PRODUCE & FINANCIAL
The Bank of England reserve is £27,336,000, and the proportion of reserve to liabilities is 49‘18 per cent Discount on three months’ bills, 14 per cent. Consols, 111 L Colonial securities—New South Wales 4’s, 118; 3*’e, 107; 3's. 100 ; Victorian 4’s 112 ; 3-J-’e, 105 J ; South Australian 3£’s, 110; 3’s, 102 ; Queensland 4’s, 110£ ; 3.?’s, 105 ; New Zealand 4’s 114*- : 0 7; 3’s 99*. Tasmanian 3|’slo9. West Westralian 3|-’s, 105. Wheat : All markets are declining and weak. For Victorian wheat shipped early in May 41s 6d is offered. Sugar is steady—German Beet 9s 9d, Java cane, 12s 7-£d. Pig iron, 46s Od per ton. covering. Wool —Bradford wool market is improving. Silver, 2s 2*d per oz
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Western Star, Issue 2215, 21 June 1898, Page 3
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118PRODUCE & FINANCIAL Western Star, Issue 2215, 21 June 1898, Page 3
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