BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20470, 13 February 1932, Page 16

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.

(UKITID FEBSS ASSOCIATION —BT 2LBCTAIC T*x-BGaAPB'— coptbio IT.) LONDON, February 11. TU> following is tha Bank of England return !oc the week ending l r ebruaiy 11th: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. £ £ _ Notes issued— Govt. debt. 11,015,100 111 circula- Other Govt. tion 316,519,212 securities 249,075,369 In banking Other gecudept. .. 49,246,070 ritas .. 11,036,751 .Silver coin 0,852,780 Fiduciary issue .. 275,000,000 Gold coin & bullion 120,765,282 Total 395,765,282 Total 395,765,282 BANKING DEPARTMENT. j» £ Proprietors' Govt, secucapital 1-1,553,000 ritiea .. 3-1,625,90 fa The rest .. 3,604,156 Otliei seeui i ties— Public do- Discounts posits .. 16,135,197 and adGtlier vances .. 33,007,628 deposils— Securities 30,910,421 Bankers' 66,1)97,662 Notes .. -19,246,070 Other nes. 32,727,461) GoW and Seven-dav silver coin 528,668 :i nd other bills .. 1,207 Total 134,318,691 Total 134,318,691 Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 42.80 jer cent.; short-dated loans, 5 per cent.; three-months' bills, 5 J per cent. Tho fiduciary issue of £275,000,000 consists of the folio vijig items : Government debt, oil.or Govorrruent securities, other securities, and silver coin. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. (Kcceivcd February 12tl) r 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, February 11. The following are the latest quotations of Government securities, compared "with the prices ruling on February 4th: —

FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (BBXTISU : OFFICIAL WIKBLESS.) : , KUGBY, February IX. The following are ths current rates of exchange, compared with those of February 10t h and par : Par. Feb. 10 Feb. 11. Talis, fr. to £1 .. 124.21 86 13-16 8?i New York, dol. to £1 4.866 3.41J 3.434 Montreal, dol. to II 4.866 Brussels, belgaa to £1 35 24.52J 219-16 Geneva, fr. to £1 .. 25.226 17.521 17.6 Amsterdam, fl. to £1 12.107 8.461 .8.52 Milan, Jiro to £1 ... 93.43 65J 66i Berlin, roichmarken to £1 .. . .. 20.48 14.35 14 7-16 Stockholm, kr. to £1 18.159 17.75 1 7 13-16 Copenhagen, kr. to £1 18.159 184 18 3-10 Oslo, kr. to £1 .. 18.159 18g 182 Vienna, sclig.s to XI 34.585 30.2 30.2 ' i (nom.) (nom.) Prague, kr. to £1 .. 164.25 115 110 Helsingfors, marks to £1 .. .. 93.25 222J 2221 Madrid, pesetas to £1 .. .. 24.225 43| 43g Lisbon, escudos to £1 .. .. 4.50 1091 109J Athens, draoh to JEI 375 2671 267J Bucharest, lei to £1 816.6 5721 577J Bio de Janeiro pence to milreia .. 4.988 4 8-18 4 3-16 Bvenoa Aires, pence to dol. .. .. 47.577 39J ' 391 Montevideo, pence to> dol. .. ..51 SI 31 (nom.) Bombay, penc® to rupee .. ..16 18 9-64-' 18 9-64 Shanghai, pence to tael .. ..211 20 3-16 22g Hons Kong, pence to dol. .. .. 21 17 11-32 17 5-16 Yokohama, ponce to yen .. .. 24.85 24 13-16 24 11-16 POULTRY AND EGGS. Largo consignments of all classes of poultry came forward at our auction sales on .Wednesday and Saturday. There is an excellent demand for White Leghorn Yearling hens and pullets, which are coming forward freely and are, easily disposed of at g»od prices. There was a good attendance of the public at both sales, and, with reasonable prices ruling for boilers, ducks, and ducklings, a large crowd followed Saturday's sale right through. Chickens have been coming forward in increased supply, there being some very choice lots offering. Present indications point to the hardening of prices shortly. The demand ■is improving, and the market, so far, this month has not been over supplied as it wsb during January. Eggs: Reduced supplies have resulted in the strengthening of the market another twopence par dozen. Red Comb brand machine graded, tested, guaranteed fresh eggs:—First grade Is 6d, socond grade Is 5d per dozen. Average prices, per pair, received for poultry at auctions during the week:—White Leghorn pullets, up' to 10s;.-heavy breed pallets, up to 10s; roasting chicken (light), tip to Ga Gd; roasting chicken (heavy), up to lis Gd: ducklings (light), up to 5s 6d; ducklings (heavy), up to 8s; gocse, up to 6s; hens (light), up to 3s Gd; hens (heavy), up to Oh; goslings, up to 7s; turkey hens, up to 15s; turkoy (gobblers, ud to 245.

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Last week. This week. ■ £ s. d. £ s. <1, Consols . • 55 10 0 54 15 0 Loan, -1J p.c., 1930-00 • ■ 67 5 0 86 6 0 War Loan, 5 p.c., 1020.47 99 2 6 98 10 0 Conversion Loan, 3J p.c. 76 5 0 75 5 0 Victory Bonds, 4 93 10 p.c. 94 0 0 0 Commonwealth, 5 p.c, ,, 0 1945-74 79 0 0 80 0 Commonwealth, 0 p.c., 1931-41 . . 90 0 0 90 7 G Victoria, 3 p.c., 1020-40 57 25 0 57 10 0 Victoria, 3i P-c., 1029-40 62 15 0 63 0 0 Victoria, 5J p.c., 1930-40 85 0 0 83 0 0 Victoria. 5 p.c., 1932-42 75 10 0 77 2 G Victoria, 43 p.c., 1940-00 71 10 0 71 0 0 New South Wales, 4 p.c., 1933 . . 80 0 0 78 10 0 New South Wales, 4 p.c., 1935 .. *90 0 0 70 0 0 New South Wales, 31 p.c., 1930-40 59 0 0 58 0 0 New South Wales, 53 p.c., 1922-23 86 10 0 85 10 0 New South Wales, 65 P.C., 1930-40 84 0 0 83 10 0 New South Wnles, 6 p.c., 1930-40 81 15 0 81 0 0 Queensland, 5 p.c., Stock, redeemable 1040-60 ,. 75 0 0 . 76 0 . 0 Queensland, 3 p.c., 1922,-47 - ■ 58 0 0 ■> ■ 57 5. CI Queensland, 6 p.c., 84 1930-40 85 12 0 0 0 New Zealand, 4£ p.c., 1948-58 .. 82 17 6 82 0 0 New Zealand, 3J p.c., 1940 78 5 0 ■*' 77 10 0 New Zealund, 3 p.c., 1945 67 5 0 67 7 6 New Zealand, 6 0 p.c., 1936-51 .. 99 10 0 99 10 Sonfh Australia. 3£ p.c., 1939 69 15 0 67 10 0 South Australia, 3 s p.c., 1910, or after 46 0 0 45 10 0 South Australia, 6J 6 p.c., 1930-40 . . 91 0 0 87 2 Tasmania, 3J p.c.. 66 0 1930-40 68 0 0 5 Tasmania, 3 p.c., 63 1910-40 62 2 6 0 0 Tasmania, 6J p.c., 91 10 0 1930-40 94 10 0 Western Australia, 77 31 p.c., 1926-3G 79 10 0 0 0 Western Australia, 10 0 3 p.c., 1915-35 71 0 0 72 Western Australia. 87 10 6 p.c., 1930-40 88 0 0 0 •Possibly cabled wrongly. Quotation on February 1st was X'CG 10s.