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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.
