BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN
LONDON, March 12. The Bank of England return for the week ended March 4 is as follows; Issue Department. £ Notes issued— In circulation 404,500,000 In banking dept. ~ .. 56,100,000 £460,600,000 £ Government debt 11,000,000 Other Govt, securities .. 246,200,000 Other securities 1,800,000 Silver coin .. .. 1,000,000 *£260,000,000 Gold coin and bullion ~ 200,600,000 £460,600,000 * A mount of fiduciary issue. Banking Department. £ Capital .... - 14,500,000 Rest 3,700,000 Deposits—■ Public 14.200,000 Bankers 91,600,000 Other a--, u.its 36,100,000 £160,100,000 £ Gove.i.m-..L .-a <•11 pities .. 78,600,000 Discounts, advances ... .. 9,900,000 Other securities 14.800,000 Notes and coin .. . • . 57,800,000 £160,100,000 Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 40.05 per cent, compared with 38.44 per cent, last week. The Bank of England rate of discount is 2 per cent., to which it was reduced from 2J per cent, on June 30, 1932.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 64, 16 March 1936, Page 11
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