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LONDON, January 26. Bunk of England returns: Coin £30,----919,000; reserve, £22,614,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 40.97 j in circulation, £28,277,000; public deposits, £7 Sll 000; other deposits, £47,----28r,000; Government securities, £13,----439,000; other securities, £37,225,000; three months' bills, 31 3-16; Consols, 89 7-8 _ Queensland 3's, 86; Westrahan 3's, fe7; New Zealand 4's 107*; 3*'s. 99. 3's 89; rest unchanged. Copper, spot 78 3-8, three mouths 77 • tin, spot 105 5-Bd, three months 16. r*i. Lead, 17. Iron, 52s 7d. Sugar is quiet. German 8s 3d, first marks 10s 3d. At the Bradford wool sale there wa good inquiry, but small, business. There is a hardening tendency *at the London sales. Coarse crcesbreds are 5 per cent, belot? November sales; other sorts fairly maintained. Following were tha. average prices realised for the fleece portions of the following clips:—Puketoi l(Md, Rituroa Is. The wheat market is quiet generally, but steady; near cargoes are firm ; shipments' slightly easier. South Australian and Victorian loading, 325; Janu-ary-February, 31s 9d. Flour is dull in London, but fair business at Glasgow. February-Mai eh, 24s to 24s 6d. Butter is quiet, but demand steady at lower rates. Australian, 103s to 110s; New Zealand, 110s to 112s; Danish unchanged. The cheese market is slow. Now Zealand, 62s to 635.