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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM

stock banks, with 3,758 branches; and 42 of foreign banks, with 2,395 branches. Of 9 private banks, which made returns in England and Wales, the deposits amounted to 27,140,000Z., cash in hand and at call, 6,750,000Z., partners' capital and reserve, 3,559,000^. ; notes in circulation, 54,920^.; total liabilities, 32,063,000/.

Some statistics of the joint-stock banks for June, 1912: —

English 3

Subscribed capital Paid-up capital .... Market value of capital Reserve funds and undivided

profits

Notes in circulation. Deposit and current accounts. Total liabilititsi .... Cash in hand and at call Investments. . ..

Discounts, advances, &c. . Total assets i. . ..

£1,000

233,99(5

61,924

167,990

38,848 29,369 820,233 999,037 249,741 166,323 532,380 999,037

Scottish

£1,000

28,525

9,241

32,658

9,645

7,331

112,209

145,043

30,129

33,944

71,559

145,043

Irish

£1,000

26,349

7,309

17,362

4,434 7,229 67,506 87,065 13,679 ■ 24,557 47,664 87,065

Colonial 5 Foreign 5

£1,000 64,8184 44,955

75,875

28,444 14,074 370,447 496,966 126,017 35,560 314,419 496,900

£1,000

117,861-1

126,226

239,242

77,236

5,486

786,000

1,187,728

156,043

90,147

880,2742

1,187,728

1 Including other items besides those preceding. 2 includes exchange operations. 3 Including Channel Islands and Isle of Man. 4 Partly computed.

5 Banks with London offices.

The amount of bills, cheques. &c., paid at tlie Bankers' Clearing House amounted to 15,961,773,000/. in 1912, against 14,613, 877,000?. in 1911.

The Post Office Savings Banks at the end of 1911 had 12,370,646 depositor.s, of whom 11,142,184 were in England and Wales, 592,459 in Scotland, and 636,003 iu Ireland. There were 3,917,468 (3,531,800 in England and Wales, 193,581 in Scotland, and 192,087 in Ireland) accounts open at the end of 1911 with, balances of less than 11. which had been dormant for five years and upwards. The following are statistics of these savings-banks : —

1905

1908

1909

1910

1911

Received ^ Paid. Capital ^

Received ^ Paid. Capital -^

Received ^ Paid. Capital ^

Received ^ Paid. Capital ^

Received ^ Paid. Capital •''

England and Walesi

£

41,313,924

38,221,110

135,668,450

43,635,116

41,062,368

143,160,340

43,f29,463

40,877,920

146,211,883

44,841,578

41,280.677

149,772,784

48,678,112

41,995,232

156,455,664

Scotland

£ 1,828,833 1,535,001 6,205,339

2,060,779 1,745,936 6,651,414

2,130,705 1,812,013 6,970,106

2.132,508 1,915,105 7,187,509

2,300,970 1,906,117 7,582,362

Ireland

£

2,725,066

2,339,926

10,237,351

2,847,642

2,587,096

10,836,460

3,108,339

2,530,723

11,414,076

3,181,245

2,665,399

11,929,922

3,255,780

2,705,220

12,480,482

United Kingdom i

45,867,823

42,096,037

152,111,140

48,543,537

45,395,400

160,648,214

49,168,507

45,220,656

164,596,065

50,155,331

45,861,181

168,890,215

54,234,862

46,606,569

176,518,508

1 Including Islands in the British Seas.

3 Amoxmt due to depositors at

2 Including interest. end of year.