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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 5, 7 January 1944, Page 3

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RESERVE BANK RETURN

Details of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand return for the week ended December 27, compared with those for the week ended December 20, are:— Liabilities— £NZ. £NZ. General reserve 1,500,000 Unchanged Bank-notes 37,718,003 *208,051 Demand Liabilities— State 10,295,830 t275,20G Banks 33,365,492 *1,955,869 Other 080,040 *433,79G Other currencies .. 10,755 fH4 Other liabilities ... 1,930,024 *35,134 £91,500,742 *2,357,529 Assets— £NZ. £NZ. Reserve — Gold 2,801,878 Unchanged Sterling exchange .. 33,616,340 *1,087,192 Subsidiary coin .. 65,669 *3,576 Advances to State— Marketing C79.145 *5,598 Other purposes .. 40,035,000 *750,000 Investments 10,324,320 Unchanged Other assets 3,378,391 *511,163 £91,500.742 "2,357,529 •Increase. fDecrease. Proportion of reserve to notes and other demand liabilities 41.344 per cent., compared with 41.196 per cent, for week ended December 20. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, January 4. On the Stock Exchange today prices for corporation debentures and stocks compared with previous quotations as follows: — Dec. 21. Jan. 24. £ s. d. £ s. d. Dalgety and Co., 4 p.c. . 94 0 0 94 0 0 Dalgety and Co.. shares . 5 3 9 5 6 3 British Tobacco 1 15 0 1 15 0 I Goldsbrough Mort 113 113 P. and O. def 1 13 3 1 15 0 DOW JONES AVERAGES. | (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) NEW YORK, January 4. Dow Jones averages (1926 equals 100) :— 20 rail- 32 Indus- Shares roads. trials. sold, j Dec. 18 .... 33.30 135.89 483,000 Dec. 28 32.79 135.04 922,000 Dec. 29 32.93 134.61 997,000 jjan. 3 .... 33.45 135.92 517,000 | GOLD MINING. The following returns are for the month of December: —Barrytown: 6150z for 409 hours from 171,000 yards. Kanieri: 6280z, 496 hours, i 171,000 yards. Arahura: U3ooz, 457 hours, 248,000 yards. .