WEEKLY RETURNS. In £'s sterling, 000 omitted, thus :—£1,000 = £1,000,000. 150,000 148,192 148,205 148,383 149,477 42,186 42,080 41,659 41,168 41,111 41,132 41,211 41,258 37,126 34,284 35,996 36,142 45,396 17,619 17,846 17,585 17,546 17,459 18,200 11,901 12,871 11,833 12,152 12,105 12,086 154,445 41,332 41,313 38,427 40,336 37,342 SUMMARY OF BANK RETURNS OF VICTORIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND TASMANIA, AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Victoria Compiled from the Sworn Averages for the Quarter ended 30th June, 1884. New South Wales • Victoria.-This includes £2,075,988 Government deposits. Tasmania.-In this colony's Bank Returns, deposits bearing interest are not distinguished from those not bearing interest. § Western Australia.-This includes £147,843 Government deposits. 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 (unstated) average amount of N.S. W. Government debentures held by the Mercantile Bank of Sydney, and £595,200, average amount of Government securities held by Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney. New Zealand.-This includes £373,076 Government securities; notes and bills discounted, £4,404,512; debts due to the banks, exclusive of debts abandoned as bad, £10,607,334; securities not included under other heads, £393,916. South Australia.-This includes £25,000 Government securities. Queensland.-This includes £566 Government securities and stamp account. ++ Tasmania.-This includes £137,900 Government securities, and £33,187, amount of British and foreign bills of exchange remitted, but not yet matured. * Western Australia.-This includes £7,500 public securities. (From the Australasian Banking Record.) 13,453 23,141 11,870 1,020 1,089 1,114 1,034 1,060 977 960 49,484 24,767 12,890 13,453 24,376 12,674 1,033 51,536 24,293 13,707 13,453 24,813 13,030 1,035 52,331 24,181 14,065 13,453 26.735 12,908 1,020 54,116 24,572 13,928 12,453 25,514 14,059 24,274 15,109 12,453 24,981 15,890 54,413 24.023 16,979 12,453 24,455 15,467 16,581 12,452 25,313 14,514 15,548 44.44 12,436 23,070 14,079 12,436 22,032 14,313 12,436 21,612 14,800 12,436 21,482 | 14,365 40.83 40.83 40.86 38.88 1,050 53,076 43.45 47.05 53,489 | 24,649 47.16 53,313 25,554 1,007 50,592 25,709 15,086 45.79 7 Nov., 1883. 14 6 Feb. 5 Mar. 2 Apr. 7 May 5 Dec. 2 Jan., 1884. 4 June 11 18 25 2 July 9 16 23 30 6 Aug. 13 20 27 3 Sept. 10 17 24 1 Oct. 8 15 22 29 |