The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-30 00:00:00

Bank of France.

Palo, Dec. 23.

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

DEBTOR.

Dec. 16. • Doc. 23.
fr. c. fr. e.
Capital of tho Bank 182,5011,000 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
Capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,014,776 02 7,014,776 02
Reserve of the Jianl

_-ant! its branches '22,105,750 11 22,105,750 11
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to orderaud
receipts payable at
sight 47,365,401 95 46,271,819 62
freasury account cur-
rent creditir 219,870,156 42 231 458,259 57
Current accounts, Paris 36J,355,747 9U 361,360,023 3e
Do. branch banks 44,554,9,39 43,650,081
Dividends payable 8.:5,01 791,076
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six mouths 991,660 38 991,660 38
Surplus of receipts not
distributed —
Sundries

Total
CREDITOR.
Dec. 23. Dec. 16.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c.

Branch banks
Commercial bills over- .
duo
Commercial bills dis-

_ .
counted, not yet due 310,082,089 19 302,625,805
Do. branch banks 287,276,214 292,125,580
Advances on deposit of
bullion 22,577,300 22,457,800
Do. branch banks 1,723,900 1,699,880
Do. on French Public

Securities 22,410,100 22,642,700
Do. by branch banks 9,039,300 9,051,800
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Fonder
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to tho Slate (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000
Government Stock re-

serce 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
Rentos Immobalisees

(Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bbuk and landed
propel ty branches 9,055,892 9,048 897
Expenses of manage- _ _ _ _

u-xent
Sundries

2,948,103 50 2,554,010 93
6,873,525 63 9,995,002 42

Total
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank

of FraL ce.

(Signed) RoULAND.

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 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 :

N v. 0, I Deco,
1869. 1869. Increase." Decrease.
Bank of England , 23,940,947123,181,190 ' i 759,757
Private Banks 2,836.41 2,751,71 133,721
Joint-stock Banks 2,425,072 2,3 6,73! 56,333
Total in England 29,251,4591 '28.301,648 918.411
Scotland 4,871,3 8 5,287,953 410,140
Ireland 7,381,180, 7,354,163 27,017

United Kingdom. I 41,503,957

40,913,2G9

416,110 i 976,328

And as compared with the month ending the sth of
Dec., 1868, the above returns show a dacreaso of
£363,505 in the circulation of notes iu England, and au
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 X 1,290,907
The English joint-stock banks are below their
fixed issue ;169,901

Total below fixed issue in England .E1Z660,808
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2,538,187
The Irish banks anyabave their fixed issue ... 992,669

The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month eudingilst
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 the Scotch banks ... £3,179,767
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,741,884

£5,924,651
.being an increase of £.31.8,118 as compared with the pre-
vious return, and an increase of £321,393 when compared
vrith the corresponding period last year.