The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-25 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 141 141
25 Australian Agricultural
25 Australian Mort. Land and
Finance, lim.
10 Baugarah Tea Estates, Ihn 3 stl
10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 141 141
10 Do. New all
100 Bolekow Vaughan, lira.
5 Bombay Gas, Um
5 Do. New 4 11 ad
50 British American Land 44 15 17
20 British Indian Tea, lira all 1 2
20 British Ship Owners
29 Canada Company all 63 (5 63
10 Canadian Loan and Invest-
ment, lim 2l ..
20 Ceylon Company, lira. lO 31 21d
20 Do. A shares
10 City Discount, lirn b
23 City of London Real Pro-
perty, lira 9 51 4
30 City of Milan Improv. lim all b 6
25 City of Moscow Gas, Ihn.., all
50 City Offices, lim 25 23 22A 131 1
50 Colonial, lim

--,..
Do. , 22 ... ...
0 Commercial Union (Assur) 6 pr i 61
10 Company of African Mer-
chants, Rm. 3
20 Continental Union Gas, lira all 25 27
25 Copper Miners of England,
pref. 71 per cent.

Bank of France.

l'Aras, Jan. 20.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.
Jan. 13.
fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
Capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,014,776 0
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 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 43,816,569 43 42,341,210 07
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 17166!) 586 96 159 409,662 37
Current accounts, Paris 300,823,200 11 294,12!1,977 46
Do. branch banks 40,416,966 --43,181,942
Dividends payable 5,388,796 3,816,699
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

Jan. 20.
fr. c.
182,500,000

1,305,522 15 1,305,522 15

Total
CREDITOR.
Jan. 20. Jan. 13.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due I 201,211 71 312,717 49
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 341,258,478 90 332,488,029 02
Do. branch banks 344,229,945 323,415,001
Advances on deposit of
bullion 15,598,900 15,971,300
Do. branch banks 2,548,000 2,410,200 -
Do. on French Public
Securities 20,960,500
Do. by branch banks 9,279,350
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Foncier
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000 --
Government Stock re-
serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
18000:059050:108070
Do. disposable
Routes Immobalisees
(Law, June 2, 1857) :00,050905,01:
Hotel and furniture of
the Brink and landed
property branches ...
Expenses of manage-
ment 15,561 35 14,373 60
Sundries

20,729,200
9,232,0a0

40,210,4(,0 --
33,702,800 --

1,167,600
1,148,200 -

1,163,500 -
1,1i1,200 -

60,000,000 -

9,072,534 -

9,069,184 -

Total
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank
of France.

(Signed) R OULAND.

The Bank Returns.

The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir
culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England
and Wales for the four weeks ending, the 4th of Dec.
Theso 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 furnisbrd by their
returns), will give the following results of the circulation
of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the
previous month :

5,287,458
Nov. 6, Dec; 4,
1
1869. 1869. In4clr6ela4soc.lDecrease.
133,721
Bank
Privateof
Banks England...
.. 2::8°5150:49-44711 22
283
371 850111,:
716941094
Joint-stock Banks.. 2,425,074 2,3 i 8,731) 56,333
7,381,1801 7,354,163 - 27,017
975189,,475117
5c0t1and............
re'il)lltoaltnaanal
dl England..... 2
49
82 57 11 43 5
89
----- --
United Kingdom. 41,503,957? 40,913,269 416,110 1 976,823

And as compared with the month ending the sth of
Dec., 1868, the above returns show a decrease of
£363,505 in the circulation of notes in England, and an
increaso of £105,946 in the circulation of tho United
Kingdom.

On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the
several banks the following is the state of the circulation:—
The English private banks are below their
The fire
Ednigslsile joint-...£1,290,907
stock.. banks are— below their
fixed issue ... 869,901

Total below fixed issue in England ..£1X60,808
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 hold by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending Ist
of Nov. was £18,443,206, being a decrease 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 held by the
Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 6th
of Nov.:—

Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £3,776179
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,744,884

£5,924,651
being an increase of £518,118 as compared with the pre-
vious return, and an increase of £321,393 whou eowpared
with the oorrerponcling period lad year;