RATES OF INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS. THE subjoined table exhibits the rates of interest on deposits in London for fixed periods, allowed by the following Indian and Colonial Banks : SUMMARY OF BANK RETURNS OF VICTORIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, TASMANIA, AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Compiled from the Sworn Averages for the Quarter ended 30th September, 1890. Victoria.-This includes £2,075,858 Government deposits, of which £330,513 do not bear interest. + New South Wales.-Government deposits are not shown separately by all the banks. The Bank of Australasia holds £130,039 Government deposits, of which £69 do not bear interest; and the Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited, holds £50,000 bearing interest. New Zealand.-Including Government deposits (bearing interest), £375,974. $ South Australia.-This includes £549,374 Government deposits, of which £75,534 do not bear interest. Queensland.-This includes £1,386,604 Government deposits, bearing interest. Tasmania.-In this colony's Bank Returns, deposits bearing interest are not distinguished from deposits not bearing interest. The National Bank of Tasmania holds Government deposits, bearing interest, £3,077. The other banks do not state Government deposits separately. **Western Australia.-The Union Bank of Australia, Limited, holds £32,958 Government deposits, of which £4,964 do not bear interest. The other banks do not state Government deposits separately. Including notes, bills of exchange, and all stock and funded debts of every description, except notes, bills and balances due to the banks from other banks. + Victoria-Government securities (if any) held by the banks are not separately distinguished in these returns, New South Wales.-This includes £33,700 average amount of Government securities held by the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney; and £104,616 held by the Mercantile Bank of Sydney. § New Zealand.-This includes notes and bills discounted, £2,500,205; debts due to the banks, £11,452,358; Colonial Government securities, £100,801; and securities not included under other heads, £375,308. South Australia-This includes £103,572 Government securities held by the National Bank of Australasia. Il Queensland.-This includes stamp account, £500. Tasmania. This includes £169,106 Government securities held by the Commercial Bank of Tasmania Limited; coin and bullion are not stated separately. ++ Western Australia.-This includes £7,500 public securities held by the Western Australian Bank. (From the Australasian Banking Record.) BLADES, EAST & BLADES, Established 1821, 23, ABCHURCH LANE, LOMBARD ST., LONDON, E.C., Bank-note Engravers, AND Double Protective Cheque Printers. BANKERS' FORMS, PASS BOOKS, LEDGERS, &c., &c. BARBER-SURGEONS OF LONDON. COMPILED FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORDS BY SIDNEY YOUNG. A fully-illuftrated account of one of the most interefting of the City Companies. Thefe Records are neceffary for the Hiftory of Surgery in England, and contain numerous examples of the ancient Ordinances and By-laws affecting Surgeons. Published by BLADES, EAST & BLADES, 23, Abchurch Lane, LONDON. SMALL PAPER COPY, Price £2 2s. All the LARGE PAPER Copies have been subscribed for. have been subscribed for. All the LARGE PAPER Copies |