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BELGIUM

The condition of the 54 joint-stock and private banks on December 31, 1896, was as follows : —

Assets.

1000 francs j

Liabilities

1000 francs

Cash Securities : —

Commercial ,

Public Funds, &c. . Accounts current. Advances

Total.

39,577

169,390 296,908 399,115 261,037

1,166,027

Paid up Capital Reserves (various). Contracts for fixed

term. Contracts short dated Unpaid dividends.

Total.

205,288 96,862

274,576

568,793

20,508

1,166,027

There are also agricultural banks, credit unions, and popular banks. The following are statistics of the State savings-banks : —

Year

Offices

844 85(3 859

Depositors

Amount of Deposits at end of Year \

Year

Offices

Amount of

Depositors Deposits at

j end of year

1890 1893 1894

731,057

960,468

1,053,699

1

Francs

282,588,099

351,308,338

390,181,775

1895 1896

868

881

1.145,408 1,238,601

Francs 427,317,065 453,429,304

Money, Weights, and Measures.

The i^mwc Par value 25-22^ to £1 sterling.

Belgium belongs to the Latin Monetary Union.

The weights and measures are those of the metric system.

Diplomatic Representatives.

1. Of Belgium in Great Britain.

Envoy and Minister. — Baron Whettnall, appointed February, 1894.

Goimcillor of Legation. — Viscount de Beughem do Ilouthem.

First Secretary of Legation. — E. van Grootven.

Second Secretary. — A. Delcoigne.

Attache. — A. du Bois.

Consul- General in London. — F. H. Lenders.

There are Consular representatives of Belgium in the following towns : —

Aberdeen, Belfast, Berwick, Birmingham, l^radford, Bristol, Cardiff, Devon, Dublin, Dundee, Falmouth, Glasgow, Hull, Leith, Liverpool, Man- chester, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Queenstown, Sheffield, Southampton.

2. Of Great Britain in Belgium.

Envoy and Minister.— Yiow. Sir F. R. Plunkett, G.C.M.G., Envoy and Minister to Sweden and Norway, 1888 ; to Belgium, 1893.

Secretary. — Arthur S. Raikes.

There is a Consul-General at Antwerp, and Yice-Consuls at Brussels, Ghent, Lioge, Louvain, Ostend, and Spa.