CANADIAN MONEY SUPPLY RISES IN WEEK Canadian narrowly-defined money supply M-1 rose 592 mln dlrs to 33.36 billion dlrs in week ended March 4, Bank of Canada said. M-1-A, which is M-1 plus daily interest chequable and non-personal deposits, rose 778 mln dlrs to 75.95 billion dlrs and M-2, which is M-1-A plus other notice and personal fixed-term deposit rose 1.09 billion dlrs to 177.95 billion dlrs. M-3, which is non-personal fixed term deposits and foreign currency deposits of residents booked at chartered banks in Canada, rose 1.13 billion dlrs to 217.28 billion dlrs. Chartered bank general loans outstanding rose 500 mln dlrs to 125.54 billion dlrs. Canadian liquid plus short term assets fell 244 mln dlrs to 35.12 billion dlrs and total Canadian dollar major assets of the chartered banks rose 257 mln dlrs to 221.53 billion dlrs. Chartered bank net foreign currency assets rose 782 mln dlrs to minus 876 mln dlrs. Notes in circulation totalled 16.28 billion dlrs, up 45 mln dlrs from the week before. Government cash balances rose 1.37 billion dlrs to 5.68 billion dlrs in week ended March 11. Government securities outstanding fell three mln dlrs to 224.08 billion dlrs in week ended March 11, treasury bills rose 600 mln dlrs to 75.15 billion dlrs and Canada Savings Bonds fell 294 mln dlrs to 44.05 billion dlrs.