BARCLAYS' BALANCE - SHEET.
Of the Big Six banking institutions only two have, up to the time of writing, issued their balance-sheets, namely, Barclays and the Midland. In the case of Barclays Bank, where the dividend is maintained at the same rate as last year, the balance-sheet shows an increase in the deposits of nearly 112,000,000. On the other hand, acceptances, which two years ago made a big jump to nearly 125,000,000, have fallen more than 19,000,000 during the past year. There is a rise of 18,000,000 in the investments and, indeed, the upward movement in the holding of securities is a very general feature in the bank statements. Advances show a decline- for the year of a little under 15,000,000, but under the head of bills discounted there is an increase of nearly 214,000,000.
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