The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-12 00:00:00

83 85
79 81

45,881,189 53 44,421,933 24

210,725,935 42
374,167,210 13
46,061,119 -
10,991,393 -

179 205,673 66
315,435,569 43
51,740,912 -
8,736,807 --

428,095 54 1,024,936 57

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

6,639,613 89 21,386,924 76

Total
CREDITOR.
Jan. 6. Dec. 30.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c.
Branch banks ,.. 1,215,263,514 80 1,247,125,675 13
Commercial bills over-

2,097,667 11

due I
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 335,889,819 03
Do. branch banks 339,445,17r
Advances on deposit of

260,931 37

355,546,411 35
292,125,580 -

bullion
Do. branch banks
Do. on French Public

16,198,700 -
2,121,600 -

22,457,800 -
1,699,880 -

Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares

23,296,400 -
9,286,700 -

22,642,700 -
9,051,800 -

39,882,600 -
33,662,200 -

and debentures
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Fancier
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857)
Government Stock re-
serve
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisees
(Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Brark and landed
property branches
Expenses of manage-
ment 6,294
Sundries

39,380,11,0 -

32,946,170 -

1,139,300 -
1,172,200 -

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

60,000,000 -

60,000,000 -

12 980,750 14
80:595,187 21

12,980,750 14
80,595,187 21

100,000,000 -

9,068,243 -

9,048 897 -

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

Total
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank

of FraL ce.

(Signed) Ro ULAND.

The Bank Returns.

The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir
culatiou 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
and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir-
culation of the Bank of England for tho four weeks ended
the let of Dec. (the nearest data furnished by their
returns), will give the following results of the circulation
of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the
previous month :

Nov. 6, Dec 4,
1869. 1869. Increase.lDeCrease.
---• ----..— - ---
Joint stook Banks.. 2,425,072 2,8'8,739 56,333
PBankriyatoef
BEanngkl as n. (1.. ..
.. 223:898450:4%4,7 23,181,190 759,787
---- • ----
2,751,719 133,721
Total in England. 29,251,459 28,301,648 998,411
Scotland 4,871,3 8 5,287,458 416,140 ,
Ireland 7,381,180 7, 351, 163 1 27,017
United Kingdom --41,503,9,53---40,013,26-9 —4-16,14017-76,87-8

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
increase of £105,946 in 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
Tho 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 onding,dst
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 ... £3,179,767
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ~. 2,714,884

£5,924,651
being an increase of £518,118 as compared with the pre-
vious return, and an increase of £321,393 when compared
with the correepondiag period labt year