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HUNGARY

During the period 1867-97 the total gohl coinage amounted to 235, 814, 000 florins ; the silver coinage to 130,300,000 florins ; and the fractional coinage (small silver, copper, nickel, and bronze) to 24,564,000 florins.

On December 31, 1897, there were in Hungary 307 joint-stock and private banks with a total nominal capital of 185,642,000 florins ; 666 savings-banks with nominal capital of 77,541,000 florins ; and 1,158 co-operative (alliance) banks. The liabilities and assets of all the banks were as follows (in thousands of florins) : —

LIABILITIES.

—

Paid-up

Eeserve

Bills, &c. in circu- lation

Credit

accounts

current

Deposit

Mort- gages

1,000 fls

370,469 131,015

501,434

Total,

including

others

1,000 fls.

1,195,931 1,026,188

109,588 !

Joint-stock and

private Savings-bank.s Co-operative

(alliance).

Total.

■

1,000 fls.

139,784 70,501

51,377 261,756

1,000 fls.

58,451 59,707

3,736

1,000 fls.

18,438 1,555

1,000 fls.

154,418 32,448

186,869

1,000 fls.

178,194 619,942

39,162 837,298

121,894

19,993

2,331,707

ASSETS.

—

Bank and credit notes

Mortgage loans

Debit accounts current

Advances on stocks and mort- gages

Bond- loans

' Total, Stocks including otliers

Joint-stock and

private Savings-banks Co-operative

(alliance).

Total.

1,000 fls.

190,443 312,457

35,427

1,000 fls.

374,733 356,763

15,545

1,000 fls.

200,073 102,541

96

1,000 fls.

20,026 13,996

5,361

1,000 fls.

9,190 19,086

41,381

1,000 fls.

87,196 93,680

2,048

1,000 fls.

1.195,931 1,026,188

109,588

538,327 747,041

302,710

39,383

69,657

182,924

2,-331,707

The following are statistics of the post-office savings-banks :-

—

1894

1895

3,983 276,565

10,858,000

1896

1897

No. of banks. Depositors at end of year. Value of deposits at end of year, in florins

3,942 257,303

10,232,000

4,019 295,597

11,701,000

4,125 314,047 i

12,185,000 ;

Diplomatic Representatives.

1. Of Austria-Hungary in Great Britain.

Ambassador. — Count Francis Deyra, accredited November 26, 1888. Councillor. — Count Albert Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein. Secretary. — Count Nicolas Revertera.