§ Mr. GODFREY COLLINSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state the result of the inquiry made by the Royal Mint as to the amount of Imperial gold coin held by banks in the United Kingdom on the 30th June last?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEReturns were made by 72 banks, including the Bank of England, from which it appears that on the date named, which was a Tuesday, they held Imperial gold coin to the amount of £82,794,963. The amount so held in 1913, when the Returns were collected on Monday, the 30th June, was £69,524,127, and in 1908, when the Returns were last collected on a Tuesday, it was £50,369,167.