COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 134, 3 December 1910, Page 4

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

— BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. LONDON, Ist December. The Bank of England return issued for the week ended Wednesday, 30th November, is as under: — Issue Department. Note Issue, £52,750,000 Gov. debt £11,015,000 Other securities ... 7,434,000 GoW ... 34,301,000 £52,750,000 £52,750,000 „ Basking Depabtmeht. Pr'uriet'rs' Got. securicfpital £14,553,001? ties - ... £14,644,000 P i de .: 11,415,000 °& eC !: 28,491,0*, Other de- Notes ... 24.365,000 posits ... 39,685,000 Coin ... 1,831,000 Best, 7-day and other bills ... 3,168,000 £68,821,000 £68,821,000 The leading item's of the Bank of England return afford the following comparison: — This week. Last week. Last year. £. £ , ■£ Bullion ... 34,301.000 34,184,000 35,085,000 Keserve... 25,686,000 25,888,000 25,776,000 Note oir > n28.395,000 28.153,000 28,965,000 Deposits 51,100,000 50,261,000 45,009,000 Proportion reserve to liabilities 50.24 51.47 55.90 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. " The following are the iateßt Quotations for Government securitiss. with a comparison of those ruling last week: —

Price. Variations compared ■wita last week. 21% Imperial Consols ... i % New South Wales ... 3i% New South. Wales ... i'% Ketv South. Wales ... i % Victorian H% "Victorian 3 % Victorian 34% South Australian 3 Australian 4 3 j% Queensland 3 4 JUew Zealand* 3i%Jsen Zealandt 3 Zeulandt S\% VVestralian ■ 3 3^A>Tiismanian 3 %Tasn»nian £ 8. d. 79 15 0 IU6 0 0 97 17 .6 85 10 0 108 0 0 93 7 6 85 10 0 98 10 0 83 10 0 103 2 6 97 12 6 84 7 6 103 10 0 96 2 6 bb 10 0 96 0 0 83 10 0 99 0 0 86 0 0 17/6 higher Unchanged Unchanged Onchauijed 10/- higher 10/- higher Uncbanged 5/- higher TJnchanjjed I 7/6 lower | 2/6 higher 2/6 lower 2/(5 higher 2/6 higher 2/6 higher Unohanged TTuchanxed Unchanged Unchanged * Interest payable in Mi t lnterest ptiyablo in Ja {Interest payable in Af y and Noi iuary and ril aud Oc ember. July. tober.