BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS
LONDON, Aug. 20. The Bank of England return for the week ended August 19, is as follows: Issue Department Notes issued— £ In circulation 444,500,000 In banking dept 59,300,000! 503,800,000 J £ Government debt 11,000,000 Other Govt, securities . . 246,000,000 Other securities 2,500,000 Silver coin 500,000 ’260,000,000 Gold coin and bullion .. . 243,800,000 [ 503,800,000 I “Amount of fiduciary issue. Banking Department £ Capital 14,500,000 Rest 3,600,000 Deposits— Public 1- 23,600,000 Bankers 96,000,000 Other accounts 40,000,000 177,700,000 £ Government securities .... 86,400,000 Discounts, advances 9,700,000 Other securities 21,300,000 Notes and coin 60,300,000 177,700,000 Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 37.82 per cent., compared with 35.02 per cent, last week. The Bank of England rate of discount is 2 per cent., to which its was reduced from 21 per cent» on June 20, 1932.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 200, 25 August 1936, Page 11
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