The Bank of England gold reserve against notes amounted to £326,406,- 625 on August 11 showing no change as compared with the previous Wednesday.
Business in the open market has been quiet and a general demand absorbed about £960,000 of bar gold, offered at the daily fixing during the week. Prices ruled at about dollar parity and showed very little variaers, and poison foods of all kinds to rid our living quarters of these pests but, apparently, they thrived on everything we had to offer them.
We used Beetle Virus for one week and since that time, about three weeks ago, we haven't a single cockroach in our kitchen and pantry. tion.
Quotations: juivalent value of per fine ounce Sterling August 12th 139s/6d 13th 139s/5d 14th 1398/6d 16th 139s/d 17th 1398/64 18th 139s/4!5d 1395/5.15d.
The following were the United Kingdom Imports and Exports of Gold, registered from mid-day on August 9 to mid-day on August 16:—
Imports British South Africa £1,947,545 British West, Africa Tanganyika Territory Kenya British India New Zealand Venezuela Soviet Union.
Germany Switzerland China Other countries British India France Netherlands Switzerland Yugoslavia Other countries
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