BANK RETURNS, STOCKS, AND MARKET QUOTATIONS.
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Received September 8, 7.0 a.m
LONDON, fSeptember 5
Bank of England returns: —'Gold coin £36,016,000, reserve £27,301,000, proportion of reserve to liabilities 53.20, m circulation £29,495,000, public deposits £6,705,000, other deposits £44,----587,000, Government securities £15, 532,000, other securities £26,716,000, three months' bills 1 7-16 per cent., short loans | por cent., bank rate 2i per cent
Consols 85|, New South Wales and •Now Zealand threes 88, Tasmanian threes 88^, Queensland three and a halfs ggi^Westralian three and a halfs 99*, rest unchanged.
Wheat markets are quiet but firm. Cargoes are steady. 38s 6d is asked for Adelaide A ugust-Septsmber shipment. Spot is quoted at" 405.. . ,
There is an easier tendency in flour: Australian in London is quoted at 255, in Glasgoivr 26s 9d. •Butter, is flat. Danish 117s- to 119s. There are no' c.i.f.: transactions, buyers considering the prices asked too high. re; The Bank of Australia's dividend is 12 percent.,, bonus 8 per cent., carried to reserve £80,000, written ofE premises account £20,000, . carried forward £16,000. "::■. ' "Copper.—Spot :£6O 7s 6d,, three, months' £61 2s 6d. : Tin.—Spot £132 ss, three months £133 2s 6d. ; '■-.-■. • ■■-. ; '■' "'"" ' ' Lead,—£lo 2s 6d. Iron.—42s lOd. Sugar is firm. German 9s 8d; first :?marks 11s Bd. At Bradford wool is quiet but firm. ..,.,
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 8 September 1908, Page 8
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