BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 1, 1 July 1938, Page 12

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.

(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received July 1, noon.) LONDON, June 30. The weekly Bank of England return Is as follows:— Issue Department— £ Notes in circulation 485,200.000 Notes in banking dept. . 41,200,000 Other Govt. securities .. 189,000,000 Other securities Silver coin —. Banking Department— es,t 3,400,000 Public deposits 10,500,000 Bankers' deposits ...... 125,500,000 Other accounts 36,100,000 Government securities .. 119,500,000 Discounts and advances . 7,300,000 Other securities ...... 21,100,000 Notes and coin 42,100,000 Ratio at reserve to liabilities 24.49 p.c. The Bank of England discount rate remains unchanged at 2 per cent. DIVIDENDS DUE. Queensland Insurance—interim, halfyearly at 9 per cent, per annum July 1 His Majesty's Arcade, Auckland— interims, 2 3-5 per cent. pref. and 3 per cent, ord July i Kelburne and Karori Tramway— Interim at 5 per cent. ord. and pref. j u iy i Wellington Trust, Loan, and Investment—interim, 2V 2 per cent July 1 Cash Orders (Amalgamated)— quarterly pref. at 10 per cent per annum July 1 National Mortgage of N.Z.—interim at 5 per cent, per annum July 1 Zinc Corporation, Ltd.—final, participating for 1937, ordinary and preference 4s 6d sterling; preference for first half of 1938, 2s sterling per share July l Big River—ld per share July 4 Koyes Bros. (Melbourne), Ltd.— final, 6% per cent, and bonus 1% per cent., making 14 per cent, per annum July 5 Howard Smith—quarterly pref. at 6 per cent, per annum July 7 Woolworths (N.Z.) —interim 5 per cent. July 7 Dominion Breweries—final at 10 per cent, per annum ; July 7 National Bank of N.Z.—final, at 5 per cent. per annum, less 1 English income tax July 9 Komata Reefs —3d per share July 12 Hume Steel —half-yearly, 7% per cent. cum pref July 14 G. J. Coles —half-yearly pref., at 8 per cent, per annum Juiy 15 Woolworths (S.Z.), ord —5 per cent. July lii I Mount Morgan—3d per share July 20 N.Z. Farmers' Fertiliser—6 per cent. per annum Aug. 1 i Kuala Lumpur Tin —Is per share .. . Aug. 19 The directors of Nestle and AngloSwiss Condensed Milk Co. (Australia). Ltd., have declared interim dividend on ordinary shares at the rate of 7J (per cent, per annum.