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 MONET AND CREDIT

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There is no State bank, but the Bank of England, the Bank of Scotland, and the Bank of Ireland have royal charters, and the first and the last lend money to the Government. Statistics of the Bank of England for the end of December : —

Issue Department

Banking Department

Year

il'nM '.Securities

Gold

Capital

Deposits

Note* in

Coin in

Coin ami

and

and Securities

the ■ Re-

the ' Re-

Bullion £1,000

' Rest " £1,000

Post Bills

serve'

serve '

£1,000 \ £1,000

£1,000 £1,000

£1,000 £1,000

1913

50,500 18,450

32,050

17,790

51,510 47,130

21,130 1,050

1916

71.290 18,450

52,840

17,860

178,860 163,650

31,610 1,470

1917

75.5S0 18,450

57,100

17,850

166,270 153,190

29,640 1,210

1918

97,000' 18,450

78,550


 * 17,800

172,670 163,240

26,690 550

1919 108,748 18,450

90,298

17,825

199,862 199,246

17,398 1,043

1920 144,934 18,450

i2<;.4>;


 * 7,-'J2

189,865 193,892

12.083 1,783

Bank clearings, 1919, 28,415,000,000/. ; 1920, 39,019,000,000/. Post Office Savi7igs Bank.— Statistics for 1918 and 1913.

United

United

—

England and Wales >

Scotland

Ireland

Kingdom ' 1918

Kingdom 1 1913

Accounts open at end

of

Active.

10,671,907

613,604

542,050

11. > 29,631

},1*

Dormant -

3,747,9"4

208,900

211,920

4,168,724

4,017,659

Amount —

£

£

£

£

1

Received

. 73,193,336

.,-■..407

3,034,125

79.4.-.

51,165,624

Interest Credited.

4,652,951

208,718

5,134,034

4.?"

Paid

4^,348,244

2,273.057

2,432,397

53,255,698

50,397,407

Due to Depositors

at

end of year

213,020,763

-

12,030,758

234,633,323

187,248,167

1 Including Islands in the British Seas. II., which hare been dormant five years or more.

- Accounts with balances of less than

The total amount credited to depositors at March 31, 1919, was ap- proximately 257,000,000/., and 1920, 264,000,000/.

The receipts and payments include purchases and sales of Government Stock for depositors, and the interest includes dividends on stock credited to depositors' accounts, but the amount on deposit is exclusive of such stock held for depositors. The latter amounted to 1S5,6S2,S301. at the end of 1918 (against 26,575.9371. in 1913).

Trustee Savings Bank. — The number of depositors in these banks in 1920 was about 2,266,000, and the amounts due to them were : in the General or Government Departments, 75,0S6,000Z. Cash, and 27,245,000/. (face value) Stock ; in the Special Investment Departments, i.e., money invested otherwise than with the National Debt Commissioners, 16,185,000/. Cash, and 44,745/. (face value) Stock ; total Cash, 91,271,000/. ; total face value of Stock, 27,289,745/. In 1913, the number of depositors was 1,912,820 ; the total Cash due to depositors, 68,548,000/., and the face value of Stock, 2,795,000/.

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