COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 33, 8 February 1908, Page 4

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. By Telegraph,— Vrfps Aawointinn.— fopyr.sliti LONDON, 7th February. The Bank of Fngland rotfifn for the week ending Wednesday, sth February, v as under: — Issue BEr-ABTJiENT. Note issue _54,5i5,0C0 Gov. debt £11,015,000 I Other securities ... 7,434.000 Gold ...* 56.359.000 _5*,848,000 foi.Btß.ooo Banking Depahtment. Pr'priefc'rs' Gov. seemic.\pit»l £14,553,000 tie 3 ... £14,327,000 Public de- Other seposits ... 10,678,000 curitles .. 27.039.000 Other da. Notos ... 2fi,fi9G,Ooo posits... 40,4Gt,000 Coin " ... 1,160,000 Beit, 7-day 'mid other l bills ... 3,577,000 £09,272,000 £69,272,000 The leading items of the Bank of England return afford the following comparison: — i This week. Last week. La,hit year. £ £, £ Bullion... 36,399,000 37.316,000 3-U6G.000 Reserve... 27,8o(i,000 28,933,000 25,97.'>,000 Note cir'u 28,152,000 28.025.000 27.019,000 Deposits 51,112,000 50,933,000 52y25i,00d Proportion reserve to liabilities- , 54.41 • 56.63 49.C6 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Tho following, 'are the latest quotations for _ Government securities, with a comparison of those ruling last week: —

♦Interest payable in May and November, t Interest payable iv January and July. J Interest payable in April and October.

Pric 1 ?. V anations compared with last week. 21% Imperial Consols i % New South Wales ... 3\% New South Wales ... if % New South Wales ... 1- % Victorian 3) % Victorian i'% Victorian $K% South Australian 3 % South Australian i % Queensland Q% Queensland „. 3 % ljueeusland ... I % New Zealand* 5j% New Zeokudf » New /eaWndj 3;>o Westialiau S l^, Westralian •*i% Tusinanian S* % Tasnv.iniau £ s. d. 87 0 0 UO C 0 99 Id 0 0J O 0 lOt 0 0 101 0 0 fe9 10 0 100 0 0 87 0 0 106 10 0 100 0 O 90 5 0 101* 5 0 100 10 0 •JO 0 0 98 0 0 87 O 0 H9 15 0 83 0 Ol 5/- higher 20/- higher 30/- lowuc 70/- hitjhor Unchauged 10/- higher 10/- higher Uuchnuged 15/- higher Unchangod 10/- biirher ■15/- higher K'A higher TTuchanged !iO/- higher 10/- higber Uuchaus<*d Unchanged 30/- higher