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Evening Star, Issue 19549, 6 May 1927, Page 3

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BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright "LONDON, May 5. (Received May 0, at 10.35 a.m.) The following arc the Bank of England returns;— ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

cent. • —A.P.A. and ( Sun Cable. BANK CHARGES. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. "LONDON, May 5. (Received May 6, at noon.) The Associated Australian Banks intend altering on Monday the selling rates of New Zealand drafts and mad transfers to 7s Gd per cent, discount; cable transfers, 2s (id; purchasing- documentary bills (New Zealand, on sight), 27s 6d per cent, discount; thirty days, 38s ,9d per cent.; sixty days, 50s per cent.; ninety days, 61s 3d per cent. SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY. Auckland. —Waihi, 18s 3d. Reported: War Loan 4i per cent. Inscribed Stock (1938), £96 15s. Wellington.—Bank of New Zealand£3 Christchurch;—Australian Bank of Commerce, 34s 9d; Commercial Bank of Sydney. j£24 15s;

Note circulation Notes in reserve ::: ... £137,585,000 ... 34,101,000 £171,686,000 Government debt Gold coin and bullion Other securities ... £11,015,000 ... 151,936,000 ... 8,735,000 £171,686,000 BANKING Proprietors’ capital Rest ... Public deposits Other deposits Seven-day and other DEPARTMENT. ... £14,553,900 3,170,000 123,938,000 93,830,000 hills 7,000 £123,958,000 Government securities Other securities Notes in reserve Gold and silver coin ... £46,289,000 41,902,000 ... 34.101,000 ... 1,666,000 £123,958,000 The proportion of reserves to liabilities is 33.60 per cent. Short lo.-jns an*-quoted at 3| per cent., and three-month hills are quoted at 3 11-16 per