The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-05
ALL n OF MONEY
Held by tho Banking Institutions ofDhs
Country on July l.


WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. Comp
troller of the Currency Eckcls has Is
sued a statement giving the results Of
an investigation made by him OF the
amount of money of all kinds held By
the banking institutions of the country
on July l.
The number OF banking houses and
| trust companies inquired Of were 1880
and OF Il clearing houses. covering all
OF such institutions in every state md
territory and the district Of Columbia.
Replies were received from sea banks
and trust companies and &C clearing
house associations. The Information,
although incomplete. Is. tn, comptroller
says. OF such n character rs 10 enable
n fair and correct result from all ~ be
Appropriated.
or the 5,7o3 reports received, 3.5iS were
OF national banks: 1891 Of state banks:
457 savings banks; go private banks,
and 81 OF loan and trust companies.
The total amount OF cash In the BIS
institutions reporting were s+lS, 1859.
II Is divided as follows: Gold coin.
$l3l, 0II .O03: gold certificates $55.iSl 1888:
silver dollars. $S.2c54. 6l2; fractional silver
s 1889, 0T3; silver certificates $39,663, $50;
treasury notes (S90) sl3. l26. 0lS; United
States notes $llO.469.375: currency certi-
ticatcs So SIS. 900: national bank notes
49, 9 1854. OF this total cash. the 3,45S
national banks reporting held s335.lTi.-
cNE ard ttn - pSE Gf0tp lfR 81 Q10 N22
The gold coin and gold certi-
flcates held by these national banks was
Sl55, 013, Goa. and by the state, etc, S3+,-
iS4,131. In this connection It may DO
stated that the total number of national
banks. viz: 1859. held on July Il. the
date OF tho last official call, S3Gl .65S,iS5
cash. OF which amount there were In
gold coin and gold certificates $751; $685.
$50.
The total cash and the part thereof OF
gold and gold certificates held by report
Ing banks In each geographical division,
In as follows:
New England states. total cash. $685.
esq., 90: amount Of gold and gold certt-
flcntcs Sl5.iO3. 76S; eastern states. total
cash, $2l3, 1860; amount Of gold and
gold certificates. SIS. $50. 1873; southern
states, total cash, $50. 0S6. col; amount OF
gold and gold certificates, $685. 1888:
western states. total cash. $l09, bSi, $50:
amount Of gold and gold certificates,
$780, l0. i27: Pacific states and territories.
total cash, $25,62+ .762: amount of gold
and gold certificates. sig, co.. $50. Totals.
total cash. S4l2. l2+.Si9: total amount OF
gold and gold certificates. slS9. 55S,3il.
\ comparison of the money holdings
6t these geographical districts shows
that the 500 reporting banks In the New
England states held but Sc, Coz, GIL more
total cash and SJ.St5.5S more OF gold
and gold certificates thnn the GI6 report
Ing banks In the eastern states; the
l.2I6 banks In the eastern states SiO3,-
5ii.9 1874 moro total cash and So. l69, 100
more OF gold and gold certificates tina
the 2.i3i banks In the western states;
the tic banks In the southern stntcS 49,
i5l, SiI more total cash $lO,0i7,6iI
less gold and gold certificates than the
500 banks In the Pacific states and terri
tories; the 500 banks In the New Eng
land states $40. 05i, $40 more cash and ST.
2O9, O62 less gold and gold certificates
than the 500 banks In tho Pacific states
and territories.
From the reports received and other
information available the comptroller
finds that tho total gold and gold ccrtiti-
Gates holdings Of the banks OF the coun-
try on July | was 500, 793, 361. Includ-
ing tho fire." gold In the treasury nj thnt
time he finds that the available gold and
gold certificates In the banks and the
free gold In the treasury on or about
July | was SiOt.ill.a10. To-day, the
comptroller adds. It Is larger, ms the FREQ
gold in the treasury IL Sl23, Ib5, 226.
The returns from the &C of the II clear
Ing houses OF the country show that on
July |. the total c%lcnrinGs amounted to
SGT on. IGi. The balances OF these total
Clcnrinss settled in cash or exchange,
was hut $40, 49,, S3i. or but little more
than s per cont Of the whole. or the bal
anCCs settled. Si,3?5.OlE were In gold.
$2G5, 900 In gold clearing house crrtin-
Gates. s3,i5l. 7Gl In United Stntcs notes
aud the remainder In other forms OF
money and commercial exchange,