AN ACCOUNT pursuant to the Bankers (Northern Ireland) Acts, 1845 and 1928, the Currency and Bank Notes Act, 1928, and the Coinage Act, 1971 of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Northern Ireland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held during the Four Weeks ended Saturday, the 20th July, 2002.

Average Circulation during 4 weeks ended as above	Average Amount of Bank of England Notes and Coin held during 4 weeks as above
Name and Title as set forth on Licence	Name of Firm	Approved Offices	Circulation authorised by the Bankers(Northern Ireland) Act, 1928	£5 and Upwards	Under £5	Total	*Gold and Bank of England Notes	Coin other than Gold	Total
£	£	£	£	£	£	£
The Bank of Ireland	The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland	Belfast Londonderry	† 793,660	467,922,950	278,105	468,201,055	467,481,575	5,332,652	472,814,227
First Trust Bank	AIB Group (UK) PLC, trading as First Trust Bank	Belfast Londonderry	† 302,448	239,625,000	—	239,625,000	241,943,200	2,677,269	244,620,469
The Northern Bank Limited	The Northern Bank Limited	Belfast Londonderry	594,000	255,109,699	439,105	255,548,804	257,967,754	2,849,287	260,817,040
The Ulster Bank Limited	The Ulster Bank Limited	Belfast	321,274	248,524,922	70,085	248,595,007	252,581,289	4,073,141	256,654,430
The National Bank Limited	The National Bank Limited	Belfast Londonderry	120,000	41,835	19,672	61,507	65,000	—	65,000

I hereby certify that each of the bankers named in the above Return, who have in circulation an amount of Notes beyond that authorised by the Bankers (Northern Ireland) Act, 1928, have held an amount of Bank of England Notes and Gold Coin not less than that which they are required by the Treasury to hold during the period to which this Return relates.

Dated: 11th day of September, 2002.

MICK QUICK, for the Registrar of Bank Returns.

† These amounts are the latest amounts approved by the Treasury.

* This column includes Bank of England Notes deposited at the Bank of England which, by virtue of Section 9(1) of the Currency and Bank Notes Act, 1928, are to be treated as gold coin held by the Bank.