THE BANK RETURN

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 51, 1 March 1930, Page 12

THE BANK RETURN

LONDON, 27th February. The Bank of England return for" the ■week ended 26th February is as follows:— Issue Department— • | Jfotes issued In circulation 346,812,105 In banking department, 61,514,061 . £411,326,826 Government debt 11,015,100 Other Government securities 233,598,190 : Other securities 10,924,646 ■Silver coin 4,462,064 "260,000,000 ': Gold coin and bullion 151,326,826 \ £411,326,826 :■'■. "Amount o£ fiduciary issue. Banking Department— ': Capital 14,553,000 \ Best- 3,705,755 ■v Deposits: '.: Public 11,987,053 : Bankers 50,713,918 :. Other account 36,231,367 ;.. Seven-day, etc., bills 2,757 £117,193.850 ] Government securities 34,441,563 ■ Discounts and advances 4,716,355 Other securities 12,868,859 -■■ Notes 64,514,664 Gold and silver coin 652,412 £117,193,850 : Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 65.80 per cent., compared with. 61.40 per cent. 19th February and 54.70 per cent. 27th February, 1929. The principal items of the above return compare as follows . with, those for the week ended 19th February:— Deposits— Past week. This week. .-C £ Government .. 13,871,221 11.987,053 Bankers 59,167,021 50,713,918 Other accounts . 34,416,671 36,231,367 . 107,454,913 98,932,338 Securities— • Government .... 38,581,563 34,441,563 Discounts and ad- - 1 vances ...... 4,732,768 4,716,355 Other securities. 16,293,548 12,868,859 Eeserve 66,057,727 65,167,073 Note circulation.. 345,580,773 346,812,165 Coin and bullion.. 151,638,500 151,979,238 Short loans 3% per cent., unchanged on last week; three months' bills 3 17-32 per cent., as against 3 29-32 per cent, last week.