The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-18 00:00:00

DEBTOR.

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Jan. 13. Jan. 6.
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) 7,014,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 22,105,750 11
Reserve of lauded pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to orderand
receipts payable at
sight 43,816,569 43 44,121,933 21
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 171,666,586 96 179 205,673 66
Current accounts, Paris 300,823,200 11 315,435,569 43
Do. branch banks 40,410,966 54,740,912
Dividends payable 5,388,796 8,736,807
Discounts and sundry
interests
.
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed -
Sundries

Total
_2O 2,291,224,951 97
Cash:duo in hand
tJan. 6.
and
in 514 80 1,203,181,587 42
CREDITOII.
Jan. 13.
fr. C. fr. c.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-

2,097,667 11

812,747 49

- •
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 335,889,819 03 332,488,029 02
Do. branch banks 339,445,177 323,415,904 -
Advances on deposit of
bullion 16,198,700 1.
Do. branch banks 2,121,600 !,
Do. on French Public
Securities 23,296,400 0
Do. by branch banks 9,286,750 9
Do. on railway shares
and debentures - 0
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Foncier
1,139,300 1
Bonds
Do. branches .. 1,172,200
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, Juno 10,
1857) 60,000,000 --. 60,000,000
Government Stock re-
srve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do.e disposable
Elentes Immobalisees
(Law, June 2, 1857) 160,000,000 -- 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches ... 9,068,243
Expenses of manage-
ment
Sundries

1A,971,300
2,410,200

20,729,200
9,232,050

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

1,163,500
1,172,200

9,069,184 -

6,294 - 14,373 60
9,118,552 68 5,975,048 32

Total
2,291,122,954 97 2,252,690,761 20
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank
of FraL ce.

(Signed) R 0 ULAND .

The Bank Returns.

Tho Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir
culatien of the public and joint-stock banks in England
and Wales for the four weeks ending the 4th of Dec.
These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch
(the nearest date furnished by their
will the following results of the circulation
acnuldatliroinshobf athnkesßafonrk of the
sameperiod, and the average
Englandcir-
for the four weeks ended
rtheteurnlest), owf Pc
of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the
previous month :

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ov. 6, Deel 4,
1869.
2. 12:8655:9,,•:61931nereia5e. Decrease.
w,017
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Bank of England.. • 91,04 •947 23,181,190 759,757
jPoriutrat_testocßaknßksar. ...... ....
2:9;23,4•8758,)5:1;85,280.9i
2268:2338:781;47138:
410::740
91634386,:473213131
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sheoTeit.oltradlain....
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United Kingdom. 41,503,957' 40,913,269 1416,110 976,828

And as compared with the month ending the sth of
Dec.,thetheabove returns show a decrease of
x 3 circulationi of notes in England, and an
.&
50 158,
in
increase of £105,946 n the circulation of the 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
fixed issue ••• £1,290,907
The English joint-stock banks aro below their
fixed issue

869,90:

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 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 hold by the
Scotch and Irish banks during the mouth 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 whoa Compared
with the corropoudittg peri4 40 year