BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20837, 22 April 1933, Page 8

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.

(Keoaivod April 21, -GLB s&£ . • $L • The following ia the BinL* ss. % i'« return for th» week endiag A^^^S» ISSUE DEPARTMENT. ' .i^tP Nolc>, Issued— Govt i.J* '**■ Ineircula- 0?h« <&. ticn .. 376,122,993 bGcuritis-i V«».\ In bank- OtheXt* s^* mgdept. 67,840,900 „ t „.. , Fiduciary "~" " • &lmlUon >63,S6i |SBl Toul 4*3,9(3,830 Total 5 • BAXKING DEPARTMENT. ' P-.oprietJfs' Covt. teca- £ capital 14,553,000 rities rr, The rest 3,116,669 Oihw eacu- ' IV.bhc de- liliea,— posits . 9,912,331 DiseouMt Otiier jiui a< T. deposits-- vancca . Ha.>>„ I Bankers- 103,975,018 Securities i,Sf M " Other ac S . 36,013,751 XouT «£gg» Keren-day (.old wd **«» and other siltj.7-i.~u biih .-. a/.,: Sllverw >» tajn Total 107,574,811 IV*: JSjjTj ' Proportion of rcaerve to liibiliti* jr., percent.; short-ducd bills 3 *** threo months'"bills, 17-32 per csnt W6t - ; The fiduciary iasnn of £260 GOft (ink - . of the ' Government eecimties. other secnatik JS silver com. *» *■» GOVERNMENT SECURITJB& t (Keceired \ piJ The following ar« Government securities compared witt, « I'iiccs ruling on April 20:— " ** L "» «*■**,**'. Consols .. .76 6 0 * \% . buitdmg Loan, 4 p c, '* * 1960-90 .'. ..m 2 S ui «', Assented War Loan .302 Q o m&i* I , Conversion Loan, 3i * ; p-c .. ." ioi oo' -Kft-li , Victory Bonds, 4 p.c. 110 0 fr J MB ; A » Commonwealth, 5 p.c, •, ' 1945-47 .. ..107 35 0 Mm! * J Commonwealth, 6 y.c, j"> 1945-47 .. .. 101 17 6 101 re » ' Commonwealth, 3* p.c , >"„ 1930-37 ... .. 10112 6 ap,;- ; Vjclona, 3 p.c, 1929- , ■ , „. ™ • 90 15 0 ■'■»•! i ' Victoria, 3i p.c, 1929- \ V' 'V ; „. 40 •• 96 6 0 ssiE?. ' Victoria, 55 p.c, 1930- - V ~. x 4O . . •■ .. 101 10 0 WftTi j Victoria, 5 p.c, 1932- . ■• ! 42 > .. .. JOl 5 o IttMi't ■ Victoria, 4J p.c, 1940CO . ' .. . 104 5 0 1M i, a > Kew South Wales, 4 % •■ p.c, 1936 .. 101 15 0 101 i.9-» New South Wales, C "**"►* p.c, 1935 .. 100 it i • S9» «\ New South Wales, 3J - ff ". '■ p.c, 1930-40 .. 95 15 0 SUm ' New South Wales, Ri l;|.f ' p.c, 1030-40 ..102 * 9 i Nev.- South Wales, 6 ' •; ' p.c, 1930-40 ..101 2 « 101' f\ Queensland, 5 p.c, . ',.,,- Stock, redeemable ,f "' ■ * 1940-60 .. . 104 15 0 J Queensland, S p.c, 192247 .. 91 fi'<J ,31 «i« ' Queensland. C p.c, 1929- ', -> 40' .. .. lte 5 0 102 l'***' New Zealand, 4J p.c, , I 1945-17 .. . JO7 15 0 107 10 4 „ Ifew Zealand, SJ p.c. 1940 .. . UiO 1" « 100 in * Xew Zealand. 3 p.c, ' . "' 1945 .. .. 94 0 0 94 rt n ; New Zealand, 6 i.c . / 1935-51 (ez di".. 107 15 ri i>¥ i \ ■ Soulh Australia. ?.*; South Austral :»,.:< p.c. f ' ',f ] 1916 or after ~???', '> % South Australia, GJ p.c, i 1930-40 -.. li« T fi IOSS ft J " Tasmania, ?A p.c, 1930- ■ ; 40 ■ T .., 100 12 8 . ICO.IT \ , Tasmania; 3 p.c, 1910- ' * *-** sj iia '■' 40 .. . 98 17 C ' »!S'J Tasmania, 6J p.c, 193(-- t \ 40 .. .. 102 1$ 0-fJE V*~ - Western Auetralia, - .' p.c, 1920-36 .'VKi 0 0 Ml (C, 1 !!- Western Australia, 3 p.c, J915-35 „ . 99 s'o 83 10,8,. , "Western Australi«, G - • 'tJ, ', p.c. 1930-40 .. 102 10 0 'KS I »- ; FOREIGN EXCHANPE§*4! . (BKrnSH OWICIAt* WIBW.SBS.) ' A \'',\ • (Received April 21, 7.5 p.tc} ■- . 's KUGBY, April 9»: ' ' Par. ApL 19. ApU 2ft - Paris, fr. to 21 .. 124.21 8617-16 W| ■ - New York, doL to £1 4.866 3.614 . SgS * Montreal, dol. to £1 4.866 ' 4.50- ' m ' Brussels, belgas to £1 35 • 24.50} Suol, .. Geneva, fr. to £1 25.2215 17.5% IWB--J Amsterdam, fl. to £1 12.107 8.47*' Sm'': "Milan, lira to £1 .. 93.53 6611-16 . W' , Berlin, rcichmarken ' > ' i \ to £1 .. .. 20.48 14 !?•«» , l&Jl' •.« Stockholm, kr. t-o £1 18.153' 19 l9Hfj \ Copenhagen, kr. to £1 15.159 -9£j*s »fl i Oslo, kr. to £1 .. 18.159 19.55 IS Hi i Vienna, schgs. to £1 34.585 88 », J 1 (aom,)(«wW { Prague, to. to &1 .. 164.55 HJft i Helsingfora, marks .'m*-^-to £1 ■■ 133.28 , JWsjk^B**--Madrid- pesatsa to ' £1 .. .. S3.iQl6 401-44 ««,.., Lisbon, escudoe to ' ... ' ' £i .. .. U0 U« »•■.. Athens, draon to .61 37S 606 J» Bucharest, lei to £1 813,6 . 875 PN,' Belgrade, dinars .. 26.3815 «3J 3W * Eio da Janeiro, penoa . ! "-' i to tnilreis .. RSK Bttsnoa Ainsn, p«nc« /"'fit'-' to dol. .. ««r -I^^' Montevideo, poacs to ' ' ." dol 51 **\ "", ' Bombay, p«nce' to ,eiii' 1 . rupee •■ IS Ml* 3«M= .. Shanghai, penoa to . 14l Hong Kong, pence fiiarC* .to. dol. .. * 3513-^l"?^^-Y»kohama, pence to -, • x ' j>f*a jfo' yen '"..'•■' .. 31.36 '"» . » , '-',; .■Warsaw, lmr slotys ','«&, to £1 •• «.86 - WJ^ 1 Batavia, guUder .. 12.107 -" B^|g/f •Determined by price o£ i«»i. BEECH FORESTS. .*S*E RAVAGES BY A SPECIES. fff-^ CATERPILLAR, Li - #■ "f«l £' iraEKS assocutiok KC*MUi-) |; BUNEDIK, t Dr. Holloway, lecturer in bota!^|M[ " Otago University, says that the ««5 , sive forests di New Zealand mfa ,' beech in the Wakatipu district threatened with destructionjtgg** the ravages of a species i In the last two yew;»S j have been destroyed. The MWTjgJ , first denudes the tree of. its < age, the branches die back, andi J»-w „ the tree dies. Specimens of h pUlar have been sent to the ww» . Institute. ,