The Bank of England statement for ihe week ended February 24 shows an increase in public deposits of £960,000 to £16,730,000, while other deposits were lower by £170,000 to £141,140,000.
Government securities were listed at £97430000, showing a decrease of £430,000 from the previous week. Other securities totalled £26,000,000, including £6,550,000 on discounts and advances and £19,450,000 on securities.
Notes and coins amounted to £52,-
660,000 a decrease of £390,000 from the previous week's figure of £53,- 809,354 050,000, while total bullion increased by £60,000, Notes in circulation totalled £474,- 520,000, registering an advance of £440,000 compared with last week's The proportion of reserve to liability was given at 3335 per cent, compared with 33.64 per cent. last week.—Reuter.
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