The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-03 00:00:00

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THE NATIONAL BANK.
(Established 1835.)
Capital Subscribed, £2,500,000. Paid up, £1,500,000.
Rest or Undivided Profits, £543,889.
DIRECTORS.
Sir J. N. M'Kenna, M.P.
Hon. Albert 11. Petro.
Albert Ricardo, Esq.
Rowand Ronald, Esq. .
Samuel Saunders, Esq.
J. Bogle Smith, sq.
Edmund Smithwick, Esq.
PhilipVanderbyl, Esq., 3tI.P.

Jeremiah Dunne, Esq.
Peter M'Evoy Gartlan, Esq.
B. H. Hartley, Esq.
P. B. Henshaw, Esq.
Sir Ralph Howard, Bart.
Harvey Lewis, Esq., M.P.
Admiral Sir Burton Mac-

Namara.
David Mahony, Esq.
REPORT of the Directors of the NATIONAL BANK
to the Proprietors at the THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING, held at the Bank, Old Broad-
street, 28th January, 1868—
Sir J. N. M'KENNA, M.P., in the Chair.
The Directors of the National Bank have the pleasure
of presenting to the Proprietors the Thirty-third Annual
Report of the state of the Society, made up to the close of
1867,
In July last the Directors submitted to the Proprietors
their report for the half year ending the 30th Juno ; their
present statement incorporates the profit and loss account
for the two half years of 1867, agreeably with precedent
heretofore observed.
T.he dividends and extra dividends payable for the year
1867 have been declared at the sdme rates as those paid
for 1866.
The following accounts in the usual form exhibit the
state of the Company's affairs at the close of 1867 :

ASSETS and LIABILITIES.—The NATIONAL
BANK, 31st December.
CB. ASSETS.
Gold and silver coin at Branches £560,625 12 8
Cash on hand and at the Bank of England 630,522 010
Advances on securities at ca 11......
Government funds, Exchequer bills, Ex-
ehegAgx . bonds, and debentures 333,126 3 7
Ditto advanded, parliamentary and other
deposits. 12,505 0 0
Advances on securities at sundry dates,
and current accounts 2,342,210 18 5
Bills 'discounted . 3,612,319 3 9
Bankers' guarantees and securities held
against acceptances per contra lBB,lBl 0 0
Bank premises in London, Dublin, and
Branches, freehold and leasehold 185,197 2 2

£3,615,99319 3
DR. LIABILITIES.
Notes in circulation
Due by the Bank r der 'itF •nd cr-

on deposits and current
accounts
Acceptances to banker-' draf'

Jrs' Lrafts auk ou
security 188,184 0 0
Capital paid up £1,500,000 0 0
Rest or undivided profits
at this date
-- 2,043,889 13 9

£8,615,993 19 3

PROFIT and LOSS ACCOUNT of the NATIONAL
BANK, for the year ending 31st December, 1867.
1867.
Jan. Half-year's dividend
at 8 per cent. per
annum £60,000 0 0
With extra dividend,
16s. per share 40,000 0 0

July. Half-year's divi-
.£loo,ooo 0 0
dend at 8 per
cent. per an-
num 60,000 0 0
With extra divi-
dend, 16s. per
share 40,000 0 0

Dec.3l. To balaDee, beingtheamount 100,000 0 0
rest at this date

£743,889 13 9

Rest or undivided profits at December,
1866 ......... •
Net profit for the half- £560,254 2 11
year to 30th June last £101,338 10 5
Net profit for the half-
year to 31st Decem-
ber, 1867, after writ-
ing'off all bad, and pro-
viding for all dglibtful
debts... £93,045w 0 5
Lessrebate
of inte-
rest on
bills not
due ...... 10,718 0 0
82,297 0 5

183,635 10 10

£743,889 13 9

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mAND ALBERTRONALD.
• f.
Examined and found correct,
Since those accounts were made up, a dividend at the
rate of 8 per coat. per annum on the paid-up capital of the
Bank, and an extra dividend of 16s. per share, together £2
a share, have been declared on the 50,000 shares which
constitute the Company's capital ; and the same are
now payable at the head offices and branches of the Com-
pany. The dividend and extra dividend now payable for
the half-year ending 31st December, 1867, amount together
to £lOO,OOO.
The Directors desire to state that the decrease in the
profits of the half-year is solely due to the low rates which
have prevailed for money, particularly on discounts and
advances on securities in the City of London.
The deposits and creditor balances of customers have ,
increased in the year by £115,463, and the circulation is I
also slightly in excess of the amount at the chase of 1866,
showing that, notwithstanding the general stagnation of
business, there is actual progress to record in some of the
most important departments of the business of the Bank.
As ti the Best," which is available to a reasonable ex-
tent to equalize dividends, has been considerably aug-
mented on the aversge of the last four years, the Direc-
tors, in view of the exceptionally low rates of interest
which have prevailed for the past half-year, do not con-
sider it advisable to vary the ordinary dividend and extra
dividend.
The Directors who retire by rotation this year are James
BoglesSmith, Esq., Frazer Bradshaw Renshaw, Esq., and
Sir Joseph Neale Mtlienna, M.P., who, being eligible,
offer themselves for re-election. Admiral Sir Burton
MacNamara who has ben appointed to a seat vacated
since last meeting, also retires by rotation, and being
ell zible offers himself for re-election.
Since the last Annual General Meeting three vacancies
I have occurred by the retirement of their respected col-
leagues, -James Allan, Esq., John O'Meara, Esq., and
Thomas William Kough, Esq., to whose 'Facs seats the
Directors have nominated respectively Peter McEvoy
Gartlan, Esq., the Honourable Albert Henry Petro, and
Admiral Sir Burton MacNamara. The appointments of the
two former gentlemen, Mr. Gartland and the Honourable
Albert 11. Petre, who do not retire by rotation, require
confirmation by the shareholders.
Since the close of the year the Directors have determined
on opening at Notting-hill their Sixth Metropolitan
Branch, at the request of some of the most influential in-
habitants of the district.
Approved by the Court,
. ALBERT S. PETRE, Chairman.
101149,31 igUi 24,1565.