COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 121, 23 May 1914, Page 4

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. (By Telecraph.— Press Association.— Copyrifht.) LONDON, 22nd May. The Bank of England return issued for the week onded Wednesday, 20th May, is as under : — ISSUI DIPARTMINT. Wots issue, £62,650,000 Govt, debt ... £11,615,000 Other securities... „, 7,434.000 dold .„ ,„ 34,201.000 £52,650.000 £52,650,000 Banking Dhurthint. Proprietors' Gdv. aecuricapital £14.553,000 'ties £11.047.000 Public de- Other securi-pc-gits ... 19.509,000 ties 39.891,000 Other de- Notes 23,974,000 posits «. 39,456,000 Coin 1,747000 Rest, 7-day . and other hints ... 3,141,000 £76,059,000 £76,659,000 Th« leading items of the Bank of EngUnd return afford the following oompariion j,— This week. Last week. Laitrear £ £ £ Bullion ... 34,201,000 34,064,000 36,248,000 Reserve ... 25,721,000 25,504.000 27.776,000 Note circulation 28,676,000 28.703,000 28,380.000 Deposits ... 58,965,000 57,385,000 54,666,008 Proportion reserve to liabilities ... 43.60 44.51 50.80 CONSOLS AND AUSTRALASIAN I STOCKS. Following »re the ourrent quotations for Consols and Australasian Government stooks, as compared with those of last week: —

. Price. Variation, compared with last week' 2i% Imperial Consols ... 4 % New South Wales ... 31% New South Wales ... 34% N.S.W.. 1930-50 8 % New South Wales ... 4 % Victorian 34% Victorian 34% Victorian. 1929-49 ... 3 % Victorian ... „. 31% South Australian ... 3 % South Australian ... 4 % Queensland ... 34% Queensland ... ... 'A % Queensland ... 4 % New Zealand* 31% N«w Zealandt 3 % New Zealand! ... U% Westralian 3 % Westraliaii 3J% Tasmanian 3 % Tasmanian £ s. d. 74 12 6 103 0 0 100 0 0 92 0 0 85 0 0 102 0 0 90 0 0 911 0 II 81 0 0 93 0 0 75 0 0 102 0 0 07 0 0 Bl 0 0 100 0 0 02 0 0 82 0 0 »J 0 0 87 0 0 92 0 0 82 0 0 - 5/- lower Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged 20/- higher 20/- higher Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged 20/- lower 20/- lower •Interest payable in Mi tlnteresb payable in 3xo {Interest payable in Apr! ly and N< mary and it and Octi jvember. July. ober.