LATE COMMERCIAL

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20412, 5 December 1931, Page 16

LATE COMMERCIAL

Y_ f BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN (UFITXD PBSSS ASSOCIATION —BT BLICTWO TKLXOBAPH—COJ-YBIGJT.) (Received December 4th, 5.8 p.m.) : LONDON, December 3. • The 'following is the Bank of England return for tho week ending December 3rd:

Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 28.40 per cent.; short-dated loan's, 4$ percent.; three-months' bills, 5J per cent. The fiduciary issue of £275,000,000 consists of the following items:—Government debt, ether Government securities, otha) securities, and silver coin.

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. (united rassa Associmon—»* ielictbic TELKOBArS—COTIRIOHT.) (Received December 4th, 5,5 p.m.) LONDON, December 3. . Tbe following are the latest quotations of Government securities, compared with tho prices ruling on November ,26th: —

~ FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (skitiss omciai wi '(Roceived December 4th, 5.5 p.m.) x RUGBY, December 3. ' Th# following an the current rates of exchange,- compared with those o! December 2nd and par:—

ISSUE DEPARTMENT. £ £ Nbtes issued— Govt, debt 11,015,100 In circulaOther Govt. tion , 358,457,650 securities 245,309,382 fn banking Other secudept. .. 37,253,475 rities .. 14,623,990 Silver coin 4,051,528 Fiduciary issue .. 175,000,000 Gold coin & bullion 120,711,125. Total 695,711,123 Total 395,711,125: BANKING DEPARTMENT. £ J? Proprietors' Govt, secucapital , 11,553,000 rities ,. 70,015,906 The rest .. 3,287,692 Other securities- - Publid de- ' Discdunt* posits .. 8,593,824 anij adOther vances . 12,344,094 deposits— Securities 31,406,850 Bankers' 86,176,003 Nctcs .. 37,353,475 Other acs. 30,296,419 G old o nil Seven-day silver coin 888,219 and otlior bills .. 1,606 Total 151,908,541 Total 151,908,544

Last week. This week. £ 8. d. X g. d. Consols : 53 " 0 * 0 52 10 0 funding Loan. 4}' p.o.,1980-00 '. . 82 10 0 82 5 Or War Loan, 6 p.c., i 1929-47 96 0 0 95 o oi Conversion Lotto, 34 p.C. 71 10 0 71 17 6 Vletory Bonds, 4 p.c. , 89 12 6 89 0 <j Commonwealth, 5 p.c, 1 ,."1945-76 . .. ' 81 5 0 ■ .76 0 0 Commonwealth, 6 p.c , 0 1931-41 92 0 0' 88 5 ' Victoria, 3/- p.c.,' J . 1929-40 58 0 0 ■■"55 15 0 Victoria, 8J p.c., t }820'40 61 JP 0 60 1 0 0 Victoria, 5J p.c., 1930-40 84 0 0 77 0 0 Victoria, 6 p.c., ,1933-42 79 10 0 ,75 IS' 0 Victoria, 4f . p.c-, 0 1940-80 74 0 69 0 0 Now ..South Wales, 4 v.c.. 1933 .. 84 0 0 78 5 0 New South Wales. ; 4 ij.c., 1935.. 71 0. 0 66 10 0 New - South Wales, >■ < -.!,»! p.c., 1930-50 <61 15. 0 '57 0 0 Nfl'w South Wales, ■> , 5S p.C.,'iy22-2U 87 10 ■6V 8$ 17 6 -New ' South Walti, .1 61 p.c., 1930-40 90 0 0 88 5' 0 New South Wale», 6 p.o., 1930-40 84 7 6 80 0 0 Queensland, 5 p.c., Stock, redeemable 1940-00 . . 75 10 0 73 0 0 Queensland, 3 p.?., 1923-47 0 57 10 0 54 10 Queensland, # p.c. 1930-40 . . . . 88 0 0 86 0 0 New Zealand, 41 p.c.. 1948-38 . . 83 10 0 80 15 0 New Zealand, 8| p.c., 1940 79 0 0 76 7 fl New Zealand, 3 m «'p.e., 1945 »• .70. 0 0 69, r° 'Nov ' Zealand, ' 6 , 'p.c.", 393ft-51 South Australia, 31 101 5 • 0 101 p.c., 1939 8«th Australia, 3 ID e 64 0 0- . , p.c.. A916, or aft'T. 4 T VJ 0 4$. 3.0 0 South Australia, 6| ■■j'- • , p.c., W30-40 .. 9D 0 0 SO 0 0 Tastnauia, 3) 64 < f 1930-40 ., 67 10 0 0 0 Tasmania, S p,e., W10-40 71 10 0 62 10 0 Tasmania, Oi p.c., 91 1930-40 94 10 0 0 .% Weatern Australia. 8J p.c., 1920-3(5 Wostarn Australia, 77 0 0 75 0 0 3 p.o.. 1918-86 71 10 e 70 0 o Western ■ Australia, .;•/ 5,C.,. 1830-40 " 87.' ■7.7 6 85 10 0

Par. Deo. 2. Dec. Si Paris, it. to £1 124.31 861 Now York, dol. to £1 4.866 8.39* , 3.36| Montreal, dol, to £1 4.860 8.91 saa. BruniwU, biilga* to 41 35 24* Gionav*, tr. to £1 ■. 23,328 11 7-16 179-31 Amsterdam, fl, to 12.107 813-88 811-33 Milan, lir« to fl •• 93.43 06 Berlin, reichmarkon 14 3-10 to SI .. 30.13 "14J Stockholm,. lir. to £1 18.159 18 la 8-16 Copenhagen, kr. to fl 18.169 , 38 18* 18 3-16 Oslo, kr. to £1 18.159 18J Vjcnna, schgs. to £1 34.585 29 29 Prague, kr, to .€1 •• 164.25 115 ' 114 Helsingfors, marks to 93.25 194 192) £1 - .. Madrid, pesetas to 34.225 £1 .. 10S M Lisbon, escudof to 4.50 £1 .. 1092 ■ Ml Athens, droch to £1 878 270 262JBucharest, lei to £1 816.6 675 670 Rio do Janeiro, ponca '4.968 to mUreis n BuenoB Ay res, penca to dol. .. 47.577 40i 40i Montevideo, ponce to dol. . •; 51 814 sii Bombay, penco to 9 rupfle 18 3-32 18 3-32 Shanghai, penc* to tael 241 221 2-217-32 Honpt Kong, pence to dol. 21 18 3-16 1615-16 Yokohama,_ pones to •24,85' a 5 ! •V yen '85