LATE COMMERCIAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 161, 27 June 1930, Page 5

LATE COMMERCIAL

LONDON MARKETS. BUTTER IMPROVES. (United Press Association—By Cable— Copyright.) (Received 27. 12.10 p.m.) London, June 26. Butter firm, with better prices. (Danish 145/-, choicest salted New Zealand 136/- to 138/-, Australian 133/- to 134/-; unsalteds, New Zealand 144/- to 146/-, Australian 132/to 134/-. Cheese: Quiet. New Zealand white 7g'- to 78/-, coloured 84/-; Australian white 75/-. coloured 82/-. Bradford shows lack of business. Sixty-fours 27d, 60’s 26d. 56’s 20$d, 50’s 17d, 46’s 151 d, 40’s 151 d. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.' (Received 27. 10.35 a.m.) London, June 26. The Bank of England return is as follows:— Issue Department. £ Notes in circulation .... 358,531,877 In banking department 58,350,001 Total 416,881,878 Government debt 11,015,100 Other Govt, .securities 232,893,998 Other securities 11,628,881 Silver coin 4,462,021 These four items, constituting the fiduciary issue, total 260,000,000 Gold coin and bullion .. 156,881,878 Grand total .- 416,881,878 Banking Department. £ Proprietors’ capital .... 14,553,000 The Rest 3,385,313 Public deposits 21,504,850 Othei deposits, bankers’ 63,776,222 Other accounts 36,113,767 Seven-day and other bills 3,200 Total v .. 139,336,352 Government securities .. 48,855,547 Other securities, discounts and advances 15,899,161 Securities 15,340,231 Notes 58,3'0,001 Gold and silver coin .... 891,412 Total 139,336,352 Proportion of reserve to liabilities: 48.70 per cent. Short loans: 2J per cent. Three-month bills: 2 5-16 per cent.