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DEBTOR.

Dec. 30.

Dec. 23.

fr. c. fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
Capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight 46,271,819 62
Treasury account cur-
rent credit3r -10,725,935 42 281458,259 57
Current accounts, Paris 374 167.210 13 361,360,028 85
Do. branch banks 43,650,081
Dividends payable 791,076
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six mouths
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

45,881,189 53
210,725,935 42
374,167,210 13
46,001,119 --
10,991,393 -
428,095 54
1,305,522 15

6,09,613 89

8,827,320 79

Total

CREDITOR.
Dec. 23. Dec. 30.
c. fr. c.
Cash in hand and in fr.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over- 696 14 1,217,125,675 13
260,931 37
due
23

counted,
Commercialnobt yet dueillsdis- 089 19 355,546,451 35
310,
082, 292
Do. branch banks 287,275,214 ,125,580
Advances on depoSit of
bullion 22,577,300 22,457,800
Do. branch banks 1,725,900 1,699,880 - -
Do. on
S French Public
Securities 22,410,100 22,642,700
Do. by branch banks 9,00,900 9,051,800
Do. on railway shares
and debentures - 39,380,11,,0
32,946,170
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Fernier '
Bonds - 1,131,800
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
18l'
ion, June 10,
60 000,000 --. 60,000,000
Goverment Stock re- '
serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
Routes Immobalisees
(Law, Juno 2, 1857) v' '
o 000 000 100,000,000 -
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches ... ,894
Expenses of manage-
ment 2948,103 50
Sundries

9,055,892 -

9,048 897 -

2,554,010 93
9,995,002 42

Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank
Total
of Fran Co.

(Signed) RoULAND .

The Bank Returns.

i
h
The Bankers' Magazine furnish es the returns of the sir
culation of the public and joint-stock banks n England
and Wales for the four weeks ending the 4th of Dec.
These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch
and Irish banks for the same Period, and the average cir-
culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended
the Ist of Dec. (the nearest date furnished by their
returns), will give the following results of the circulation
of notes in the United Ringdem when compared with the
previous month :

Noy. 6, Dec' 4,
1880. 1869. Increase.lDecrease.
—9-4 ---_.
5-
03,957 0,913,269 ,418,
Private Banks
56,333
Bank of England 223,,59t4 j 1223:71851I:71V i
.._ 117:5393:7T
Joint-stock Banks 2,428,072 2,3 8,739
--____. -
Total —.—
,459 28,301,848 948.411
scotlandin England. 29,2-
8I
4,871.3 8 6,287,458 416,140
Ireland 7,381,180 7,354,163 27,017
140 . 976,828
United Kingdom. 41,

Ande o , as
186 month ending the sth of
D
£363,505 in the circulation of notes in England, and an
increase of £105,946 in the circulation of the United
Kingdom.
On comparing the above. With the fixed issues of the
compared with
rtehteurns
show a
decrease
of
several banks the following 15 the state of the circulation:—
The English private banks are below their
fixed issue ••• ••• £1,290,907
The English joint-stock banks are below their
fixed issue ••• •.. 369,901

Total below fixed issue in England ... £1:660,808
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2 538,187
The Irish banks are above their fixed issue ... 992,669
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month endingilst
of Nov. was £18,413,206, being a decroale of £388,284,
as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of
£71,692 when compared with the same period last year.
The following are the amounts of specie keld by the
Scotch and Irish banks during the mouth ending the 6th
of Nov.:—

Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... £3,179,767
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ... 2,744,884

£5,924,651
being an increase of X 518,118 as compared with the pre-
vious return, and an, increase of £321,393 When compared
with tie corropondiAg perloa /at yes.