BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 18, 22 January 1938, Page 12

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.

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LONDON, January 20. The. weekly Bank of England return is as follows:— „ Issue Department — Notes in circulation ... 475,700,000 Notes in banking dept. . 50,700,000 Other Government securiOther securities 300,000 Silver.coin ............ ,~ Banking Department— , Rest .......... 3,500,000 Public deposits ........: ■IWOO.OOO Bankers' deposits 124,400,000 Other accounts :.:.... 36,800,000 Government securities '.104,400,000 Discounts and advances . IMP, 0- 0, 0. 0. Other securities ." ?};§22'2S Notes and coin ......... 51,300,000 Ratio of reserve to _.__■■■■ liabilities 29.77 p.c. The Bank of England discount rate remains unchanged at 2 per cent. > DIVIDENDS DUE. Victoria Nyanza Sugar—6 per cent. Jan- 26 Australian General Insurance—lo. p.c. .. _ per annum ......... Jan, a G 3 'Coles, Melbourne—interim at 15 per cent, per annum ...... lan. 31 Smith and Smith. Ltd.—nail-yearly x pref.. 2% per cent. ............ lan. 81 British Tobacco.—lnterim quarterly pref. at 8% per cent, per annum Jan. 31 Farmer and Co., Sydney.—Halfyearly. Ist pref. at 3 per cent., . 2nd oref »t 3% per cent. .... Jan. si Union Bank.—Filial 4s per share, bonus 2 p.c. (less tax) .............. Jan. 31 NZ. Loan and Atercantlle—ord. 2% p C > ~,, Jan. 31 Wellington Trust, Loan arid. Inrest- . ment—final 3 per cent., making . 5V4 per cent, for the year .... Feb; I Mneeitt Ltd.—lnterim naif-yearly, pref. and ord.. at 10 per cent. oer ai/nura • ■••■ FeD-. ■* Auckland Gas.—Final 2% p.c, making . 5V4 P-c Per annum .: Feb. 8 Wellington Gas.—Final, 4 p.c, making . 8 p.c. per annum ■ ""• 8 Mercantile.Mutual . Insurance.—Half-. . • ' yearlv' 4 p.c. '..'»»>•»•»««»»«•• *ep. *v VZ. Insurance —interim Is per share Feb. 9 N.Z. Refrigerating—s% per cent. Per ■ annum • • reb- •• 9 Coramerclal Bank of Australia—interim half-yearly, ord. at 6 2-3 per cent. . ' ,per annum and-.- oref. at; 4 per :_ s 'cent., per annum •..;............ .reu. u wiolttorths'.litd.. Sydney—lnterims of 5' per' Cent, on? 10 per cent, and . ■..■■■■■■■'■ 3V4 -.percent, on ,7 per cent, preference shares ............ •• ■ • Feb. is Queensland' National Bank.—lnterim ■^'•half-yearly »t.- 4% per cenU;:^ :/;;■'per annum . ..>:.*;.,,..• •••••••• ; Fet)- " Australian Guarantee Corporation.— . ;'.Half-yearly, , ord. aUlo.vp.c.;per ■■'■■••.''■annum: ..•....'....•...■... Mat. i Electrolytic Zinc—ualf-yearly., 6 per . cent, qo pref. and ord Man 17

WHEAT AND FLOUB.

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LONDON, January 20. Wheat' cargoes are easier, but parcels are. unchanged. . Futures—London, January, 45s ild a quarter; March, 44s IOJd. Liverpool March, 7s 7d a cental;. May, 7s-7 3-Bd, July, 7s 7 3-Bd. ■ ■'. The spot trade is quiet and irre«ular. Australian, ex ship, 40s 3d. . Flour is steady.. Australian, ex ship, 29s to 30s. ■•■■.... . -; ■;■ „ Chicago wheat futures: May, 95 7-8 cents a bushel; July, 90 3-8 cents; September, 89 5-8 cents.

EGG MARKET WEAK,

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LONDON, January 20. The egg market is weak.' Nominally quotations are:—Seventeens, 11s 9d a gross; sixteens, Us 3d; fifteens, 10s 9d; thirteen and a halfs, 10s 6d.

PIGS, POULTRY, AND PRODUCE,

The Dominion Auctioneering Company, Palmerston North, reports re-; ceiving a small yarding of pigs at the weekly fair on Thursday. Prices show-. led a small improvement on last week s rates. Poultry again was in heavy supiply a total clearance being made at ' the undermentioned rates:—Pigs.— Good weaners, 13s to 16s 6d; small weaners, from 8s to 11s 6d; slips, to--235; light porkers, 30s 6d to 345; light baconers, 50s. Poultry.—Best W.L. hens,from 3s to 4s 6d per pair; light hens, from 2s to 2s 10d; heavy hens, from 4s 6d to 5s 6d; best ducks, from 6s to 7s 6d; good cockerels, 4s 6d to 6s; W.L. pullets, to 10s; old ducks, from 2s to

3s Produce. —Peaches, best dessert, 4s to 6s per half case; cookers, 2s 6d to 4s' plums, 2s 6d to 8s 9d;. nectarines, 5s to 9s; apricots, 8s to 12s; tomatoes, 2s to 4s 6d per quarter case; apples, Astrakhan, 3s to 4s 6d per half case; Gravensteins, 5s to 7s per bushel. Apples, cookers, 4s to 6s per bushel; pears, from 8s to 10s; raspberries, 5s to 10s per tin; black currants, 6s to 9s per case; cucumbers, 5s to 11s; cauliflowers, 3s to 3s 9d; cabbages, 3s 9d to 5s 3d per sack; marrows, Is 3d to 3s per case; beans, 3s to 6s per bag; peas, 6s to 9s per bag; lettuce, 6s to-8s per case; parsnips, 6s 3d to'7s 3d per case; carrots, 2s to 4s per dozen bunches; [potatoes, 6s to/8s 6d. per cwt