11 JUNE 1927, page 37

Finance—public And Private

Cheques and the Public As might have been anticipated, the plan of the Midland Bank for substituting " receipts for small cheques of under .t2 has excited quite a keen......

, The Activity Capital Issues. Past Month - Has Been A

busy one in the matter of Pital flotations, and this is shown in the monthly statistics n e lPiled by the Midland Bank, from which it appears that in total issues in the United......

Harassing Other Markets.

The French authorities seem now, however, bent upon trying to arrest the purchases of the franc, not by adopting sound measures in their own country, but by making foreign Money......

Financial Notes

FRENCH MONETARY POLICY. APART from a few Industrial and Speculative descriptions, the Stock Markets have experienced a•quiet three weeks, the dis- turbing influences being the......

A 70 Per Cent. Dividend. Although The Profits Of The

Zinc Corporation for last year ell below the record figures for 1925, the result was neverthe- ess a thoroughly satisfactory one, the amount of the profit lag 1 424,048.......

Notes For Collectors

MESSRS. CumsTi Cs two big picture sales on May 13th and 20th have been instructive. It is clear that the old English masters are still most popular with collectors. From the......

Burmaii Oil Profits.

But for the fact that two years' dividends from the com- pany's Anglo-Persian holding chanced to fall in the previous year the profits of the Burmak Oil Company for 1926 would......