BANK Q^ ENGLAND RETURNS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1168, 1 February 1904, Page 6

BANK Q^ ENGLAND RETURNS.

lteceived January 30, 9.54 a.m. LONDON, January 29. Gold coin, tl< £^^2 v S,,QOO ; reserve,, .£24,593,000; percentage of reserve to liabilities, '-49.2<>';"v notes in circulation, je2B#43,ooo^p ! ubHc deposits, ,£5i976,000; Other deposits,/ 443,83^,000 ; Government Becupties; .£19,233,000; pther securities. we24,248i000. - ' ,Thre^ njpnths' bills— 3os. Consdls-^Bl New South' ,WaJep &mn,'io7; three-halfs,-»9f;» thi*eSi'^Bß. Victorian fours, 107; thiree-halfg, .9.7; threeH, 87. South AustJ*tf*tt"Tshfee4halfß, 100 i threes, 87. Queens-istM^-Jbura,' 106/ three-halfs, 97; threes, 87. New Zealand fours, 106 ; ' three-half^ 101; threes, 90. Tasmanian three-halfo, ~<; three*, 87. WestJalian three-halfc, 97; threes, 87. Fkmr.y-Minneapolis, 405 centsk • - Wieafc.— SPrisep, - 136J cents. Of Australiaai^.Bso0 < > fqiu»rt€frßf qiu»rt€frB bf February-March phipmente sold at 295, and. 11,000 quarters Vi&oriari, March-Ajfnl, shipments ait' '2Bs ."Butter is in imnroved'demand< Danish, unchanged ; New Zealand, 96a. to 975,' and Wi-occafeional lot ! 98s ; • Austtalian;' 92s to Ms. r ;.. - : , •• • Cheese is dull and unchanged., Cpppero»-Spot and three- months, .56|d. IFi?»i*£Spotj I^%;; three nionths, 1275. Lead— 11 9-16 d. , : SpeUer — 2s l£d. Silver— 2» 1 9-16 d. Sugar is dull— first marks 9s lid, German, 7s lOd. ■ * .! - - : Bradford wool is in less inquiry but prices are unchanged. . The London wool saW^Tttclua^rfßeiKTiawTng clips";^-Mara-thou -Is 1053, Levels B|d, Mqtutaria Bid, Poncawa, B£d. - , <