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Evening Star, Issue 19840, 13 April 1928, Page 9

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BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 12. (Received April ID, at IB a.m.) The following is the bank of England return:— ISSL'K OEI’ARTMENT. rirrulntiyn *. hb'h.TliO.OOO Notes in iT'-rm; ... , 40,791,9(10 *T7(!,:!51,0II0 Government drills *,11,015,090 Other Gold coin find bullion 150,001,000 **170,351,000 RANKING UKPAKTMKNT. Proprietors’ capital *14,(53,000 K,,! 3,117,000 Public, drpcisit- 1<,800,000 Other deposits 10*^0.000 .Sevcn-dnv and oilvt hills -.000 *'137,093,000 Govrrnmrnt -rcuntics *,33.110,000 Other sreuntie. WJ Notes in reserve 40,, 91 000 Gold and silver coin 1,10-,000 *;i:i7,002.000 The proportion of reserves to liabilities ' x 34.40 per cent. Short loan's are (ptoted at. o_i pet cent., and three-month bills at. 4 per cent. AuSTRALTAN MARKETS. SYDNEY, April 12. Flour, £l3. Bran, £6 IBs. Pollard, £7 IBs. Potatoes: Tasmanian, £6 to £<• Onions, £9 to £IU. (Received April LT, at I a.m.) Wheat, 5s old, ex truck, Sydney. ADELAIDE, April 12. Wheat: Growers’ lots, 5s •Id. Flour: Bakers’ lots, £l3 12s Od. Bran, £7 ss. Rollard, £7 7s (id. MELBOURNE, April 12. (Received April 13, at IB a.m.) Wheat, 5s 7cl and 5s Bd. Flour, £l2 7s (id and £l2 12s od. Bran, £6 15s. Pollard, £B. Oats: Milling, 3s lOd and -Is; leed, 3s Gd.

Bariev: English, os and os 3d; (/ape, As 2d. Potatoes, £5 and £6. Onions, £7 10s. TRUST AGENCY OF AUSTRALASIA. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, April 12. (Received April 13, at 9.30 a.m.) The Trust Agency of Australasia has declared a fine) dividend of 2s. with a bonus of (id. lax free.—Australian Press Association. LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS. The following cabled advice has been received by the Bank of New South Wales;—“ Wool; Finn market; steady. Mutton: Wethers d, 74d, rather unsteady, no material change, expected near future; ewes 41d. sjd, expected to‘go lower, large supplies arriving; lambs Bid, 9-jd, firmer for Imht weights, think will improve. Beer; 3Jd, Jsd; quiet, unchanged. Pork; 7d. 7kl. Butter: 1665, 168 s; slow. Cheese: 975, 98s; slow.” CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET. \ Press Association —By Telegraph- Copyright NEW YORK, April 12. (Received April 13, at 11.30 a.m.) Chicago wheat quotations: May, 1494 cents per bushel; July, 148|d; September, 147.—Australian Press Association.