BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.

Press, Volume L, Issue 15047, 15 August 1914, Page 16

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.

(Received August 14th, 7.50 p.m.) LONDON, August 13. The Bank of' England returns, issued on Wednesday, August 12th, afford the following comparison:— ■■•'■.' Anff.s Aug. 10. ■ ■■■■..- •■'•-■ ■ £ , ■ £ Cain ■' .■' '.•• 2C.041.000 32,242,000 Koservs., ... ... r 15,530,000 Proportion reserve to liabilities ■ - 17.02 Not«s in circulation .. .30,100,000 55.931.000 Public dopoeite - .. 11,4W,000 Other 'depoeita •• 86,749,090-83.326,000 Government securitica 11,041.000 23,041,000 Other securities ~ 65,862,000 70,787.000 To-day's gold receipts' at tho Bank, were £880,000. -. , BIETALS. The market is firm. Copper- (eloctrolvtic) is quoted at about £70, aluminium £90, and pig iron at 53s Id. IX)NDON, August 13. The Bradford -wool market is more crossbreds. There is fair enquiry for low croesbrede. . Nothing is doing in merinos, which are quoted at 16Jd. There are numerous enquiries respecting 1..10 date of the owning of the colonial series. . Butter is elightly easier for Dcimsh, owiiisi to arrivals. Colonisils nominally unchanged j eupplies insignificant. Cheese—Quiet. Now. Zealand 74s to MELBOURNE, August, 13. Wheat is 4s.4id per bushel, flour £8 15a jicr ton, bran £G ss; pollard £6 10a. barley (English) Sβ to 3s Bd, (Cape) 2s o<l to 2s 6d, oats (Algerian) 2s lOd to 3s, maisso 3s Hid. potatoes £0 10s to £6, onions £7 to £7 os.