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Show BANK OF ENGLAND INCREASES DIVIDEND NEW TORK. March 17. The Bank of England which has distributed a five per .-en dividend semiannual! v since 194 has Increased the rate to six per cent, a telegram to a financial agency here said od' The Increaaed dividend was an agree-able agree-able aurprlsc to international bankers. Even those with Influential London connection con-nection seemed to have no Intimation that such action was Impending. The largest dlebursem.cn:.. comlnr so "soon after the reduction of the discount rate, was accepted here ab proof of England s steady recover) to normal or prewar conditions'. NEW YORK SUGAR. VEW YoPK. March 17 The earl: raw sugav market xvas, firmer end price advanced ad-vanced I-K.i on ;iot. with April ahlp-inent ahlp-inent Sc higher Soot 'u!:ii aic now QOOtOd at 2 7-18c Ml r'd freighi. eoual to 4.04c for cen-trlfug'l. cen-trlfug'l. and yVpril at 24c. equal to 4 .11c. Porto RtoOS arc up to 3.98c. There were ale Of C 040 hags of Cubas about due .-n! 10.000 for second half Aprl'. and 10 "On Lags of Porto Rlcos March sbipment. lta-. x-ugar futures were 2 to 5 points net higher at midday. Influenced by the advance In th spot market Prloea for refined sugar were advanced ten points to the basis of 6.40c for fine granulated following the higher prices for raws. Refined futures were without transactions. transac-tions. Sugar futures closed firm approxl-ma'. approxl-ma'. '.ile.- :."..t".on tons: Mav 2 65c July .' S : Sept. 2.9Cc; Dec. 3 00r. FOREIGN EXCHANOE NFW YORK. March 17 Foreign exchange ex-change strong. Orof Britain: Dstnaod $1.38: cables I CO das bills on hanks $4 33S- fance: Dnnvand 8.99Sc; cables 9 0c Itah Demand 5.10c; cables C.lOSc. Belgium: Demand l.4lC; cables 8 44c Germany. Demand .35S' . ' .aides .35c. Holland- Demand 37.71c: cables 17 7oc. Vorwax . Demand 17.40c. Sweden: lenuind II 07i Iterinark: Demand 21.00c. Swiss: Dennand 19. 47c. Spain: Demand 15.60c. fjrSSf)" riemand 4.45c. I '. Is rid 1 ' inanil .02So CTzecho-Slovaklu: Demand I 75c, Argentine: Demand .10 00O Brazil, neinnnd 13. Sf" Montreal 96 5-16c. CHICAGO FUTURES. :illi;ii March 17. , Ooen High Iviw Close Wheat-Max Wheat-Max $ 3r.fi $1.3'JS $1.35 $1.S8S Jul 1.17 1 .21 1 161 1 19 Corn Mav 6" 61 S .62 Jc-'.- o4', .b5S r.4'i -66S Oata Mav .18 .9S .-S .39 Julv 405 .51S 0 .41 Pork-Ma- 20.00 I Lard May 11.17 11.45 11 10 11.40 Joly 11 35 11.70 11.27 11.12 Rlbt May 11.10 11.00 10.97 11.00 .lul 10 40 |