BANK RETURN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 892, 8 February 1930, Page 11

BANK RETURN

WEEKLY REPORT LONDON. Thursday. The following is thei Bank of England return;— Issue Department Notes issued; — In circulation • •• £3 K§’nq2’444 In banking department .. ?7’o?i'ioo Government debt ■ •• 01-rui'mt Other Government securities 2...,CM,194 Other securities 41459,225 fiduciary issue 260,000,000 Gold, coin and bullion .. •• 150,<83,86j Banking Department Proprietors’ capital .. .. •• 1 |;1E?;So8 Public deposits .. . 54'|10’i74 other deposits, bankers .. Other accounts .. .. •• Seven-day and other bills . . ."J ! Government securities .. .. 49,894,ui.» Other securities, discounts, lfl 517 32s advances 62!093!444 Notes . . 495 241 Gold and silver com .. . - *4*,t*± SHORT LOANS AND BILLS The Bank of England rate of discount is 41 per cent., to which it was reduced 1,1- iviim r » uer cent. Short loans are mm ted at 3i per cent., compared with 4 rer cent last week. The market rate of discount for best three mbnthsbiUs is 3 7-S per cent., as compared with 3 15-16 per cent, last week. foreign exchanges Tlie following rates on foreign ex- . ,1 l ines are current today, compared with the cabled quotations on February 4, and par;— Feb. 6. Feb. 4. Par. Montreal dol . 4.91 4.913 4.566 NiwVok, do,. . 4.86(7-16 4.M 5-1. «$} Brussels,' belga ! 34.905 34.905 35.00 Amffrerd-mi V ' 12121-8 12'. 11 5-S 12.10 Rome lire ’ . . 92.91 92.89 92.4 b Kome, lire . * 20.365 20.43 !§:H 5 ilifl Gope’nhagen, kr. 38.19 18.19 J&SS- kr'- .’ : 164 5 164.5 24 02 Helsingfors, mk. 193 5 193.0 192.23 Madrid, pes. . . 37.3.5 -w- 1 Lisbon, escue. . 9 7 r. a 0 il&t. dr ie, ill !».„ =«?» B doV 11 : «' 8 iVi-16 47 57d r i = Hong-Kong. dl . 18* 24 7-32 24.55 d Yokohama, jen. -4 t 6** 12 10 Batavia, fl. . • •