The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-10 00:00:00

JOINT STOCK BANKS.

The half-yearly meetings of the several joint-stock
banks in London being now completed, the subjoined
table has been made up, showing their relative capitals
and extent of business, as well as the respective periods
at which they were opened, and the number of branches
belonging to each establishment. In the case of the
Union Bank and the Commercial Bank the figures given
are those which were presented in their annual state-
ments last July ; the others are all to the 31st of De-
cember :

Guaran-
BankS. Paid up Deposits, tee Dividend last
capital &O half-year.
. fund.
------ ----- -- --
London and West-
minster 3 per cent., &
(estab. 1,000,000 5,581,705 109,164 bonus of Bs.
1834)5 brandies per 101. sh.
London Jntock 3 per cent., &
(establish. 1836) t 600,000 3,691,606 146,613 i bonus of 7s.
I branch. • • • • • •
51°,0°°°68 per share.
Union of London i 3% per cent.
2(ebsrtaabniciislhes. 1.8_392 1 422,909 4,268,438
London & County 3 per cent., &
(establish. 1839)1 360,670 3,281,603 44,325 1 1 per cent.
bonus.
58 branches . • • •
Commercial (seta- 3 per cent., &
bushed 1840) 1 200,000 964,177 32,012 { bonus of Bs.
per share.
branch • • .. •• • •
Roy al Britishßank I
(establish. 1849) 50,000 736,679 7,500 aper cent.
3 branchea.....• • --------
_--- _
- . •. , _

These results are highly satisfactory.
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INTERESTING DISCOVERY.—On DISCOVERY.—On levelling a bank at
Mutley-farm, in the parish of Pennycroes, the pr
eyopert
of the Rev. C. Trelawny a few days since, the
eh work
dm
discovered a broken cannon and a sabre,
whi no oubt
were left there at the time Prince Maurice raised th
to
which was one
e
siege of Plyniouth, A.D. 1643, the site being opposi
and within range of the Mawdlyn Fort,
of the outworks thrown up by he
Parli
own.e—amntarians forPlyntoutl
the defence of the northern part of the tt
Journal.
[ADvEnTisingENT.]—Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder,
&c.—Dr. Denis Cronin has removed m Leicester-place
be
to 35, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, fro
where he may
consulted, as usual, from ten till two, on his treatment
of affections of the kidneys, bladder, and prostrate gland,
in their connection with diseases of the stomach and
liver. Urinary Analysis t
d(he importance of which to
the successful treatment of isease is now fully acknow-
ledged), conducted daily, in accordance with Dr. D.
Cronin's new theory.
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