CONDITION OF THE NATIONAL BANKS OF THE UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 1867. Compound In- Other Lawful terest Notes. 175,882 6,646 11,480 81,176 7,680,771 108,881 11,861 45,880 780,817 69,358 285,129 2,744 1,465,723 417,172 25,091 48,845 558,092 24,287 190,926 45,121,180 1,047,616 187,460 834,383 67,973,960 2,228,868 69,488 10,547,117 11.855 8,652 1,028,123 8,949,947 208,450 3,715,322 187,051 105,474 19,108 New Jersey, 17,708,056 543,690 95,531 82,445 613,727 4,475,125 424,499 12,889,016 493,397 29,166 150,997 Pennsylvania. 27,844,735 896,835 169,979 175,612 760,573 6,861,008 758,245 80,382,156 1,032,588 76,277 110,600 Philadelphia. 32,517,368 1,074,419 125,797 332,549 1,754,879 8,889,274 729,868 19,958,829 1,152,383 88,026 943,896 Pittsburg... 11,651,516 411,046 89,072 121,978 895,049 1,836,692 158,999 9,068,800 237,168 19,362 108,781 Delaware.... 2,182 812 108,164 14,895 10,817 81,227 814,591 26,826 1,602,141 30,825 13,872 8,349 Maryland 2,698,662 110,436 15,369 28,561 127,734 593,396 68,244 2,788,115 110,241 57,281 70,401 Baltimore 14,277,853 412,753 25,238 81,560 823,195 463,610 299,046 9,412,582 729,025 49,826 516,921 Dist't of Columbia.. 85,807 10,700 15,623 8,956 14,669 3,538 177.450 6,774 81 442 Washington... 1,335,706 215,084 12,817 83,614 88,749 355,241 71,218 2,842,162 96,784 132 70,423 Virginia..... 3,356,504 245,103 44,250 35,227 284,987 677,121 118,037 2,742,039 817,586 2,582 107,573 West Virginia.... 2,817,743 160,683 21,183 87,498 189,592 668,659 118,450 8,202,225 45,578 77,236 18,757 North Carolina.. 659,670 29,568 5,484 15,728 42,198 45,063 57,511 503,100 56,587 2,060 12,449 South Carolina.. 852,935 2,005 20,686 101,528 829,716 86,196 173,650 157,631 14,995 17,646 Georgia .... 1,989,644 29,034 9,392 35,123 54,334 495,788 185,085 1,925,325 420,182 2,826 19,228 Alabama Louisiana 556,855 13,712 1,432 463 849,189 66,140 93,522 641,900 10,808 3,990 75,757 145,058 18,598 4,935 2,054 1,194 47,038 4,030 95,000 12,833 4,010 5,914 2,519,816 208,018 4,876 50,028 611,430 571,400 830,159 1,820,400 444,961 66,523 157,404 Texas...... 378,201 22,177 32,128 11,078 20,612 641,558 95,247 687,050 75,121 378,826 Ohio...... 18,098,770 509,499 135,617 93,614 468,301 8,012,374 577,720 18,901,499 598,069 51,164 71,615 Cincinnati.. 6,754,464 112,239 36,003 5,495 182,788 1,030,650 106,186 6,816,800 278,091 5,557 21,686 Cleveland. 8,418,180 88,508 23,648 21,988 81,649 925,453 86,412 2,790,400 285,595 15,949 39,384 Indiana 13,002,867 434,466 67,938 62,240 214,744 1,851,621 249,981 14,368,387 295,007 105 69,741 Illinois 8,462,246 335,966 89,114 36,758 846,924 1,977,985 250,445 7,767,502 829,876 2,088 127,628 Chicago. 8,490,327 29,085 43,966 17,210 1,642,503 2,012,070 104,554 5,450,496 777,202 1,078 52,539 Michigan 8,909,767 191,628 40,899 81,993 133,881 770,469 52,269 3,891,386 86,147 1,437 16,184 Detroit 2,797,245 60,635 16,800 1,607 169,584 573,588 36,145 1,505,850 186,382 4,930 667 Wisconsin 2,474,563 127,202 12,833 36,762 64,971 1,052,696 77,655 2,680,650 89,143 757 18,397 Milwaukee 1,619,194 66,894 222 14,344 247,009 413,167 16,851 1,144,800 20,178 348 11,813 Iowa 4,704,243 187,186 49,387 21,407 181,191 102,101 273,780 4,703,178 215,936 16,983 55,543 Minnesota 2,095,714 70,566 11,010 22,041 130,260 241,440 112,276 1,961,907 81,665 8,229 10,447 Kansas.... 199,461 20,900 12,072 11,160 26,704 98,891 5,909 848,050 58,461 1,620 Missouri. 859,780 38,506 6,861 19,448 56,286 282,475 48,077 1,071,700 63,189 24,851 32,335 St. Louis.. 9,077,547 366,040 106,406 77,562 50,742 519,716 442,243 4,894,900 662,062 87,121 262,903 Arkansas 355,060 5,264 6,822 6,411 16,216 257,839 143 254,750 6,486 1,735 Kentucky 2,114,187 94,863 14,294 30,192 8,210 535,662 98,406 2,001,200 47,121 640 8,075 Louisville 980,584 22,465 8,789 6,750 2,570 108,899 26,997 1,065,450 10,050 218 1,445 Tennessee 8,027,798 145,473 51,791 29,715 120,986 933,222 406,193 2,672,088 809,754 1,561 69,064 Nevada... 114,920 24,272 21,599 14,340 155,000 6,265 4,510 Nebraska Territory. 264,192 48,402 8,244 8,638 Colorado Territory. 298,178 97,018 19,670 2,672 Totals. $608,411,901 $18,861,138 $2,795,822 $2,852,045 $101,330,9-4 892,492,416 $12,981,415 $443,193,488 $19,205,51 $1,176,142 $16,634,972 $81,925,100 $104,586,827 $1,506,448,245 84,729 205 8,976 464,923, 64,790 8,117 The following table is an abstract of quarterly reports of the National Banking Associations of the United States, showing their condition April, July, and October, 1866, and January, 1867: THE EUROPEAN BANK MOVEMENT OF THE YEAR 1866.-La Finance estimates that the subscriptions in France, in 1866, amounted to 28,000,000 sterling for foreign loans and railway advances, 12,000,000 more for advances by the societies of Crédit Foucier for the improvement of real property-and a further 12,000,000 for debentures and shares in French railway and other companies: in all, therefore, a total subscription and contribution of 52,000,000 sterling, equal to 1,300,000,000 in francs. In 1866, the rates of discount at the principal monetary centres of Europe were as follows: At Amsterdam, the year 1866 opened with a 6 per cent. discount rate. In the 20 week of the year there was an advance to 63 per cent., but in the 8th week there was a fall to 6, and in the 11th to 54. In the 18th week, the rate went to 6, and in the 19th to 63. In the 27th week of the year, it further advanced to 7, sinking, however, to 63 in the 32d, 6 in the 33d, 5 in the 39th, 5 in the 43d, and 44 in the 51st week. Berlin commenced 1866 with a discount rate of 7 per cent., which sunk to 6 in the 8th week, advancing, however, to 7 in the 16th week, and to 9 in the 19th week. In the 29th week, there was a fall to 7, in the 30th week to 6, in the 32d week to 5, in the 44th week to 44, and in the 51st week to 4. At Bruxelles, there were very few fluctuations. They may be summed up as follows: commencement of the year, 5 per cent., 9th week, 4; 20th week, 5; 22d week, 6; 33d week, 4; and 38th week, 3. At Frankfort, the rather more numerous fluctuations were: commencement of the year, 6 per cent.; 2d week, 7; 3d week, 54; 4th week, 5: 7th week, 41; 10th week, 4; 12th week, 41; 16th week, 5; 19th week, 6; 20th week, 7; 26th week, 6; 33d week, 5; 34th week, 4; 41st week, 44; and 46th week, 34. At Hamburg, there were no fewer than thirty-one changes in the rate of discount during the past year. In the 1st quarter, the fluctuations were from 4 to 7 per cent.; in the 2d quarter, from 5 to 83; in the 3d quarter, from 3 to 61; and in the 4th quarter, from 34 to 43. At London, the year opened with a discount rate of 8 per cent., which fell to 7 in the 8th, and to 6 in the 11th week of the year. In the 18th week, the rate rose to 7; in the 19th week to 9; and in the 20th week to 10. This rate continued to the 33d week, when it sunk to 8, declining further to 7 in the 34th week, 6 in the 35th week, and 5 in the 36th week. It afterwards fell to 43 in the 39th week, 4 in the 45th week, and 33 in the 51st week. At Paris, discount was kept within very moderate bounds in 1866, the year commencing with 5 per cent., from which there was a fall to 44 in the 7th week, 4 in the 8th week, 33 in the 12th week, 4 in the 19th week, 3 in the 30th week, and 3 in the 35th week. The aggregate amount of calls made by the Cornwall and Devon Mines from 1862 to 1866 amounted to £1,828,427; the dividends during the same period amounted to £751,713. The year 1864 stands foremost in the list of calls for upwards of £400,000, and during that year the dividends reached £174,907. In 1865 the calls were £331,881, and the dividends £90,596. BANK OF FRANCE, FROM 1861 TO 1866.-TWENTY-FIVE FRANCS - £.-LIABILITIES. * One of the extraordinary features of this exhibit is the rapid increase in the reserve of coin and bullion from 186-4 to 1866. ments $189,241.35. Missions reported the preceding year, 20. Two were transferred to the Home Mission Society, and one received from the Publication Society, making present number, 19. In the Asiatic missions are 15 stations where American missionaries reside, and about 400 out-stations; in the European missions, including France, Germany, and Sweden, at the end of 1864, there were reported not far from 1,300 stations and out-stations, and the number is constantly increasing. American missionaries connected with the Asiatic mis sions, including those at present in this country, in all 83: males, 40; females, 43. Native preachers and assistants, not far from 500; of whom 50 are ordained. In Europe, preachers and assistants, not far from 200. Whole number baptized in 1864, in Europe, 1,911; in Asia, 761; total, 2,672. Members at the close of 1864, not far from 36,000, leaving. out about half of the Toungoo churches previously reckoned, and the Rangoon Sgau Karen Association, from which no return had been received. The President of the Society is Hon. Ira Harris, New York. On motion of the committee on finance, it was resolved to raise $200,000 to meet the expenses of the coming year. This was rendered necessary on the assumption by the Union of the Swedish mission. The report of the committee on European missions recommended that the full amount of $8,000 be appropriated for the purpose of building and maintaining chapels in Sweden, Germany, and France. The report was adopted. 2. American Baptist Publication Society (established in 1824). Total receipts for the year, $173,321.47; expenditures, $169,678.79; balance in treasury, $3,642.68. There have been fifty-two new publications issued during the year. Including the annual report and Almanac, the aggregate number of copies of new publications issued during the year is 69,175. The new editions of former publications are as follows: of books, 227,000 copies; of tracts, 223,000. The total issues for the year have been, of books, tracts, etc., 519,175 copies, equal to 38,764,017 18mo pages; Young Reaper, 1,624,000 copies; National Baptist, 264,950 copies; making a total of 2,408,125 copies. This exceeds the issues of last year by 20,939,167 pages. The Society has printed, of books, tracts, and periodicals, since its organization, 23,112,259 copies, containing matter equal to 651,976,754 pages in 18mo. Fortyeight colporteurs have been in commission during the year. 3. American Baptist Home Mission Society (established in 1832).-Receipts for the year, $137,810.16; expenditures, $135,822.00; balance in treasury, $1,988.40. Two hundred and sixty-five missionaries and sixty-two assistants have been under appointments since the last anniversary. One hundred and eighty-two of this number were new appointments. They have labored in thirty-seven States and Territories. There has been received for the freed |