BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13597, 4 December 1909, Page 11

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.

LONDON, December 3

Tho Bank of England return, issued for tho week ending Wednesday, December Ist, affords the following comparison : — This week. Laet week. £ £ B u ii; OI1 .. 35.350,000 35,210,000 k".c™ ' •• 25.776,000 20.502,000 Notes in circulation .. iMva.OOO Public deposits •• 5,323.000 6,920,000 Other dencsits •• 40,6*6.000 40,430,000 Government F ecurities 14,413,000 14,413,000 Other securities .. 23,503,000 24,181.000 Proportion of reserve __ to liabilities •■ OJ -" »».93 THE MONEY MARKET. Short loans 4 per cent., compared with 4i per cont. last week. Three months' bills 31 per cent., unchanged from last week. Paris 25 per cent. Berlin 4J per cent. The Bank rate is 5 per cent., unchanged. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following are the latest quotations for Government securities, with c comparison of those ruling last week:— ~~~ '"TiiT Price SS.S ." i « ~~~ £ «. d, 2J per cent. Imperial Con«oli .. £2 12 6| 2.i6dr. N.&.W 4-e, 19iCj»n.Jnly .. l°£" S^ 6 ! , '- N.S.W. 3J'», 1918, llareh-Sept. .. 98 15 0 5g nxe N.S.W. 3'K, 1-J35, April-Oc*. .. W> 0 " *°' rls * Vie*. Vβ, 1920, Jan.-July .. 10f 0 0 30s 1.11 Vict.B4 , ., 1921.6, J»n.-Julj .. 9& 17 6 32s 6d f. Vlct.3% 192.i-49,Jan.-July .. H4 15 0 25* lull e.A.bJ , *, 19.19, J»n.-July .. 98 5 0 Unch. B.A 3>, 1916, Jan.-July .. 84 10 0 Unch. Q'land «•«, 1915-24, J»n.-July .. 102 10 0 50e fall Q'lai.dS}'., ID2I-3J, Jan.-July .. 96 17 6 3&j 6(1 1. Q'ludS'i, 1922-47, Jkn.-July .. 84 2 6 37a 6d f. ti.'/..V*, 1933, Maj-No*. .. 105 lv 0 10s rise N.Z.aj's, 192J-40, J iu.-J.ily .. 97 10 0 3'Js fall N.Z.34 , ., 1940, Jan.-July .. f6 0 0 s>» t all N.Z.Ji's, 1940, (ex. dividend) .. 84 12 6i27i6df. Tai.Bj'a, 1910, J»n.-iuly .. So 1U 0 22s 6d f. X»«. a , -, 1920-40, Jaii-Julr .. fe7 12 6 Unch. VV.A.yiv, JalS-sj, M*t-Not. .. 98 12 6 7»6dr. W.A. 3't, 1915-35, AUj-Not. .. t<B 0 0 Unch.