88
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.
