The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-10-08

WASHINGTON, Oct 6.-Comptroller of
the Currency Eckels has issued q
statement giving the results OF an in
vestigation made by him of the
amount of all kinds of money held by
the banking institutions of the coun-
try on July l.
The number of banking houses and
trust companies inquired of was
1889, and of :. clearing houses. COW
ering all of such institutions in every
state and territory and the District of
Columbia Reports were received
from 5,7:5 banks and trust companies.
and it clearing house associations.
The information, although incom-
p!ete, is, the comptroller says, OF such
character as to enable fair and
correct result from all to be approx
mated.
OF the 5,.23 reports received, 1896
were of national banks, l,494 state
banks. 457 savings banks. ego of pri-
vate banks and 81 of loan and trust
companies
The total amount of cash in the
5,7a3 institutions reporting was $a13.-
l24,s4 1t is divided as follows: Gold
coin. Sl34,O77, OO3; gold certificates,
SIS. 4Sl, 1888; silver dollars, SIS, 25i, GIG;
fractional silver. 1899. O'3; silver GER
ti6cates, S39,6G3, 500; treasury notes
$500, Sl3, lo6, OlS; United States notes,
SllO, 469. 375; currency certi6c Gates.
$40. $50, 900; national bank notes, S23,-
an
national banks reporting held $685.
ia, GIG and the ., 265 state banks, etc,
ST., $50, a33 The amount of gold coin
and gold certificates held BY these
national banks was $155, O:3, 6O4 and
by these state banks, etc., S34. aS4, 1877.
In this connection IL may be stated
that the total number of national
banks, viz. 1859, held on July Ii, the
date of the last official call. $36I, $685.
485 cash, of which amount there was
in gold coin and gold certificates S16I,.
S53. 500.
The total cash and the part thereof
of gold and gold certificates held by
reporting banks in each geographical
division, is as follows: New England
states. total cash, S35, 6S9, 80; amount
of gold and gold certificates, Sl5. 4O3,-
76s. Eastern states, total cash, $2i3,-
i29. 500; amount of gold and gold Ger.
tifcates, SIS. $50, 1873. Southern states,
total cash. Sc. OS6, 6Ol;. amount of gold
and gold certificates, S9.a5S. ls5.
Western states, total cash, SlO9. 5S4,-
Gas: amount of gold and gold certiti-
Gates. $50, ilO,4c7. Pacific states and
territories. total cash S25,634, .G2;
amount of gold and gold certificates,
Sl9,605, $50 Totals, total cash, S413,-
I24. $40; total amount of gold and gold
certificates. Sis9,55s.34l.
A comparison of the money holdings
of these geographical districts shows
that the 500 reporting banks in the
New England states held bu: $780,.
GIL more total cash and SIS, Si5,5S5
more of gold and silver certificates
than the GIG reporting banks IN the
Southern states; the 1.2!a banks in
the Eastern states, S!O3, 54t.Y:4 more
total cash and So, S45. 5S5 more of gold
and gold certificates than the a,434
banks in the Western states; the 676
banks i" the Southern states, SO, 45l,-
Sil more total cash and $1,000. "a:
less gold and gold certificates than
the 500 banks in the Pacific states and
territories; the 500 banks in the New
England states. $40, 1854, $40 more cash
and 81. 2O2. O62 less gold and gold GER
tl6cates than the 500 banks in the
Pacific states and territories
From the reports received and from
other Information available, the comp
trOller finds the total gold and gold
certificate holdings of the banks of
the country. on Jniy !, was 500, 199.-
36., including the free gold in the
treasury; at which time he finds that
the available gold and gold certificates
in the bank aud the free gold in the
treasury on or about July was SlO4,.
AL. 40. To-day, the comptroller adds,
it is larger. as the free gold in the
treasury stands at Sl23. .55, 226.
The returns from the sixty-six of
the seventy-eight clearing house asso-
Citations OF the country show that on
July l, the total clearings amounted
to S2a7. 935, 464. The balances of these
total clearings. settled in cash or cash
exchanges. was but slS, Is. 1874. or but
little more than per cent of the
whole. OF the balances settled,
81 .3a5.0lS were in gold: Ss65, 900 in
gold certificates; 81, 49,, 761 in Unified
States notes, and the remainder in
other forms Of money and commercial
exchange.
Want to XIII the Car.
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