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INVESTMENT SHAKES. Saturday's quotations for investment shares were as follow:--Buyers. Sellers. .- iJ> s. d. - '£s. d. Bank Australasia'. 122.0'0 ' — National Bank ..:'.... ..•. -r' .•'. 6' 9 0 -Equitable Building ...;....i 95 0 -. — Metropolitan ..Building :Jll' : 1 - r 6 ' — National Mortgage ....:'.... 4 9 0 — ■ N.Z. and River'. Plate-.;. 119 3 - - w Well. Investment ....'...... 010 7 —( Well. Trust-and Loan ... 515 0. . - Ohristchurch Gsb ...„:... 517 0 . .-■' - Well. Gas (£10) : ..11 5 0'- ,-■• - , Well; Gas (pref,)...;.,.....■. 018 0 •'.' - S.B. Insurance — .6 17 6
; N.Z. Refrigerating 2-4 0 2 5 6 . Auckland Trams (0rd.)... 019 6 — 1 Hudart-Parker (ord.)'... 118 3 ri9"3 Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... 10 9 — Union Steam (pref.) ... -110 — . Well. Woollen (pref.) ... 416 0 - i Westport- Coal 110 6 — Leyland-O'Brien ...>. 16 6 17 0 ; Taringamutu Totara ... 1 1 6 ■ ; Col. Sugar (Fiji, N.Z.)... - 2010 0 Sharland and Co 110,0 —
BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association.London, December 6. The Bank of England return issued for the week ended Wednesday, December 4, is as under;— Issue Department. Notes issued £67,018,000 Gov. debt... i 11,015,000 1 . Other securi- . Notes in tieft - 7,434 oog reserve 26.8Jf1.000' Gold 75,427,000 •i i 03.878.000 , . £93,875,000 Banking Depahtment, . Pioprietors' Gov. securicapital ...£14.553,000 ties ...' £73,5H,000 Public de- Other secnriposits ... 26,530,000 tics 97.507.000 Other de- - -posits ... 15J.159.000 'Notes in Best, 7-day reserve ... 26,828.000 and o.ther ' Coin in bills" ... 3,272.000 ' reserve ... 685.000 • £ 108,554,000' £198.554.000 The leading items of the Bank of England return afford the following comparison:—
\ GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Government Btocks are practically unaltered, except for ex-dividend quotations. Last .week-B quotations. were:— .
. MONEY MARKET. Tho Bank of England discount rate on January 12, '1917, was 5J per cent. On April 5 it was reduced to 5 per cent., at which flßure. it has, since stood. OPEN MARKET'. RATES. Tho open market discount rate for three months' bills is 3J per cent., as compared with 3J per cent, last week and 4J per cent, last year. Short loans are Quoted'at 3} per cent,, as against 3J per cent, last week, and 41 cent, last'year. • , ■ Cusioms duties collected at .the port of Wellington on Saturday nmouuted to £1666 17s. 9d.
bqq:— . . Thisweok Laetweek Last year' £ ' £ £ Bullion ... ... 75.427.000 75.257.000 56.011.000 Reserve ... £7.413.000 27,305.000 32,257,000. Note Circulation 67,048.000 C5.900.00ii 43.718.000 Public Deposits 26.530,000 30,425.000 36.458 000 Other Deposits 154.193.000 143,740.000 135-639.00 0 Proportion of reserves to ' liabilities 15.17 16.25 18.74
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