MONEY AND CREDIT
97
There were in June, 1898, 90 joint-stock banks, making returns in England and Wales, with 3,546 branches; 3 in the Isle of Man with 17 branches; 11 in Scotland, 1,154 branches ; and 9 in Ireland, 580 branches. There were 29 offices in London of colonial joint-stock banks, vvith 1,653 branches ; and 23 of foreign banks, with 192 branches. Of 23 private banks, which made returns in England and Wales, the deposits amounted to 39,984,188^., cash in hand and at call, 10,640,252/., partners' capital and reserve, 7,017,632/.
The following are some statistics of the ioint-stock banks for June, 1898 :—
—
English
Scotch
Irish
Colonial
Foreign
£1,000
£1,000
£1,000
£1,000
£1,000
Subscribed capital .
214,930
29,152
25,549
48,387
35,477
Paid-up do.
60,386
9,311
7,125
36,229
25,194
Market value of do.
190,009
30,578
22,046
—
38,786
Reserve fund, dividend.
&c
34,203
7,210
3,851
9,563
10,589
Notes in circulation
29,226
7,486
5,657
7,870
3,006
Deposit and current ac-
counts
596,794
96,617
46,083
148,658
78,251
Total liabilities ^
742,224
125,849
63,470
229,643
159,703
Cash in hand and at call .
170,082
22,448
8,571
47,574
26,351
Investments
154,095
31,612
17,627
14,837
13,592
Discounts, advances, &c. .
392,406
64,615
36,049
156,806
113,587
Total assets ^ .
742,234
125,849
63,470
229,643
159,703
1 Including other items besides those preceding.
The following are statistics lof the Post-office savings-banks for five years : —
England and Wales
Scotland
Ireland
United Kingilom i
( Received 1893 -] Paid . t Capital
( Received 1894 \ Paid . t Capital
( Received 1895 4 Paid. V Capital
C Received 1896-^ Paid . t Capital
( Received 1897 J Paid, t Capital
£ 24,352,782 19,949,093 74,277,260
29,602,953 21,919,841 81,960,372
31,071,405 23,611,750 89,420,027
35,177,703 26,066,652 98,531,078
34,772,070
28,047,895
105,255,253
£ 741.479 530,120 1,980,225
988,234
638,445
2,330,014
1,236,372
721,680
2,844,706
1,420,754
851,675
3,413,785
1,477,123
954,982
3,935,926
£ 1,414,867 1,285,353 4,340,156
1,864,165 1,228,641 4,975,680
1,993,428 1,364,866 5,604,242
2,120,537 1,571,001 6,153,778
2,173,947 1,622,118 6,705,607
£ 26,509,128 21,764,566 80,579,641
32,455,352 23,786,927 89,266,066
34,301,205 25,698,296 97,868,975
38,718,994
29,419,328
108,098,641
38,423,140
30,624,995
115,896,786
^ Including Islands in the British Seas.
