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West Coast Times, Issue 10671, 27 December 1897, Page 2

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1 - - • LondOS, D6c 25. The weekly^-returns oi, .ijhejißank of England, pubhshedio^ay^shojffjthe-toial reserve to be £20,036,000 and the proportion of reserve to liabilities is 41*97. Three.months' bills are discounted at

3 per-eent. Consols, 112 J. „. _ . ,- N.S.W.- 4, 121f ; 3J, 108$ ; 3, 103£. Victorian 4, 112f; 3£, IQ6J. South Australian 3f, 110 ; 3, 100£. Queensland 4, 1131 ; 3£, 106. New Zealand 4, 116 ; 3J, 109* ; 3, 101*. Tasmania, 3£, 110. Westralian, 3J, 107. . The English wheatmarket is-firm but little business* is doing. Continental, changing a little for the better. American inclined to buoyancy. Calif oraian- No 1 milling, 37s 6d; Russian cargoes, 375. London quotations No. 1 hard Dulnth, 40s. Colonial Oats — Fine, 26s 6d ; common, 23s 6d. Beans, 32s 6d. Victorian dun peas, 265. Sugar firm ; Java, 11s ; German beet, 9s 4|d. No 1 best Scotch pig iron f.o.b in Clyde 45s 6d. The Bradford wool market is improving. • „ Silver, 2s 2|d per oz. Butter — Unchanged. Owing to the holiday rabbits are dull and the price unchanged. Hares— Flat, 2s 6d. New, Zealand, Hemp*-Steady. It is quoted at £14 10s per ton v The American visible dnpply of wheat is 51,448,000 bushels. -> « . . ,•.