The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-22 00:00:00

Bank of France;

PARIS, Jan. 20.

rne 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)
Reserve of the Bank

Jan. 20.

182,500,000 -

7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02

22,105,750 14

and its branches 22,105,750
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 - 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor l7l 666 556 96 153 409,662 37
Current accounts Paris 30(1,823,200 11 294,42:4,977 46
Do. branch bank; 40,416,966 43,181,942
Dividends payable 5,388,796 3,816,699
Discounts and sundry
interests
1,301,838
73 1,636,592 93
Rediscounted the last

43,816,569 43 42,314,210 07

six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

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

•••
... 17,522,255 6G 11,536,132 87

Total
CREDITOR.
Jam 20. Jan. 13.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-

204,211 71

312,747 49

due l
Conunercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 341,258,478 90 332,488,029 02
Do. branch banks 344,229,945 323,415,901
Advances on deposit of
bullion 15,598,900
Do. branch banks 2,548,000
Do. on French Public
Securities 20,960,500
Do. by branch banks 9,279,350
Do. on railway shares
and debentures 3893,8574640500 4803;271002,:18(,000
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
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisees
(Law, June 2, 1857) 1C0,000,000 100,000,000 -.
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches 9,072,5 U -- 9,069,184
Expenses of manage-
ment 15,561 35 14,373 60
Sundries

15),971,300 -
2,440,200 - -

20,729,200 -
9,282,050 -

1,167,609 -
1,148,200 -

1,163,500 -
1,172,200 --

60,000,000 -

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

(Signed) R °ULAN%

The Bank Returns,

furnishes the returns of the cir
culTaittiLf Bankers'
Magazine
Iti:nd 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 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 Kingdom when compared with the
previous month :

Nov. 6. ' Dee 3 4,
1889. 1869. Increase. Decrease.
_____
940 947 23 181 190 750 757
Bank of England 1 93' 44', ' ' ' '
Private Banks 2.8”. 2,751.719 133,721
Joint-stock Banks 2,424,072 2.3.8,739 _ 56,333
29,251,4591 28,301,648 948,411
Scotland
4,8710 8j 5,287,953 416,110
Ireland
7,381,1801 7,354,163 27,017
Total in England .
United Kingdom. 41,603,9571 40,913,269 416,140 976,823

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
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
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 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

£5,921,651
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