The Bank of England statement for the week ended January 6 shows an increase in public deposits of £60,000 to £14,440,000, while other deposits were higher by £9,410,000 to £166,620,000, Government securities were listed at £108,340,000, showing a decrease of £6,260,000 from the previous week. Other securities totalled £36,230,000, including £15,090,000 on discounts and advances and £21,140,- 000 on securities, Notes and coin amounted to £54,530,000 an increase of £12,610,000 from the previous week's figure of £41,920,000, while total bullion decreased by £120,000.
Notes in circulation totalled £492,- 580,000, registering a decrease of £12,740,000 compared with last week's figure.
The proportion of reserve to liability was given at 30.11 per cent, compared with 2486 per cent. last week.—Reuter,
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