London, Jan. 4, City circles are much cheered by the announcement that bigger profits were made in 1997 by two of the "Big Five" banks, 'The Westminsier Bank made £1,760,000 net, while Barclays Bank netied £2,194,000, or £240,000 more than last year, 'The shareholders of Westminster Bank will get an unexpected bonus of two per cent, in addition to a ro~ petition of the' eighteen per cent. Jdlvidend ast year. Shares of the banke are rising, Barclays Bank has decided to pat £500,000" more to reserve
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