The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-03 00:00:00

The Bank Returns.

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The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir-
culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England
and Wales for the four,; weeks ending the Ist February.
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 29th January (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 :

Jan. 4, Feb. 1,
1868. 1868. Increase. IDecrease
Bank of England 23,473,611 23,975,506 501,875
Private Banks . 2,567,848 2,870,190 102,341
Joint-stock Banks 2,257,49 2,337,959 80,461 ---
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Total in England 28,498,977 29,153,655 681,678
Scotland... 4,734,637 4,490,799 213,833
Ireland 6,143,258 6,073,720 69,529
United Kingdom 39,376,92 39,748,183 371.261

39,70,1831

371,2611

And as compared with the month ending the 2d of
February, 1867, the above returns show an increase of
£959,373 in the circulation of notes in England, and an
increase of £931,907 in the circulation of the *United
Kingdom.

On comparing the abo're with the fixed issues of the
sever al banks the following is the state of the circulation:—
The English private banks are below their.
fixed issue £1,153,400
The English joint-stock banks are below their
fixed issue ... 400, 681

Total below fixed issue in England ... £1,554,081
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 1,741,528
The Irish banks are below their fixed issue ... _ 280,765

The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the 29th
January was £22,166,703, being an increase of £264,943
as compared with the previous month, and an increase of
£3,041,286 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 2d
February : _ _ .

Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... £2,740,617
Gold and silver hold by the Irish banks ... 2,493,309

£5,233,926
Being a decrease of £103,130 as compared with the pre-
vious return, and an increase of £72,932 when compared
with tho corresponding period last year.

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