Tasmanian 3i per cents, 111-?-; West Australian 3£ per cents, 112 ; New Zealand 4 per cents, 117$; 3£ do, 109} ; 3 do, 103-}. New Zealand frozen mutton, first quality 3Jd ; second 2|d. Lamb, 4^d. The English wheat market shows a general advance of 6d. There is also a general advance in the Continental, while the American has an upward tendency. Tallow — Mutton, fino quality 19s 9d, medium 18s 6d ; beef, fine quality 17s 9d, medium 17s. Svgar — German beet 9s 6d, Java 11s 9d. No. 1 best Scotch, pig iron, f.o.b. in the Clyde, 46s 3d.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5656, 29 August 1896, Page 6
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176COMMERCIAL. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5656, 29 August 1896, Page 6
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