BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20215, 18 April 1931, Page 16

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.

(uiriVßß rxiss uiaociATion—bx BLSCtait. WBLEOaATH—COFTBiaHT.) ' (Received April 17th, 6.5 p.m.) LONDON, April. 16. The following ia the Bank of England return for the week ended April 16th.:— ISSUE DEPARTMENT. £ £ Notee ißßued Govt. debt. 11,015,100 lu cixcula- Other Uovt. tipn ~ 80i,863,504 securities 232,€63,645 In banking • Other secudept. 60,949,146 rities .. 12,225,807 Silver coin 4,091,048 . Fiduciary » • ießue . 860,000,000 ' Oold coin - & bullion 146,812,650 Total '405,312,650 Total 405,812,660 ' BANKING DEPARTMENT. £ £ Prcprietors :- Govt, secucapital 14,663,000 rities .. 84,834,684 The rest .. 8,111,993 Other teou--Public doj • rities—posits ~ 8,372,224 Discounts., Other ~ and : Ad.deposits— vances 8,375,954 Bankera' 61,480,462 Securities 27,851,621 Other acs. 85,130,553 Nctes : .. 60,949,140 Seven-day 1 Gold and end other silver coin 889,744 bills .. 2,917 i

Total 122,401,149 Tctal 122,401,149

Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 49.40 per cent.; short-dated' loans, 2 pec cent.; three-months bills, 2| per cent. The fiduciary issue of £260,000,000 consists oi the following items;— Government debt, >t other. Government securities, other securities, and silver -coin.

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.

(Received April 17th, 5.5 p.m!) LONDON, April 16. The following .are the latest quotations for Government securities, compared with the . prices ruling, -on : April 9th:—.

Last Week, This Week. £ s. d. £ i. d. Consols .. 57 10 0 57 10 0 Funding Loan, 41 p.c., 1960-00 .. ' P3 10 0 93 10 0 War Loan, 6 p.c., 1929-47 .. 104 15 0 .104 10 0 Conversion Loan,' 8 J *> p.c. .. 80 0 0 80 0 0 Victory Bonds, 4 ' p.c. , .. 96 10 0 -96 0 0 Commonwealth. 6 p.«„ 1945-75 .. 75 15 0 76 0 0 Commonwealth, 6 p.c., 1931-41 . . 87 10 0 86 17 6 Victoria, 8 p.c., 1929-49 - 55 0 0 $5 0 0> Victoria, 81' p.cv s - 1929:49 .. 57 0 0 «6 0 0 Victoria,' 5J p.c., 1930-40 . 81 0 0 77 0,0 Victoria, 5 p.c., - ' ' 1932-42 .. 71 15 0 72 10 0 Victoria, 4} p.c., ' 1940-60 .. 74 0 0 .69 0' 0 New ; Sonth Wale*, 4 p.c„ 1938 .. 80 0 0 80 0 0 New South Wales, • . 8 1935 .. 70 0 i0 68 0 0 K*w South Wales, 81 p.c., 1980-50 SO 0 0 51 5 0 New 8011th -Wales,.. , 51 p.C., 1922-32 80 0 0 81 0 0 New i . South -- > il8ft0-4p ' 82 AO 0 ' 85 ,0 • 0<>Kiw Wales, ' * 74 0 0 72 5 0 p.c. , ; Stack,. ■ tedeem- - 6» 1Q s 0 'TO P 0 so a ,e 8i ia > 90 7 6 91 0 0 New. "Zealand, Sft -,rp.o« 1940 .. 87 0 0 87 7 6 New v -Zealand r 3 p.c.,, . .1945 .. 77 IS 0 78 10 0 •Kt#sjf-Zeatand. fl . p.c_ 1936-51 .. 108 0 0 103 2 6 Soutit'Australia. Si 1S8» .. 62 10 0 64 15 0 Soutji 'Australia, 8 , p.t 191S, or ' $ft« 45 0 0 - 46 0 0. South Australia, 6| ■ . - • ' J*Cn 1930-40 .. 84 0. 0 83 }0 0 SJ p.c., ■ m>;NH0 .. 66L 0 0 66 10 " 0 '•;? » ». o >• » ■» .» i.o ' .ta o o- «' •.» .«* o fSsJSS*»-. •».« v. 'y FOBBWN EXCHANGES. "i k f " J jA' ; tkuftun , werxottli WOHNUUfJ - (Heoeirad April, 17th, 1 «.Sp.ni4. ' tBTOBiriApiu-u•• ■/ Tho ? ' ioUowiia .-are tba ''current v rates 1 «w, 'virSWvn** -,-. faympfcirtA' - with* fllOMf of April '.*»». *P** i*~ "" ' J '> , ' ' - ' ' Apl. 14; Apl. 16. is. ,124.211. laiOSi ;10*.264 Brussels, belgas to tl 86 84.981 ' 84.95 ,OsW )trl : to, <1 .. 18.169 18,161 18.17 Copenhagen, kr. to £1 18.159 18.183 18.16J Stookhotm, kr. to £1 18.150 18.151 18.15 Amsterdam, fl- to £1' 13.107 lllQ} 12.101 Berlin, xeichjnatken - toil .. ' ..30.48 90.401 20.40} Kew Yuxkf tioI. to £1 4.660 4.8518-16 4.86 28-32 Montreal, dol. to. 41 4.866 4.861-16 4.861 PiWue. kr. to O. '.. 164.25 .161} 1641 Geneva, to. to *1 ... 25.225 25,21i 95.22 .Milah, liWL to £1 93.43 '92.801 92.791 Vienna, «cbg». to £1 84.5S& 84.541 Hejaingfors, nitrkf to ' - «L v.. ... 1981 193) Madrid, peseta* to 'SI.- V, '' .. 25.225 4S.95 47.45 Lisbon. , cfcndos to > / r KL • .. .. 4.50 " 108,25 106.25 Athensi drach to il • 875 . 875 875 ;Po£lu»ro«t, l«i i to Mr: 610.6 ' 817 817 . Janeiro, pence » to ailrrip - 4-993 $t, 39-16 Ayn»,' p««• _ , ' : to dot, .. 47.577 8815-16 '881 ,Motitev>4ao; -pence to k ?. .. .51 32| Bombay, pence to < ? ,>'xmfo ' 1712-1« 1718-16 Shanghai, pence to .t«d . .. Hi 15| ISft Hons«-Kons, pence to' dollar ... - .. J>1- U| 11} Yokohama, pesc* to J yen .. .. 24.56 2413-82 2416-82