THE MONEY MARKET

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21248, 30 July 1932, Page 5

THE MONEY MARKET

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN LARGER NOTE CIRCULATION FALLING OFF IN DEPOSITS LONDON, July 28 The Bank of England return for the week ended July 27 is as follows; ISSUE DEPARTMENT Notes issued:— Govt, debt £11,015,100 In circu- Other Govt. lation £309,285.637 securities 241.378,727 111 bank- Other secuingdept, 43,410,279 ritiea .. 18,799,079 Silver coin 3,807,094 *£275,000,000 Gold coin & bullion 137,725,916 £412,725,910 £412,725,916 'Amount of fiduciary issue. > BANKING DEPARTMENT Capital .. £14.553,000 Govt, bcculiest .. 3,503,131 rities .. £08,770,705 Deposits— Advances, Public .. 11,242,945 £15,280,114 I3anker3, Other secu.{'Bß,lßo,o76 rities, Other acs.. £23,707,508 39.047.G22 £34,501,207 122.747.253 Notes .. 43,440,279 Seven day. Gold and etc.. bills 2,849 silver coin 850,542 £152,109,208 £152,109,208 The principal items of tho above return compare as follows with those for last week, the proportion of tho reserve being shown in the last line:— Deposits— July 20 July 27 Public .. .. £13.379,004 £11,242,945 Bankers .. .. 88,023,928 £8,188,076 Other accounts . 33,727,343 34,661,207 £185,130,335 £133.990,228 Securities— Government ~ 66,230,705 08,770,765 Advances, etc. ~ 14,307,079 15,280,114 Other .. .. 20,008,210 . 23,707,508 Resorve .. .. 46,003,453 44,290,821 Note circulation .. 805,758,894 3G9,285,637 Coin and bullion 137,422,347 138.570,458 Proportion .. 34.50 33.00 SHOUT LOANS AND BILLS The Bank of England rate of discount is 2 per cent, to which it was reduced on Juno 30 from 2? per cent. Short loans are quoted at 5-8 per cent, compared with per cent last week. Tho market rato of discount for best three months' bills is 25-32 per cent, as compared with 27-32 per cent last week. CONSOLS AND COLONIAL STOCKS The following table gives quotations for consols and colonial inscribed stocks, compared with those of July 21:— Price. Variation. £ s. d. s. d. Consols per cent . . 73 5 0 20 Ot funding Loan, 4, 1900-90 . 109 10 0 20 Ot War Loan, 5, 1929-47 . . 102 2 0 12 Ot Conversion Loan, 3i . . 300 7 6 28 9t Victory Bonds, 4 . . 106 15 0 12 Ot Coni'wealth, 5, 1945-75 . . 100 7 0 7 Ot Com'wealth, 6, 1931-41 . . 101 7 6 17 0t Victorian, 3, 1929-49 . . 76 0 0 20 0* Victorian, 3£, 1929-19 . . SI 5 0 55 0* Victorian, SJ, 1930-40 . . 98 15 0 Same. Victorian, 5. 1032-42 . . 98 10 0 5 0" Victorian, 43, 1940-00 . . 07 15 0 15 0* N.S.W., 4, 1933 . . 97 10 0 10 Ot N.S.W., 3, 1935 . . 01 7 0 12 Gt N.S.W., 3}, 1930-50 ..80 0 0 30 0* N.S.W., 51, 1922-32 . . 100 0 0 5 0t N'.S.W., o}, 1930-10 ..99 5 0 sOt N-S.W., 0. 1930-40 . . 99 0, 0 25 Ot Queensland, 5, 1940-00 . . 93 0 0 30 0 Queensland, 3, 1922-47 . . 77 0 0 30 0* Queensland, 0. 1930-40 . . 09 7 0 12 Ot New Zealand. 4*. 1048-58 . 1.02 0 0 4 5 0' New Zealand, 3i. 1940 . 95 0 0 5 Ot New Zealand, 3, 1945 . . S5 15 0 50t New Zealand, 6. 1936-51 . . 104 0 0 Samo. S. Australia, 3*. 1939 . . 01 0 0 15 0 8 Aus., 3, 1916 o r after <>6 12 6 2 GT tf. Australia. 6s, 1930-40 . 99 15 0 5 t Tasmania, 31, 1920-40 .. 89 15 0 2 6 Tasmania, 3. 1920-40 . . S7 15 0 10 0 Tasmania. GJ, 1930-40 . . 100 0 0 0 Ot XT. Australia, 31, 1029-35 . 04 7 6 17 Gt W. Australia, 3, 1915-35 . . 02 U 0 -Gt W. Australia. 6. 1930-10 . . 100 0 0 20 Ot tlligher. "Lower. FOREIGN EXCHANCES & STERLING RATE EASIER Tho following rates on foreign exchanges aro current, compared with tho cabled quotations on July 27 and par:— July 28 July 27 Par Montreal, dol. .. 4.03 £•911? New York, dol. . 3.501 4 Bbb Paris, fr. .. 89 11-16 9 0 5-10 1 24.21 Brussels, belsa .. 25.325 25.50 ->5.00 Geneva, fr. .. 18 1-32 l®-£ 75 ?o*?n Amsterdam, fl. .. 8.725 879 12.10 Milan, lire .. 69 69 7-16 93.46 Shn'V.:: - 76 9 15-32 Si® Vienna, sch. .. B'+ 2^'on? Madrid, pes. .. 44 11-16 41< Lisbon, cscu. ..110 110 110 Athens, dr. _ .. 550 sr>o o!o'2 Bucharest, lei. *. 590 813.6 Rio de Janeiro, mil. 5 l-32t 5 1-32 5.890 d Buenos Aires, dol. + + 47.G19d Montevideo, dol. 30 f 30t 51d llonibny, rupee . 181 IS 1-16 18d Shanghai, tacl .. 20 9-32 20 7-32 Hongkong. dol. . 15.50 15.50 Yokohama, yon . 18.75 18. u IVm Balavia, fl. •• P-8' ~ o-A • i Belgrade, din .. 222.50 222. nO 2,<Ul Warsaw, zlotys .. 31.02 +Nomrnal. CUSTOMS EXCHANGE RATES Rates of exchange ruling at the announced date of departure of the vessels named are shown in the following table. They are subject to confirmation by the Customs Department when the exact time of departure is learned on the arrival of the vessels in New Zealand, finally declared rates being marked*: — Canadian Conqueror, Canada, dollars 4.14 Brisbane Maru, Japan, yen . . .. 18.5 Golden Coast, America, dollars . . *3.57 Golden Coast, Canada, dollars . . . *4.20_ Abrangi Canada, dollars . . . . 4.103 Ardenvonr, America dollars . . ~ 3.511 Port Hobart, America, dollars . . 3.54 Canadian Cruiser, Canada, dollars .. 4.05 FAT LAMBS FOR EXPORT JUDGING IN LONDON Tho results of judging at tho Smithfield Market, London, of fat lambs placed at the last Auckland Show have been received by the Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company, Limited. The.awards were: —Tauwhare group (Messrs. V. Chittv, L. Chitty and B. Robinson), 1; Paterangi group (Messrs, S. Rhodes, H. Rhodes and M. A. Rhodes), 2; ,Matangi group (Messrs. J. Dalgleish, F. Vercoo and A. Miller), 3. The placings at the Auckland Show wereTauwhare group, 1; Matangi group, 2; and Paterangi group, 3. For individual pens the placings in London were:—lNT. A. Rhodes, 1; N. Reid, 2; L. Chitty, 3. Tho judges agreed that the Tauwhare group, were tho best bred ,lambs, showing a dofinito sign of the Down breed. The Paterangi group wore above tho usual standard of crossbred lambs. ELDER, SMITH AND COMPANY DIVIDEND OF 4 PER CENT Elder, Smith and Company, Limited, general merchants, woolbrokers and livestock salesmen, Adelaide, has cabled tho New Zealand Stock Exchange Association that a final dividend at the rato of 4 per cent per annum has been declared for the half-year ended Juno 30. making a total dividend of 4 per cent for the year. Payment will be made on September 1. The dividend is at tho same rate as that paid in the previous year. Tho company has a paid capital of £2,393.640. P. AND O. DEFERRED STOCK LONDON. July 28 P. and O. deferred stock is quoted at 16s ljd, compared with 15s 6d yesterday.