22 JUNE 1934, Page 32

BARCLAYS BANE (D. C. AND 0.) Reading between the lines,

it is satisfactory to note that the interim statement of accounts of Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) gives an indication of broadening trade, for the figures of the balance-sheet show an increase in several directions. The Deposits, for example, stand at £78,000,000 as against £71,000,000 a year ago, while there is a rise in the Note Circulation and the Acceptances have risen from 23,408,000 to £4,540,000. Advances, too, have risen by over £1,000,000. The interim dividend is main- tained at the rate of 4/ per cent. per annum.

A. W. Ii.