The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-08 00:00:00

Bank -of France.

PARIS, Jan. G.

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.
Dec. 30.
fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,509,000
Profits in addition to
Capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight 45,881,189 53 44,421,933 24
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 210,725,935 42 179 205,673 G 6
Current accounts, Paris 374,167,210 13 315,435,569 43
Do. branch banks 46,061,119 51,740,912
Dividends payable 10,991,393 8,736,807
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months 1,305,522 15 1,305,522 15
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

Jan. 6.
fr. c.
182,500,000

7,044,776 02

22,10.5,750 11 22,105,750 14

428,095 54 1,024,936 57

6,639,643 89 21,386,921 76

Total
Jan. 6. Dec. 30.
Cash in hand and in fr• C. fr. c.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due I 2,097,667 11
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet duo 335,889,819 03 355,516,4q1 35
Do. branch banks 339,445,177 --292,125,580
CREDITOR.Advances on deposit of
bullion
Do. branch banks 2,121,600
Do. on French Public
Securities 23,296,400
Do. by branch banks 9,286,750
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Fencier
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
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalis6es
(Law, June 2, 1857) 10,000,000 -- 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches 9,068,243
Expenses of manage-
ment 6,294 2,554,010 93
Sundries

260,931 37

2'2,457,800 -

1;699,880 -

22,642,700 -
9,001,800 -

39,380,1f,0 --
32,946,170 --

1,131,800 -
1,299,000 -

60,000,000 -

9,048 897 -

Total
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank
of FraLee. _

(Signed) no uLAND

The Bank Returns.

The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir
ciliation of the public and joint-stock banks in England
and 'Wales for the four weeks ending the 4th of Deo.
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 iu the -United Kingdom when compared with the
previous month !--

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Nov- 6, Dec 4,
1869. 1869. Increase. Decrease.
Batik of England..• 21,940,947 23,181,190 759,757
rrivate Banks . . 2,885.44'' 2,751,719 133,721
Joint-stock BankS 2,425,072 2,8 8,739 56,333
---- ---- -
Total In England. 29,251,449 X 8,301,648 918,411
Scotland... ........• 4,871,3 8 5,287,163 454 416,110
Ireland 1 7,381,1801 7, • 154, 27,017

United Kingdom. 41,503,957.

40,913,269 i

,416,110 976,328

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

Kingdom.
On
ks
comparing
the above with the fixed issues of the
several the following is the state of the circulation:—
ba n
The English private banks aro 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
Tho 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 mouth 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 aro the amounts of specie held by the
Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 6th
of Nov. :

Gold and silver held by tho Scotch banks Z3,179,7(37
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,744,884

£3,921,651
being an increase of £518,118 as compared with the pre-
vious return, and an increase of £321,393 when compared
with the corresponding period last year.