578. Statistics for Great Britain, Germany, and France, 1867-1909
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578. Statistics for Great Britain, Germany, and France, 1867-1909
Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis STATISTICS FOR FRANCE 1870-1909 FURNISHED MAINLY BY THE BANK OF FRANCE AND THE CREDIT LYONNAIS Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis STATISTICS FOR FRANCE, 1870-1909. CONTENTS. PART I. GENERAL STATISTICS I L L U S T R A T I N G T H E GROWTH OF P O P U L A T I O N , W E A L T H , BUSINESS, AND COMMERCE, 1871-1908. Page. 'ABLE N O . 1.—Population of France, 1871-1908 2.—Exports and imports of France, 1871-1908 3.—Number and tonnage of French merchant vessels, 1872-1907 4.—Total tonnage of vessels entered and cleared with cargoes, 1871-1907 5.—Statistics of railways, 1871-1907 6.—Domestic consumption of coffee, sugar, and wine, 1871-1908 7.—Steam machinery employed in industry, 1871-1906 8.—Production of iron ore in France, 1871-1908 9.—Production of coal in France, 1871-1908 10.—Production of salt (rock salt and sea salt) in France, 1887-1907 11.—Production of lead and silver ore in France, 1887-1907 12.—Production of zinc ore in France, 1887-1907 13.—Production of iron pyrites in France, 1887-1907 14.—Production of peat in France, 1887-1907 15.—Metal production in France, 1871-1908 16.—Government receipts and tax returns, 1871-1907 17.—Transactions of Paris clearing house, 1871-1907 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 PART II. STATISTICS O F BANKS AND BANKING IN FRANCE. 'ABLE N O . 1.—Statements of the Bank of France, in annual and decennial averages, 1875-1908 2.—Statements of the Bank of France, weekly, 1889-1908 *3.—Discount rates at the Bank of France, with date of every change, 1875-1908 4.—Market rate of discount in Paris, weekly, 1889-1908 5.—Summary of balance sheets of the principal banks of France, compiled yearly about December 31, 1888-1907 6.—Statistics of French banks, in 1907 7.—Statistics of the Caisses D'Epargne Ordinaires, 1870-1908 8.—Statistics of the Caisse Nationale D'Epargne, 1882-1908 9.—Deposits of savings banks, 1871-1908 10.—Statistics of the Credit Agricole, in 1907 11.—Statistics of the Credit Foncier, in 1907 293 294 314 315 317 337 338 339 340 341 342 PART III. STATISTICS OF MONEY, GOLD S U P P L Y , GOLD MOVEMENTS, AND F O R E I G N E X C H A N G E . ABLE N o . 1.—Money supply of France at intervals, 1878-1903 2.—Shipments of gold between France and other countries, by months, 1900-1908 3.—Exports and imports of gold and silver, annually, 1890-1908 4.—Coinage of gold, silver, etc., in France, 1871-1908 5.—Shipments of goods between France and other countries, annually, by countries, 1871-1908 6.—Proportion of coin and its substitutes to total payments at different periods, 1878-1903 7.—Sight exchange rates on New York, London, and Berlin, monthly, 1889-1898 8.—Sight exchange rates on New York, London, and Berlin, weekly, 1899-1909 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 269 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis PART I GENERAL STATISTICS ILLUSTRATING THE GROWTH OF POPULATION, WEALTH, BUSINESS, AND COMMERCE, 1871-1908 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 271 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis STATISTICS ILLUSTRATING THE GROWTH OF POPULATION, WEALTH, BUSINESS, AND COMMERCE, 1871-1908. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis TABLE No. 1.—POPULATION OF FRANCE, 1871-1908. Year. 1871 1872 36,190,000 36,140,000 36,340,000 36,490,000 36,660,000 36,830,000 37,000,000 37,180,000 37,320,000 37,450,000 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 Average, 1871-1880 1881 1882 36,760,000 1885 1886 37,590,000 37,730,000 37,860,000 38,010,000 j 38,110,000 38,230,000 1887 1888 1889 1890 38,260,000 38,290,000 38,370,000 38,380,000 1883 1884 Average, 1881-1890 1891 1892 ' Number. 38,350,000 38,360,000 38,380,000 38,420,000 38,460,000 38,520,000 38,600,000 38,800,000 38,900,000 38,900,000 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898.w 1899 i 1900 Average, 1891-1900 1901 | 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 38,088,000 38,569,000 38,900,000 I 39,000,000 39,140,000 39,210,000 39,240,000 39,260,000 39,300,000 39,252,000 274 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABLE No. 2.—EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OP FRANCE, 1871-1908. F o r e i g n c o m m e r c e (special). Year. Exports. Francs. Imports. Francs. 1871 1872 2,873,000,000 3,567,000,000 3,762,000,000 3,570,000,000 1873 1874 1875 , 1876 3,787,000,000 3,555,000,000 3,701,000,000 3,508,000,000 3,873,000,000 3,537,000,000 3,576,000,000 3,988,000,000 1877 1878 3,436,000,0W 3,670,000,000 3,180,000,000 4,176,000,000 1879 1880 3,231,000,000 4,595,000,000 3,468,000,000 5,033,000,000 3,489,000,000 3,920,000,000 3,562,000,000 3,574,000,000 3,452,000,000 3,233,000,000 3,088,000,000 3,249,000,000 3,247,000,000 3,247,000,000 3,704,000,000 3,753,000,000 4,863,000,000 1 4,822,000,000 4,804,000,000 4,344,000,000 4,088,000,000 4,208,000,000 4,026,000,000 4,107,000,000 4,317,000,000 4,437,000,000 3,410,000,000 4,402,000,000 3,570,000,000 3,461,000,000 3,236,000,000 3,078,000,000 3,374,000,000 3,401,000,000 3,598,000,000 3,511,000,000 4,153,000,000 4,109,000,000 4,768,000,000 4,188,000,000 3,854,000,000 3,850,000,000 3,720,000,000 3,799,000,000 3,956,000,000 4,473,000,000 4,518,000,000 4,698,000,000 3,549,000,000 4,182,000,000 4,013,000,000 4,252,000,000 4,252,000,000 4,451,000,000 4,867,000,000 5,267,000,000 5,596,000,000 5,272,000,000 4,369,000,000 1 4,394,000,000 4,801,000,000 4,502,000,000 4,779,000,000 5,627,000,000 6,223,000,000 6,090,800,000 Average 1871-1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 Average 1881-1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 Average 1891-1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 a :... T. a Exports of French origin and imports for home use. STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. 275 TABLE No. 3.—NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF FRENCH MERCHANT VESSELS, 1872-1907. [From Annuaire Statistique.] Sailing vessels. Year. Number. 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 72138—10 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 18 15,062 15,043 15,002 14,904 14,861 14,884 14,939 14,434 14,406 14,391 14,368 14,327 14,414 14,329 14,400 14,253 14,263 14,128 14,001 13,890 14,117 14,190 14,332 14,386 14,301 14,352 14,406 14,262 14,313 14,393 14,691 14,910 15,057 15,284 15,488 15,639 Steam vessels. Registered Registered tonnage, Number. tonnage, net. net. 911,613 882,866 842,726 822,808 792,836 758,324 730,075 676,894 641,539 602,594 566,789 536,191 522,757 507,819 492,807 465,873 451,272 440,051 444,092 426,207 407,044 396,582 398,567 386,510 390,394 421,462 414,673 450,636 510,175 564,447 668,693 650,209 653,268 676,193 677,055 662,828 512 516 522 537 546 565 588 599 652 735 832 895 938 937 951 984 1,015 1,066 1,110 1,157 1,161 1,186 1,196 1,212 1,235 1,212 1,209 1,227 1,272 1,299 1,330 1,383 1,457 1,471 1,511 1,554 177,462 185,165 194,546 205,420 218,449 230,804 245,808 255,959 277,759 311,779 416,228 467,488 511,072 492,396 500,484 506,652 509,801 492,684 499,921 521,872 498,562 498,841 491,972 500,568 503,677 499,409 485,615 507,120 527,551 546,541 548,921 585,132 696,059 711,027 723,487 739,819 Total. Number. 15,574 15,559 15,524 15,441 15,407 15,449 15,527 15,033 15,058 15,126 15,200 15,222 15,352 15,266 15,351 15,237 15,278 15,194 15, 111 15,047 15,278 15,376 15,528 15,598 15,536 15,564 15,615 15,489 15,585 15,692 16,021 16,293 16,514 16,755 16,999 17,193 Registered tonnage, net. 1,089,075 1,068,031 1,037,272 1,028,228 1,011,285 989,128 975,883 932,853 919,298 914,373 983,017 1,033,079 1,033,829 1,000,215 993,291 972,525 961,525 1 932,735 944,013 948,079 905,606 895,423 890,539 887,078 894,071 920,871 900,288 957,756 1,037,726 1,110,988 1,217,614 • 1,235,341 1,349,327 1,387,220 1,400,542 1,402,647 276 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABLE No. 4.—TOTAL TONNAGE OP VESSELS ENTERED AND CLEARED WITH CARGOES, 1871-1907. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis F r e n c h a n d foreign. Year. Steamships. Tons. 1871 7,559,000 8,412,000 8,943,000 9,471,000 9,890,000 11,378,000 11,879,000 13,322,000 Tons. 4,446,000 4,986,000 4,968,000 4,689,000 4,527,000 4,663,000 4,517,000 4,710,000 5,300,000 5,802,000 9,375,000 4,861,009 14,257,000 15,638,000 17,795,000 16,959,000 17,528,000 18,638,000 19,500,000 19,774,000 19,510,000 20,647,000 5,164,000 4,692,000 4,228,000 3,729,000 3,383,000 3,081,000 3,023,000 3,118,000 2,723,000 2,613,000 18,025,000 3,575,000 22,357,000 20,119,000 20,009,000 20,564,000 20,871,000 22,774,000 23,635,000 24,958,000 27,039,000 29,480,000 2,778,000 2,163,000 2,077,000 2,016,000 1,623,000 1,567,000 1,538,000 1,818,000 1,531,000 1,415,000 23,251,000 1,853,000 29,945,000 30,815,000 32,362,000 32,922,000 36,629,000 40,550,000 44,543,000 1,385,000 1,287,000 1,247,000 1,304,000 1,291,000 1,129,000 1,060,000 5,988,000 6,905,000 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 .* 1880 A v e r a g e 1871-1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 A v e r a g e 1881-1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 A v e r a g e 1891-1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 Sailing vessels. j j j j i STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. 277 TABLE No. 5.—STATISTICS OF RAILWAYS, 1871-1907. Average length. Year. 1871 1872 1873 1874 1 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 , .. Average 1871-1S80 188 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 -.. Average 1881-1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 Average 1891-1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1 1906 | 1907 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1 Gross receipts. Number of tons of merchandise carried 1 kilometer. Kilos. 15,632 17,438 18,139 18,744 19,357 20,034 20,534 21,435 22,249 23,089 Francs. 715,000,000 792,000,000 833,000,000 819,000,000 863,000,000 887,000,000 868,000,000 932,000,000 946,000,000 1,061,000,000 19,665 872,000,000 24,249 25,576 26,692 28,722 29,839 30,696 31,446 32,128 32,914 33,280 1,110,000,000 1,128,000,000 1,126,000,000 1,096,000,000 1,058,000,000 1,036,000,000 1,061,000,000 1,081,000,000 1,159,000,000 1,154,000,000 10,753,000,000 1 10,836,000,000 11,065,000,000 10,478,000,000 9,791,000,000 9,314,000,000 9,917,000,000 10,409,000,000 11,052,000,000 11,759,000,000 | 29,554 1,101,000,000 10,537,000,000 33,878 34,881 35,350 35,971 36,249 36,472 36,934 37,255 37,494 38,109 1,185,000,000 1,183,000,000 1,205,000,000 1,234,000,000 1,264,000,000 1,298,000,000 1,338,000,000 1,384,000,000 1,421,000,000 1,517,000,000 12,294,000,000 12,120,000,000 12,274,000,000 12,482,000,000 12,898,000,000 13,217,000,000 13,791,000,000 14,865,000,000 13,716,000,000 16,557,000,000 36,259 1,303,000,000 13,421,000,000 38,274 38,547 39,107 39,363 39,607 39,820 39,997 1,457,000,000 1,475,000,000 1,505,000,000 1,515,000,000 1,577,000,000 1,648,000,000 1,692,000,000 16,015,000,000 16,172,000,000 16,585,000,000 16,551,000,000 17,676,000,000 18,481,000,000 19,892,000,000 Tons. 5,509,000,000 7,725,000,000 8,251,000,000 7,926,000,000 8,136,000,000 8,326,000,000 8,185,000,000 8,400,000,000 8,999,000,000 10,350,000,000 1 8,181,000,000 278 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABLE No. 6.—DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION OF COFFEE, SUGAR, AND WINE, 1871-1908. E s t i m a t e of d o m e s t i c c o n s u m p t i o n of— Year. Coffee. 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 Average 1871-1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 A v e r a g e 1881-1890 1891 1892 j 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 A v e r a g e 1891-1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908c Sugar.o Wine. Kilograms. 40,000,000 17,000,000 45,000,000 39,000,000 48,000,000 53,000,000 48,000,000 54,000,000 57,000,000 58,000,000 Kilograms. 284,000,000 185,000,000 252,000,000 231,000,000 264,000,000 266,000,000 259,000,000 270,000,000 282,000,000 322,000,000 Hectoliters. 56,000,000 52,000,000 33,000,000 67,000,000 75,000,000 42,000,000 53,000,000 49,000,000 26,000,000 49,000,000 46,000,000 261,000,000 50,000,000 65,000,000 64,000,000 68,000,000 68,000,000 68,000,000 68,000,000 69,000,000 68,000,000 65,000,000 68,000,000 376,000,000 408,000,000 403,000,000 418,000,000 425,000,000 442,000,000 447,000,000 432,000,000 413,000,000 457,000,000 44,000,000 44,000,000 53,000,000 41,000,000 37,000,000 38,000,000 35,000,000 ! 41,000,000 32,000,000 36.000,000 67,000,000 422,000,000 40,000,000 70,000,000 72,000,000 69,000,000 70,000,000 72,000,000 75,000,000 77,000,000 79,000,000 81,000,000 82,000,000 455,000,000 473,000,000 423,000,000 454,000,000 467,000,000 413,000,000 402,000,000 427,000,000 439,000,000 455,000,000 40,000,000 37,000,000 54,000,000 j 42,000,000 31,000,000 52,000,000 38,000,000 39,000,000 55,000,000 71,000,000 75,000,000 441,000,000 46,000,000 84,000,000 86,000,000 6112,000,000 76,000,000 91,000,000 98,000,000 101,000,000 103,000,000 424,000,000 458,000,000 527,000,000 593,000,000 533,000,000 581,000,000 581,000,000 ^682,000,000 60,000,000 42,000,000 40,000,000 71,000,000 59,000,000 56,000,000 c53,000,000 c56,000,000 a These statistics are for raw sugar up to 1896 and refined sugar since 1896. The consumption tax upon sugar was reduced from 70 to 40 francs per 100 kilograms in (law of July 19,1880), was raised to 50 francs in 1884 (law of July 29,1884), to 60 francs in 1887 (law of May 27,1887), to 64 francs in 1897 (law of April 7,1897). Since Sept ber 1,1903 (law of January 27,1903), the tax has been 27 francs per 100 kilograms for refined sugar. 6 In 1903 the excessive amount of imports of coffee was due to the threat of an increase in the import duties which was foreseen in the drift of the budget for 1904. c See Statistical Abstract for the Principal and Other Foreign Countries, London, 1910. d Provisional figures. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. 279 TABLE No. 7.—STEAM MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN INDUSTRY, 1871-1906. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Year. 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 Average 1871-1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 t Average 1881-1890 1891 1892 1893 1 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 Average 1891-1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 Number of firms using one or more machines. Number of steam machines. 22,192 23,422 24,468 25,578 26,669 27,819 29,060 30,614 32,177 34,063 26,146 27,644 29,194 30,657 32,006 33,411 35,825 37,589 39,556 41,772 27,606 33,480 424,000 35,712 37,489 39,198 40,512 41,274 42,571 43,711 44,bl7 45,467 46,671 44,010 46,289 48,409 50,252 50,979 52,471 54,034 55,435 56,865 58,751 576,000 1 612,000 654,000 683,000 695,000 718,000 748,000 775,000 818,000 863,000 41,722 51,749 714,000 46,828 47,709 49,035 50,180 51,458 52,971 54,107 55,063 56,136 57,306 58,967 60,393 62,226 63,518 65,595 67,347 68,743 70,755 73,091 74,636 916,000 1 966,000 1,024,000 1,072,000 1,163,000 1,263,000 1,330,000 1,441,000 1,647,000 1,791,000 52,079 66,527 1,261,000 1 58,151 58,745 59,231 60,350 61,000 62,000 75,866 76,861 77,638 78,597 79,000 80,000 Amount of horsepower. 316,000 338,000 362,000 382,000 401,000 427,000 466,000 484,000 516,000 544,000 t 1,908,000 1 1,999,000 2,121,000 2,173,000 2,232,000 2,322,000 280 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABLE No. 8.—PRODUCTION OF IRON ORE IN FRANCE, 1871-1908. [From Annualre Statistique.] Year. I r o n ore. 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 , 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1 1903 1904 1905 b 1906 & 1907 b < -. Tons.a 1,852,272 2,781,790 3,051,129 2,516,548 2,505,870 2,393,340 2,426,278 2,469,953 2,271,173 2,874,263 3,032,070 3,467,251 3,297,853 2,976,948 2,318,104 2,285,648 2,579,465 2,841,757 3,070,389 3,471,718 3,579,286 3,706,748 3,517,438 3,772,101 3,679,767 4,062,390 4,582,236 4,731,394 4,985,702 5,447,694 4,790,732 5,003,782 6,219,541 7,022,841 7,395,000 8,481,000 10,008,500 Value. Francs. 9,076,818 14,669,733 17,878,676 14,872,792 13,801,766 13,372,524 13,469,603 12,714,979 11,393,143 14,908,557 15,171,734 16,841,945 15,426,292 12,828,045 8,948,072 8,219,030 8,654,308 9,471,078 10,420,992 12,385,399 12,785,420 12,580,843 11,695,845 12,297,307 11,708,556 12,826,029 15,040,138 16,037,133 18,200,574 20,578,620 17,659,661 18,345,690 22,886,380 26,904,248 a Metric ton of 2,240 pounds. &From Statistical Abstract for the Principal and Other Foreign Countries, London, 1910. STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. TABLE No. 9.—PRODUCTION OF COAL IN FRANCE, 1871-1908. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis [From Annuaire Statistique.] Year. 1871.. 1872.. 1873.. 1874.. 1875.. 1876.. 1877.. 1878.. 1879.. 1880.. 1881.. 1882.. 1883.. 1884.. 1885.. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1899... 1900... 1901... 1902... 1903... 1904... 1905 &. 1906 6 . 1907 6 . 1908 c. Coal (including lignite). Tons.a 13,258,920 15,802,514 17,479,341 16,907,913 16,956,840 17,101,448 16,804,529 16,960,916 17,110,979 19,361,564 19,765,983 20,603,704 21,333,884 20,023,514 19,510,530 19,909,894 21,287,589 22,602,894 24,303,509 26,083,118 26,024,893 26,178,701 25,650,981 27,416,905 28,019,893 29,189,900 30,797,629 32,356,104 32,862,712 33,404,298 32,325,302 29,997,470 34,906,418 34,167,966 35,218,000 33,485,000 35,989,000 36,874,000 Value. Francs. 164,215,917 212,758,473 290,367,799 279,417,393 270,201,185 262,212,104 236,236,161 228,300,188221,325,669 246,687,143 245,791,577 254,622,505 266,750,246 246,815,545 228,895,561 222,749,205 226,372,029 232,995,395 253,196,733 311,412,505 344,919,419 324,677,154 294,790,915 307,760,148 308,548,870 316,468,959 334,008,439 363,153,417 407,545,565 499,246,639 507,162,004 436,494,150 489,164,032 454,429,488 a Metric tons. b From Statistical Abstract for the Principal and Other Foreign Countries, London, 1910. c Provisional figures. 281 282 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABLE No. 10.—PRODUCTION OF SALT (ROCK SALT AND SEA SALT) IN FRANCE, 1887-1907. [From the Statistical Abstract for the Principal and Other Foreign Countries, London, 1910.] Tons.a Years. 823,910 631,548 746,794 842,529 810,675 973,747 1,114,327 890,607 871,312 1,042,614 948,003 999,283 1,193,532 1,088,634 910,350 863,927 967,531 1,153,754 1,130,088 1,335,420 1,225,739 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 o Metric tons. Value (francs). 12,006,000 11,987,998 13,883,585 17,416,120 14,138,886 16,766,952 16,587,355 13,938,121 12,030,773 12,367,840 11,199,118 10,575,599 12,534,158 12,079,865 12,131,711 12,465,054 15,254,332 18,600,481 18,054,347 21,259,770 19,296,472 STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. TABLE No. 11.—PRODUCTION OF LEAD AND SILVER ORE IN FRANCE, 1887-1907. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis [From Statistical Abstract for the Principal and Other Foreign Countries, London, 1910.] Year. Tons.o 1887 1888 1889 17,436 19,419 21,306 25,787 25,897 21,656 24,599 29,055 21,503 19,042 21,212 23,342 17,505 24,276 20,644 22,634 23,080 14,173 12,118 11,795 18,068 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 i 1897 i 1898 1899 '. 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 a Metric tons. V a l u e (francs). 3,589,899 4,213,981 4,431,216 5,288,395 4,731,620 3,365,819 2,653,712 2,569,601 2,244,176 1 2,253,545 2,781,303 3,201,132 2,715,729 3,608,599 2,814,814 2,503,997 2,436,169 2,280,027 2,517,818 2,847,418 3,621,629 283 284 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABLE No. 12.—PRODUCTION OF ZINC ORE IN FRANCE, 1887-1907. fFrom Statistical Abstract for the Principal and Other Foreign Countries, London, 1910.] Tons.o Year. 13,321 20,702 34,290 47,540 56,338 69,209 77,466 80,065 72,989 81,346 83,044 85,550 84,813 67,059 61,539 57,982 66,922 52,853 62,150 53,466 44,113 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 a Metric tons. Value (francs). 695,293 1,482,769 3,599,896 4,753,095 6,427,521 5,672,442 5,309,822 4,129,334 4,368,824 5,800,109 6,525,014 7,377,905 9,577,011 6,111,498 3,292,981 4,042,210 5,625,560 4,940,859 6,980,902 7,025,751 4,998,260 STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. TABLE No. 13.—PRODUCTION OF IRON PYRITES IN FRANCE, 1887-1907. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis IFrom Statistical Abstract lor the Principal and Other Foreign Countries, London, 1910.] Year. Tons.a 1887 1888 1889 209,253 203,814 201,490 229,661 246,827 230,480 231,025 283,439 253,416 282,064 303,448 CIO,972 318,832 305,073 307,447 318,235 322,118 271,544 207,114 265,261 282,665 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 | 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 a Metric tons. V a l u e (francs). 3,268,926 3,071,905 2,928,408 3,279,611 3,412,061 2,863,282 2,806,418 3,424,542 3,197,071 3,561,434 3,763,290 3,926,210 4,138,114 3,899,626 3,965,902 4,724,159 4,764,119 3,954,545 3,881,074 4,062,531 4,355,001 285 286 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABLE No. 14.—PRODUCTION OF PEAT IN FRANCE, 1887-1907. [From Statistical Abstract for the Principal and Other Foreign Countries, London, 1910.] Year. Tons.a 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 204,798 159,658 147,826 157,701 168,365 168,445 174,290 131,717 131,547 130,207 98,067 104,265 99,230 ,95,630 118,433 109,941 100,348 95,119 98,517 92,469 90,952 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 • Metric tons. Value (francs). » 2,494,073 1,756,137 1,570,075 1,711,588 1,937,272 1,971,257 2,304,871 1,783,030 1,832,194 1,895,239 1,269,257 1,507,431 1,513,187 1,434,941 1,745,656 1,674,233 1,287,473 1,209,663 1,187,937 1,194,724 1,168,160 STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. TABLE No. 15.—METAL PRODUCTION IN FRANCE, 1871-1908. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Metal production. Year. Pig iron. Tons. 860,000 1,218,000 1,382,000 1,416,000 1,448,000 1,435,000 1,507,000 1,521,000 1,400,000 1,725,000 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 Average 1871-1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 Average 1881-1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 Average 1891-1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 .*: a Crude steel. Iron and steel. Tons. 763,000 1,025,000 912,000 951,000 1,001,000 1,079,000 j 1,153,000 1 1,156,000 1,190,000 1,355,000 1,391,000 1,059,000 1,886,000 2,039,000 2,069,000 1,872,000 1,631,000 1,517,000 1,568,000 1,683,000 1,734,000 1,962,000 1,448,000 1 1,531,000 1,501,000 1,380,000 1,336,000 1,221,000 1,265,000 1,334,000 1,338,000 1,407,000 1,796,000 1,376,000 1,897,000 2,057,000 2,003,000 2,069,000 2,003,000 2,339,000 2,484,000 2,525,000 2,578,000 2,714,000 1,472,000 1,511,000 1,472,000 1,459,000 1,470,000 1,744,000 1,779,000 1,940,000 2,074,000 1,935,000 2,267,000 1,686,000 2,389,000 2,405,000 2,840,000 2,974,000 3,077,000 3,319,000 3,590,000 3,412,000 1,743^000 1,885,000 1,896,000 2,069,000 1 2,112,000 2,191,000 o2,750,000 o2,713,000 288 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABLE No. 16.—GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS AND TAX RETURNS, 1871-1907. Tax returns. Government receipts. Year. P r o d u c t of t a x e s u p o n License t a x . Securities.o 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 Average 1871-1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 Average 1881-1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 ,... 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 Average 1891-1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 , Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis a The b The c The d The < The Bills of exchanged Francs. Checks a n d receipts.c Bills of lading.** Insurance contracts.« 76,000,000 Francs. 5,011,000,000 3,951,000,000 3,712,000,000 3,932,000,000 4,254,000,000 4,702,000,000 4,438,000,000 4,748,000,000 5,004,000,000 5,266,000,000 3,800,000 74,000,000 4,502,000,000 28,600,000 29,500,000 29,800,000 31,000,000 30,200,000 31,900,000 31,800,000 32,600,000 32,600,000 35,600,000 5,100,000 4,000,000 3,500,000 2,500,000 3,700,000 4,400,000 4,900,000 5,200,000 5,600,000 5,600,000 73,000,000 75,000,000 77,000,000 77,000; 000 78,000,000 78,000,000 78,000,000 79,000,000 79,000,000 80,000,000 4,914.000,000 5,027,000,000 5,243, 000,000 5,078, 000,000 5,407,000,000 5,369, 000,000 5,409,000,000 5,372,000,000 5,059,000,000 5,811,000,000 18,300,000 31,400,000 4,500,000 77,000,000 5,269,000,000 18,800,000 18,700,000 18,800,000 19,300,000 19,400,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,400,000 21,000,000 21,800,000 37,000,000 32,800,000 35,700,000 36,500,000 37,300,000 38,000,000 39,200,000 38,200,000 39,400,000 39,700,000 5,900,000 6,300,000 ! 6,800,000 7,300,000 7,800,000 7,800,000 8,000,000 8,800,000 8,700,000 9,000,000 80,000,000 81,000,000 81,000,000 83,000,000 83,000,000 83,000,000 84,000,000 86,000,000 87,000,000 88,000,000 5,792; 000,000 6,405, 000,000 5,741, 000,000 5,750,000,000 5,976,000,000 5,503,000.000 5,622, 000,000 5,702,000,000 5,836, 000,000 6,737; 000,000 37,400,000 7,600,000 84,000,000 5,906,000,000 40,600,000 41,200,000 42,100,000 43,000,000 44,100,000 45,400,000 44,000,000 9,000,000 9,300,000 9,400,000 9,600,000 9,900,000 10,100,000 10,300,000 89,000,000 89,000,000 90,000,000 91,000,000 92,000,000 92,000,000 91,000,000 5,259,000,000 5,377,000,000 5,411,000,000 5,714,000,000 6,145,000,000 5,645,000,000 5,882,000,000 Francs. 5,200,000 17,500,000 19,300,000 19,700,000 22,100,000 22,200,000 22,600,000 24,500,000 25,800,000 27,600,000 Francs. 2,900,000 3,700,000 14,700,000 Francs. 3,500,000 13,700,000 14,900,000 15,500,000 16,100,000 16,500,000 16,700,000 17,400,000 16,900,000 17,900,000 15,100,000 28,500,000 14,900,000 20,700,000 2,988,000,000 2,980,000,000 3,038,000,000 3,032,000,000 3,057,000,000 2,940,000,000 2,968,000,000 3,108,000,000 3,108,000,000 3,229,000,000 20,200,000 20,500,000 19,000,000 19,700,000 20,800,000 19,700,000 21,800,000 22,200,000 22,400,000 23,900,000 15,900,000 16,000,000 16,200,000 15,400,000 14,600,000 14,100,000 14,100,000 14,200,000 14,400,000 14,900,000 18,800,000 18,300,000 18,300,000 18,100,000 17,800,000 18,000,000 17,900,000 18,300,000 18,700,000 18,500,000 3,045,000,000 21,000,000 15,000,000 3,364, 000,000 3,370, 000,000 3,366, 000,000 3,458, 000,000 3,416, 000,000 3,436, 000,000 3,528, 000,000 3,620, 000,000 3,657, 000,000 3,815, 000,000 22,800,000 21,300,000 23,300,000 23,100,000 23,200,000 31,700,000 33,000,000 46,500,000 31,800,000 28,000,000 15,200,000 14,500,000 14,500,000 14,100,000 14,300,000 14,900,000 15,400,000 16,200,000 16,900,000 17,200,000 3,503,000,000 28,200,000 15,300,000 19,800,000 3,634,000,000 3,582,000,000 3,668,000,000 3,739,000,000 3,766,000,000 3,837,000,000 3,968,000,000 33,100,000 36,100,000 43,200,000 39,400,000 35,900,000 46,500,000 48,500,000 16,600,000 16,600,000 17,300,000 18,000,000 18,500,000 20,200,000 21,300,000 21,600,000 21,900,000 22,500,000 22,800,000 23,800,000 24,600,000 25,600,000 Francs. 2,014,000,000 2,497,000,000 2,680,000,000 2,518,000,000 2,705,000,000 2,778,000,000 2,780,000,000 2,853,000,000 2,966,000,000 2,957,000,000 Francs. 11,300,000 13,800,000 14,200,000 15,200,000 15,100,000 14,900,000 16,200,000 16,500,000 16,700,000 15,800,000 26,400,000 27,600,000 38,000,000 36,700,000 35,700,000 35,300,000 35,400,000 19,700,000 17,200,000 2,675,000,000 V a l u e of s u c cessions. 3,400,000 3,700,000 3,800,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 3,800,000 4,300,000 4,700,000 fiscal legislation for securities was altered i n 1872,1895, 1898, a n d 1907. fiscal legislation u p o n bills of exchange w a s c h a n g e d in 1874 a n d 1878. fiscal legislation u p o n receipts a n d c h e c k s w a s modified i n 1874. fiscal legislation u p o n bills of l a d i n g w a s modified i n 1872, 1874, 1881, 1892, a n d 1897. necessity of s u b s c r i p t i o n w a s i m p o s e d i n 1884 a n d 1898. Francs. 61,000,000 63,000,000 74,000,000 74,000,000 75,000,000 77,000,000 78,000,000 79,000,000 80,000,000 STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. TABLE No. 17.—TRANSACTIONS OF PARIS CLEARING HOUSE, 1871-1907. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Year ending March 31. Francs 1871 1872 1,602,000,000 2,142,000,000 2,010,000,000 2,214,000,000 2,599,000,000 2,200,000,000 2,628,000,000 3,223,000,000 4,085,000,000 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 Average 1871-1880 2,522,000,000 1881 1882 1883 1884 4,545,000,000 1 4,159,000,000 4,219,000,000 4,143,000,000 3,924,000,000 4,392,000,000 4,696,000,000 ., 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 5,418,000,000 5,141,000,000 6,004,000,000 Average 1881-1890 4,6C4,000,000 1891 1892 4,869,000,000 4,715,000,000 5,379,000,000 6,144,000,000 7,352,000,000 7,550,000,000 8,546,000,000 9,568,000,000 10,656,000,000 10,664,000,000 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 Average 1891-1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 7,544,000,000 | 9,965,000,000 10,816,000,000 11,833,000,000 13,897,000,000 17,855,000,000 24,809,000,000 26,095,000,000 289 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis PART II STATISTICS OF BANKS AND BANKING IN FRANCE 72138—10 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 19 291 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis STATISTICS OF BANKS AND BANKING IN FRANCE. TABLE No. 1.—STATEMENT OF THE BANK OF FRANCE IN ANNUAL AND DECENNIAL AVERAGES, 1875-1908. [Amounts expressed in million and hundred thousand francs.] Circulation. Year. 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1875-1SS4 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1885-1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1895-1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Private accounts Accounts Commer- Loans current current cial on secuof the discounts. and rities. deposits. treasury. Gold. Silver. Total. 1,135.2 1,417.9 1,413.7 1,113.7 966.8 727.7 004.5 906.6 9S2.7 1,020.9 405.9 569.5 782.2 959.0 1,148.3 1,246.4 1,219.5 1,139.9 1,044.9 1,014.1 1,541.1 1,987.4 2,195.9 2,072.7 2,115.1 1,974.1 1,824.0 2,046.5 2,027.6 2,035.0 2,461.1 2,484.0 2,489.7 2,339.0 2,199.1 2,305.4 2,576.4 2,732.3 2,926.1 2,928.1 304.5 360.6 473.8 410.9 421.1 411.5 468.2 493.1 416.0 387.3 176.5 125.6 140.8 20G.2 218.4 244.3 350.9 395.5 142.8 146.1 1,028.9 952.9 1,981.9 2,544.1 414.7 214.7 1,103.4 1,302.1 1,189.0 1,088.5 1,152.7 1,256.3 1,279.1 1,547.4 1,6S4.8 1,821.0 1,073.0 1,120.6 1,172.5 1,212.5 1,245.7 1,256.9 1,254.7 1,279.1 1,271.2 1,262.7 2,176.4 2,422.7 2,301.5 2,301.5 2,398.4 2,513.2 2,533.8 2,826.5 2,956.0 3,083.7 2,846.0 2,789.2 2,719.3 2,676.4 2,876.1 3,060.4 3,084.6 3,151.3 3,445.5 3,476.5 378.2 462.9 371.5 378.5 461.3 401.9 433.1 419.5 405.3 445.1 162.1 212.2 243.0 253.2 219,9 177.3 243.8 290.7 127.8 160.0 1,342.4 1,214.8 2,557.3 3,012.5 415.7 209.0 2,047.9 1,978.0 1,962.7 1,875.0 1,865.8 2,103.1 2,410.2 2,548.3 2,492.5 2,564.3 1,243.7 1,244.4 1,222.0 1,225.1 1,196.3 1,134.1 1,105.9 1,110.9 1,109.8 1,113.9 3,291.6 3,222.4 3,184.7 3,100:1 3,062.1 3,237.2 3,516.1 3,659.2 3,602.3 3,678.2 3,526.7 3,607.0 3,687.0 3,694.5 3,820.2 4,034.1 4,115.8 4,162.2 4,310.4 4,283.5 547.0 566.0 492.4 491.1 477.6 482.5 514.1 492.7 428.8 548.7 2,184.7 1,170.6 3,355.3 3,924.1 2,854.7 2,882.2 2,703.3 3,052.0 1,101.8 1,049.4 971.1 904.7 3,956.5 3,931.6 3,674.4 3,956.7 4,408.2 4,658.8 4,800.4 4,853.4 k 559.0 435.0 454.0 517.0 540.0 758.5 1,166.7 1,151.1 1,027.7 996.7 Percentage of the reserveIn propor- Annual i Percenttion to rate of of notes and dividends ape sums In propor- deposits paid to j paid to tion to (not instockthe issue cluding holders. the State, of notes. accounts current of the treasury). « 1 1 Reserve. .Franc*. 200 145 95 95 110 150 250 290 226 GO 214 61 14 13 26 19 g 7 6 6 6 6 77 66 177 10 76 86 87 85 83 82 82 89 85 88 67 72 79 76 78 ! 185 165 150 142 152 157 159 130 124 113 8 11 8 8* 9 10< 10* 12 84 74 136 9 30.2 21.8 19.1 16.5 15.1 13.5 12.5 11.5 11.3 12.1 93 89 86 84 80 80 85 83 83 85 80 77 76 74 71 71 75 76 76 76 103 115 109 110 130 145 120 120 130 130 13 12 27 29 32 33 31 30 31 32 5.2 16.3 85 75 121 27" 2.3 3.9 3.2 19.6 11.5 11.8 8.7 7.0 88 84 76 81 79 75 69 73 130 150 175 160 30 31 34 31 75.6 74.2 95.1 108.3 117.0 143.3 247.9 302.5 296.7 300.1 22.4 14.2 20.2 46.7 46.4 16.6 24.2 43.9 16.5 6.3 9.6 18.3 46.3 57.6 45.5 47.7 36.3 41.6 37.4 34.7 700.5 176.0 25.7 37.5 784.3 620.8 577.9 621.1 713.8 677.2 7C0.7 550.4 579.3 564.6 2S5.2 276.0 270.6 258.7 255.0 248.9 298.4 29G.9 302.8 290.8 9.8 8.2 2.1 7.7 13.3 16.6 11.7 27.6 6.9 4.8 35.8 35.0 35.7 35.3 51.7 51.1 44.7 41.7 43.8 39.7 045.0 278.3 10.8 41.4 202.2 237.1 220.9 252.0 207.1 255.6 133.3 157.5 165.5 201.8 543.6 693.4 730.4 797.8 828.3 875.2 592.4 546.3 688.0 699.6 312.0 363.7 358.0 390.6 444.4 492.1 400.8 451.9 459.2 502.6 1.9 3.7 6.9 0.9 7.0 11.2 10.0 6.9 1.9 2.0 504.0 203.3 699.5 426.5 573.1 581.3 522.0 526.7 248.4 256.8 213.3 169.2 640.5 897.7 1,125.7 897.2 484.4 519.0 £78.3 527.8 62 78 88 84 96 85 71 74 69 69 55 09 74 75 80 72 59 63 74 76 75 74 70 293 7 fr Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis H M M H M M H M H S O) » H H W Hit H H M M M M H i' M " Hf gM ' Cn o <o *o " M H M M SSSfr M M M M si i III&IJSSB Iltffffll— M M M M If co O ,— H M M M H M M H ? 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OOO2?W0QMS>>>J>>. 3 a* STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. 295 TABLE No. 2.—STATEMENTS OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued. Keserve. Date. Gold. Silver. 1,261.6 1,255.9 1,252.3 1,254.0 1,250.9 1,252.9 1,254.0 1,253.2 1,251.9 1,250.7 1,250.3 1,254.3 1,259.7 1,262.0 1,255.7 1,261.2 1,276.9 1,279.8 1,285.9 1,292.7 1,303.6 1,308.1 1,310.9 1,310.1 1,314.7 1,316.7 1,320.9 1,314.7 1,314.3 1,319.1 1,315.8 1,317.4 1,315.2 1,316.7 1,313.7 1,304.3 1,292.1 1,281.0 1,268.0 1,255.9 1,242.8 1,219.3 1,206.7 1,199.1 1,196.7 1,195.5 - 1,114.6 1,114.9 1,121.1 1,120.6 1,124.1 1,126.0 1,242.3 1,239.1 1,240.1 1,241.5 1,243.6 1,245.8 1,245.1 1,248.4 1,248.6 1,250.4 1,250.2 1,263.8 1,256.7 1,259.7 1,257.2 1,257.9 1,264.0 1.265.2 1,265.6 1,266.6 1,268.8 . 1,270.5 1,274.5 1,273.4 1,276.1 1,274.5 1,271.9 1,268.0 1,264.0 1,264.6 1,265.9 1,267.2 1,267.0 1,268.9 1,270.7 1,267.9 1,261.9 1,259.9 1,258.9 1,253.8 1,247.9 1,247.3 1,245.4 1,246.8 1,244.8 1,244.7 1,247.7 1,246.4 1,245.0 1,244.5 1,246.6 1,246.2 Total. Private Accounts accounts current of Circulation. current and t^jo treasury. deposits. Commercial discounts. Loans on securities. Loans on gold bars and coin. Drafts and certificates of deposit. 1890. January 9 **-.... January 23 _ January 30 February 6.* -,.. , . T, -. . ... February 20 February 27. . . .* March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17 April 24 Mayl May8 May 16 . May 22 May29 June 5 . June 12 June 19 „ June 26 July 3 July 10 July 17 July 24..... July 31 August 7 August 14 August 21 August 28 i September 4 September 11 September 18 September 25 October 2 October 9 Octoberl6 October23 October 30 November 6 November 13 November 20 November 27 December 4 December 11 December 18 December 26 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis * 2,503.9 2,495.0 2,492.4 2,495.5 2,494.5 2,498.7 2,499.1 2,501.6 2,500.5 2,501.1 2,500.5 2,508.1 2,516.4 2,521.7 2,512.9 2,519.1 2,540.9 2,545.0 2,551.5 2,559.3 2,572.4 2,578.6 2,585.4 2,583.5 2,590.8 2,591.2 2,592.8 2,582.7 2,578.3 2,583.7 2,581.7 2,584.6 2,582.2 2,585.6 2,584.4 2,572.2 2,554.0 2,540.9 2,527.5 2,509.7 2,490.7 2,466.6 2,452.1 2,445.9 2,441.5 2,440.2 2,362.3 2,361.3 2,366.1 2,365.1 2,370.7 2,372.2 3,155.2 3,157.4 3,191.3 3,170.3 3,198.9 3,165.8 3,139.0 3,106.1 3,109.9 3,103.7 3,078.5 3,050.3 3,025.7 3,100.8 3,074.1 3,091.2 3,042.8 * 3,086.9 3,054.7 3,037.1 3,014.4 3,006.3 3,041.8 3,025.4 3,003.6 2,989.7 3,097.8 3,084.3 3,076.'3 3,009.1 3,088.5 2,972.3 2,955.0 2,919.1 2,905.3 2,942.3 2,954.5 2,962.0 2,948.9 3,022.0 3,044.2 3,086.5 1 3,053.8 f 3,092.0 3,074.4 3,080.1 3,065.1 3,061.4 3,073.5 3,001.0 3,062.1 3,051.8 1 452.8 450.0 408.8 418.8 444.8 430.0 419.5 410.2 458.8 403.3 392.5 411.0 455.1 415.0 392.1 358.2 363.7 368.4 402.6 375.8 399.5 457.4 396.8 419.5 461.0 475.4 427.3 456.7 431.0 400.3 ' 4J0.1 394.6 367.7 373.6 376.5 391.4 357.4 334.7 324.1 351.0 365.7 335.7 350.4 380.8 349.2 387.1 412.6 451.8 398.1 386.7 385.1 432.2 295.5 244.1 228.4 232.2 227.0 192.2 192.4 164.7 159.4 97.8 128.2 118.5 134.6 129.8 107.1 110.2 150.7 163.8 129.2 145.7 138.4 148.9 112.2 100.7 115.2 159.7 172.3 117.6 130.6 190.3 213.3 215.2 230.8 224.1 269.8 146.6 145.6 158.3 187.9 190.9 158.2 174.1 214.8 236.6 216.4 2205 215.0 232.2 205.5 192.9 200.3 188.0 872.1 816.2 805.3 799.0 853.0 752.3 723,2 697.7 774.8 651.0 641.0 607.7 641.4 700.9 610.0 590.4 554.6 623.9 582.6 546.9 527.9 685.7 511.3 510.7 525.9 584.4 690.3 609.5 617.9 580.3 715.3 565.3 552.9 504.5 559.2 497.2 496.6 516.2 519.8 659.0 658.4 711.9 752.7 845.4 773.0 835.9 •914.1 978.6 889.9 856.4 871.1 S68.2 [ 259.6 263.8 256.7 245.4 242.2 246.8 241.2 241.7 239.8 242.7 239.5 239.0 236.4 249.5 242.6 240.3 239.6 244.7 244.5 238.8 ' 240.0 238.1 245.3 244.3 247.7 244.9 264.1 274.7 267.1 249.9 248.0 252.2 246.2 246.6 243.3 249.4 242.8 241.0 243.1 249.0 256.6 254.0 249.2 255.0 263.1 254.4 254.6 249.1 257.3 256.7 257.9 263.7 1 24.2 22.2 23.0 22.2 23.9 24.3 24.6 18.5 17.8 18.9 19.2 18.6 17.2 17.7 18.6 19.0 20.6 20.8 21.1 21.7 22.0 22.2 22.2 21.6 21.0 19.7 19.9 19.5 19.0 18.8 19.1 17.7 15.0 14.4 12.5 11.5 11.2 10.8 10.1 10.7 10.7 10.9 10.1 10.3 • S.9 8,5 5.8 7.2 8.0 8.5 9.2 9.9 | 49.4 49 0 48.6 48.8 47.7 48 2 47.4 45.8 46.2 46.1 47.1 48.4 46.0 45.8 45.7 43.8 46.2 46.2 46.9 45.9 47.0 47.9 46.2 47.0 47.0 47.3 46.0 46.9 48.2 60.7 50.3 52.1 61.0 50.8 49.8 61.2 61.1 60.7 61.1 49.4 47.3 48.3 46.7 46.3 44.7 44.6 44.2 42.2 42.4 42.2 41.3 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 296 TABLE No. 2.—STATEMENTS OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued. Reserve. Date. Gold. 1891. January 2 January 8 January 15 January 22 January 29 Februarys February 12 February 19 February 26 March 5 March 12 March 19 March 20 April 2 AprilO April 16 April 23 April 30 MayS May 14 May21 May 28 June4 June 11 June 18 June 25 July 2 July 9 July 16 July 23 July 30 August 6 August 13 August 20 August 27 September3 September 10 September 1 7 . . . . . . . . September 24 October 1 Octobers October 15 October 22 October 29 Novembers November 12 November 19 November 26 December 3 December 10 December 17 December 24 December 31 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1,120.1 1,122.5 1,123.8 1,129.1 1,132.7 1,134.4 1,160.3 1,216.9 1,215.8 1,214.0 1,213.1 1,217.0 1,218.0 1,216.9 1,220.1 1,226.9 1,230.2 1,237.8 1,252.4 1,266.7 1,275.9 1,288.6 1,293.1 1,303.2 1,322.2 1,327.2 1,337.2 1,349.8 1,362.2 1,367.4 1,366.4 1,375.0 1,374.4 1,374.5 1,366.0 1,361.2 1,349.3 1,345.3 1,333.6 1,320.6 1,314.7 1,311.5 1,312.4 1,313.6 1,316.6 1,317.6 1,329.1 1,333.4 1,341.2 1,340.0 1,343.3 1,345.7 1,337.6 Silver. 1,240.9 1,237.7 1,240.6 1,242.2 1,243.0 1,242.2 1,241.0 1,242.9 1,242.6 1,240.2 1,239.9 1,243.1 1,245.5 1,244.6 1,244.8 1,243.9 1,247.9 1,250.9 1,252.7 1,254.7 1,260.5 1,268.1 1,272.6 1,271.6 1,276.1 1,276.9 1,274.0 1,267.8 1,264.8 1,263.2 1,264.3 1,262.0 1,262.6 1,264.3 1,267.0 1,266.0 1,258.2 1,257.3 1,256.4 1,257.3 1,253.8 1,248.8 1,249.0 1,250.0 1,250.3 1,248.2 1,253.4 1,254.7 1,256.8 1,255.5 1,256.8 1,253.1 1,254.2 Total. 2,361.0 2,300.2 2,364.4 2,371.3 2,375.7 2,376.6 2,401.3 2,459.8 2,458.4 2,454.2 2,453.0 2,460.1 2,463.5 2,461.5 2,469.4 2,470.8 2,478.1 2,488.7 2,505.1 2,521.4 2,536.4 2,556.7 2,565.7 2,574.8 2,598.3 2,604.1 2,611.2 2,617.6 2,627.0 2,630.6 2,630.7 2,637.0 2,637.0 2,638.8 2,633.0 2,627.2 2,607.5 2,602.6 2,595.0 2,577.9 2,568.5 2j560.3 2,561.4 2,563.6 2,566.9 2,565.8 2,582.5 2,588.1 2,598.0 2,595.5 2,600.1 2,603.8 2,591.8 Private Accounts accounts current of Circulation. current and the treasury. deposits. 3,186.1 3,204.3 3,222.5 3,187.0 3,173.1 3,201.1 3,167.3 3,144.8 3,133.0 3,159.5 3,138.7 3,139.0 3,119.1 3,196.4 3,159.9 3,179.6 3,139.0 3,217.4 3,110.3 3,087.3 3,050.5 3,045.0 3,047.5 3,048.7 3,039.8 3,002.9 3,077.6 3,091.0 3,099.1 3,045.2 3,051.9 3,010.3 2,978.7 2,945.3 2,925.3 2,999.0 2,973.0 2,963.7 2,950.3 3,025.9 3,046.1 3,090.4 3,045.9 3,047.6 3,078.5 3,051.2 3,033.2 3,016.2 3,100.3 3,033.7 3,022.3 3,011.0 3,194.4 417.9 525.8 863.0 699.1 539.8 421.4 381.1 339.7 354.9 351.6 360.8 389.9 389.8 397.0 409.3 327.2 362.3 417.7 455.5 468.0 512.9 567.8 520.4 523.7 513.6 508.5 502.3 465.2 378.1 373.3 407.2 383.7 379.5 381.0 421.7 427.2 410.6 386.6 330.5 352.4 376.0 365.1 359.7 401.3 379.5 424.4 447.6 516.7 455.6 441.8 429.6 435.6 441.6 174.8 124.8 405.1 332.6 318.7 248.7 235.4 205.8 193.4 118.7 99.6 99.5 109.7 108.4 69.0 197.3 232.1 225.2 157.3 171.2 161.5 -169.8 122.9 106.1 124.3 159.4 192.3 178.2 291.4 345.7 369.9 360.3 371.0 364.3 382.1 271.8 242.9 261.6 2S5.1 312.9 264.4 274.1 312.2 333.1 296.2 296.5 292.6 312.3 296.4 268.8 274.5 290.7 298.8 I Commercial discounts. 994.5 1,027.7 1,437.0 1,292.2 1,221.5 1,045.0 947.1 802.4 808.5 746.5 725.1 741.0 751.7 843.3 760.3 820.2 840.1 954.6 783.5 771.6 * 751.0 801.6 676.8 664.2 620.1 586.4 659.2 592.7 613.6 615.2 690.9 593.3 587.9 547.7 610.7 636.7 549.7 553.3 550.8 659.4 654.3 700.8 687.8 752.fr 698.5 724.8 707.9 779.6 790.0 663.9 648.5 646.4 856.6 Loans on securities. 272.7 330.6 583.3 311.8 297.0 303.0 280.6 272.5 268.5 281.4 270.5 269.4 268.7 275.9 280.5 279.9 277.7 280.4 284.7 278.2 280.2 269.3 278.2 274.2 273.8 273.1 290.3 295.8 297.5 282.6 280.8 291.3 280.8 282.9 279.5 284.2 289.0 286.7 289.3 297.4 308.5 305.6 305.7 299.9 319.2 314.3 312.3 310.6 318.2 315.6 315.8 316.4 321.4 Loans on Drafts and gold bars certificates and coin. of deposit. 12.2 14.3 14.9 12.1 12.3 14.4 15.7 13.3 12.1 12.3 12.0 10.6 9.8 10.9 11.3 9.8 8.0 9.0 9.6 8.6 8.2 10.4 10.5 10.3 10.7 10.3 11.4 11.4 12.0 12.6 13.6 13.5 12.5 12.6 J 14.1 14.5 13.3 12.5 11.2 11.5 9.1 8.0 8.2 8.8 10.5 12.8 13.3 13.7 14.2 14.9 14.8 15.3 16.8 I 42.4 39.5 37.2 37.7 37.2 36.6 37.1 37.4 37.6 37.1 37.9 39.0 40.1 39.6 40.6 39.1 41.0 40.4 40.3 40.0 42.0 42.6 42.9 41.4 43.0 42.5 42.8 41.7 41.3 41.2 41.8 42.2 43.3 44.0 43.6 44.8 43.4 42.6 41.8 42.3 40.9 40.3 39.7 39.4 39.6 39.1 37.9 38.3 37.3 33.2 38.9 38.0 33.0 297 STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. TABLE No. 2.—STATEMENTS OP THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued. Reserve. Date. Gold. 1892. January 7 . . . . . . January 14 January 21 January 28 February 4 . . . . . . . February 11 February 18.. February 25.. March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 April 7 April 14 April 21 April 28 May5 May 12.. May 19 May 27 June 2 June 9 June 16 June 23 June 30 July 7 July 15 July 21 July 28.. August 4 August 11. August 18 August 25 September 1 September 8 September 15 September 23 September 29 October 6 October 13 October 20 October 27 November 3 November 10 November 17 November 24 December 1 December 8 December 15 December 22 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1,340.2 1,340.3 1,343.1 1,353.8 1,370.6 1,371.8 1,378.1 1,382.2 1,389.3 1,389.0 1,393.4 1,401.8 1,407.1 1,417.7 1,428,3 1,435.8 1,447.5 1,466.7 1,510.1 1,536.4 1,549.9 1,558.4 1,566.1 1,577.3 1,586.4 1,586.6 1,591.3 1,609.6 1,618.1 1,626.6 1,635.4 1,660.8 1,669.4 1,671.9 1,668.4 1,672.9 1,673.5 1,677.1 1,679.2 1,676.3 1,673.3 1,673.9 1,675.1 1,673.0 1,674.8 1,677.5 1,683.6 | i 1,686.1 1,692.3 1,700.7 1,704.5 1,708.7 Silver. 1,248.7 1,249.3 1,250.9 1,252.8 1,255.5 1,254.6 1,258.9 1,261.9 1,263.9 1,262.5 1,265.3 1,270.8 1,273.8 1,272.9 1,272.2 1,275.7 1,278.1 1,283.0 1,283.3 1,289.2 1,291.1 1,292.0 1,293.3 1,295.8 1,297.6 1,295.2 1,294.7 1,291.1 1,291.5 1,293.5 1,295.3 1,295.5 1,297.5 1,297.7 1,297.0 1,294.5 1,291.1 1,291.0 1,290.0 .1,287.7 1,283.8 1,282.5 1,279.7 1,277.1 1,273.8 1,274.6 1,276.9 . 1,278.2 1,276.0 1,275.8 1,275.7 [ 1,270.5 1 Total. Private Accounts accounts current of Circulation. current and the treasdeposits. ury. 2,588.9 2,589.6 2,594.0 2,606.6 2,626.1 2,626.4 2,637.0 2,644.1 2,653.2 2,651.5 2,658.7 1 2,672.6 2,680.9 2,690.6 2,700.5 2,711.5 2,725.6 2,749.7 2,793.4 2,825.6 2,841.0 2,850.4 2,859.4 2,873.1 2,884.0 2,881.8 2,886.0 2,900.7 2,909.6 2,920.1 2,930.7 2,956.3 2,966.9 2,969.6 2,965.4 2,967.4 2,964.6 2,968.1 2,969.2 2,964.0 2,957.1 2,956.4 2,954.8 2,950.1 1 2,948.6 2,952.1 2,960.5 2,964.3 2,968.3 2,976.5 ! 2,980.2 2,979.2 ' 3,161.5 3,172.0 3,146.9 3,136.6 3,134.2 3,109.0 3,091.7 3,066.2 3,144.3 3,098.7 3,080.5 3,050.1 3,166.5 3,131.7 \ 3,161.3 3,137.6 3,142.6 3,168.8 3,150.6 3,120.0 3,091.4 3,133.6 3,098.5 3,104.1 3,086.4 3,211.9 3,173.2 3,198.7 3,140.4 3,123.7 3,117.7 3,081.1 3,055.4 3,038.7 3,091.6 3,077.5 3,111.3 3,086.9 3,136.4 3,179.9 3,207.1 1 3,225.9 3,213.4 3,303.7 1 3,247.6 3,244.9 3,207.4 3,271.4 1 3,239.0 3,262.6 3,232.4 3,298.2 1 429.4 388.9 356.1 411.7 369.8 374.7 390.7 455.3 441.6 450.1 451.6 453.4 471.7 451.1 425.3 425.7 491.8 448.9 • 485.7 485.7 522.7 494.8 508.8 485.3 501.5 479.3 466.3 401.4 396.0 426.2 388.1 399.8 410.7 410.5 389.9 488.9 456.0 449.5 440.4 387.2 357.6 341.6 352.8 349.4 354.9 334.8 338.4 363.3 391.6 362.2 388.6 440.7 263.0 272.0 354.9 375.2 333.8 330.6 314.5 311.0 225.3 170.3 174.4 188.6 210.9 139.4 142.3 160.5 180.0 156.0 172.0 167.2 199.4 209.7 170.0 204.2 243.0 280.0 258.5 329.9 382.0 424.9 417.7 432.6 425.2 441.7 457.5 291.4 302.6 325.2 350.5 307.0 319.1 330.5 367.3 360.5 340.6 350.8 367.1 349.9 297.8 309.3 323.0 309.7 ' Commercial discounts. Loans on securities. 7G2.2 738.7 745.3 803.8 688.3 670.1 664.3 676.4 672.0 665.5 662.9 519.6 6S7.5 543.6 537.7 525.2 603.3 496.3 500.8 450.5 480.8 513.5 427.9 434.4 455.6 620.7 519.1 529.6 509.9 564.9 467.3 454.8 430.9 i 431.9 500.4 423.8 410.2 421.4 506.3 464.0 495.3 490.1 537.0 636.3 534.6 536.7 499.9 546.8 491.0 494.6 487.7 587.8 1 Loans on gold bars and coin. 337.5 326.2 330.1 322.9 320.1 320.0 317.1 314.8 310.7 314.5 310.0 309.6 312.9 318.6 310.4 309.8 306.1 314.3 302.9 301.3 291.0 291.2 294.1 290.3 289.5 289.2 296.9 290.2 290.0 286.2 291.4 285.6 284.7 282.4 j 283.5 286.0 282.1 281.0 280.3 290.6 2S3.7 283.9 280.7 295.0 294.9 285.1 280.4 289.9 293.4 286.1 288.6 297.5 1 Drafts and certificates of deposit. 19.1 ! 20.5 21.8 23.4 23.7 23.1 23.4 23.2 22.2 19.4 18.2 18.4 20.8 21.9 22.4 22.2 25.6 29.2 29.4 32.4 40.7 41.3 40.1 40.4 42.9 41.7 41.4 41.0 39.9 39.0 38.2 38.1 37.8 37.3 37.3 37.2 35.1 30.5 26.9 23.6 17.7 17.3 16.9 18.3 18.7 19.8 20.3 22.0 22.1 21.5 22.4 23.0 1 36.7 36.3 36.2 34.7 34.8 35.3 35.6 35.2 33.7 34.6 35.0 35.1 35.3 36.6 36.9 36.6 38.2 37.8 36.4 37.1 37.3 38.2 39.3 40.2 39.5 41.8 40.6 41.1 42.3 41.5 41,7 41.8 42.4 42.5 42.8 43.0 43.0 42.7 43.1 42.5 42.0 41.3 40.7 40.8 40.2 37.3 37.5 37.3 37.1 37.0 36.8 3S.1 298 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABLE No. 2.—STATEMENTS OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued. Date. Gold. Januarys January 12 January 19 January 26.... February 2 . . . . February 9.... February 16... February 23... March 2 March 9 March 16 March 23 March 30 , April 6 , April 13 , April 20 April 27 May 4 May 12 May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 August 3 August 10 August 17 August 24 August 31 September?.. September 14. September 21. September 28. October 5 October 12 October 19 October 26 November 2 . . . November 9... November 16.. November 23.. November 30.. December 7 . . . December 14.. December 2 1 . . December 2 8 . . Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1,704.4 1,701.2 1,584.3 1,539.6 1,571.3 1,606.6 1,628.9 1,653.5 1,656.2 1,655.6 1,655.6 1,662.0 1,660.1 1,663.6 1,663.0 1,669.2 1,673.8 1,690.3 1,704.8 1,712.2 1,714.6 1,713.7 1,714.0 1,711.8 1,715.7 1,716.7 1,718.7 1,716.0 1,717.8 1,719.8 1,720.0 1,717.1 1,713.9 1,705.7 1,693.9 1,689.9 1,682.9 1,684.4 1,684.4 1,695.8 1,690.8 1,701.2 1,702.5 1,698.5 1,701.3 1,703.3 1,707.9 1,705.6 1,710.9 1,711.0 1,713.3 1.710.6 Silver. 1,264.2 1,257.5 1,248.2 1,250.5 1,256.1 1,260.6 1,263.8 1,267.3 1,268.0 1,266.2 1,267.5 1,271.2 1,274.4 1,274.8 1,273.8 1,276.9 1,278.5 1,283.1 1,284.2 1,283.3 1,280.3 1,280.9 1,282.4 1,277.9 1,278.5 1,280.5 1,277.4 1,271.7 1,273.1 1,276.7 1,277.1 1,275.1 1,276.0 1,276.8 1,274.3 1,273.2 1,270.7 1,271.4 1,272.1 1,270.5 1,265.3 1,265.6 1,265.0 1,265.9 1,263.8 1,264.6 1,267.8 1,269.8 1,271.0 1,271.2 1.268.7 I 1.263.8 I Total. 2,968.6 2,958.7 2,832.5 2,790.1 2,827.4 2,867.2 2,892.7 2,920.8 2,924.2 2,921.8 2,923.1 2,933.2 2,934.5 2,938.4 2,936.8 2,946.1 2,952.3 2,973.4 2,989.0 2,995.5 2,994.9 2,994.6 2,996.4 2,989.7 2,994.2 2,997.2 2,996.1 2,987.7 2,990.9 2,996,5 2,997.1 2,992.2 2,989.9 2,982.5 2,968.2 2,963.1 2,953.6 2,955.8 2,956.5 2,966.3 2,956.1 2,966.8 2,967.5 2,964.4 2,965.1 2,967.9 2,975.7 2,975.4 2,981.9 2,982.2 2,982.0 2,974.4 Private accounts Accounts current of deposits. ury. Circulation. current and the treas- 3,439.1 3,473.3 3,399.1 3,311.8 3,378.9 3,342.4 3,368.4 3,375.1 3,455.8 3,449.3 3,448.8 3,426.9 3,478.6 3,483.7 ^3,494.6 * 3,498.2 3,477.1 3,499.1 3,468.6 3,447.0 3,414.3 3,475.0 3,439.5 3,454.9 3,406.7 3,450.7 3,478.2 3,501.9 3,468.9 3,439.0 3,488.9 3,412.3 3,393.8 3,358.7 3,471.2 3,409.3 3,407.7 3,392.7 3,400.4 3,467.8 3,489.3 3,496.3 3,471.0 3,544.4 3,488.2 3,485.0 3,452.3 3,558.5 3,457.7 3,447.9 3,437.2 3,478.3 467.7 471.8 462.5 467.1 489.9 462.2 438.6 475.3 420.6 384.4 389.5 388.6 438.7 392.0 381.9 379.5 417.4 409.1 403.0 426.0 430.4 426.5 415.7 384.5 398.8 436,2 421.6 411.3 422.9 417.8 385.2 385.6 386.4 381.4 376.8 386.1 377.2 373.1 394.7 363.7 352.0 365.3 351.0 361.2 370.5 363.2 387.4 392.9 379.8 385.8 3S6.4 409.5 182.7 139.9 88.3 106.0 76.3 80.1 61.3 74.4 75.9 80.0 85.6 106.5 115.2 79.2 106.7 118.0 148.1 106.2 108.9 86.2 102.6 110.2 98.8 101.1 142.3 154.9 126.6 133.5 155.1 197.8 172.3 176.2 177.3 177.9 191.4 79.6 85.4 110.4 150.6 114.6 112.0 123.5 172.7 177.8 148.3 159.6 158.8 174.0 126.9 133.6 153.9 168.3 Commercial discounts. Loans on securities. Loans on gold bars and coin. 656.6 670.3 646.3 630.5 666.8 532.1 518.2 521.0 572.0 529.9 541.8 502.4 627.7 528.0 553.9 571.9 616.8 552.3 553,5 539.0 505.1 579.2 508.0 518.0 508.0 612.9 609.9 634.0 620.4 635.6 651.0 542.2 542.9 499.5 644.7 487.2 486.3 482.0 551.7 626.2 566.1 587.7 609.4 708.9 614.3 620.0 600.3 739.8 554.1 542.5 550.2 628.9 314.1 297.6 296.8 290.0 293.5 306.4 302.9 320.9 321.3 322.3 320.5 330.4 334.2 339.8 343.0 334.9 330.4 338.7 320.5 317,0 313.5 315.8 317.1 300.0 300.4 288.1 297.5 292.6 289.9 284.4 291.0 288.4 286.6 284.6 289.4 286.6 283.7 285.0 285.2 297.8 290.3 291.5 287.2 293.4 297.1 293.7 290.8 292.5 299.4 294.4 293.1 294.2 23.5 23.8 23.8 22.6 20.5 17.9 I 16.2 I 14.1 8.5 I 3.3 I 3.2 I 1.4 [ 1.3 I 2.0 I 2,2 I 2.5 2,5 2.4 ' 2.6 2.4 [ 2.4 2.6 2,1 2.1 4.4 4,8 4.8 | 6.5 6.5 I 7.4 7.1 7.7 7.6 ' 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.8 7.7 7.6 3.8 I as 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 I 0.7 Drafts and certificates of deposit. 37.8 39.4 41.9 43.7 41.9 41.8 42.5 42.7 43.0 42.9 42.1 42.4 41.5 40.6 40.7 39.2 40.3 41.0 89.8 40.4 40.6 40.0 38.7 39.7 39.1 40.2 39.8 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.0 41.0 41.5 41.2 41.4 41.6 41.5 41.4 41.5 41.3 40.7 41.5 40.9 39.7 39.5 38.9 38.2 38.1 38.0 37.9 37.9 37.8 STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. 299 TABLE No. 2.—STATEMENTS OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued. Reserve. Date. Gold. Silver. Total. Private Accounts accounts current of Circulation. current and the treasury. deposits. Commercial discounts. Loans on securities. Loans on gold bars and coin. 312.6 304.1 300.8 292.5 292.2 295.0 286.9 286.7 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.9 6.4 2.1 1.6 1.4 284.9 1.5 288.5 283.3 282.0 1.4 1,2 0.7 0.7 Drafts and certificates of deposit* 1894. January 4 January 1 1 — January 18 January 2 5 — February 1 . . . , Februarys.... February 15... February 22... March 1 March 8 March 15 March 22 March 29 Aprils Aprill2 April 19 April 26 May 4 May 10 May 17 May 24 May 31 June7 June 14 June 21 June 28 Julys July 12 July 19 July 26 August 2 August 9 August 16 August 23 August 30 September 6 . . September 13. Septembers. September 27. October 4 October 11 October 1 8 . . . . October 2 5 . . . . November 2 . . . November8... November 15.. November 22.. November 29.. December 6 . . . December 13.. December 20.. December 27.. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1,698.5 1,696.6 1,699.8 1,702.8 1,701.9 1,706.7 1,708.6 1,712.2 1,712.9 1,714.5 1,721.8 1,726.9 1,728.2 1,726.9 1,721.1 1,723.8 1,743.4 1,760.3 1,757.8 1,764.9 1,773.2 1,774.3 1,779.6 1,782.5 1,784.9 1,787.1 1,812.2 1,826.5 1,838.1 1,846.2 1,864.1 1,882.5 1,893.3 1,901.1 1,902.9 1,906.3 1,905.7 1,906.8 1,906.0 1,900.9 1,895.8 1,892.5 1,895.1 1,903.2 1,928.2 1,946.9 1,967.4 1,984.9 2,005.5 2,032.4 2,050.0 2,069.6 1,259.2 1,256.5 1,259.0 1,259.0 1,261.2 1,261.3 1,264.7 1,267.9 1,267.8 1,266.5 1,265.5 1,268.9 1,270.6 1,272.6 1,269.8 1,269.8 1,272.5 1,275.0 1,272.7 1,272.8 1,277.5 1,279.1 1,278.9 1,277.1 1,278.1 1,278.6 1,276.6 1,269.2 1,270.2 1,271.7 1,270.5 1,269.2 1,268.2 1,270.0 1,267.8 1,265.2 1,259.9 1,260.5 1,258.0 1,254.0 1,244.6 1,243.2 1,241.4 1,239.2 1,238.4 1,237.5 1,239.2 1,240.7 1,240.1 1,239.2 1,242.1 1,242.0 2,957.7 2,953.1 2,958.8 2,961.8 2,963.1 2,968.0 2,973.3 2,980.1 2,980.7 2,981.0 2,987.3 2,995.8 2,998.8 2,999.5 2,990.9 2,993.6 3,015.9 3,035.3 3,030.5 3,037.7 3,050.7 3,053.4 3,058.5 3,059.6 3,063.0 3,065.7 3,088.8 3,095.7 3,108.3 3,117.9 3,134.6 3,151.7 3,161.5 3,171.1 3,170.7 3,171.5 3,165.6 3,167.3 3,164.0 3,154.9 3,140.4 3,135.7 3,136.5 3,142.4 3,166.6 3,184.4 3,206.6 3,225.6 3,245.6 3,271.6 3,292.1 3,311.6 3,612.1 3,591.1 3,610.6 3,564.8 3,608.0 3,541.1 3,528.4 3,484.9 3,527.1 3,507.2 3,507.5 3,461.6 3,452.9 3,515.9 3,527.7 3,512.4 3,470.1 3,585.4 3,509.2 3,480.2 3,436.3 3,534.7 3,437.3 3,416.9 3,387.5 3,397.5 3,470.7 3,478.5 3,453.7 3,410.5 3,450.4 3,379.7 3,364.7 3,323.0 3,363.7 3,362.6 3,366.9 3,373.8 3,377.9 3,455.2 3,468.7 3,490.5 3,453.0 3,528.7 3,491.0 3,507.0 3,459.4 3,500.5 3,476.6 3,443.1 3,455.9 3,481.6 394.0 379.4 377.8 411.4 397.7 385.9 379.7 410.4 382.9 413.7 401.1 393.1 461.3 390.7 386.2 392.3 892.6 627.0 546.1 522,3 504.0 443.6 452.4 429.2 434.6 498.2 449.5 449. S 446.5 447.7 463.1 476.2 411.5 439.6 451.2 464.3 443.6 422.3 448.2 389.2 374.9 373.8 363.1 364.9 394.3 363.2 *401.2 449.5 426.1 720.1 670.8 558.1 121.1 125.2 130.3 156.9 186.3 211.6 220.0 205.1 191.9 115.4 116.8 136.4 149.2 94.8 81.1 82.8 152.6 143.9 131.8 129.5 137.9 166.2 115.4 136.7 159.5 166.4 114.1 116.8 116.9 166.9 179.7 174.1 236.4 243. C 258.3 141.8 143.7 167.2 189.8 148.4 146.0 154.6 190.9 207.5 175.0 199.4 203.0 217.3 174.4 154.0 168.7 187.7 702.7 746.1 738.0 80S. 8 742.4 735.8 698.4 715.8 629.8 612.4 564.1 627.3 . 551.1 575.3 533.2 983.4 917.2 730.4 662.2 595.4 680.9 506.4 480.0 467.3 535.3 482.2 506.9 452.7 451.9 611.2 411.8 409.4 391.0 461.6 360.0 375.4 365.7 431.1 404.2 436.3 474.2 447.0 553.1 468.9 463.9 430.3 530.9 402.6 523.9 462.9 497.7 287.5 302.2 295.2 292.2 369.8 304.0 292.0 292.4 284.9 283.8 288.6 0.9 297.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.1 2,1 2.2 289.4 4.9 I 286.8 5.6 284.0 8.3 8.2 9.6 286.4 287.6 287.9 286.6 288.1 284.6 282.8 279.3 282.3 275.0 274.6 273.5 284.4 281.7 282,0 279.0 284.5 289.9 282.9 280.6 277.6 287.0 345.5 293.4 288.0 9.1 8.9 9.4 9.6 9.4 I 9.2 10.4 10.3 10.1 9.7 7.0 7.9 7.6 7.5 4.7 4.7 4.4" 24.7 3.0 3.5 I 37.8 37.8 37.4 37.3 37.6 37.4 37.2 36.9 36.2 36.3 36.0 35.6 35.8 35.3 36.5 35.7 35.4 35.1 34.7 34.8 34.6 34.4 35.3 35.9 35.8 35.9 36.8 37.3 37.4 36.9 37.3 37.1 37.5 38.5 39.2 39.8 39.3 39.2 39.5 39.2 40.2 38.5 37.7 38.6 37.6 36.9 37.6 37.1 36.6 35.4 34.8 34.3 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 300 TABLE No. 2.—STATEMENTS OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued. Reserve. Date. Gold. Silver. Total. Private Accounts accounts current of Circulation. current and the treasury. Commercial discounts. Loans on securities. Loans on gold bars and coin. 606.5 507.9 492.8 455.4 605.5 430.7 406.8 387.8 527.6 396.0 387.7 377.0 439.6 397.6 458.4 440.0 460.8 570.6 468.4 449.9 440.0 515.6 395.6 407.7 377.8 455.9 408.8 445.4 491.6 1,072.5 941.0 767.0 672.0 601.1 611.0 495.8 468.2 455.8 478.3 587.8 539.3 563.7 577.1 772.4 677.4 669.2 653.3 736.0 647.5 661.7 607.8 625.9 302.1 294.0 287.0 277.1 280.2 278.7 272.5 271.9 269.2 273.5 268.0 267.9 268.1 289.1 289.6 298.5 286.6 302.7 295.6 290.0 289.5 288.5 297.4 293.1 291.6 293.4 301.0 295.2 302.4 458.2 339.2 308.5 299.5 297.4 296.2 303.6 303.4 307.4 305.7 324.2 3.7 3.0 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.1 Drafts and certificates of deposit. 1895. January 3 January 10 January 17 January 24 January 31 February 7.... February 14... February 21... February 28... March 7 March 14 March 21 March 28 ApriU Aprilll April 18 April 25 , May 2 May 9 MaylG May 24 May 30 June 6 June 13 June 20 June 27 July 4 July 11 July 18 July 25 August 1 August 8 August 16 August 22 August 29 Septembers.. September 12. September 19. September 26. October 3 October 10 October 17 October 24 October 31 November 7... November 14.. November 21.. November 28.. December 5 . . . Decembers.. December 19.. December 26.. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 2,009.6 2,079.5 2,090.8 2,108.1 2,120.6 2,141.4 2,146.0 2,150.6 2,148.7 2,148.4 2,143.2 2,140.6 2,106.9 2,087.5 2,075.1 2,069.0 2,066.0 2,057.6 2,053.6 2,053.2 2,054.1 2,052.2 2,048.7 2,045.1 2,045.7 2,047.5 2,042.7 2,034.9 2,042.8 2,050.9 2,048.9 2,050.3 2,049.1 2,052.8 2,054.4 2,048.2 2,030.2 2,022.5 2,023.5 2,005.6 1,971.7 1,964.2 1,966.3 1,961.5 1,957.6 1,947.6 1,954.5 1,956.7 1,959.9 1,959.4 1,964,2 1,963.0 1,235.6 1,232.9 1,232.3 1,234.2 1,234.6 1,235.9 1,235.7 1,237.9 1,238.7 1,238.7 1,239.8 1,242.8 1,242.6 1,239.8 1,234.7 1,232.9 1,232.6 1,235.3 1,238.0 1,240.0 1,245.7 1,249.6 1,251.1 1,252.4 1,256.6 1,258.8 1,258.2 1,255.8 1,256.5 1,259.5 1,260.4 1,259.5 1,259.4 1,260.6 1,260.8 1,259.1 1,254.4 1,252.0 1,250.8 1,249.1 1,233.8 1,234.4 1,233.6 1,231.0 1,230.4 1,230.9 1,232.1 1,235.3 1,233.6 1,235.6 1,239.5 1,239.9 3,304.8 3,312.4 3,323.1 3,342.3 3,355.2 3,377.3 3,381.7 3,388.5 3,387.4 3,387.1 3,383.0 3,383.4 3,349.5 3,327.3 3,309.8 3,301.9 3,298.6 3,292.9 3,291.6 3,293.2 3,299.8 3,301.8 3.299.8 3,297.5 3,302.3 3,306.3 3,300.9 3,290.7 3,299.3 3,310.4 3,309.3 3,309.8 3,308.5 3,313.4 3,315.2 3,307.3 3,284.6 3,274.5 3,274.3 3,254.7 3,210.5 3,198.6 3,199.9 3,192.5 3,188.0 3,178.5 3,186.6 3,192.0 3,193.5 3,195.0 3,203.7 3,202.9 3,679.2 3,635.0 . 3,657.6 3,630.3 3,749.7 3,632.0 3,598.7 3,577.7 3,675.7 3,604.5 3,593.5 3,569.9 3,574.2 3,623.9 .3,639.6 3,620.8 3,587.9 3,625.3 3,566.2 3,547.6 3,509.9 3,546.7 3,516.8 3,494.1 3,472.1 3,461.4 3,521.4 3,503.5 3,495.7 3,423.0 3,473.3 3,402.4 3,377.5 3,332.5 3,340.9 3,374.3 3,360.6 3,361.3 3,363.6 3,486.2 3,485.1 3,521.2 3,482.2 3,627.4 3,531.9 3,518.9 3,493.6 3,506.9 3,504.4 3,472.3 3,473.2 3,484.9 488.0 407.8 428.8 427.8 467.1 479.3 471.7 458.2 452.1 457.4 450.6 459.1 462.5 400.3 411.8 432.3 433.2 485.0 455.5 446.5 461.8 490.4 446.1 450.3 448.8 534.2 485.4 489.2 558.6 1,085.6 897.0 783.7 714.4 685.7 685.4 589; 9 550.6 544.9 552.6 506.4 515.4 500. S 515.2 528.5 606.9 607.0 640.8 673.7 644.3 663.1 619.3 605.5 145.0 126.9 120.8 148.0 134.6 107.7 123.6 141.2 173.6 123.6 131.5 144.8 167.6 141.3 141.2 132.0 174.8 156.9 162.1 169.3 . 192.7 197.8 185.4 201.0 213.1 215.6 156.9 165.0 167.4 249.2 342.2 328.1 324.1 325.2 325.2 271.1 268.6 272.7 288.1 257.7 233.9 226.1 251.3 262.0 228.7 214.0 214.9 230.1 206.9 210.2 227.7 235.7 34y. 2 344.7 333.9 337.4 366.9 355.1 358.2 351.3 368.5 361.1 367.2 369.2 1.2 I 1.3 2.0 I 1.! 2.4 I 2.4 3.1 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.2 1.4 1.5 1.8 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.1 2.6 3.0 I 3.5 2.3 2.5 2.8 1.5 0.4 1.3 | 34.5 34.5 34.3 39.4 40.1 35.7 34.0 33.7 33.5 32.3 32. S 32.0 32.0 30.5 30.1 31.1 30.3 30.3 28.6 28.3 27.4 27.1 26. S 26.7 26.1 25.4 25.9 26.5 25.1 25.0 25.7 26.0 26.2 25.5 26.1 26.2 25.6 25.8 25.8 25.4 24.6 24.0 23.6 23.6 22.6 22.0 21.8 21.7 20.8 21.0 21.6 21.4 STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. 301 TABLE No. 2.—STATEMENTS OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued. Reserve. Date. Gold. January 2 January 9 . . — January 16 January 23 January 30 February 6 February 13.... February 20..., February 27... March 5 March 12 March 19 March 26 April 2 April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30 ilay7 May 15 i£ay21 .May 28 June 4 June 11 June 18 June 25 July 2 July 9 July 16 July 23 July 30 August6 August 13 August 20 August 27 Septembers.. September 10. September 17. September 24. October 1 Octobers..... October 1 5 . . . . October 22.*.. October 29 Novembers... November 12 November 19.. November 26.. December 3 . . . December 10.. December 17.. December 24.. December 3 1 . . Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1,950.3 1,934.3 1,932.5 1,937.2 1,934.4 1,936.5 1,940.4 1,951.8 1,954.4 1,951.8 1,947.8 1,954.7 1,958.0 1,951.0 1,948.0 1,947.6 1,953.7 1,952.7 1,961.9 1,970.1 1,991.7 1,998.5 2,011.3 2,023.1 2,035.7 2,044.6 2,041.2 2,046.1 2,046.9 2,052.6 2,068.4 2,0W.8 2,074.3 2,077.8 2,068.0 2,046.0 2,030.4 2,015.8 1,994.6 1,975.8 1,963.1 1,948.6 1,943.0 1,938.7 1,930.4 1,927.5 1,931.5 1,932.1 1,931.5 1,928.5 1,927.9 1,928.2 1,914.6 Silver. 1,234.6 1|233.3 1,234.2 1,237.0 1,238.6 1,240.8 1,241.7 1,242.5 1,245.5 1,245.2 1,244.6 1,248.1 1,249.3 1,247.0 1,244.8 1,243.6 1,242.5 1,243.1 1,246.8 1,247.2 1,250.3 1,252.4 1,256.0 1,255.2 1,258.7 1,258.2 1,257.0 1,256.1 1,253.5 1,254.7 1,254.1 1,255.6 1,252.3 1,253.6 1,255.4 1,254.3 1,250.4 1,247.8 1,245.3 1,243.8 1,237.6 1,233.4 1,231.4 1,230.6 1,229.3 1,228.5 1,231.2 1,231.9 1,233.8 1,230.8 1,231.5 1,233.6 1,228.3 Total. 3,184.9 3,167.6 3.160.7 3,174.2 3,173.0 3.177.3 3.182.1 3,194.3 3,199.9 3,197.0 3.192.4 3,202.8 3,207.3 3,198.0 3,192.8 3.191.2 3,196.2 3.195.8 3,208.7 3,217.3 3,242.0 3,250.9 3,267.3 3,278.3 3,294.4 3,302.8 3,298.2 3,302.2 3,300.4 3,307.3 3,322.5 3,329.4 3,326.6 3,331.4 3,323.4 3,300.3 3,280.8 3,263.6 3,239.9 3,219.6 3,200.7 3,182.0 3,174.4 3,169.3 3,159.7 3,156.0 3.162.7 3,164.0 3,165.3 3,159.3 3,159.4 3.161.8 3,142.9 Private Accounts accounts current of Circulation. current andj the treasury. deposits. 3,647.1 3,623.2 3,662.5 3,627.9 3,631.0 3,641.6 3,617.4 3,580.2 3,575.3 3,630.6 3,614.0 3,594.1 3,577.4 3,651.0 3,646.0 3,674.7 3,640,5 3,764.1 3,647.8 3,641.5 3,595.6 3,581.1 3,615.8 3,588.5 3,582.5 3,544.6 3,615.9 3,600.6 3,609.1 3,553.2 3,579.0 3,546.4 3,513.5 3,478.9 3,456.5 3,536.4 3,503.3 3,503.1 3,491.0 3,586.2 3,595.2 3,651.4 3,619.0 3,625.3 3,675.7 3,636.3 3,612.5 3,601.8 3,690.2 3,623.1 3,622.5 3,628.8 3,83S.S 652.3 634.4 572.0 561.7 692.9 551.1 491.9 526.7 827.6 663.3 585.8 570.2 558.9 540.7 536.3 509.8 537.8 550.5 537.6 515.7 544.4 630.3 551.5 559.9 565.3 581.5 619.4 580.4 574.1 606.2 916.6 674.0 614.9 599.2 619.9 545.5 527.4 521.5 512.8 530.9 534.2 528.2 524.3 548.0 535.1 505.9 537.7 538.6 505.6 496.5 499.4 508.6 563.1 229.8 176.8 167.7 189.8 178.1 154.2 200.1 207.2 312.3 230.2 238.5 217.3 227.4 204.1 177.3 175.3 184.0 198.9 177.5 186.1 177.6 170.8 148.2 159.1 171.6 207.4 203.8 224.5 226.9 262.5 228.8 228.2 258.3 268.6 290.9 272.6 247.1 259.0 290.6 303.7 252.7 263.7 294.1 314.3 263.2 290.8 282.8 312.4 297.6 288.7 299.4 299.5 279.9 Commercial discounts. 849.7 765.4 737.4 707.3 785.2 661.6 631.3 596.7 979.1 766.6 733.7 662.3 602.3 739.7 675.3 685.0 677.4 848.9 669.8 638.9 5S6.7 632.5 528.0 537.8 542.7 529.9 675.0 614.8 620.7 610.3 774.0 606.4 583.0 526.6 570.1 617.1 522.0 556.7 503.2 715.1 702.4 781.2 773.3 831.6 806.0 801.5 781.5 812.4 888.2 754.1 770.6 774.2 1,050.1 Loans on securities. 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Accounts current of the treasury. Pri acco Circul ation. curre dcp STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. 303 TABLE No. 2.—STATEMENTS OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued. Reserve. Bate. Gold. 1898. January 6 January 13 T January 20 January 27 February 3 February 10 February 17 February 24 March 3 March 10 Marchl7 March 24 March 31 April 7 April 14 April 21 April 28 May 5 May 12 May 20 May 26 June 2 June 9 June 16 June 23 June 30 July 7 July 15 July 21 July 28 August 4 August 11 August 18 August 25 September 1 September 8 September 15..'. September 22 September 29 October 6 October 13 October 2 0 . . . October 27 November 3 November 10 , , November 24 December 1 December 8 December 15 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis „ J 1,940.9 1,933.2 1,927.0 1,929.5 1,926.9 1,927.0 1,929.7 1,932.6 1,920.8 1,893.0 1,872.6 1,867.8 1,862.4 1,858.0 1,854.5 1,857.8 1,859.4 1,861.3 1,863.0 1,867.3 1,869.8 1,867.0 1,873.4 1,875.3 1,880.9 1,877.0 1,875.8 1,872.1 1,874.8 1,877.4 1,879.1 1,880.2 1,885.3 1,887.7 1,884.2 1,879.1 1,871.3 1,871.1 1,867.5 1,858.0 1,848.5 1,841.9 1,841.4 1,833.2 l,-834.3 1,833.5 1,834.9 1,831.5 1,829.5 1,827.1 1,826.4 1,822.6 1 Silver. 1,206.6 1,205.4 1,207.4 1,208.9 1,209.5 1,208.1 1,208.0 1,212.8 1,214.1 1,212.1 1,213.0 1,216.8 1,218.1 1,217.4 1,215.4 1,217.3 1,215.4 1,218.3 1,221.0 1,225.3 1,227.1 1,228.6 1,233.9 1,234.8 1,237.4 1,238.2 1,238.1 • 1,236.4 1,238.3 1,241.6 1,242.3 | 1,242.9 1,245.5 1,247.1 1,246.5 1,244.8 1,240.4 1,244.2 1,242.7 1,237.2 1,231.0 1,228.0 1,228.0 1,222.2 1,219.5 1,220.9 J 1,221.6 1 1,216.7 1,212.0 1,209.7 1,211.1 1,207.6 1 Total. Accounts Privato accounts current of Circulation. current and the treasury. deposits. 3,147.5 3,138.6 3,134.4 3,138.4 3,136.4 3,135.1 3,137.7 3,145.4 3,134.9 3,105.1 3,085.6 3,084.6 3,080.5 3,075.4 3,069.9 3,075.1 3,074.8 3,079.6 3,084.0 3,092.6 3,096.9 3,095.6 3,107.3 3,110.1 3,118.3 3,115.2* 3,113.9 3,108.5 3,113.1 3,119.0 3,121.4 3,123.1 | 3,130.8 3,134.8 3,130.7 • 3,123.9 3,111.7 3,115.3 3,110.2 3,095.2 3,079.5 3,069.9 3,069.4 3,055.4 3,053.8 3,054.4 3,056.5 3,0-18.2 3,041.5 3,036.8 3,037.5 3,030.2 1 3,862.6 3,838.0 3,826.6 3,784.0 3,859.4 . 3,762..1 3,729.1 3,711.1 3,805.2 3,743.9 3,729.3 3,698.8 3,832.8 3,758.1 3,752.6 3,704.3 3,711.0 3,747.5 3,699.8 3,667.3 3,653.9 3,717.4 3,641.0 3,629.8 3,580.8 3,703.2 3,648.5 3,649.6 3,583.8 3,680.7 J 3,578.0 3,520.6 3,495.9 3,480.1 3,541.4 3,517.7 3,543.1 3,523.0 3,591.9 3,656.8 3,695.7 3,697.8 3,696.9 3,811.8 3,732.1 3,745.0 3,717.3 3,799.2 3,753.8 3,758.0 3,742.3 3,810.2 I 540.4 525.2 501.8 544.7 500.8 485.7 475.1 527.2 468.9 447.2 419.1 437.1 477. G 489.5 529.0 571.4 641.4 604.4 572.9 576.0 574.9 534.8 493.3 466.7 496.0 543.9 506.4 492.0 493.9 518.7 492.2 478.1 470.9 487.8 472.7 407.4 442.4 449.8 479.6 447.7 414.7 600.4 529.1 474.3 453.6 455.5 451.3 428.6 435.0 408.9 437.7 473.2 1 Commercial discounts. 274.1 553.4 234.4 240.0 203.4 202.7 203.5 199.6 151.0 135.8 144.7 158.2 180.2 139.4 172.8 189.2 ! 200.0 147.5 188.7 197.9 218.3 223.8 207.3 218.6 242.7 287.8 249.5 251.4 274.0 311.0 301.3 307.4 320.3 318.1 321.5 265.9 269.7 293.7 329.6 287.8 301.2 307.0 344.7 317.7 1 324.9 | 315.8 329.4 349.2 311.7 319.3 316.7 324.9 1 Loans on securities. 063.4 95G.5 J 893.1 | 915.9 946.8 776.5 747.3 746.3 794.3 GS1.0 GS4.4 665.2 88G.3 705.4 836.2 843.3 921.0 856.2 870.4 809.9 821.8 800.2 701.1 662.2 656.3 877.1 757.6 741.5 682.0 740.4 656.7 635.3 611.5 601.4 679.3 578.9 585.8 592.9 737.2 723.0 775.5 864.8 961.0 1,032.1 902.9 915.2 882.5 996.3 899.6 893.0 883.6 1,006.3 1 407.7 378.9 370.0 3G2.2 370.7 371.0 3G5.6 304.1 3G8.3 309.0 3GG.G 3GG.6 3G9.9 394.7 379.2 380.9 375.3 392.8 423.0 3S6.6 385.1 388.0 38G.7 385.0 386.4 395.7 401.7 393.0 393.1 385.9 392.2 387.0 390.7 385.1 393.4 396.3 395.8 394.8 392.6 415.9 411.5 409.3 401.4 415.8 412.5 414.6 407.8 416.3 414.4 408.1 419.4 426.8 Loans on gold bars and coin. Drafts and certificates of deposit. 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.G 4.2 0.6 1 1 0.3 1 0.2 1 15.1 14.8 14 G 14 8 14.8 14.5 14.3 14.5 14.8 15.0 14.8 14.9 14.0 14.7 14.5 14.8 15.8 15.0 15.3 15.0 15.0 15.0 14.8 15.7 15.4 15.2 14.0 14.1 13.9 * 14.1 14.5 14.9 15.1 15.6 15.7 15.5 15.3 15.7 15.3 14.9 14.7 14.5 14.3 14.8 14.3 14.2 14.0 13.6 13.8 13.7 13.4 14.0 304 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABLE No. 2.—STATEMENTS OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued. Reserve. Date. Gold. January 5 . . . . January 12 January 19 January 26 February 2 . . . February 9 . . . February 16.. February 24.. March 2 March 9 March 16 March 23 March 30 April 6 April 13 April 20 April 27 May 4 May 12 May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 JulyC July 13 July 20 July 27 August 3 August 10 August 17 August 24 August 31 September 7 . . September 14. September 21. September 28. Octobers October 12 October 19 October 26 November 2... November 9... November 16.. November 23.. November 30.. December 7 . . . December 14.. December 2 1 . . December 2 8 . . Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1,811.5 1,810.5 1,814.5 1,820.8 1,819.5 1,823.7 1,824.8 1,826.3 1,822.8 1,820.4 1,820.0 1,822.5 1,814.2 1,818.2 1,814.6 1,816.8 1,818.0 1,822.2 1,826.0 1,833.3 1,838.1 1,841.6 1,847.6 1,854.4 1,872.1 1,884.5 1,889.7 1,908.7 1,911.7 1,914.3 1,919.6 1,922.6 1,925.3 1,930.7 1,926.9 1,926.7 1,922.4 1,923.4 1,923.5 1,914.5 1,902.9 1,895.0 1,890.8 1,SS6.9 1,889.2 1,888.8 1,892.1 1,887.7 1,887.2 1,883.8 1,879.1 1,873.7 Silver. 1,195.2 1,196.2 1,197.6 1,199.6 1,197.9 1,198.9 1,199.2 1,201.2 1,197.5 1,196.6 1,196.2 1.198.6 1,200,3 1,204.0 1,202.1 1,204.3 1,207.3 1,205.9 1,205.8 1,211.0 1,214.7 1,217.9 1,220.2 1,219.1 1,222.3 1,219.5 1,215.9 1,209.1 1,207.9 1,207.7 1,205.5 1,201.6 1,199.1 1,200.7 1,197.5 1,197.6 1,190.9 1,191.0 1,187.9 1,182.6 1,174.9 1,174.4 1,170.8 1,169.4 1,167.0 1,167.3 1,170.1 1,168.9 1.167.7 1,165.3 1.163.0 1,157.1 Total. 3,006.7 3,006.7 3,012.1 3,020.4 3,017.4 3,022.6 3,024.0 3,027.5 3,020.3 3,017.0 3,016.2 3,021.1 3,014.5 3,022.2 3,016.7 3,021.1 3,025.3 3,028.1 3,031.8 3,044.3 3,052.8 3,059.5 3,067.8 3,073.5 3,094.4 3,104.0 3,115.6 3,117.8 3,119.6 3,122.0 3,125.1 3,124.2 3,124.4 3,131.4 3,124.4 3,124.3 3,113.3 3,114.4 3,111.4 3,097.1 3,077.8 3,069.4 3,061.6 3,055.3 3,056.2 3,056.1 3,062.2 3,056.6 3,054.9 3,049.1 3,042.1 3,030.8 Private Accounts accounts of Circulation. current and! current the treasury. 3,943.6 3,906.3 3,900.5 3,855.3 3,921.8 3,840.0 3,821.8 3,798.8 3,855.2 3,816.6 3,803.4 3,769.8 3,828.0 3,816.2 3,812.8 3,802.6 3,781.0 3,807.3 3,761.4 3,742.8 3,701.3 3,770.4 3,728.9 3,739.7 3,686.7 3,758.6 3,789.5 3,790.5 3,757.5 3,722.3 3,799.2 3,704.5 3,674.7 3,632.3 3,795.4 3,710.9 3,719.2 3,716.4 3,755.2 3,883.4 3,872.8 3,881.0 3,858.6 3,967.7 3,915.7 3,924.3 3,890.8 4,043.7 3,930.4 3,923.5 3,924.2 3,983.5 521.7 492.4 590.6 529.2 524.3 512.2 461.7 532.2 479.4 452.9 422.4 452.5 480.5 473.2 437.8 451.7 496.5 470.5 475.7 475.7 469.5 480.2 482.9 450.2 48S.8 533.0 506.0 500.5 501.2 524.8 485.5 456.1 459.6 478.9 483.9 465.9 420.9 429.8 452.7 473.4 419.0 479.5 441.7 465.0 516.7 487.8 476.4 472.2 473.2 449.5 4SS.3 539.8 263.8 238.9 201.5 220.6 172.5 149.1 166.4 143.5 126.9 101.4 109.0 114.5 135.0 102.4 106.7 103.8 116.5 74.4 103.0 129.3 155.9 174.3 132.3 161.6 190.2 239.0 188.5 197.9 225.5 253.9 235.8 238.7 240.0 247.3 254.6 184.9 195.0 221.6 254.9 223.6 235.9 242.6 294.0 306.0 286.5 301.0 331.3 351.1 301.5 317.7 328.3 337.1 Commercial discounts. Loans on securities. Loans on gold bars and coin. 1,111.9 1,071.7 1,057.9 1,021.4 1,060.8 896.4 855.8 850.1 875.2 749.1 723.9 715.9 833.3 745.4 740.5 721.0 756.0 712.1 710.6 703.2 651.3 778.2 663.3 658.0 627.3 778.5 701.2 707.5 695.8 736.8 792.8 639.8 634.9 597.6 804.5 608.9 603.3 610.4 706.7 774.3 826.4 887.7 903.8 1,080.0 1,017.1 1,032.4 1,002.8 1,197.1 1,015.7 1,003.9 1,049.2 1,199.8 448.5 425.5 465.3 416.5 420.4 418.2 404.9 405.0 426.4 424.3 416.4 416.3 416.9 440.2 428.1 426.2 419.6 429.3 433.4 437.3 432.6 437.5 443.6 437.6 439.2 441.3 469.2 452.0 448.8 437.7 446.1 440.7 440.1 439*. 4 440.3 447.6 444.5 457.2 451.2 478.1 474.0 472.0 465.8 478.8 483.4 471.6 473.5 476.4 487.4 479.3 486.9 482.9 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.5 9.7 9.2 11.8 11.8 12.8 12.4 11.9 11.9 12.8 13.0 12.5 12.6 12.5 12.2 11.4 11.4 11.5 11.4 8.6 8.9 9.0 9.1 8.9 8.9 8.8 9.1 10.5 11.6 11.6 11.9 9.4 8.2 5.5 3.0 l.C 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 I 0.7 0.8 I 1.5 0.9 0.8 0.4 I Drafts and certificates of deposit. 13.813.4 13.7 14.0 14.1 14.0 14.3 13.6 13.1 14.0 13.4 14.2 14.4 14.2 13.6 13.1 13.4 13.4 13.4 12. a 13.2 13.6 13.0 12.8 12.1 12.3 13.5 13.5 14.013.4 12.9 13.3 13.5 13.4 13.6 13.0 13.6 13.3 13.2 12.1 12.2 11.4 12.1 12.0 12.0' 12.7 12.7 11.812.5 11.3 10.7 10.7 STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. 305 TABLE No. 2.—STATEMENTS OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued. Reserve. Date. Gold. Silver. Total. Private Accounts accounts current of Circulation. current and the treasdeposits. ury. Commercial discounts. Loans on gold bars and coin. Loans on securities. Drafts and certificates of deposit. 1900. January 4 January 11 January 18 January 25 February 1 February 8 February 15 February 22 March 1 March 8. March 15 March 22 March 29 April 5 April 12 April 19 April 26 May 3 May 10 May 17 May 25 May 31 June 7 June 14 June 21 June 28 July5 July 12 July 19 July 26 August 2 August 9 August 16 August 23 August 30 September 6 September 13 September 20 September 27 October 4 October 11 October 18 October 21 November 2.. November 8 November 15 November 22 November 29 December 6 December 13 December 20 ..... .... Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis i 1 1,865.3 1,878.3 1,893.0 1,897.7 1,895.8 1,900.1 1,900.4 1,920.5 1,919.8 1,921.7 1,936.0 1,940.0 1,943.8 1,942.9 1,940.3 1,942.4 1,944.4 1,949.3 1,964.8 1,982.7 2,003.6 2,038.3 2,051.9 2,055.9 2,096.8 2,112.7 2,148.9 2,153.8 2,173.2 2,182.7 2,209.3 2,232.2 2,233.9 2,248.1 2,250.0 2,249.3 2,244.9 2,263.9 2,265.5 2,291.9 2,286.6 2,282.0 2,292.9 2,292.8 2,300.2 2,302.6 2,309.1 2,324.8 2,324.3 2,326.0 2,331.7 2,339.1 1,147.1 1,144.3 1,142.6 1,142.8 1,142.2 1,143.8 1,142.2 1,143.7 1,141.8 1,140.9 1,139.9 1,144.4 1,141.0 1,135.7 1,131.3 1,131.9 1,134.3 1,138.3 1,139.2 1,141.1 1,144.8 1,143.3 1,146.0 1,145.3 1,147.9 1,147.1 1,145.2 1,140.3 1,141.2 1,140.3 1,135.3 1,137.6 1,134.1 1,137.0 1,136.4 1,135.7 1,130.1 1,129.9 1,128.8 1,124.8 1,118.1 1,116.7 1,114.4 1,112.8 1,113.6 1,110.7 1,114.3 1,112.2 1,110.1 1,110.5 1,110.4 1,107.7 3,012.4 3,022.6 3,035.6 3,040.5 3,038.0 3,043.9 3,042.6 3,064.2 3,061.6 3,062.6 3,075.9 3,084.4 3,084.8 3,078.6 3,071.6 3,074.3 3,078.7 3,087.6 3,104.0 3,123.8 3,148.4 3,181.6 3,197.9 | 3,201.2 3,244.7 3,259.8 3,294.1 3,294.1 3,314.4 3,323.0 3,344.6 3,369.8 3,368.0 3,385.1 3,386.4 3,385.0 3,375.0 3,393.8 3,394.3 3,416.7 3,404.7 3,398.7 3,407.3 3,405.6 3,413.8 3,413.3 3,423.4 3,437.0 3,434.4 3,436.5 3,442.1 3,446.8 1 4,163.0 4,093.5 4,112.4 4,046.2 4,114.3 4,035.3 4,027.0 | 3,974.1 4,051.8 4,027.5 4,028.4 3,972.9 3,980.6 4,080.3 4,065.7 4,048.4 4,010.9 4,122.7 4,027.3 4,001.8 3,954.3 4,106.2 3,978.9 3,960.4 3,926.4 3,945.8 4,067.4 4,029.8 4,006.2 3,972.4 4,038.7 3,901.2 3,946.3 3,897.7 3,955.7 3,959.4 3,946.1 3,943.2 3,947.8 4,047.6 4,042.2 4,069.7 4,022.6 4,124.0 4,071.9 4,080.8 4,029.5 4,090.1 4,095.1 4,093.1 4,127.2 4,187.0 1 507.4 490.8 475.1 466.0 462.3 449.8 433.0! 465.9 436.9 433.4 418.5 447.0 511.9 489.5 433.8 478.0 499.5 499.5 478.7 472.8 480.4 517.9 505.6 453.9 491.4 617.5 529.7 489.7 536,0 488.4 542.7 ! 512.0 482.2 523.5 558.0 489.2 i 469.0 466.0 510.6 491.0 446.2 480.2 462.3 478.7 491.3 450.5 463.4 519.2 459.8 446.7 459.4 506.8 1 276.3 262.3 249.6 257.8 235.7 204.9 194.1 179.3 170.5 113.2 121.5 147.1 166.6 123.2 141.1 125.4 175.2 141.3 161.4 174.0 200.1 213.1 175.6 195.8 216.4 265.6 221.9 246.1 234.3 293.9 289.3 300.4 321.0 331.8 348.0 282.7 290.8 316.4 349.5 319.1 319.0 331.8 381.0 393.8 362.8 383.7 390.4 393.4 331.8 316.2 291.1 1 209.1 1,267.6 1,213.1 1,187.8 1,099.8 1,177.4 1,026.8 994.4 937.6 993.7 872.7 801.2 833.0 919.9 894.1 912.9 906.8 950.2 1,061.4 904.0 877.9 819.5 1,041.8 800.4 755.2 692.1 833.7 815.4 814.0 754.0 745.9 874.3 708.1 691.4 668.7 790.3 654.7 650.0 632.1 731.7 737.5 j 736.8 817.7 781.8 948.5 842.9 833.7 788.5 917.1 780.6 750.6 746.1 847.8 1 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.5 1.7 1.0 0.8 4.6 7.4 7.4 8.1 8.4 8.0 8.3 8.4 | 8.4 9.6 10.4 10.3 10.0 12.1 12.0 12.2 13.2 13.6 14.5 16.1 21.4 22.8 25.2 27.4 30.2 31.4 31.5 30.5 27.0 25.6 21.9 17.4 12.0 8.9 6.4 5.4 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.1 3.4 2.2 2.2 503.2 477.6 474.4 467.4 464.9 465.1 457.3 456.4 462.0 471.3 459.3 466.9 465.4 491.0 488.5 485.4 476.5 492.1 481.4 477.9 479.2 479.9 499.3 491.9 493.8 505.3 527.1 502.4 494.6 490.7 500.6 497.9 491.8 494.3 492.1 504.0 498.9 502.7 502.9 527.8 515.7 522.7 510.5 517.2 521.7 514.4 511.9 500.9 517.9 500.4 506.8 509.9 I 2.2 I 10.7 11.2 10.9 11.7 11.3 11.1 11.1 11.0 10.7 10.9 11.6 11.2 10.7 10.8 10.8 10.9 11.5 10.7 10.8 10.7 10.7 10.7 11.0 10.5 11.6 11.4 11.2 11.1 11.9 11.8 12.0 12.1 12.4 12.4 12.0 11.5 12.3 12.3 12.6 12.8 12.6 11.7 11.0 11.2 11.1 11.2 10.9 11.5 10.9 10.7 11.1 10.8 306 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION, TABLE No. 2.—STATEMENTS OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued. Reserve. Bate. Gold. Silver. Total. Private Accounts accounts current of Circulation. [current the treasand ury. deposits. Commercial discounts. Loans on securities. Loans on gold bars and coin. Drafts and certificates of deposit. 1901. January 3 January 30 January 1 7 — January 24 January 31 February 7 . . . February 14... February 21... Februaiy28... March? March 14 March21 March 28 ApriU Aprllll April 18 April 25 May2 May 9 May 17 May23 May 30 June 5 June 13 June 20 June 27 July 4 July 11 July 18 July 25 August 1 Augusts August 16 August 22 August 29 Septembers.. September 12. September 19. September 20. October 3 October 10 October 17 October 24 October 31 November 7... November 14.. November 21.. November 28.. December 5 . . . December 12.. December 19.. December 26.. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 2,332.8 2,338.4 2,338.1 2,345.5 2,353.9 2,379.8 2,383.1 2,386.6 2,381.8 2,377.6 2,375.3 2,377.9 2,377.9 2,386.2 2,410.8 2,428.4 2,437.4 2,410.9 2,410.5 2,441.1 2,448.4 2,460.1 2,457.9 2,466.6 2,466.5 2,464.1 2,455.4 2,445.8 2,440.9 2,457.1 2,452.4 2,452.2 2,452.8 2,451.1 2,439.0 2,418.6 2,405.2 2,402.6 2,387.9 2,369.4 2,357.6 2,352.0 2,359.0 2,375.7 2,380.2 2,399.6 2,417.4 2,459.4 2,458.0 2,456.3 2,464.5 2,463.7 | 1,098.1 1,096.6 1,093.2 1,097.7 1,095.3 1,098.1 1,095.5 1,097.8 1,094.2 1,094.8 1,094.0 1,097.9 1,099.1 1,098.5 1,095.6 1,097.5 1,098.94 1,099.4* 1,104.7 1,105.0 1,110.8 1,112.3 1,117.7 1,117.9 1,121.8' 1,120.6 1,119.4 1,115.1 1,116.3 1,118.2 1,119.1 1,120.0 1,119.4 1,121.3 1,121.6 1,120.4 1,114.4 1,116.0 1,115.3 1,112.3 1,101.0 1,095.3 1,096.0 1,096.5 1,098.3 1,098.7 1,102.2 1,102.1 1,100.0 1,099.8 1,103.1 1,101.9 3,430.9 3,435.0 3,431.3 3,443.2 3,449.2 3,477.9 3,478.6 3,484.4 3,476.0 3,472,4 3,469.3 3,475.8 3,477.0 3,484.7 3,506.4 3,525.9 3,536.3 3,510.3 3,515.2 3,546.1 3,559.2 3,572.4 3,575.6 3,584.5 3,588.3 3,584.7 •3,574.8 3,560.9 3,557.2 3,575.3 3,571.5 3,572.2 3,572.2 3,572.4 3,560.6 3,539.0 3,519.6 3,518.6 3,503.2 3,481.7 3,458.6 3,447.3 3,455.0 3,472.2 3,478.5 3,498.3 3,519.6 3,561.5 3,558.0 3,556.1 3,567.6 3, £65.6 4,462.9 4,36kl 4,370.3 4,295.3 4,445.9 4,279.9 4,222.1 4,188.7 4,332.8 4,226.0 4,197.6 4,157.5 4,170.4 4,243.9 4,222.0 4,236.4 4,179.1 4,222.8 4,139.2 4,114.5 4,024.1 4,031.1 4,019.1 3,986.1 3,966.8 3,955.8 4,055.9 4,027.6 4,025.5 3,966.6 4,050.0 3,963.9 3,938.1 3,884.7 3,907.1 3,992.4 3,952.6 3,953.9 3,956.7 4,113.2 4,070.6 4,096.6 4,038.0 4,215.4 4,085.7 4,067.2 4,054.7 4,061.5 4,131.5 4,075.5 4,063.5 4,072.2 462.8 439.2 423.1 404.7 445,6 447.7 437.8 466.7 458.4 457.1 412.5 425.8 495.4 445.0 428.7 470.8 445.7 488.7 465.0 500.3 930.6 828.4 625.8 581.3 568.9 645.3 511.0 457.0 502.0 545.6 552.9 559.0 539.1 563.6 624.8 516.4 508.8 538.3 573.4 491.0 442.1 480.5 482.6 526.3 536.9 532.0 524.2 670.2 530.2 548.9 591.2 786.9 244.0 211.1 194.8 228.5 197.0 164.8 172.0 144.6 132.9 53.0 89.5 90.9 99.9 54.4 55.0 35.6 131.4 74.7 73.8 70.7 61.1 133.6 96.6 153.9 180.3 219.6 169.3 196.1 174.1 188.4 168.5 161.2 179.6 193.8 203.7 139.7 136.8 99.1 122.6 78.5 84.7 75.9 120.3 120.7 79.5 99.0 95.6 107.8 63.9 67.7 58.6 202.5 1,099.0 915.2 899.5 816.6 1,018.2 743.7 681.7 641.8 815.0 594.7 565.0 528.5 609.7 557.1 543.5 569.7 553.6 677.7 510.7 492.4 610.8 734.8 505.5 496.2 461.2 560.9 497.9 481.4 516.1 475.5 599.1 459.8 425.1 407.8 508.4 397.3 416.4 386.9 479.6 601.4 486.2 562.6 522.1 746.0 550.9 545.3 510.2 642.9 486.0 488.9 483.9 793.1 532.6 521.7 510.2 497.8 493.0 501.5 491.2 488.0 486.5 495.5 483.5 483.3 480.1 499.5 485.9 486.6 478.4 481.8 480.8 474.6 623.9 537.7 500.8 479.7 480.7 479.9 499.1 488.7 477.5 474.5 475.5 480.9 475.6 473,8 472.4 484.4 479.3 481.7 477.4 497.9 493.4 482.3 482.1 487.1 494.2 487.2 483.0 472.0 484.8 476.9 481.4 5S6.6 2.6 2.6 5.2 5.5 6.7 10.2 11.5 8.7 9.0 9.2 9.2 8.8 9.0 9.3 9.4 9.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 I 8.4 I 8.4 I 8.2 7.7 9.5 9.4 9.3 9.2 8.9 9.0 11.4 12.8 13.2 15.1 15.2 J 15.2 15.6 14.5 13.3 13.6 13.8 11.7 9.8 10.4 7.2 7.6 7.5 11.2 13.2 13.9 13.9 13.5 7.2 | 12.2 11.8 10.8 11.7 11.0 11.2 10.5 10.3 10.1 10.3 10.7 10.7 10.8 11.0 10.0 10.6 11.3 9.8 10.0 10.1 9.5 9.7 9.8 10.O 10.0 9.6 9.8 9.8 9.5 10.3 11.1 10.8 10.4 10.5 10.3 11.3 10.4 10.5 10.4 10.6 10.7 10.2 10.2 10.3 9.7 9.9 10.1 10.6 10.2 10.1 10.8 10.1 STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. 307 TABLE No. 2.—STATEMENTS OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued. Reserve. Pate. Gold. Silver. Total. Private Accounts accounts current of Circulation. current and the treasury. deposits. Commercial discounts. Loans on securities. Loans on gold bars and coin. Drafts and certificates of deposit. 1902. February 2 0 . . . . . . . . . - March 13 March 20 April 3 April 10 April 17 April 24 May 9 May 15 May 22 May 29 June 5 June 12 June 19... June 26 July 3 July 10 July 17 July 24 July 31 August 7 August 14 August 21 August 28 September 4 September 11 September 18 September 25 October 2 October9 October 16 October 23 October30 November 6 November 13 Novembers November 27 December 4 December 11 December 18 December26 72138—10 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis .. . . 20 2,449.0 2,442.8 2,439.4 2,453.2 2,458.7 2,469.1 2,473.6 2,498.9 2,503.9 2,604.6 2,521.7 2,545.5 2,555.1 2,553.9 2,551.7 2,566.5 2,575.7 2,571.0 2,569.9 2,568.1 2,573.5 2,574.8 2,570.7 2,566.1 2,569.8 2,570.2 2,564.8 2,561.2 2,573.7 2,588.4 2,590.8 2,616.6 2,619.9 2,625.4 2,624.9 2,615.5 2,602.5 2,602.1 2,594.9 2,571.3 2,553.3 2,546.6 2,546.6 2,535.2 2,532.9 2,530.9 2,538.3 2,543.4 2,540.5 2,540.1 2,542.3 2,542.7 1,096.8 1,095.4 1,095.0 1,097.5 1,099.2 1,101.9 1,100.8 1,105.4 1,104.4 1,104.6 1,102.6 1,106.2 1,107.1 1,105.2 1,104.4 1,106.0 1,108.5 1,108.7 1,111.1 1,110.8 1,114.9 1,117.6 1,120.9 1,120,6 1,123.6 1,125.0 1,124.0 1,120.4 1,119.2 1,121.7 1,122.0 1,124.3 1,122.2 1,122.4 1,122.5 1,122.9 1,117.2 .1,115.9 1,115.5 , 1,111.7 1,107.5 1,106.0 1,109.4 1,108.8 1,104.9 1,104.0 1,107.0 1,107.4 1,108.2 | 1,106.9 ' 1,108.5 1,107.6 3,545.8 3,538.2 3,534.4 3,550.7 3,557.9 3,571.0 3,574.4 3,604.3 3,608.3 3,609.2 3,624.3 3,651.7 3,662.2 3,659.1 3,656.1 3,672.5 3,684.2 3,679.7 3,681.0 3,678.9 3,688.4 3,692.4 3,691.6 3,686.7 3,693.4 3,695.2 3,688.8 3,681.6 3,692.9 3,710.1 3,712.8 3,740.9 3,742.1 3,747.8 3,747.4 3,738.4 3,719.7 3,718.0 3,710.4 3,683.0 3,665.8 3,652.6 3,656.0 3,644.0 I 3,637.8 3,634.9 3,645.3 3,650.8 3,648.7 3,647.0 3,650.8 ! 3,650.3 4,284.6 4,237.0 4,270.7 4,204.0 4,254.6 4,202.7 4,143,3 4,122.4 4,153.7 4,157.6 4,126.0 4,101.9 4,113.0 4,174.4 4,174.9 4,187.3 4,121.0 4,225.3 4,142.5 4,142.4 4,080.4 4,084.4 4,138.1 4,083.6 4,050.3 4,041.0 i 4,188.8 4,134.0 4,130.4 4,005.2 4,215.4 4,064.5 4,032.1 3,991.2 j 4,004.8 1 4,071.4 4,059.9 4,067.0 4,059.8 4,180.4 4,184.8 4,234.2 4,197.4 4,278.5 4,288.8 4,243.7 4,245.7 4,250.6 4,304.6 4,263.0 4,280.3 4,304.3 659.6 537.2 502.7 471.0 534.8 508.3 479.6 461.3 535.4 460.5 504.9 537.9 620.2 495.8 495.4 608.6 528.7 476.0 483.4 452.0 609,1 593.7 485.3 467.6 483.4 544.7 533.1 482.6 510.1 506.3 518.5 . 534.6 602.2 514.4 598.6 473.2 433.2 458.6 432.5 453.3 415.4 372.1 391.3 434.8 430.9 389.6 517.8 643.0 487.9 454.4 451.9 426.6 167.0 82.2 75.0 179.1 170.6 118.2 154.4 . 150.1 169.2 108.2 96.4 93.9 92.7 60.3 66.6 60.7 103.4 108.4 86.9 112.7 114.4 139.4 136.5 167.3 189.6 227.3 135.1 152.9 140.5 190.5 200.1 192.9 219.2 236.0 [ 237.7 221.8 213.0 1 209.6 231.3 165.7 170.5 178.3 221.5 221.2 189.9 236.5 193.8 199.6 136.4 144.6 136.7 139.1 1 846.1 669.4 667.6 644.9 751.8 572.2 650.3 495.4 648.6 j 475.3 478.6 437.9 545.6 418.9 455.7 482.7 454.0 556.8 431.0 430.2 406.9 505.7 403.5 410.7 405.6 513.9 643.6 496,5 511.3 449.2 634.7 429.1 423.0 393.1 514.3 419.0 406.9 436.4 429.5 600.3 513.1 540,7 539.9 651.7 603.2 631.7 667.0 837.0 657.3 611.7 629.6 624.9 623.1 513.6 498.6 496.8 487.1 489.1 473.7 444.4 437.8 456.3 447.0 446.4 443.0 459.1 453.4 445.8 441.9 439.7 448.6 440.0 439.2 429.9 447.7 445.9 442.2 443.4 j 474,4 450.1 436.3 j 429.8 426.5 430.6 421.4 419.1 416.0 427.5 422.1 420.7 423.1 444.8 447.1 448.7 453.7 439.1 468.0 451.7 487.9 460.3 462.9 452.3 445.9 1 449.3 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 1 7.7 7.5 7.2 7.1 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.6 7.5 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.3 4.6 4.7 4.7 5.9 6.2 4.9 4.9 4.9 i 8.5 8.5 10.9 15.2 17.2 16.9 16.7 12.2 112 1 12.2 12.3 12.3 9.9 6.3 2.7 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.5 1 10.2 10.7 10.7 10.2 9.9 10.1 10.0 10.6 9.9 9.5 9.0 8.6 8.9 9.2 9.2 9.3 9.7 9.7 9.2 9.0 9.2 9.7 9.2 9.1 9.0 9.5 10.2 9.7 9.1 9.1 9.6 9.5 9.2 9.4 9.8 10.2 9.7 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.3 9.2 9.1 9.3 9.4 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.8 8.9 308 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABLE .No. 2.—STATEMENTS OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued. Reserve. Date. Gold. Silver. Total. Accounts Private accounts current of Circulation. current and the treasury. deposits. Commercial discounts. Loans on securities. Loans on Drafts and gold bars certificates and coin. of deposit 1903. January 2 Januarys January 15 January 22 January 2 9 . . . February 5 . . . February 12.. February 19.. February 2 0 . . March 5 , March 12 March 19 March 26 , April 2 Aprll9 April 16 , April 23 April 30 May7 May 14 May 22 May 28 June4 June 11 June 18 June 25 July2.. JuIyO July 16 July 23 July 30 August 6 August 13 August 20 August 27 September 3 . . September 10. September 17. September 24. October 1 October 8 '. October 15 October 22 October 29 Novembers... November 12.. November 19.. November 26.. December 3 . . . December 10.. December 17.. December 24.. December 3 1 . . Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 2,519.2 2,512.5 2,503.8 2,503.8 2,511.8 2,513.8 2,516.6 2,526.5 2,533.6 2,522.3 2,517.2 2,526.3 2,526.2 2,513.2 2,505.8 2,499.6 2,502.3 2,495.4 2,494.5 2,486.1 2,496.8 2,501.3 2,503.0 2,497.5 2,515.9 2,513.0 2,503.9 2,512.9 2,514.5 2,563.7 2,561.7 2,557.5 2,553.6 2,557.5 2,556.2 2,544.0 2,530.4 2,516.6 2, SOS. 5 2,471.8 2,449.9 2,434.5 2,427.5 2,417.9 2,402.7 2,394.8 2,390.7 2,397.5 2,392.8 2,385.6 2,381.7 2,381.6 2,361.3 1,098.5 1,095.4 1,091.3 1,092.3 1,094.5 1,094.7 1,094.4 1,098.0 1,096.1 1,094.3 1,094.7 1,098.5 1,099.7 1,099.1 1,098.5 1,098.2 1,104.7 1,106.8 1,111.5 1,112.3 1,114.8 1,117.1 1,120.4 1,122.5 1,125.0 1,126.5 1,124.4 1,124.4 1,122.6 1,125.2 1,125.4 1,126.2 1,124.3 1,124.2 1,121.5 1,123.2 1,120.2 1,117.5 1,118.9 1,116.0 1,114.2 1,108.1 1,107.9 1,104.5 1,104.1 1,102.4 1,102.6 1,109.1 1,110.4 1,107.0 1,107.9 1,104.2 1,100.8 3,017.7 3,607.9 3,595.1 3,601.1 3,606.3 3,608.5 3,611.0 3,624.5 3,629.7 3,616.6 3,611.9 3,624.8 3,625.9 3,612.3 3,604.3 3,597.8 3,607.0 3,602.2 3,606.0 3,598.4 3,611.6 3,618.4 3,623.4 3,620.0 3,640.9 3,639.5 3,628.3 3,637.3 3,637.1 3,688.9 3,687.1 3,683.7 3,677.9 3,681.7 3,677.7 3,667.2 3,650.6 3,634.1 3,627.4 3,587.8 3,564.1 3,542.6 3,535.4 3,522.4 3,506.8 3,497.2 3,499.3 3,506.6 3,503.2 3,492.6 3,489.6 3,486.0 3,462.1 4,493.6 4,472.6 4,502.7 4,431.8 4,426.0 4,475.9 4,376.8 4,338.9 4,330.3 4,401.0 4,329.6 4,293.8 4,272.9 4,373.4 4,359.8 4,370.8 4,315.9 4,480.5 4,344.5 4,308.5 4,281.1 4,284.9 4,335.8 4,281.9 4,264.8 4,225.3 4,340.2 4,310.2 4,328.5 4,230.4 4,283.9 4,240.6 4,178.7 4,141.1 4,120.5 4,239.9 4,170.1 4,156.4 4,137.5 4,277.8 4,282.8 4,331.4 4,268.9 4,230.5 4,367.7 4,292.0 4,261.0 4,216.9 4,347.0 : 4,251.3 I 4,231.3 4,235.1 4,490.9 462.1 440.4 405.8 403.6 467.9 433.9 388.5 418.4 487.0 418.7 395.7 415.7 397.2 450.7 419.4 430.2 420.0 412.9 434.7 506.5 446.6 424.3 420.6 430.8 492.7 409.3 439.3 757.8 580.2 454.0 453.2 446.8 500.6 447.8 399.8 388.8 419.5 397.8 375.7 356.2 359.4 434.7 430.0 377.6 399.0 622.0 394.0 359.9 407.8 366.0 447.1 104.3 74.7 86.7 106.4 105.3 110.3 105.3 118.0 145.7 144.8 199.0 209.9 236.9 178.9 152.9 154.8 160.8 186.3 151.8 150.8 141.6 187.8 129.6 135.0 163.9 193.3 165.5 142.8 144.4 182.3 196.7 139.5 167.3 180.2 261.0 198.4 180.2 196.2 184.7 153.2 143.7 146.8 194.8 217.0 148.5 163.6 175.0 191.5 199.7 219.8 233.1 253.0 235.6 827.9 741.3 787.7 727.1 761.6 739.4 660.9 632.2 702.3 677.8 702.0 674.1 680.7 860.1 679.8 720.9 687.9 880.4 681.8 662.8 635.2 761.8 650.9 610.1 614.3 609.4 835.0 618.5 666.1 748.3 735.4 504.8 502.3 458.1 592.7 677.0 487.5 499.4 493.9 634.6 611.3 670.7 656.1 760.4 738.9 714.4 681.4 861.7 914.3 700.0 744.8 733.6 1,039.7 ! 482.5 485.0 464.1 454.8 442.4 459.3 437.1 437.3 428.0 466.4 442.9 441.8 439.5 459.6 458.2 446.0 443.4 452.0 454.2 443.6 445.0 440.0 461.8 448.8 440.6 443.0 475.9 465.5 453.5 540.0 476.2 462.1 452.2 448.4 443.0 457.8 456.6 451.9 455.9 467.4 473.9 467.2 467.4 456.9 ! 498.2 469.7 475.0 484.0 483.2 473.8 480.9 479.6 505.7 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 | 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 2.3 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.0 4.2 4.2 5.6 7.5 7,5 7.2 7.2 7.2 4.5 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.2 1 8.5 8.2 8.6 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.1 8.1 8.4 8.S 7.7 8.3 8.4 8.1 8.7 8.8 10.2 10.9 10.0 9.7 10.0 10.1 9.9 10.4 10.4 9.9 10.0 10.3 10.1 10.4 10.7 10.2 10.5 10.0 9.9 9.6 10.2 10.0 10.4 9.9 10.0 9.S 10.2 10.2 10.2 9.9 10.0 9.7 9.7 9.1 9.2 STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. 309 TABI-B No. 2.—STATEMENTS OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued. Reserve. Date. Gold. Silver. Total. Private Accounts accounts current of Circulation. current and the treasdeposits. ury. Commercial discounts. Loans on securities. Loans on Drafts and gold bars certificates and coin. of dcfXKit. 1904. January7 January 14 January 21 January 23 February 4 February 11 February 18 February 25 Karen 3 IfarchlO Karchl7 Harch24 H arch 31 April 7 April 14 April 21 April 28 Hay 5 Hay 13 May 19 Kay 26 June 2 June 9 June 16 June 23 June 30 July7 July 15 July 21 July 23 August 4 August 11 August 18 August 25 September 1 Septembers September 15 Septembers Septembers OctoberG October 13 October 20 October 27 November 3 November 10 November 17 November 24 December 1 December 8 December 15 December 22 December 29 ,.... Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 2,34G.5 2,341.3 2,341.6 2,345.1 2,344.8 2,343.7 2,345.9 2,344.2 2,333.0 2,335.5 2,338.9 2,354.5 2,302.0 2,371.5 2,373.7 2,409.5 2,430.0 2,480.4 2,545.9 2,591.4 2,735.2 2,770.3 2,808.4 2,795.9 2,790.4 2,776.5 2,756.2 2,733.7 2,730.8 2,719.2 2,702.3 2,698.2 2,696.9 2,689.3 2,677.5 2,664.0 2,653.0 2,651.9 2,643.8 2,023.3 2,612.5 2,610.9 2,608.8 2,596.5 2,617.6 2,647.0 2,652.8 2,670.4 2,668.7 2,6G5.0 2,665.2 2,658.6 1,099.6 1,099.3 1,101.7 1,103.6 1,106.3 1,105.8 1,108.2 1,107.7 1,109.2 1,107.8 1,109.0 1,113.4 1,114.5 1,114.3 1,112.1 1,117.0 1,118.6 1,118.2 1,118.6 1,123.3 1,125.4 1,126.2 1,131.3 ,1,131.7 1,136.0 1,132.9 1,131.1 1,127.8 1,126.1 1,127.1 1,125,9 1,123.7 1,121.5 1,121.9 1,119.5 1,118.1 1,112.6 1,112.0 1,109.6 1,106.3 1,102.5 1,100.6 1,100.0 1,097.0 1,099.5 1,100.3 1,105.2 1,104.9 1,104.9 1,106.1 1,105.2 1,102.2 3,446.1 3,440.6 3,443.3 3,448.7 3,451.1 3,449.5 3,454.1 3,451.9 3,447.2 3,443.3 3,447.9 3,407.9 3,477.1 3,4S5.8 3,4S5.8 3,526.5 3,548.6 3,503.6 3,004.5 3,714.7 3,860.6 3,896.5 3,939.7 3,927.6 3,926.4 3,909.4 3,887.3 3,861.5 3,856.9 3,846.3 3,828.2 3,821.9 3,818.4 3,811.2 3,797.0 3,782.1 3,766.2 3,763.9 3,753.4 3,729.6 3,715.0 3,711.5 3,708.8 3,693.5 3,717.1 3,747.3 3,758.0 3,775.3 3,773.6 3,771.1 3,171.4 3,760.8 4,421.0 4,399.5 4,3G6.8 4,35S.5 4,384.5 4,305.4 4,297.2 4,271.8 4,CJ>9.0 4,310.0 4,277.1 4,227.2 4,427.9 4,320.4 4,342.0 4,299.2 4,294.9 4,350.9 4,272.3 4,250.3 4,166.6 4,239.7 '4,184.1 4,180.9 4,132.5 4,312.9 4,240.8 4,274.2 4,197.2 4,190.9 4,328.2 4,161.6 4,146.8 4,105.6 4,230.8 4,180.8 4,207.7 4,174.4 4,266.0 4,325.9 4,321.5 4,315.3 4,290.2 4,445.4 4,328.5 4,301.1 4,252.8 4,355.6 4,296.3 4,295.2 4,253.0 4,324.8 450.7 414.6 376.2 459.0 425.8 409.2 433.3 498.9 477.6 444.2 451.0 428.5 502.6 509.3 446.2 575.6 650.8 492.6 531.4 612.4 826.0 827.1 807.3 718.9 726.2 683.8 670.1 643.5 687.9 758.9 620.1 617.7 626.0 648.6 557.4 572.3 536.8 541.4 563.7 520.5 464.9 501.4 540.1 527.0 516.4 525.7 515.7 490.1 510.2 492.5 507.4 604.4 131.5 112.6 195.5 202.2 147.4 145.3 131.2 148.1 106.5 95.5 135.1 194.3 208.4 141.2 130.6 192.7 277.0 181.5 220.2 210.6 249.3 249.1 254.5 302.2 332.0 332.3 185.2 178.2 174.8 208.3 1G9.9 212.8 212.7 227.3 216.1 166.8 186.1 210.1 232.0 172.4 194.8 214.3 255.2 187.9 186.3 208.1 285.0 300.6 217.4 232.3 244.4 237.5 SS0.7 852.1 840.1 940.3 818.0 776.2 771.7 827.7 941.8 755.3 761.4 719.2 975. G 809.5 787.9 792.2 892.1 736.5 711.3 712.5 712.9 799.0 641.7 604.0 593.8 763.1 553.0 583.5 537.8 664.8 706.1 514.8 533.6 520.0 585.5 483.1 509.1 499.0 641.4 603.1 611.9 638.9 726.3 861.3 632.7 632.6 635.5 711.0 585.0 584.7 567.4 765.3 506.9 4S5.9 494.0 478.4 480.4 481.0 488.5 480.9 510.1 505.7 495.9 494.5 503.3 521.2 498.5 577.5 494.9 514.1 497.4 502.0 512.2 517.0 520.8 512.1 500.7 511.1 525.5 498.9 494.2 497.5 503.4 498.5 492.3 493.0 495.3 500.1 490.7 497.4 490.2 526.8 505.9 507.4 493.7 512.9 50S.0 499.4 494.3 504.8 507.4 497.2 499.9 502.2 O.G 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0,3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 2.0 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 3.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 0.3 0.3 9.5 0.6 10.3 12.0 11.8 10.7 10.2 10. C 10.4 10.7 12.6 11.1 11.1 10.5 10.8 10.4 10.5 10.4 10.7 10.4 10.8 11.4 10.8 11.1 11.2 11.3 12.0 12.0 11.1 10.5 10.2 9.9 10.1 9.8 10.2 10.2 10.5 10.3 10.1 9.9 9.6 9.6 9.9 9.3 9.8 10.1 310 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABIiE No. 2.—STATEMENTS OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued.' Reserve. Date. Gold. Silver. Total. Private Accounts accounts current of Circulation. [current and] the treasury. deposits. Commercial discounts. Loans on securities. 774.3 690.3 675.3 639.1 791.0 620.4 593.5 595.2 672.2 542.3 532.0 512.7 635.0 584.1 708.6 674.7 743.8 766.6 550.4 533.0 514.2 617.9 470.3 501.3 482.6 629.3 574.0 555.7 560.1 592.9 667.0 476.8 482.1 472.3 673.8 480.5 510.4 512.1 630.4 643.3 656.1 753.4 731.1 959.5 758.6 737.4 741.0 541.5 507.2 509.5 498.8 511.0 501.3 494.9 483.5 482.6 488.1 479.9 475.9 470.9 492.2 612.5 478.7 462.1 486.7 470.1 468.3 463.4 468.0 478.9 466.1 479.8 478.2 513.3 482.8 480.5 471.4 478.8 471.3 466.7 465.7 464.3 479.0 470.4 475.5 463.7 492.8 477.2 480.4 474.4 478.0 482.6 474.6 470.5 480.0 492.4 494.5 505.4 502.7 Loans on gold bars and coin. Drafts and certificates of deposit. 1905. Januarys January 12 January 19 January 20 February 2 February 9 . . . . February 10... February 23... March 2 March 9 March 10 March 23 March 30 April 0 April 13 April 20 April 27 May 4 May 11 May 18 May 23 Juno 2 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 JulyC July 13 J u l y 20 J u l y 27 August 3 August 10 August 17 August 24 August 31 .September 7 . . .September 14. .September 21. September 23. Octobers October 12 October 19 October 20 Kovember2... ^November 9-.. November 10.. November 23.. November 30.. December 7 . . . December 14.. December 2 1 . . December 2S.. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 2,652.9 2,050.8 2,671.1 2,092.7 2,698.7 2,754.2 2,813.1 2,820.9 2,805.7 2,793.5 2,777.4 2,768.1 2,765.3 2,768.0 2,771.9 2,779.3 2,793.7 2,799.0 2,853.1 2,867.8 2,870.7 2,866.1 2,866.9 2,862.1 2,882.6 2,883.8 2,889.6 2,902.8 2,923.2 2,933.4 2,936.4 2,956.1 2,961.4 2,969.2 2,971.1 2,974.4 2,972.5 2,909.7 2,962.1 2,939.9 2,923.7 2,919.7 2,915.7 2,901.5 2,899.9 2,899.4 2,899.4 2,891.3 2,SSS.9 2,8S5.0 2,SSS.9 2,878.4 1,097.2 1,095.1 1,098.3 1,101.4 1,100.5 1,103.1 1,102.4 1,103.2 1,102.1 1,100.3 1,099.8 1,101.0 1,100.6 1,100.8 1,097.4 1,100.9 1,098.6 1,103.0 1,103.2 1,106.8 1,109.0 1,108.7 1,110.5 1,107.9 1,112.4 1,110.4 1,111.7 1,103.6 1,109.7 1,110.1 1,109.9 1,110.1 1,108.3 1,109.7 1,108.3 1,107.3 1,103.6 1,105.7 1,102.6 1,098.4 1,094.1 1,095.4 1,095.3 1,091.3 1,092.5 1,095.7 1,092.0 1,091.3 1,087.7 1,087.9 1,0S6.5 1,074.9 3,750.1 3,754.9 3,769.4 3,794.1 3,799.2 3,857.3 3,915.5 3,924.1 3,907.8 3,893.8 3,877.2 3,869.1 3,865.9 3,868.8 3,869.3 3,880.2 3,892.3 3,902.0 3,956.3 3,974.6 3,979.7 3,974.8 3,977.4 3,970.0 3,995.0 3,994.2 4,001.3 4,011.4 4,032.9 4,043.5 4,046.3 4,066.2 4,069.7 4,078.9 4,079.4 4,0S1.7 4,076.1 4,075.4 4,064.7 4,038.3 4,017.8 4,015.1 4,011.0 3,992.8 3,992.4 3,995.1 3,991.4 3,982.6 3,976.6 3,972.9 3,975.4 3,953.3 4,509.6 4,439.6 4,432.9 4,368.8 4,457.1 4,372.5 4,341.3 4,308.2 4,398.1 4,349.0 4,337.6 4,297.1 4,374.3 4,413.6 4,400.9 4,401.5 4,358.5 4,508.1 4,374.4 4,348.3 4,295.9 4,396.6 4,345.0 4,331.3 4,269.2 4,355.7 4,403.5 4,393.9 4,373.2 4,311.1 4,427.7 4,306.4 4,282.7 4,239.8 4,429.1 4,355.7 4,349.1 4,338.1 4,377.3 4,548.3 4,514.5 4,531.7 4,476.7 4,617.8 4,527.4 4,519.4 4,461.8 4,649.0 4,516.3 4,490.5 4,492.6 4,565.9 565.4 514.5 509.1 484.1 526.7 563.2 600.9 583.1 561.0 581.1 526.0 499.6 554.8 512.3 785.6 602.0 608.1 553.8 557.2 537.2 523.4 557.2 ,544.8 Wi 587.5 663.7 640.4 599.1 624.6 692.8 610.9 593.9 572.9 618.8 618.9 597.5 588.6 591.2 628.9 593.3 533.0 585.3 562.0 563.6 528.6 492.0 516.3 570.0 560.3 590.2 609.5 715.7 135.5 118.7 128.5 226.3 202.2 193.8 217.8 255.3 175.3 145.0 180.3 228.4 229.5 164.6 168.6 174.4 239.5 157.7 186.0 227.5 280.6 244.8 200.4 227.7 273.5 286.9 200.6 198.5 202.7 248.6 225.1 259.4 297.4 315.5 299.9 242.6 276.0 288.6 324.0 208.3 234.8 264.9 322.6 329.5 321.2 346.1 398.0 417.7 359.5 373.5 385.5 390.3 1,012.0 793.3 838.2 854.9 1,097.9 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 9.8 9.9 9.5 9.4 9.6 9.3 9.1 8.9 9.1 9.1 9.5 9.5 9.3 9.0 9.1 8.7 10.5 11.0 10.6 9.5 9.5 9.3 9.7 9.9 9.1 9.2 9.8 9.3 9.7 9.7 9.3 9.5 9.6 9.6 10.0 10.4 10.4 10.8 10.9 10.5 10.5 10.7 10.2 10.2 9.7 9.9 9.9 10.0 9.8 10.2 10.3 10.1 STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. 311 TABLE No. 2.—STATEMENTS OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued. Reserve. Date. Gold. Silver. Total. Private Accounts accounts current of Circulation. |current andj the treasury. deposits Commercial discounts. Loans on securities. Loans on gold bars and coin. Drafts and certificates of deposit. 525.4 507.5 505.8 489.1 495.4 497.7 492.5 481.9 482.6 489.5 483.6 485.1 478.9 504.1 484.4 484.7 492.2 512.0 506.0 494.1 492.9 491,2 508.7 508.6 507.7 512.3 541.8 519.4 510.2 504.2 513.0 525.4 513.1 510.7 508.6 533.1 525.7 528.4 527.1 544.4 650.0 544.3 540.7 545.1 575.1 566.6 558.4 555.1 589.1 567.2 589.3 578.5 0.8 2.2 2.7 2.5 3.7 4.6 3.2 2.3 8.9 8.9 8.2 7.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 4.8 5.1 5.1 4.0 3.8 3.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 2.9 2.7 2.4 3.6 8.2 10.4 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3 5.9 4.8 2.4 10.1 10.6 10.8 10.7 10.0 10.3 10.7 10.3 1906. January 4 January 11 January 18 January 25 February 1 Februarys February 15 February 22... tfarchl Uarcb8 March 15 March 22 March 29 Aprils April 12 April 19 April 26 May 3 May 10 May 17 May 25 May 31 June 7 June 14 June 21 June 28 July5 July 12 July 19 July 26 August 2 August 9 August 16 August 23 August 30 September 6 September 13 Septembers September 27 October4 October 11 October 18 October 25 November 2 November 8 November 15 November 22 November 29 December 6 December 13 December 20 December 27 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 2,851.3 2,868.5 2,863.1 2,853.8 2,848.3 2,848.2 2,845.9 2,8G0.2 2,875.1 2,892.2 2,895.3 2,901.5 2,922.6 2,924.8 2,958.6 2,955.5 2,995.7 2,988.6 2,948.9 2,944.3 2,949.7 2,941.2 2,945.8 2,941.9 2,948.7 2,949.2 2,935.2 2,924.2 2,921.7 2,923.1 2,914.7 2,920.0 2,916.6 2,923.4 2,918.3 2,903.1 2,895.3 2,886.5 2,869.8 2,836.2 2,825.1 2,821.3 2,820.8 2,812.9 2,814.6 2,807.8 2,784.3 2,756.7 2,743.5 2,737.2 2,727.5 2,705.7 1,065.5 1,064.6 1,062.3 1,057.6 1,054.7 1,058.1 1,055.7 1,059.6 1,053.7 1,052.7 1,047.6 1,050.8 1,050.9 1,050.9 1,050.1 1,050.2 1,054.6 1,057.4 1,060.4 1,061.5 1,064.3 1,063.3 1,064.5 1,066.1 1,008.6 1,008.0 1,064.5 1,003.8 1,062.3 1,061.1 1,061.3 1,061.9 1,063.9 1,060.3 1,051.9 1,050.8 1,047.3 1,047.5 1,048.0 1,044.2 1,041.0 1,038.4 1,031.8 1,019.3 1,017.8 1,011.4 1,014.8 1,009.1 1,006.3 1,003.0 1,000.4 998.6 3,916.8 3,933.1 3,925.4 3,911.4 3,903.0 3,906.3 3,901.6 3,919.8 3,928.8 3,944.9 3,942.9 3,952.3 3,973.5 3,975.7 4,008.7 4,005.7 4,050.3 4,046.0 4.009.3 4,005.S 4,014.0 4,004.5 4,010.3 4,003.0 4,017.3 4,017.2 3,999.7 3,988.0 3,984.0 3,984.2 3,976.0 3,931.9 3,980.5 3,983.7 3,970.2 3,953.9 3,942.6 3,934.0 3,917.8 3,880.4 3,866.1 3,859.7 3,852.6 3,832.2 3,832.4 3,819.2 3,799.1 3,765.8 3,749.8 3,740.2 3,727.9 3,704.3 4,905.3 4,753.1 4,782.3 4,721.3 4,831.7 4,736.5 4,719.4 4,065.6 4,772.7 4,735.3 4,727.5 4,661.4 4,703.6 4,824.6 4,782.1 4,778.7 4,710.8 4,818.4 4,091.7 4,651.8 4,602.7 4,772.0 4,626.7 4,590.1 4,522.9 4,544.2 4,680.7 4,618.0 4,590.8 4,510.9 4,591.0 4,490.8 4,472.2 4,413.8 4,499.7 4,512.3 4,486.4 4,496.1 4,503.3 4,732.0 4,043.5 4,655.3 4,607.3 4,757.3 4,704.9 4,701.5 4,626.2 4,707.6 4,702.0 4,664.1 4,667.4 4,714.1 647.0 611.1 GO 1.4 547.1 560.8 526.0 497.4 542.0 565.6 512.6 505.1 535.2 600.3 562.1 558.6 572.3 797.2 745.7 690.2 641.8 632.3 594.0 577.3 584.2 605.5 679.9 612.4 563.5 603.2 584.0 619.5 615.7 530.0 551.8 586.6 528.1 517.2 481.5 544.5 513.4 470.6 529.6 508.5 593.4 614.0 567.1 554.2 608.0 523.5 495.3 553.5 60S. 5 264.6 234.0 192.1 270.4 255.4 209.6 204.7 195.2 172.5 142.6 162.6 187.1 196.9 135.4 173.4 183.0 221.6 168.6 157.1 181.1 208.7 215.8 163.2 185.7 220.3 265.4 181.0 192.0 193.1 2C3.7 236.1 265.8 302.5 326.5 343.5 294.8 301.7 331.4 302.3 288.2 290.5 315.5 369.1 384.4 340.4 355.7 373.5 389.4 331.7 329.1 341.2 336.6 1,339.2 1,034.1 1,042.1 999.6 1,105.5 920.9 881.6 849.4 936.4 819.9 817.8 774.7 864.2 894.6 836.5 913.4 1,025.2 1,158.0 881.1 837.3 794.5 950.7 698.7 692.9 665.6 762.5 785.4 734.5 700.4 719.8 914.8 714.5 661.9 635.0 763.0 678.1 681.5 674.9 779.9 1,05S.5 856.5 963.1 969.1 1,219.3 1,087.8 1,064.8 1,025.4 1,174.9 1,036.3 1,015.0 1,071.0 1,255.5 1.1 0.5 0.1 0.7 2.3 1.8 0.9 2.6 2.4 1.9 0.6 0.4 10.3 10.3 10.5 10.3 10.5 11.3 10.8 11.4 11.0 12.1 11.2 11.4 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.1 9.9 9.8 9.8 10.1 10.4 0.5 9.7 10.1 9.9 9.7 9.7 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.3 9.2 9.3 0.4 9.3 8.7 8.8 9.1 8.9 9.1 8.4 8.7 8.4 8.7 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 312 TABLE No. 2.-STATEMENTS OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, WEEKLY, 1889-1908-Contiimed. Beserve. Date. Gold. Silver. 1907. January 3 January 10 January 1 7 — January 2 4 . . . . January 31 — February 7 — February 14... February 2 1 . . . February 28... March 7 March 1 4 . . . . . . March 21 March 23 ApriU........ April 11 April 18 April 2 5 . . . . . . . May2 May 10 May 16 May 23 May 30 June G June 13 June 20 June 27 July 4 July 11 July 18 July 23 August 1 Augusts August 16 August 22 August 29 Septembers.. Septembers. September 19. September 20. October 3 October 10 October 1 7 . . . . October 24 October 3 1 . . . . November 7 . . . November 14.. November 21.. November 28.. Decembers... December 12.. December 19.. I> fecemVer26... Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 2,664.8 2,657.4 2,649.1 2,051.8 2,045.9 2,646.6 2,643.1 2,645.4 2,636.8 2,626.6 2,613.8 2,610.5 2,604.2 2,581.5 2,584.2 2,583.7 2,589.2 2,590.9 2,604.3 2,612.9 2,631.0 2,647.2 2,685.7 2,724.1 2,754.0 2,762.3 2,773.0 2,798.3 2,802.8 2,811.2 2, SCO. 8 2,800.8 2,801.3 2,810.4 2,806.5 2,795.6 2,791.9 2,791.4 2,787.9 2,771.8 2,769.3 2,770.0 2,785.0 2,785.7 2,754.6 2,705.2 2,709.2 2,700.3 2,695.5 2,692.4 2,693.9 2,690.9 990.4 988.9 990.8 987.7 985.7 985.9 984.3 985.2 984.8 982.2 980.9 980.5 979.6 974.1 977.2 980.5 980.6 980.2 981.9 983.7 985.2 983.8 990.8 991.0 992.9 992.4 990.8 987.9 983.1 983.7 975.6 975.0 969.7 970.5, 970.0 968.8 966.1 966.3 963.4 957.5 942.2 940.0 939.3 937.6 935.3 934.0 934.1 932.1 927.0 925.3 927.0 924.4 Total. 3,655.2 3,646.3 3,639.9 2,639.5 3,631.6 3,632.5 3,627.4 3,630.6 3,621.6 3,608.8 3,594.7 3,591.0 3,583.8 3,555.6 3,561.4 3,564.2 3,569.8 3,571.1 3,586.2 3,596.6 3,616.2 3,636.0 3,676.5 3,715.1 3,746.9 3,754.7 3,763.8 3,786.2 3,785.9 3,794.9 3,776.4 3,775.8 3,771.0 3,780.9 3,776.5 3,764.4 3,758.0 3,757.7 3,751.3 3,729.3 3,711.5 3,710.0 3,724.3 3,723.3 3,689.9 3,639.2 3,643.3 3,632.4 3,622.5 3,617.7 3,620.9 3,615.3 Private accounts Circulation. [current and] deposits. 5,092.7 4,934.9 4,915.7 4,833.2 5,026.5 4,843.5 4,794.9 4,747.3 4,929.4 4,819.0 4,791.8 4,737.5 4,744.9 4,954.7 4,839.5 4,834.7 4,750.7 4,836.9 4,796.0 4,752.3 4,686.3 4,753.9 4,748.0 4,706.8 4,669.1 4,670.5 4,919.5 4,793.0 4,783.0 4,695.4 4,804.1 4,690.8 4,670.7 4,598.1 4,618.6 4,742.7 4,678.7 4,689.3 4,685.5 4,911-3 4,880.8 4,887.9 4,828.0 5,053.2 4,965.7 4,885.5 4,817.9 4,818.7 4,906.3 4,806.0 4,805.7 4,800.6 564.8 558.5 535.8 513.3 557.9 552.7 511.7 518.4 537.5 529.0 508.7 537.7 651.7 592.1 532.6 524.9 501.2 580.2 530.5 511.7 507.7 574.4 506.3 496.7 499.6 625.8 571.1 538.8 531.3 507.9 512.7 492.5 460.6 463.5 570.3 475.6 426.6 456.6 502.9 490.9 462.0 477.7 468.6 549.6 521.4 509.6 517.4 616.2 512.6 476.9 490.4 489.0 Commercial discounts. 244.9 168.3 149.9 231.6 198.2 160.1 193.9 205.0 198.3 141.6 164.6 159.3 167.4 117.6 104.0 131.3 171.2 130.8 138.0 160.5 176.4 192.8 168.0 198.2 242.1 281.5 139.1 167.5 171.2 240.3 257.2 275.1 297.8 324.3 343.0 292.9 278.1 296.4 322.7 212.2 212.0 233.8 252.5 253.1 216.2 240.0 253.1 273.9 225.7 228.5 254.3 258.8 1,555.8 1,255.5 1,237.7 1,212.7 1,445.4 1,176.1 1,158.0 1,115.3 1,351.7 1,155.6 1,143.0 1,101.9 1,222.1 1,457.1 1,202.8 1,204.6 1,126.9 1,315.1 1,161.5 1,117.2 1,050.9 1,137.5 981.1 939.4 908.8 1,004.5 1,245.0 990.3 9S0.0 927.8 1,095.8 934.9 910.2 855.7 961.3 952.1 878.7 943.1 995.6 1,245.4 1,082.1 1,129.8 1,070.4 1,396.8 1,204.6 1,254.0 1,204.2 1,306.4 1,255.3 1,177.0 1,213.7 1,216.0 Loans on securities. 615.0 618.8 600.9 579.0 566.1 579.1 562.1 557.7 553.3 571.6 559.9 568.5 562.7 577.5 581.1 582.2 566.0 582.9 579.6 569.2 557.8 547.6 573.8 565.1 570.2 568.5 585.2 584.4 577.7 563.7 565.8 578.2 570.0 573.5 568.1 592.7 584.9 585.8 585.0 595.5 601.7 597.0 588.2 594.1 607.8 585.0 573.4 563.7 586.1 578,7 586.1 577.9 Loans on I Drafts and gold bars certificate and coin. of deposit 1.8 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.5 J 0.6 0.4 1 0.3 1.8 0.5 02 0.7 1.1 3.0 2.5 1.7 1.5 1-3 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 2.9 3.0 I 4.2 7.6 7.4 8.0 9.2 10.3 12.8 14.7 10.7 10.3 9.4 5.0 6.3 2.3 0.5 0.2 1.1 1.1 2.4 2.2 I 8.8 •9,2 U 8.8 8.9 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.2 &5 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.5 8.8 8,9 89 8.4 8.4 80 9.5 5.5 5.9 6.8 6.9 5.4 7.2 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.8 CO 5.8 5.6 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.4 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.0 5.7 5.1 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.3 5.0 STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. 313 TABLE No. 2.-STATEMENTS OF T H E BANK OF FKANCE, WEEKLY, Reserve. Date. Gold. Silver. Total. Private Accounts accounts current of Circulation. icurrent and the treasury. deposits. 1889-1908-Continuod. Commercial discounts. Loans on securities. Loans on gold bars and coin. Drafts and certificates of deposit. 1,549.5 1,356.0 1,289.7 1,221.1 1,322.2 1,137.0 1,098.3 1,028.9 1,110.1 1,095.3 1,049.8 1,060.1 994.9 1,255.6 1,065.0 1,033.7 994.5 1,225.7 938.1 915.8 859.5 968.0 1,061.6 772.9 777.6 768.4 086.5 798.8 770.1 737.3 877.6 668.5 674.2 673.2 723.7 764.3 553.5 587.2 616.1 819.9 598.0 589.0 565.8 550.3 540.1 663.6 546.1 543.9 532.8 558.3 533.0 528.8 526.2 537.2 541.2 530.5 521.6 520.7 532.6 516.4 511.8 505.1 517.4 519.2 516.0 516.1 530.8 526.7 514.5 511.7 505.0 520.2 509.1 507.1 506.2 515.1 511.6 514.1 £08.3 521.7 526.5 525.6 515.9 504.9 532.5 520.0 523.9 509.4 520.2 519.9 521.7 520.5 7.7 10.9 13.9 16.1 16.1 19.6 24.2 24.1 25.6 26.8 26.8 26.5 27.4 28.3 28.1 27.9 27.9 27.9 27.9 27.0 27.9 27.9 27.0 27.9 27.9 27.0 27.9 30.3 32.7 35.7 35.7 27.0 24.7 •20.4 11.6 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.1 12.1 0.7 9.7 9.7 6.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 5.2 5.4 4,8 4,9 5.3 5,2 4.9 5.0 5.3 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.0 5.3 5.2 5,2 5.3 5.5 4.8 5.1 6.0 4.7 4.8 5.0 4.7 4.9 5.5 5.0 5.3 5.8 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.6 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.6 6.2 5.6 5.1 5,5 5.5 5.6 5.7 6.2 6.1 5.6 4.8 5.3 1908. January 2 . . . , Januarys.... January 16... January 2 3 . . . January 30... February 6... February 13.. February 20.. February 27.. March 5 March 12 March 19 March 26 April 2 . . . . . . . Aprils April 10 April 23 April 30 Hay7 May H May 21 May 29 June 4 . . . - * . junell..--.-June 18 June 2 5 . . . . . . . July 2 . . Julys July 16 July 23 July 30 August 6 August 13 August 20 August 27 6eptember3.. September 10. September 17. September 24. October 1 Octobers..... October 1 5 . . . . October 22 October 2 9 . . . . Novembers... November 12.. November 19.. November 26.. December 3 . . . December 10.. December 17.., December 24... Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 2,676.2 2,6743 2,674.2 2,683.4 2,686.4 2,721.1 2,746.2 2,759.1 2,765.7 2,758.7 2,754.0 2,757.7 2,764.5 2,766.2 2,776.0 2,796.0 2,820.6 | 2,847.1 2,007.9 2,941.1 2,976.2 3,043.0 3,077.9 3,110.5 3,130.4 3,151.4 3,143.2 3,166.4 3,170.1 3,181.9 3,192.0 3,212.2 3,221.1 3,223.2 1 3,226.1 3,217.4 3,220.2 3,229.6 3,244.1 3,241.4 3,256.4 3,262.4 3,281.9 3,295.1 3,319.6 3,330.5 3,354.3 3,382.2 3,397.9 3,424,0 3,449.6 3,488.4 917.6 015.5 916.3 914.9 008.9 911.9 904.6 904.0 906.1 903.9 901.0 904.3 907.9 901.7 902.5 901.3 904.2 905.3 908.0 910.1 913.8 915.6 914.0 914.7 919.2 921.1 917.7 914.5 910.8 912.7 907.2 906.8 906.3 906.6 904.9 904.2 900.6 900.2 900.7 895.1 894.6 888.6 891.3 889.7 887.4 888.8 892.4 891.7 ! 894.1 i 894.0 891.7 889.6 3,593.8 3,589.8 3,590.5 3,598.3 3,595.3 3,633.0 3,650.8 3,663.1 3,671.8 3,662.6*] 3,655.0 3,662.0 3,672.4 3,667.9 3,678.5 3,697.3 3,724.8 3,752.4 3,815.9 3,851.2 3,890.0 3,958.6 3,991.9 4,025.2 4,049.6 4,072.5 4,060.9 4,080.9 4,080.9 4,094.6 4,099.2 4,119.0 4,127.4 4,129.8 4,131,0 4,121.6 4,120.8 4,129.8 4,144.8 4,136.5 4,151.0 4,151.0 4,173.2 4,184.8 4,207.0 4,219.3 4,246.7 4,273.9 4,292.0 4,318.0 4,341.3 4,378.0 5,066.9 4,983.0 4,986.2 4,888.9 4,949.5 4,911.0 4,832.3 4,780.9 4,786.2 4,895.1 4,808.0 4,788,1 4,724.4 4,876.3 4,869.3 4,899.4 4,793.0 4,991.9 4,834.6 4,806.0 4,748.0 4,751.2 4,919.6 4,759.2 4,735.7 4,691.7 4,852.6 4,823.8 4,832.4 4,734.7 4,797.5 4,784.9 4,725.5 4,691.0 4,661.2 4,828.9 4,765.9 4,769.8 4,748.4 4,926.9 4,931.5 4,976.9 4,888.8 4,905.0 6,026.8 4,933.7 4,928.5 4,886.5 5,045.8 4,928.4 4,909.8 4,934.4 543.6 536.2 465.2 479.1 594.9 469.3 483.2 502.6 005.8 477.0 468.9 483.2 442.5 512.6 440.0 416.2 472.2 515.5 513.6 492.1 502.5 712.9 5S3.0 586.3 609.7 624.4 657.7 599.0 559.0 531.5 655.4 548.6 557.9 566.2 618.3 508.8 453.4 490.8 511.4 505.6 458.8 440.1 460.5 582.7 505.3 471.6 497.6 599.1 523.6 521.2 552.3 575.5 240,1 138.2 142.1 169.5 12a 9 171.1 100.5 150.2 134.8 154.1 146.2 150.0 221.0 176.6 140.7 125.4 154.0 152.8 121.0 164.8 197.2 197.4 148,1 138.3 171.5 222.1 122.7 131.2 145.3 222.6 243.2 194.1 221.1 236.4 264.2 135.5 135,1 137.8 163.2 144.3 125.1 142.9 200.4 223.3 179.7 170.7 173.9 223.1 172.8 161.3 164.5 180.7 727.0 688.4 823.2 782.2 697.8 697.0 76L8 864.3 617.5 628;6 654.*9 314 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABLE No. 3.—DISCOUNT RATES AT THE BANK OF FRANCE, WITH DATES OF EVERY CHANGE, 1875-1908. Discounts. Year. NumAver- Maxi- Mini- ber of age mum mum changes rates. rates. rates. each year. P. ct. P. ct. \p.ct. 4 4 4.00 3 4 3.40 2 2.26 3 2 | 2.21 3 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 2.58 3 2 1880 2.84 3i 21 1831 3.87 5 31 1882 3.77 5 31 1883 1884 3.07 3.00 3J 3 3 3 Average decennial rates.. 18S5 18S6 1887 3 3 3 3.11 41 21 1889 3.10 41 3 1890 1891 . 3.00 3.00 2.69 2.50 2.50 3 3 3 21 21 3 3 21 21 21 21 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1835 3.06 1900 1902 1904 Average decennial rates.. 1905 1906 41 3 3.25 41 3 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 P.ct. 1 May 26,1876 1 Apr. 5,1877 1 Oct. 16,1878 jMay 23,1879 2 lOct. 23,1879 (Apr. 1,1880 2 [Oct. 14,1880 [Aug. 25,1881 2 [Oct. 20,1881 Feb. 23,1882 3 L Mar. 2,1882 Mar. 23,1882 1 Feb. 22,1883 3 2 3 2 3 21 31 4 3.00 3.00 3 3 3 3 3.45 4 3 j 1908 3.04 4 3 P.ct. 5 5 4 4 P.ct. 5 4 3 3 1879 3.58 4 3 18So! 3.73 4 31 1881 4.34 51 4 4.80 61 41 4.03 4.00 41 4 4 4 1876 1877 Average decennial rates.. Teb. 3 Sept. kOct. r Jan. 3 Jan. [Feb. 16,1888 13,1888 4,1888 10,1889 24,1889 7,1889 1 May 19,1892 21 31 41 4 31 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 18S8 3.57 41 31 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 4.04 3.60 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 41 4 31 31 31 31 4 31 31 31 31 31 1898 3.10 3.00 3.00 3.10 31 3 3 31 3 3 3 3 1899 3.56 5 31 1900 3.75 5 31 1902 1903 1904 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 37 1906 3.50 3.50 1907 4.03 41 31 3.74 41 31 Average decennial rates.. 1 Oct. [Dec. [Dec. 'Jan. 3 Jan. .May 3 311 41 4 3J 3 2 20,1898 7,1899 21,1899 11,1900 25,1900 25,1900 Average decennial rates.. =— ;Mar. 2 Nov. Jan. 2 Jan. 21,1907 7,1907 10,1908 23,190S Rate. P.ct 4 3 4 3 4 31 4 41 1 May 26,1876 1 Apr. 5,1877 1 Oct. 16,1878 JMay 23,1879 2 [Oct. 23,1879 jApr. 1,1880 2 [Oct. 14,1880 J Aug. 25,1881 2 lOct. 20,1881 [Mar. 2,1882 2 IMar. 23,1882 1 Feb. 22,1883 5 41 4 . (Feb. ISept. 1 Jan. 1 Mar. 2 16,1888 13,1888 24,1889 27,1890 31 41 4 31 3.72 — 1896 2 Date. _ 4.00 4.00 4.00 * Changes.' 4.03 1885 1SS6 1S87 2 1 Mar. 14,1895 NumAver- Maxi- Mini- ber of age mum mum changes rates. rates. rates. each year. P.CL 5.00 4.40 3.28 3.18 41 1882 4 31 | 1883 1884 3 2.66 1907 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Rate. 2.89 2.10 2.00 2.00 2.20 1890 1897 1898 Date. 3 3 3 1888 Average decennial rates.. Year. Changes. 3.10 3.00 3.00 3.00 1803 1894 Loans. 3.35 • = * 1 Mar. 14,1895 3 1 Oct. jDec. IDec. [-Jan. 3 J Jan. [May 31 4 5 41 4 31 2 20,1898 7,1899 21,1899 11,1900 25,1900 25,1900 — =* = 31 jJan. (Nov. JJan. ' 2 [May 2 17,1907 7,1907 23,1908 29,1908 4 41 4 31 3} 4 31 3 "^ STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. 315 TABLE No. 4.—MARKET RATE OF DISCOUNT IN PARIS, WEEKLY, 1889-1908. 1890. 1889. Date. Jan. 3 Jan, 10 Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Jan. 31 Feb. 7 Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Feb, 28 Mar. 7 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 Mar. 28 Apr. 4 Apr. 11 Apr. 18 Apr. 25 May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30 June 6 June 13 June 20 June 27 July 4 July 11 July 18 July 25 Aug. 1 Aug. 8 Aug. 15 Aug. 22 Aug. 29 Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Dec. 5 Dec. 12 Dec. 19 Dec. 26 Per cent. 4i 3* 3| 21 3 21 2| 2J 2i 2J 2i 21 2} 28 21 21 2i 2i 21 21 21 21 21 2| 2| 21 2§ 21 28 2* 21 21 2 21 21 21 2 2i 21 21 n 21 2i 2| 2i 3 21 2J 22 21 3 3 Date. Jan. 2 ; Jan. 9 Jan. 16 Jan. 23 Jan. 30 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 Feb. 20 Feb. 27 Mar. 6 Mar* 13 Mar. 20 Mar. 27 Apr. 3 Apr. 10 Apr. 17 Apr. 24 May 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 ,May 29 June 5 June 12 June 19 June 26 July 3 July 10 July 17 July 24 July 31 Aug. 7 Aug. 14 Aug. 21 Aug. 28 Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20 Nov. 27 Dec. 4 Dec. 11 Dec. 18 Dec. 25 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1891. Per cent. 2tf 21 2i 21 21 2| 21 21 21 21 2 21 28 28 21 21 21 21 21 28 28 28 21 28 21 3 21 21 28 21 28 21 21 28 28 21 21 28 28 21 21 218 3 m 3 3 3 21 28 28 3 3 Date. 1892. Per cent. Jan. 1 Jan. 8 Jan. 15 Jan. 22 Jan. 29 Feb. 5 Feb. 12 Feb. 19 Feb. 26 Mar. 5 Mar. 12 Mar. 19 " Mar. 26 Apr. 2 Apr. 9 Apr. 16 Apr. 23 Apr. 30 May 7 May 14 May 21 May 28 June 4 June 11 1 June 18 June 25 July 2 July 9 July 16 July 23 July 30 Aug. 6 Aug. 13 Aug. 20 Aug. 27 Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 Nov. 26 Dec. 3 Dec. 10 Dec. 17 Dec. 24 Dec. 31 3 3 U U 21 21 28 21 2| 2J 21 21 21 2* 21 21 21 21 21 2i 22 22 21 21 2 21 21 21 28 28 28 28 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 28 28 21 28 28 21 21 21 21 28 28 28 Date. Jan. 7 Jan. 14 Jan. 21 Jan. 28 Feb. 4 Feb. 11 Feb. 18 Feb. 25 Mar. 3 Mar. 10 Mar. 17 Mar. 24 Mar. 31 Apr. 7 Apr. 14 Apr. 21 Apr. 28 May 5 May 12 May 19 May 26 June 2 June 9 June 16 June 23 June 30 July 7 July 14 July 21 July 28 Aug. 4 Aug. 11 Aug. 18 Aug. 25 Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 24 Dec. 1 Dec. 8 Dec. 15 Dec. 22 Dec. 29 1893. Per cent. Date. 1S94. Per cent. Date. Jan. 5 21 ! Jan. 4 Jan. 12 28 Jan. 11 21 Jan. 19 21 Jan. IS 2fi Jan. 26 21 Jan. 25 28 Feb. 2 21 Feb. 1 21 Feb. 9 H Feb. 8 Feb. 15 2A Feb. 16 i i Feb. 22 2A Feb. 23 Mar. 2 i i Mar. 1 18 Mar. 9 i i Mar. 8 2 Mar. 15 18 Mar. 16 21 Mar. 22 18 Mar. 23 21 Mar. 29 1A Mar. 30 21 Apr. 5 18 ! Apr, 6 21 Apr, 13 21 Apr. 12 2 Apr. 20 21 Apr. 19 28 Apr. 26 1*1 Apr. 27 21 May 3 18 May 4 21 May 10 1A May 11 May 18 l 2 May 17 May* 25 l 2 May 24 1 June 1 2 j May 31 i June 8 2 June 7 i June 15 2 June 14 June 22 21 June 21 June 29 21 June 28 18 July 6 1 2i July 5 2 1 July 13 28 July 12 21 1 July 20 21 July 19 21 July 27 2J July 26 H Aug. 3 21 Aug. 2 H Aug. 10 21 Aug. 9 U Aug. 17 21 Aug. 16 H Aug. 24 21 Aug. 23 11 Aug. 31 J 21 Aug. 30 H Sept. 7 2 Sept. 6 13 Sept. 14 21 Sept. 13 Sept. 21 1 21 Sept. 20 21 Sept. 27 18 Sept. 28 21 Oct. 4 18 Oct. 5 21 Oct. 11 21 Oct. 12 21 Oct. 18 21 Oct. 19 21 Oct. 26 21 Oct. 25 21 Nov. 1 28 Nov. 2 21 Nov. 8 21 Nov. 9 28 Nov. 15 21 Nov. 16 21 Nov. 23 21 Nov. 22 21 Nov. 30 28 Nov. 29 21 Dec. 6 21 Dec. 7 21 Dec. 14 28 Dec. 13 21 Dec. 21 28 Dec. 20 21 Dec. 27 28 Dec. 28 28 28 1 n n u u 1S95. Per cent. 28 21 28 28 28 28 28 21 21 2 11 2 21 2A 2A 21 1 1 H 18 11 1A 11 18 2 2 2 18 11 18 18 U H H 1 l 1A U H 18 18 m 2 2A 2 HI u 118 11 11 U 2 Date. 1S9G. Per cent. Date. Jan. 3 2 Jan. 2 Jan. 10 11 Jan. 0 Jan. 17 It Jan. 16 Jan. 24 2 Jan. 23 Jan. 31 21 Jan. 30 Feb. 7 n! Feb. 6 Feb. 14 18 Feb. 13 Feb. 21 11 Feb. 20 Feb. 28 11 Feb. 27 Mar. 7 18 Mar. 5 Mar. 14 11 Mar. 12 Mar. 21 18 Mar. 19 Mar. 28 H Mar. 26 Apr. 4 18 Apr. 2 Apr. 11 H Apr. 9 Apr. 18 18 Apr. 10 Apr. 25 U Apr. 23 May 2 18 Apr. 30 May 9 11 May 7 May 16 18 May 14 May 23 18 May 21 May 30 18 May 28 June 6 U June 4 June 13 18 June 11 June 20 U June 18 June 27 12 June 25 July 4 it July 2 July 11 ii July 9 July 18 I 2 July 10 3 July 23 July 25 1 July 30 Aug. 1 Aug. 8 i 1 Aug. 6 Aug. 15 1 Aug. 13 Aug. 22 1 Aug. 20 Aug. 29 H Aug. 27 1 Sept. 3 Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 10 Sept. 19 11 Sept. 17 Sept.26 IS Sept. 24 Oct. 3 12 Oct. 1 Oct. 10 12 Oct. 8 Oct. 17 12 Oct. 15 Oct. 24 11 Oct. 22 Oct. 31 11 Oct. 29 Nov. 7 12 Nov. fi Nov. 14 H Nov. 12 Nov. 21 U Nov. 19 Nov. 28 U Nov. 26 Dec. 5 H Dec. 3 Dec. 12 18 Dec. 10 Dec. 19 ; if Dec. 17 Dec. 26 H Dec. 24 Dec. 31 i u 1897. Per cent. 1 Dite. Per cent. Jan. 7 Jan. 14 Jan. 21 Jan. 28 Feb. 4 Feb. 11 Feb. 18 Feb. 25 Mar. 4 Mar. 11 Mar. 18 ! Mar. 25 Apr. 1 Apr. 8 Apr. 35 Apr. 22 Apr. 29 May 6 May 13 May 20 May 27 ! * June 3 11 June 10 i 12 June 17 12 June 24 July 1 U July 8 12 i July 15 n July 22 11 July 29 18 Aug. 5 ! 12 Aug. 12 12 Aug. 19 18 Aug. 26 18 Sept. 2 18 Sept. 9 18 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 U Sept. 30 2 Oct. 7 2 1A Oct. 14 Oct. 21 2 Oct. 28 2 2 Nov. 4 12 Nov. 11 11 Nov. 18 11 Nov. 25 Dec. 2 li 11 Dec. 9 U Dec. 16 Dec. 23 li Dec. 30 ii li 18 11 11 U 11 12 U ii 11 li 12 H U U 12 12 12 12 12 12 • n i 1898. u Date. Per cent. Jan. G 2 Jan. 13 2 Jan. 20 li Jan. 27 U III Feb. 3 12 Feb. 10 12 12 11 Feb, 17 12 12 Feb. 24 Mar. 3 11 11 Mar. 10 11 12 Mar. 17 11 12 Mar. 24 li 11 12 Mar. 31 12 Apr. 7 11 U Apr. 14 ii 2 12 Apr. 21 2 U Apr. 28 li ii May 5 12 May 12 12 12 ! May 19 12 18 12 May 26 12 June 2 U 12 12 June 9 12 June 16 U 11 U June 23 ii 12 June 30 12 July 7 ii 18 U July 14 li July ?! 11 12 H July 28 Aug. 4 ll U 11 12 Aug. 11 12 18 Aug. 18 12 12 Aug. 25 U 12 Sept. 1 i 18 12 Sept. 8 11 Sept. 15 I 1 1 12 U Sept. 22 if i i Sept. 29 n 12 Oct. 6 2 18 Oct. 13 22 2 Oct. 20 2§ 2 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 22 21 2 Nov, 10 22 2 Nov. 17 21 2 Nov. 24 21 2 Dec. 1 22 2 Dec. 8 22 2 Dec. 15 3 2 1 Dec. 22 3 2 1 Dec. 29 li li 2 2 u u 1 u l_J 316 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. . TABLE No. 4.—MARKET RATE OF DISCOUNT IN PARIS, WEEKLY, 1889-1908—Continued. Date. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May June June June June June July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 5 12 19 2G 2 9 10 23 2 I 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 : 28 Per cent. Date. Per cent. Jan. 4 3 41 Jan. 11 3 41 3J 22 Jan. 18 3i 2} ! Jan. 25 31 2J 1 Feb. 1 31 21 Feb. 8 31 21 Feb. 15 3i Feb, 22 2i 31 21 Mar. 1 3i Mar. 8 2i 3i Mar. 15 2J 31 Mar. 22 2J Mar. 29 2J 31 31 Apr. 5 3 22 Apr. 12 ! 31 21 Apr. 19 31 22 Apr. 26 31 22 May 3 31 May 10 2J 3| May 17 2! 31 21 May 24 3i 2J May 31 2J 22 June 7 2i June 14 2| 25 21 June 21 22 22 21 June 28 22 22 July 5 22 22 July 12 21 July 19 22 22 21 July 26 21 22 Aug. 2 2| 22 Aug. 9 21 Aug. 16 21 28 2ft Aug, 23 22 Aug. 30 21 Sept. 6 21 21 21 Sept. 13 2} Sept. 20 22 Sept. 27 3 22 Oct. 4 3 21 3 Oct. 11 22; 21 23 Oct. 18 2! 21 Oct. 25 3 Nov. 1 2! 3 Nov. 8 2} Nov. 15 i 22 3 21 Nov. 22 22 Nov. 29 3 22 Dec. C 3 22 Dec. 13 3 22 3 Dec. 20 2} D e c 27 21 4J n 1 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Date. Per cent. Date. Per cent. Date. Jan. 2 21 Jan. 1 3 Jan. 3 Jan. 10 21 Jan. 9 2} Jan. 8 Jan. 17 i 22 Jan. 16 2H Jan. 15 Jan. 22 Jan. 24 21 1 Jan. 23 Jan. 31 2$ Jan. 30 2}g Jan. 29 Feb. 7 21 Feb. 6 22 Feb. 5 Feb. 14 21 Feb. 13 2ft Feb. 12 Feb. 20 ! 2J Feb. 19 Feb. 21 2 Feb. 28 3ft Feb. 27 2ft Feb. 26 Mar. 7 2ft Mar. 6 2ft Mar. 5 Mar. 14 21 Mar. 13 21 Mar. 12 Mar. 21 1 21 Mar. 20 21 Mar. 19 Mar. 28 21 Mar. 27 21 Mar. 26 Apr. 4 22 Apr. 3 2ft Apr. 2 Apr. 11 22 Apr. 10 2ft Apr. 9 Apr. 18 21 Apr. 17 21 Apr. 16 Apr. 25 22 Apr. 24 2ft Apr. 23 May 2 22 May 1 21 Apr. 30 May 7 May 9 21 May 8 2 May 14 May 16 21 May 15 2 May 23 21 May 22 H May 21 May 30 2ft! May 29 H May 28 June 6 2} June 5 HI June 4 June 13 2ft June 12 2ft June 11 2 June 19 2ft 1 June 18 June 20 June 27 2ft June 26 21 June 25 July 4 2ft July 3 2ft July 2 July 11 2ft July 10 21 July 9 July 18 2ft July 17 2ft 1 July 16 July 25 2ft July 24 2ft July 23 Aug. 1 2ft July 31 2ft July 30 Aug. 7 21 Aug. 6 Aug. 8 2 Aug. 14 13 Aug. 13 Aug. 15 2 Aug. 22 i Aug. 21 i i Aug. 20 Aug. 29 12 Aug. 28 13 Aug. 27 Sept. 5 112 Sept. 4 i « j Sept. 3 Sept. 12 12 Sept. 11 H Sept. 10 Sept. 18 i l l Sept. 17 Sept. 19 Sept. 25 2ft Sept. 24 Sept. 26 i j Oct. 3 Oct. 2 2ft Oct. ' 1 12 Oct. 10 2i j Oct. 9 2ft Oct. 8 Oct. 16 2ft Oct. 15 Oct. 17 Oct. 23 2ie Oct. 22 Oct, 24 Oct, 30 3 Oct. 31 3 Oct. 29 Nov. 7 21 Nov. 6 23 Nov. 5 Nov. 14 2tS Nov. 13 3 Nov. 12 Nov. 21 2tt Nov. 20 3 Nov. 19 Nov. 28 21 Nov. 27 3 Nov. 26 Dec. 5 2ft Dec. 4 22 Dec. 3 Dec. 12 2H Dec. 11 21 Dec. 10 Dec, 19 3 Dec. 18 22 Dec. 17 Dec. 26 22 Dec. 25 213 Dec. 24 Dec. 31 m m ml ml 1904. 1903. 1902. 1901. 1900. 1899. Per cent. 211 2H 23 2}| 2} 21 213 22 21 213 23 23 3 23 21 213 23 23 22 214 211 2ft 21 2ft 21 21 22 22 23 21 2ft 21 21 21 21 ! 21 1 2ft 22 21 1 22 21 22 22 213 22 23 23 21i 213 21 23 23 23 Date. Jan. 7 Jan. 14 Jan. 21 Jan. 28 Feb. 4 Feb. 11 Feb. 18 Feb. 25 Mar. 3 Mar. 10 Mar. 17 Mar. 24 Mar. 31 Apr. 7 Apr. 14 Apr. 21 Apr. 28 May 5 May 12 May 19 May 2 6 < June 2 June 9 June 16 June 23 June 30 July 7 July 14 July 21 July 28 Aug. 4 Aug. 11 Aug. 18 Aug. 25 Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 24 Dec. 1 Dec. 8 Dec. 15 Dec. 22 Dec. 29 Per cent. 2j 22 213 213 2tt 2ft 21 2ft 21 21J 213 22 21 22 21 2f 28 21 21 21 2 21 ! 1H 1ft 1ft i u 11 1ft 13 ^V ifti iftj 11 ift 11 ift u 1ft 11 113! 13 211 214 2il 2ft 21 2ft 2ft 2ft 2ft 2ft 2 ik\ Date. Jan Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May June June June June July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 Per cent. Date. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar* Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May 11 May 13 May June li June li 1H June June H 2 June 2 July 2 July 12 July July li ** Aug. Aug. H Aug. H 13 Aug. Sept. li H | Sept. Sept. ii 2 Sept. 21 Sept. 23 Oct. 21 ; Oct. Oct. 23 23 Oct. 23 Nov. 23 Nov. Nov. 3 31 Nov. 3 Dec. 3 Dec. 3 Dec. 3 Dec. Dec. 31 2J 2ft 2ft 21 214 2ft 113 If 1ft li If if 21 21 2 11 2 u u 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 1908. 1907. 1906. 1905. Per cent. Date. Jan. 5 3 213 Jan. 12 2ft Jan. 19 21 Jan. 26 2ft Feb. 2 Feb. 9 2| Feb. 16 21 21 1 Feb. 23 21 Mar. 2 Mar. 9 22 Mar. 16 22 23 Mar. 23 3 ^Mar. 30 Apr. 6 3 3 Apr. 13 Apr. 20 3 2* Apr. 27 21 May 4 21 May 11 21 May 18 21 May 25 21 June 1 21 June 8 21 June 15 21 June 22 June 29 2| 2 July 6 i 21 July 13 25 July 20 21 j July 27 Aug. 3 22 Aug. 10 2 Aug. 17 21 21 Aug. 24 21 ; Aug. 31 21 ; Sept. 7 21 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 23 213 Sept. 28 21 ! Oct. 5 23 j Oet. 12 Oct. 19 2J Oct. 26 3 3 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 3 Nov. 16 3 Nov. 23 23 Nov. 30 23 Dec. 7 3 Dec. 14 3 Dec. 21 3 Dec. 28 3 Per cent. Date. Jan. Jan. Jan. ; Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. 3 Mar. i Mar. 32 Apr. 31 Apr. 31 Apr. 31 Apr. 33 May 32 May 33 May 31 May 3| May 33 3ft June 31 i June June 33 June 33 July 32 July 33 31 July July 31 Aug. 31 Aug. 31 Aug. 31 3ft Aug. Aug. 33 Sept. 32 3ft Sept. 3ft Sept. Sept. 32 Oct. 33 Oct. 33 Oct. 31 Oct. 33 Oct. 31 Nov. 4 Nov. 3} Nov. 31 31 ! Nov. 33 j Dec. Dec. 31 Dec. 31 Dec 33 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 Per cent. 4 33 32 23 23 21 21 21 21 21 21 23 21 21 21 21 2i 21 21 21 13 11 H 18 11 12 *i| li n 11 ift 11 ift 11 11 11 18 13 2 13 13 2 2 21 2 21 21 21 2 2 23 21 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 317 T A B L E N o . 5 . — S U M M A R Y O F B A L A N C E S H E E T S O F T H E P R I N C I P A L B A N K S O P F R A N C E C O M P I L E D Y E A R L Y A B O U T D E C E M B E R 31,1888-1907. [In thousands of francs.] 1888. Assets. Name of bank. Banque de France Credit Lyonnals Socie'te' Generate pour lavoriserledeVeloppement du commence et de l'industrie en France Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris SocI6t«S Generate de Crfidit Industriel et Commercial SociSte' de Depots et Comptes Courants Banque d'Escompte de Paris Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas Banque Parislenne Societe" Marseillaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial SociSte* Nanceienne de Credit Industriel et de Depdts Socie'te' Lyonnaise de Dep6ts, de Comptes Courants et de Credit Industriel Credit duNord Comptoir des Ardennes (Claude Lafontaine et Cie.) Caisse Lecuyer et Cie Socle*t6 Francalse de Reports et de Depots Soci6t6LenIdeuxetCie.t» Banque Regional^ du Nord SoctetS Bordelaise de Credit Industrie! et Commercial et de Depots Comptoir de Lorraine (Alpnen Dauphin et Cie.) Banque Commerciale et Industrielle Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Proportion of cash on Cash on hand and] Discounts, hand and at the and [at the Bank| Bank of loans, of France. France to] advances. deposit , liabilities. (n) (h) (I) 2,251,485 6 49,234 Per cent. (?) 23 1,114,822 497,507 31,233 12,586 8,542 6,463 5,250 671,208 1,384 (?) 226 210,091 /132,151 100,162 90,252 27,939 37,617 6,712 62,341 235 9 10 37,926 13,350 9S5 404 3,906 1,626 318 5,320 160 449 634 914 12 12 12 15 32 (?) 5 293 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 47, 17,447 37,813 18,763 <13,028 27,017 4,772 6,698 9,844 7,644 Coupons matured Money at call and at and Reports. [securities short repaynotice. able. (k) Per cent. (?) 260 268,072 144,737 109,896 96,715 33,215 170,454 9,394 108 133 152 225 200 (?) 1,537 (?) (?) 43,295 13,585 167 561 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 48,973 17,851 41,710 20,389 55,818 32,337 4,932 7,150 10,478 8,558 (?) 240 3,129 (?) 131 (?) (?) 151 (?) 21,776 4,972 (?) (?) (?) 26 302 6 (?) (?) 61,327 1,292 3,028 (?) (?) (?) (?) 42,472 (?) (?) (?) (?) Proportion of Syndicate money at! interests Real call and Due from] and parestate at short current Securities. ticipations and furnotice to accounts. in other niture. deposit , firms. liabilities.! (m) (0 (B) 3,366,307 546,741 (?) (?) 1,192 Liabilities. 3 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 238,755 89,249 186,308 h 26,474 23,156 9,022 14,774 (?) 4,785 11,911 8,521 20,179 272 2,494 9,847 5,082 3,183 7,583 Sundry Total. ProporReserve Number Subtion of of , scribed liability Capital capital Accept- Bank notes Profit and] branches. of share, Sundry , Current capital. and in circula- Deposits. and surloss holders. accounts. liabilities.! account. tion. surplus. plus to other liabilities. (e) (o) (b) (S) (g) (d) (0 222,513 47,873 0 0 13,456 30,000 50,354 342 3,652,630 863,711 226,515 160,000 Per cent. 7 26 28,641 106,781 57,516 84,176 (?) (?) (?) 48,768 2,066 2,994 3,759 7,000 4,705 6,975 3,095 2,483 4,103 0 42,766 <3,906 129 3,460 3,839 2,258 502,772 380,811 148,442 126,975 160,390 308,153 39,763 72,354 100,000 19,620 30,000 35,841 83,796 *»29,374 17 37 17 32 31 49 360 (?) (?) 1,673 341 236 253 70,171 14,179 25,600 4,450 62 51 (?) (?) P778 (?) 388 (?) 150 45 (?) 133 550 0 0 1,001 295 (?) 0 52 213 13 109 104 1,803 54,759 31,223 50,240 40,718 56,187 35,044 14,925 13,203 13,765 22,958 9,630 5,184 10,407 13,008 12,791 12,707 2,186 5,285 3,031 15,245 26 21 28 51 32 64 18 77 34 218 (?) 3,461 (?) 65,460 66,713 11,992 10,193 (p) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 312 (?) 5,014 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) Dividends. 10,588 257 106 182,500 200,000 0 100,000 Per cent 14.63 10.00 151 23,851 235 557 139,056 32,388 851 1,946 4,824 2,446 1,258 2,569 6,358 1,752 «161 (?) 8 0 0 3 1 120,000 80,000 60,000 80,000 65,000 62,500 25,000 60,000 0 45,000 60,000 32,245 0 0 5.15 10.00 10.72 12.00 5.50 8.00 6.00 3,743 6,917 381 32 0 1,222 346 1 0 40,000 16,000 20,000 12,000 7.50 5.40 1,097 14,761 *7,4J3 143 167 327 94 17 426 0 • 22 0 48 1,662 392 *750 742 836 1,025 172 514 473 515 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30,000 20,000 20,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 5,000 3,000 15,000 22,500 15,000 10,000 0 0 0 6,000 14.40 0 8.42 5.70 5.00 8.61 6.55 4.50 8.00 3.00 2,616,817 0 730,673 349,820 49,984 659 31,121 33,168 8,294 5,779 2,871 20,829 71 0 247,371 d149,829 0 0107,917 111,051 0 45,660 72,1|7 0 /42,9|5 46,436 63,470 0 * 16,5^3 164,782 0 7,104 »6jl 0 13,361 (?) 227 3,276 (?) 0 3 565 4,920 1,728 406 (?) 0 0 25,8$4 2,4}4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 '1,3$3 (?)? 42,5 JO (?) (?); 4,7^6 (*> (?)! « We do not possess the report of the Bank of France at the end of the year 18S8, and the figures Included In the present table have been obtained from the last weekly statement published in that year. 6 Including balance in other banks. c Including time certificates. d This figure includes the accounts of foreign banks and sundry current accounts. « This figure includes the number of branches and agencies contained on the list appended to the report published by the socigte1. /This figure represents the total amount of discounts, loans on collateral, and reports. 0 This figure represents the total amount of cash, check, and discount accounts. * Including credits by acceptances. i Including the interest and dividends paid to stockholders. /This figure Includes the amount of accounts subject to demand and accounts subject to seven days' notice. * This figure Includes the total amount of check accounts, sundry time deposit accounts, and certificates. 1 Including the item "Reports et Valeurs donnes en Report." TO Including sundry special reserves. n This figure includes the amount of check accounts. » Reports being closed semiannually, this item only represents the profits for the second half year. p The reports published by the bank contain no Item for the participations, securities owned, and reports. q This figure includes the total amount of cash accounts and all notes payable to bearer. r This figure includes the amount of certificates in circulation. 8 Deduction has been made of 5 per cent Interest upon capital. < Including treasury bills. u Report of March 31,1889. 37,423 26,874 (?) 20,321 7,647 918 9,855 6,150 (°) o 0 0 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 318 TABLE No. 6.—SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEETS OF THE PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31 1888-1907-Continued. [In thousands of francs.] 1889. Assets. Name of bank. Proportion of cash on Cash on hand and] Discounts, hand and at the and |at the Bank; Bank of loans, of France. France to] advances. deposit liabilities: (h) (n) (i) Coupons matured Money at and call and at Reports. [securities short repaynotice. able. (k) Per cent. Banque de France Credit Lyonnais * Societe Generate pour favoriser le developpement du Commerce et de Tlndustrie en France Comptoir National d'Escompte Society Generate de Credit Industriel et Commercial Societe de Depots et Comptes Courants Banque d'escompte de Paris Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas Banque Parisienne * Societe Marseillaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Depots Societe Nanceienne de Credit Industriel et de Depots Societe Lyonnaise de De>5ts, de Comptes Courants, et de Credit Industriel... Credit du Nord Comptoir des Ardennes (Claude Lafontaine et Cie.) Caisse Industrielle du Nord CaisseLecuyeretCie.. Socigte* Franchise de Reports et de Depots Societe* Lehideux et Cie.» Banque Regionale du Nord . Caisse de Credit de Nice Societe Bordelaise de Crfidit Industriel et Commercial et de Depots Comptoir de Lorraine (Alphen Dauphin et Cie.) Banque Commerciale et Industrielle Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 22 1,094,155 541,327 36,686 18,573 7,190 7,3G2 .4,522 elS, 546 609 15 20 10 16 21 0 81 182,893 132,198 95,210 85,787 22,127 56,720 Ul,324 *2,382 328 6 10 44,197 13,838 2,621,253 c60,444 1,1£9 (?) (?) 15 1,772 4,274 1,062 1,394 464 1,917 204 790 461 827 533 (?) (?) 10 1 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 16,683 (?) 1,749 (?) (?) 49,769 3,705 5,579 (?) 2,588 (?) 367 2,449 343 2,262 (?) 57, 017 23,975 ff(?) 42,708 (?) 14,431 (?) 18,393 (?) * 16,766 37,534 w 40,165 (?) » 7,078 (?) 5,551 (?) 6,536 (?) 10,352 (?) 8,344 0 3,615,403 601,771 241,841 150,771 106,737 93,149 27,016 127,484 15,981 (?) (?) 48,841 14,166 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 129 1 (?) (?) 58,146 25,747 46,982 15,493 19,787 54,764 42,082 7,282 6,470 6,998 11,179 8,877 Liabilities. Proportion of Syndicate money at] interests Real call and Due from] and parestate at short current Securities. ticipations and furnotice to accounts. in other niture. . deposit firms. liabilities, (m) (1) (g) Per cent. (?) 167 151 205 129 0 2,116 154 437 (?) 227 3,961 (?) (?) 131 (?) (?) 175 135 (?) (?) Sundry assets. Total. ProporReserve Number Sub- liability tion of ! of , scribed of Capital capital Accept- Banknotes Profitandl branches. shareCurrent Sundry capital. and and sur- ances. in circula- Deposits. accounts. liabilities loss holders. surplus. plus to tion. account. otherliabilities. (e) (o) (g) (g) <b) (d) (0 Percent. 7 22 (?) 240,215 222,514 19,871 0 0 13,261 30,000 225,759 1,798 4,076,942 893,655 226,515 150,000 80,921 0 24,076 «7 27,599 17,915 26,872 55,246 3,439 48,111 161 4,431 70,941 (?) (?) (?) 3,978 3,446 4,690 3,744 7,250 4,097 6,975 3,245 2,488 4,101 1,673 326 0 19,466 * 1,011 85 9,985 3,501 1,989 445,558 201,724 143,875 118,124 137,395 243,848 43,391 72,698 20,000 20,239 28,500 35,949 84,752 » 30,537 58 290 71,181 14,504 19,700 4,560 42 52 (?) 388 1,286 362 (?) (?) 62,899 43,140 55,231 15,493 34,972 55,490 45,410 20,842 16,325 13,462 14,580 23,585 9,687 5,576 10,557 5,500 13,029 22 15 20 68 60 23 43 13 71 78 32 11,227 (?) 3,467 15,863 8,249 15,037 567 3,112 13,418 4,371 5,534 3,302 8,922 (?) 66,299 51,683 13,191 9,263 (?) (?) (?) (?) 9 780 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (1) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 3,060 297 (?) 5,017 0 148 43 (?) 133 1,639 550 0 0 177 12 0 0 116 216 9 785 83 99 . 12,830 12,860 2,203 6,252 5,376 3,077 15,269 20 11 19 49,759 115,462 23,096 17,423 4,029 4,688 3,713 32,541 6,262 11,371 (?) 506 4,968 (?) (?) (?) 8 560 8,141 16 1,088 385 (?) 34,923 1,138 244,071 e103,535 161 50,393 90,142 23,332 46,197 70,705 78 37,830 145,341 517 22,760 * 51,057 / 20,932 104,516 16,646 0 2,942 1,142 «755 3,033,077 (?) 0 d266,255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 732,668 349,288 Dividends. 11,512 b257 108 182,500 200,000 0 100,000 Percent. 15.69 11.00 1,997 434 2,627 1,248 2,984 5,393 1,753 /160 17 8 0 0 3 1 120,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 65,000 62,500 25,000 60,000 20,000 45,000 60,000 32,245 0 0 5.15 1.60 11.54 12.00 5.50 8.00 6.00 (-) 3,589 6,248 3,419 76 ol,399 379 1 0 30,000 16,000 15,000 12,000 P8.80 5.40 49, 905 20,436 r11,343 32,424 • 1,186 «9,213 (?) 21,784 (?) (?) 41,663 30,707 (?) 10,318 (?) 5,776 3,693 5,179 1,228 10,589 (?) 7,727 (?) 1,144 745 1,657 72 (804 748 80 978 815 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 30,000 20,000 20,000 10,000 .12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 5,000 5,000 3,000 15,000 22,500 15,000 10,000 6,000 0 0 0 6,000 0 0 0 0 14.40 0 31,703 3,241 *» We do not possess the report of the Bank of France at the end of the year 1889, and the figures Included in the present table have been obtained from the last weekly statement published In that year. & Including the bureaux auxiliaires, places reuntes, and vllles rattachees. c Including balance in other banks. d Including time certificates. e This figure Includes the accounts of foreign banks and sundry current accounts. / This figure Includes the number of branches and agencies contained on the list appended to the report of the societe. 0 Including credits by acceptances. * Including the interest and dividends paid to stockholders. t This figure includes the amount of accounts subject to demand and accounts subject to seven days' notice, i This figure includes the total amount of demand deposits, time deposits, and time certificates. * Including the Item " Reports et Valeurs donnees en Report." 1 Including treasury bills. »Including sundry special reserves. n This figure includes the amount of check accounts. 0 Reports being closed semiannually, this item only represents the profits ftr the second half year, p Total dividend for both half years. 9 The reports published by the bank contain no item for the participations, securities owned, and reports. r This figure includes the amount of cash accounts and all notes payable to bearer. * This figure includes the amount of certificates in circulation. 1 Deduction has been made of 5 per cent interest upon capital. * The societe only published the net balance of Its credit and debtor current accounts. * Report of March 31,1890. «Including bills receivable. 180 568 518 529 525 8.66 10.30 5.00 5.00 7.57 7.00 4.20 4.50 8.75 3.00 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 319 TABLE No. 5.—SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEETS OF THE PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31,1888-1907-Contimied. [In thousands of francs.] 1890. Assets. Name of bank. Banque de France Credit Lyonnais ---Society Generate pour favoriser le deVeloppement du Commerce et de PIndus trie en France Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris Societe" Generate de Credit Industriel et Commercial Banque d'Escompte de Paris Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas * Banque Parisienne Societe" Marseillaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Depots Socieie" Vanceienne de Credit Industriel et de Depots SociCt^ Lyonnaise, de Depots, de Comptes Courants et de Credit Industriel— Credit duNord Comptoir des Ardennes (Claude Lafontaine et Cie.) Caisse Industrielle du Nord Caisse Lecuyer et Cie Society Francaise de Reports et de Depots Soci«St6I>ehideus:etCie.r... Banque Regionale du Nord -.-Caisse de CrCdit de Nice.... Societe Bordelaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Depots Comptoir de Lorraine (Alphen Dauphin et Cie.) Banque Commerciale et Industrielle Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Proportion of cash on Cash on hand andj Discounts, hand and at the and [at the Bank| Bank of loans, of France. France to] advances. deposit , liabilities. (b) (n) (1) 2,372,650 c 63,217 Per cent* 1,281,878 (?) 598,759 21 39,102 15,888 9,080 3,234 022,530 374 15 12 13 8 0 83 *1,552 £31 1,235 1,446 3,967 1,161 1,343 1,741 1,026 118 899 433 1,000 1,310 Coupons matured Money at and call and at Reports. [securities short repaynotice. able. (?) 15 265 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (k) Percent. (?) 219 (?) 271,227 221,514 20,055 277,975 243,602 120,618 23,384 73,886 11,885 108 198 177 59 0 2,641 74,484 9 59,312 934,744 45,603 60,702 4,094 36,633 805 4,403 62,984 54,515 14,117 (?) 46,754 16,895 153 417 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) Ill 1 (?) (?) 60,514 19,532 49,939 18,558 13,613 72,710 38,314 5,196 7,047 9,243 9,514 8,571 (?) 201 3,333 (?) (?) 122 (?) (?) 179 148 (?) (?) 16,039 (?) 3,437 22,562 7,880 (?)« (?) (?) 197,193 227,714 96,476 20,134 30,375 *9,387 (?) 9,371 (?) 17,299 1,799 5,177 (?) 5,691 16 3,682 325 40,997 16,364 4,205 (?) (?)* (?) (?) (?) 54,576 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) Proportion of Syndicate money at] interests Real call and [Due from] and parestate at short current Securities. ticipations and furnotice to accounts. in other niture. deposit firms. liabilities.! (m) (1) (g) 3,654,528 661,976 (?) (?) 59,279 18,0S6 45,972 17,397 12,270 416,393 * 37,288 5,078 6,037 8,804 8,514 7,261 Liabilities. (?) 14,537 1,018 2,816 15,282 4,598 5,037 4,337 8,806 Sundry Total. 225,515 150,000 Percent. 6 20 41,257 142,382 462,294 337,957 164,379 144,552 218,919 37,584 73,087 42,571 21,500 36,475 84,879 130,097 18 15 17 37 71 470 29,467 68,820 10,590 /,464 23,257 3,560 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 326 75,070 17,521 20,000 4,680 40 40 583 792 64,534 43,670 57,819 18,558 28,292 73,912 41,215 20,618 16,440 15,156 13,945 23,253 9,744 5,648 10,718 5,500 6,509 13,073 13,000 2,221 6,266 5,498 3,137 21 16 20 51 33 23 52 13 70 65 36 212 18,229 (?) 1,980 3,584 (?) (?) (?) 3 371 8,515 1 1,486 547 450 0 0 13,361 30,000 110,907 3,137 4,000,310 69,475 3,727 7,250 3,116 3,003 2,458 4,082 0 26,988 M,498 4,661 19,256 1,344 1,673 300 (?) 388 (?) (?) 4,917 8,102 2,062 10,^ (?) (?) (?) (?)* (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 2,528 265 (?) 5,135 (?) 9396 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 142 40 (?) 133 1,581 550 0 0 ProporNumber Subtion of of scribed liability Capital capital Accept- [Banknotes and] branches. shareSundry .Profit capital. of and and sur- ances. in circula- Deposits.] Current ,[liabilities.! loss holders. accounts. surplus. plus to tion. account. other liabilities. (e) (o) (g) (d) (g) (0 (t>) (?) 0 0 144 85 7 686 61 94 741 15,294 3,051,751 (?) 0 <* 301,295 6257 113 182,^0 200,000 0 100,000 P«r cent. 16.18 12.00 fim 19 10 0 3 0 120,000 80,000 60,000 65,000 62,500 25,000 60,000 40,000 45,000 32,245 0 0 5.18 4.00 12.45 5.50 9.00 0 »1,435 365 1 0 30,000 16,000 15,000 12,000 P10.00 5:40 1,732 402 (803 728 524 1,084 1,052 149 549 449 583 519 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 30,000 20,000 20,000 10,000 12,000. 12,500 10,000 8,000 5,000 5,000 3,000 15,000 22,500 15,000 10,000 6,000 6,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 0 0 620,169 376,426 61,618 3,703 12,589 256,835 122,904 68,158 * 44,859 0 «450 t 100,714 87,559 60,598 7,285 94,169 1,710 13,271 747 J 45,635 9,956 872 2,022 2,832 2,786 2,834 6,658 895 0 0 30,617 4,047 3,589 8,285 1,200 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49,973 24,064 r9,712 44,529 '1,498 «12,297 (?) 21,195 0 59,744 (?) 1,105 260 271 33 64 8 439 0 17 166 0 77 (?) (?) 3,913 6,239 (?) (?) 26,352 9,733 5,694 1,318 9,678 6,913 *» We do not possess the report of the bank of France at the end of the year 1890, and the figures included in the present table have been obtained from the last weekly statement published in that year. & Including the bureaux auxiliaires, places reunies, and villes rattachees. cIncluding balance in other banks. d Including time certificates. ' T h i s figure includes the accounts of foreign banks and sundry current accounts. /This figure includes the number of branches and agencies contained on the list appended to the report published by the soci6te\ oIncluding credits by acceptances. A Including the interest and dividends paid to stockholders. t This figure includes the total amount of demand deposits, time deposits, and time certificates. ilncludlng the item " Reports et Valeurs donnees en Report." * Including treasury bills. I Including sundry special reserves. m This figure expresses the amount of check accounts. n Reports being closed semiannually, this item only represents the profits for the second half-year. V Total dividend for both half-years. ? The reports published by the bank contain no item for the participations, securities owned, and reports, r This figure includes the amount of cash accounts and all notes payable to bearer. * This figure Includes the amount of certificates in circulation. * Deduction has been made of 5 per cent interest upon capital. « The soctetg only published the net balance of its credit and debtor current accounts. * Report of March 31,1891, «oIncluding bills receivable. Dividends. (<0 14.40 0 8.66 9.875 6.29 5.00 9.58 6.00 4.60 4.50 9.00 3.00 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 320 T A B L E N o . 5 . - S U M M A R Y O F BALANCE SHEETS O F T H E PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31,188^1907-Contmued. [In thousands of francs.] 1891. Assets. Proportion of cash on hand and] Discounts, Cash on hand and at the loans, and [at the Bank] Bank of advances. of France. France to| deposit , liabilities. (n) (0 (h) Name of bank* B an que de France Credit Lyonnais Socigte* G6n6rale pour favoriser le ddveloppement du Commerce et do l'lndustrie en France Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris Soci6t6 CtenSrale de Crfidit Industriel et Commercial Banque d'Escompte de Paris Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas Banque Parisienne Socifitfi Marseillaise de Crfidit Industriel et Commercial et de Depots Soci6t6 Nancfiienne de Credit Industriel et de D6p6ts '. Society Lyonnaise de D6pdts, de Comptes Courants et de Credit Industriel. Credit d u N o r d Comptoir des Ardennes (Claude Lafontalne et Cie.) Calsse Industrielle du Nord ,* Caisse Lecuyer et Cie SoclfiW Francaise de Reports et de Depots SocI6te"LebldeuxetCie.» Banque Rfigionale du Nord Caisse de CrSdlt de Nice Soci6t6 Bordelaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Dfipdts Comptoir de Lorraine (Alphen Dauphin et Cie.) Banque Commerciale et Industrielle Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 2,591,993 c64,484 38,519 23,324 17,677 2,326 c9,144 1,569 Per cent. (?)' 17 16 21 (?) 943 508 2,332 36S 588 427 1,068 195,914 173,743 90,869 15,461 41,204 U0,112 45,260 12,352 «2,310 397 1,733 2,260 3,461 1,160 1,334,791 610,287 Coupons matured Money at call and at and Reports. [securities short repaynotice. able. (k) (?) 54,700 (?) (?) 17,805 6,087 (?) 2,844 38 4,252 480 (?) 2,041 (?) 34,201 984 2,365 (?) (?) 23 211 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 17,177 44,525 15,104 9,350 119,064 * 42,135 4,642 5,703 7,742 10,538 5,821 (?)P (?) (?) (?) 45,829 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 81 0 (?) (?) Liabilities. Proportion of Syndicate money atl interests call and Due from| at short current Securities. and participations notice to accounts. in other , deposit firms. liabilities. (m) (1) 3,926,784 729,471 Percent. (?) 191 (?) 253,520 222,503 20,833 258,325 197,067 113,431 17,825 88,801 13,145 100 180 179 54 (?) 411 59,915 1744,825 026,430 25,118 56,132 7,426 4,465 5,172 88,828 34,889 16,498 49,935 12,749 54,^93 19,437 47,986 16,264 10,293 65,401 44,476 5,010 6,372 8,169 11,606 6,444 159 375 16,214 2,575 (?) 197 2,927 (?) (?) 2,472 17,679 8,155 (?)' 16,945 0 2,427 9,828 5,829 4,754 4,240 4,178 128 (?) (?) 163 160 (?) (?) Real estate and fur* niture. Sundry Total. Capital and surplus. (e) (g) Proportion of capital and sur- Acceptances. plus to other liabilities. (o) Number Subof scribed Banknotes Sundry Profit and [branches. capital. in circula- Deposits. Current accounts. 1[liabilities. kjiL ' tion. ' account. (g) (g) Reserve liability of shareholders. (0 (d) (b) Percent. 10, 2,159 (?) (p) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 1,796 437 (?) 3,001 0 0 13,212 30,000 99,705 5,886 4,262,204 1,039,710 226,515 150,000 6 11 36,557 82,800 3,194,394 (?) 0 *3S2,333 740,487 402,312 64,251 8,086 65,996 1,201 (?) 2,839 3,542 5,045 3,721 7,250 3,145 3,745 2,838 3,656 0 19,435 <819 2,913 1,660 593 421,382 274,243 148,997 141,268 187,862 46,363 73,482 43,866 21,500 26,938 85,634 25,000 22 20 19 19 85 125 15,663 45,143 6,250 1,505 9,504 3,389 0 240,540 0 M09,010 0 63,428 0 i32,884 0 0 0 »3,196 «89,571 66,178 54,828 20,336 84,963 13,020 1,673 290 817 71 79,028 17,844 20,200 4,800 22,069 (?) 0 0 31,456 3,391 (?) P1,277 (?) 388 547 381 (?) (?) 0 140 36 (?) 0 0 61 206 8 538 45 85 3,308 9,804 5,183 10,879 5,500 6,524 13,422 13,000 2,235 6,280 5,630 3,202 11,024 1,065 4,334 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 57,512 39,162 56,141 16,264 27,378 65,498 47,100 14,979 16,115 13,955 15,931 17,202 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 271 133 1,580 550 0 0 (?) (?) (?) 0 0 453 19 73 76 31 178 0 1,689 397 497 a W e d o n o t possess t h e report of t h e B a n k of F r a n c e a t t h e e n d of t h e y e a r 1891 a n d t h e figures I n c l u d e d I n t h e present t a b l e h a v e b e e n o b t a i n e d from t h e last weekly s t a t e m e n t published i n t h a t year. t> I n c l u d i n g t h e b u r e a u x auxlllaires, places reunies, a n d villes r a t t a c h & s . c l n c l u d i n g balance i n other b a n k s . d I n c l u d i n g t i m e certificates. < T h i s figure i n c l u d e s t h e accounts of foreign b a n k s a n d s u n d r y c u r r e n t a c c o u n t s . f T h i s figure! ncludes t h e n u m b e r of b r a n c h e s a n d agencies c o n t a i n e d o n t h e list a p p e n d e d t o t h e r e p o r t published b y t h e soci6t& pIncluding credits b y acceptances. h T h i s figure i n c l u d e s t h e total a m o u n t of check accounts a n d discount accounts. iIncluding t h e interest a n d d i v i d e n d s p a i d t o stockholders. / T h i s figure includes t h e total a m o u n t of d e m a n d deposits, t i m e deposits, a n d t i m e certificates. * I n c l u d i n g t h e i t e m " R e p o r t s e t Valeurs donnees e n R e p o r t / ' I I n c l u d i n g t r e a s u r y bills. » T h i s figure expresses t h e a m o u n t of check accounts. » R e p o r t s being closed s e m i a n n u a l l y ; t h i s i t e m o n l y represents t h e profits for t h e second half-year. o T o t a l d i v i d e n d for b o t h half-years. v T h e reports p u b l i s h e d b y t h e b a n k c o n t a i n n o Item for t h e participations, securities o w n e d , a n d r e p o r t s . 9 T h i s figure includes t h e total a m o u t of cash accounts a n d all notes p a y a b l e t o bearer. ' T h i s figure i n c l u d e s t h e a m o u n t of certificates i n circulation. • D e d u c t i o n h a s b e e n m a d e of 5 per c e n t i n t e r e s t u p o n capital. t T h e society only publishes t h e n e t balance of Its credit a n d debtor c u r r e n t accounts* *» R e p o r t of March 31,1892. » I n c l u d i n g bills receivable. <«) Dividends. Percent. 16.56 12.00 14,179 t>25S 121 182,500 I 0 200,000 100,000 163 7,893 865 * 58,861 6,817 950 1,963 2,153 2,126 744 939 808 /154 26 10 0 3 0 120,000 80,000 60,000 25,000 62,500 25,000 60,000 | 40,000 45,000 0 0 0 6.20 5.00 12.50 2.50 6.00 3.00 3,305 9,195 454 195 • 1,544 263 1 0 30,000 16,000 15,000 | 12,000 oiQ.00 5.40 44, 610 19,250 99,842 42,553 '1,639 <9,997 (?) 20,421 0 519 400 264 1,514 153 806 734 379 924 1,028 211 546 405 587 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 30,000 20,000 20,000 10,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 5,000 5,000 3,000 8,000 22,500 15,000 10,000 6,000 6,000 51,143 (?) (?) 3,897 5,123 (?) (?) (?) 32,147 8,930 5,376 962 11,745 5,676 472 0 16 146 0 5 1 ° 0 6,000 0 0 0 0 12.00 2.80 8.67 9.895 5.31 5.00 9.44 7.00 5.20 4.50 9.00 0 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 321 T A B L E N o . 6.—SUMMARY O F BALANCE SHEETS O F T H E PRINCIPAL B.ANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31,188S-1907—Continued. [In thousands of francs.] 1892. Liabilities. Proportion of cash on Cash on hand and Discounts, at the hand and and [at the Bankl Bank of loans, of France. France toj advances. deposit liabilities (n) 00 CO Name of bank. Banque de France Credit Lyonnais Soctete* Generate pour fevoriser le d&veloppement du Commerce et de l'lndustrie en France • Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris Societe" Gfinfirale de Crddit Industriel et Commercial Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas Banque Parisienne Socle" t6 Marseillaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Depots Society Nancelenne de Credit Industriel et de Depots Soctete* Lyonnaise de Dep6ts, de Comptes Courants et de Credit Industriel Comptoir des Ardennes (Claude Lafontaine et Cie.) Caisse Industrielle du Nord Caisse Lecuyer et Cie Soctete* Francaise de Reports et de Depots Soci6t6LehideuxetCie.*> Banque R^gionale du Nord Caisse de Credit de Nice Soci£t6 Bordelaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de D6pdts Comptoir de Lorraine (Alphen Dauphin et Cie.) Banque Commerciale et Industrielle Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis • 2,979,184 *81,763 39,624 21,552 16,018 c9,781 1,065 el, 391 320 770 3,101 1,349 944 186 948 300 563 294 973 561 Per cent, (?) 19 15 16 29 (?) (?) (?) W (?) 100,752 172,272 26,807 230,106 (?) 12,404 25,964 3,252 82,881 37 * 11,339 4 5 12,011 148 (?) (?) 1,048,325 580,913 32,555 (?) (?) (?) Coupons matured Money at call and at c::d Reports. ,jsecurities short repaynotice. able. 49,493 52, 142 51,956 13,229 12,275 i 11,610 4 43,075 7,307 5,271 7,431 9,927 3,2G5 2,056 (?) (?> (?) (?) 38,387 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 846 Proportion of Syndicate money at interests Real call and Due from] and parestate at short current Securities. ticipations and furnotice to accounts. In other niture. , deposit , firms. Inabilities.! (m) (1) (g) 4,027,509 763,428 Per cent. (?) 181 244,200 251,658 113,088 70,592 15,840 97 183 207 (?) 567 (?) (?) 52,940 12.331 16 213 15,175 1,333 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 52,912 55,057 14,578 13,219 50,183 44,023 7,607 5,841 7,725 10,900 4,672 (?) 2,633 (?) (?) 139 (?) (?) 129 175 (?) (?) 3,062 6,234 °(?) 16,084 (?) 3,233 10,849 5,440 4,921 4,507 1,665 (?) (?) 5,497 (?) 1,785 2,292 184 7 0 (?) (?) Sundry Total. ProporSubNumber tion of scribed of Capital capital Accept- Banknotes Profit and| branches. Current Sundry capital. and surand In circula- Deposits. accounts. [liabilities.! loss surplus. plus to tion. account. other lia(e) (o) (e) (?) 276,997 222,516 12,240 0 0 13,197 30,000 100,352 3,046 4,363,574 1,085,711 226,515 143,870 Per cent. 7 16 38,137 115,091 63,906 ?58,030 ff 23,664 41,069 G,152 62,734 14,063 5,150 32,083 14,208 66,085 (?) (?) 6,010 2,838 3,721 7,250 3,184 2,838 3,856 1,673 290 0 34,396 * 1,383 18,109 641 440,646 365,397 146,469 170,701 43,535 73,809 80,061 21,500 82,754 25,040 21 29 19 102 152 16,452 48,527 5,119 5,198 1,785 0 0 0 0 0 251,937 136,879 161 0 81,241 17,744 20,500 4,830 38 42 0 0 1,038 (?) 0 0 57 134 0 359 33 75 3,342 57,012 61,291 14,578 29,463 50,302 47,380 18,589 15,159 13,629 15,482 13,890 9,852 11,040 5,500 6,527 13,615 13,000 2,253 5,901 5,708 3,271 11,080 24 19 75 31 39 41 15 72 19,454 (?) 740 (?) (?) 0 (?) 1,004 5,271 0 1,671 399 229 11,292 (?) 3,790 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 2,341 400 (?) 3,637 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 420 0 160 62 (?) 133 1,178 550 0 154 448 (M (g) Dividends. (0 12,104 6258 133 182,500 200,000 0 100,000 Percent. 13.54 1100 5,684 845 1,622 2,898 2,644 3,830 1,265 /156 27 10 3 0 120,000 75,000 60,000 62,500 25,000 60,000 0 45,000 0 0 5.00 5.00 12.50 6.00 4.00 3,275 6,550 3,070 189 * 1,756 387 30,000 16,000 15,000 12,000 no. oo 44,510 »2,091 47,000 500 350 41 56 70 468 0 22 147 0 231 1,410 »810 742 454 629 839 174 535 456 613 278 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 30,000 20,000 10,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 5,000 5,000 3,000 8,000 22,500 10,000 6,000 6,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 0 0 750,403 391,103 50,279 3,141 164 10,569 54,718 0 /2,843 e 96,662 86,463 61,992 73,235 11,757 33,186 5,788 3,298,240 (?) 0 (1420,402 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (d) liability of shareholders. (?) 0 35,988 (?) (?) 4,530 4,402 (?) (?) o We do not possess the report of the Bank of France at the end of the year 1892 and the figures Included in the present table have been obtained from the last weekly statement published in that year. *> Including the bureaux auxiliaires, places r&mles, and vllles rattachees. * Including balance in other banks. <i Including time certificates. * This figure includes the accounts of foreign banks and sundry current accounts. /This figure includes the number of branches and agencies contained on the list appended to the report published by the society. ?Including credits by acceptances. ft Including the Interest and dividends paid to stockholders. 'Including treasury bills. J This figure expresses the amount of check accounts. * Reports being closed semiannually, this Item only represents the profits for the second half year. * Total dividend for both half years. »> This figure includes the amount of certificates in circulation. » Deduction has been made of 5 per cent interest upon capital. o The sociele' only published the net balance of its credit and debtor current accounts. P Report of March 31,1893. 9 Including bills receivable. ©8,295 22,426 (?) 32,069 10,891 4,171 1,245 11,199 2,072 496 <<0 4.00 10.00 8.69 10.415 a oo 4.00 8.44 6.50 5.40 5.00 a 5o 3.00 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 322 TABLE No. 8.-SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEETS OF THE PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31,1888-1907—Continued. [In thousands of francs.] 1893* Liabilities. N a m e of b a n t . B a n q u e de F r a n c e Credit Lyonnals Soci6t6 G e n & a l e p o u r favoriser le d e v e l o p p c m e n t d u Commerce e t d e P I n d u s t r i e en France Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris Societe" Generate d e C r e d i t I n d u s t r i e l e t Commercial B a n q u e d e P a r i s e t des Pays^Bas r B a n q u e Parisienne Socl6t6 Marseillaise d e Credit I n d u s t r i e l e t Commercial et de Depots Society Nancfilennede Credit I n d u s t r i e l e t de D e p o t s Society L y o n n a i s e d e D e p o t s de C o m p t e s Courants e t d e Credit Industriel Credit d u N o r d C o m p t o i r des O r d e n n e s (Claude Lafontaine et Cie.) Caisse L e c u y e r e t Cie Societe" Franchise d e R e p o r t s et de D e p o t s Socio" to" L e h i d e u x e t Cie. q B a n q u e Rfigionale d u N o r d Caisse d e Crfidit d e Nice Societe" Bordelaise d e Credit I n d u s t r i e l e t d e De"p6ts C o m p t o i r d e L o r r a i n e ( A l p h e n D a u p h i n et Cie.) B a n q u e Commerclale e t Industrielle Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Proportion of cash on Cash on h a n d and] Discounts, hand and at the loans, a n d |at t h e Bank] B a n k of a d v a n c e s . of F r a n c e F r a n c e to| deposit , liabilities, (n) (h) (i) 2,974,453 c76,440 Per cent. (?) 17 1,063,877 611,221 34,616 24,203 12,863 e13,178 1,000 14 16 24 0 61 c 1,376 529 4 10 1,409 1,683 2,880 553 545 2,057 259 469 501 607 321 (?) 17 136 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) Proportion of Coupons Syndicate m o n e y at! m a t u r e d Money a t call interests a n d D u e from) a n d and parcall a n d a t Reports. a t s h o r t c u r r e n t Securities. ticipations {Securities short notice to accounts. repayin other notice. deposit able. firms. liabilities. (m) (k) (1) (g) (?) 4,038,330 782,316 Per cent. (?) 177 231,671 269,643 93,136 75,255 12,591 84 158 172 0 792 (?) (?) 46,717 12,025 137 236 (?) (?) (7) (?) (?) (?) (?) 15 0 (?) (?) 51,640 19,146 52,430 9,183 53,324 42,284 6,010 4,715 7,225 10,467 3,898" 94,655 (?) (?) 173,219 227,198 71,785 21,784 *9,954 18,252 18,242 8,004 37,640 1,334 (?) 484 2,653 303 43,739 11,496 1,602 (?) 50, 231 17,463 «(?) 49,550 (?) 8,630 (?) i 12,519 40,260 r 40,227 (?) 5,751 (?) 4,231 (?) 6,724 (?) 9,860 (?) 3,134 443 5,584 (?) 199 2,483 (?) 136 (?) (?) 104 146 (?) (?) Real Total. Sundry a n d furniture. Capital and surplus. (e) Proportion of capital a n d sur- Acceptances. plus to other liabilities. (o) Number Subof scribed Banknotes S u n d r y [Profitand! branches. capital. Current in circula- Deposits. accounts. loss liabilities. tion. account. (g) (b) (g) Reserve liability of shareholders. (d) <*> 182,500 200,000 0 100,000 Percent. 12.91 12.00 Percent. (?) 295,598 68,304 9 50,511 928,775 46,491 9,733 18,754 3,084 4,813 20,354 6,071 20,024 0 4,362 11,477 6,548 5,306 4,844 221,015 15,650 0 0 13,151 30,000 101,353 3,533 4,373,849 1,127,097 225,015 143,976 5 16 37,814 134,969 63,667 13,218 3,451 32,964 12,433 64,334 1,644 (?) 8,170 1,162 3,788 7,250 3,208 2,858 3,727 0 61,950 h 1,197 955 301 431,764 404,216 129,767 166,693 39,947 73,931 80,155 22,000 82,765 25,102 21 21 23 120 185 17,602 80,159 8,476 9,705 2,041 0 0 0 0 0 1,673 290 288 15 76,994 18,044 21,000 4,800 42 40 16,846 (?) (?) (?) 543 56,996 40,405 58,501 29,365 53,412 46,803 17,620 14,818 13,398 15,385 12,699 9,894 5,007 11,202 6,538 13,641 13,000 2,270 5,925 5,812 3,334 11,093 24 15 20 30 36 42 16 77 87 33 827 1,552 5,033 9,562 2,630 I (?) (») (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 2,174 299 (?) 4,203 V 77 in (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 388 (?) 158 44 198 (?) 133 994 550 0 154 440 (?) 0 44 . 161 0 387 18 74 3,333 (?) (?) 2,608 6 1,053 4,862 0 1,277 363 25 Dividends. 577,710 392,376 55,029 2,248 12,329 5258 141 254,376 147,375 54,151 0 i 1,614 <84,355 75,598 42,639 63,837 9,056 170 16,971 529 6,917 846 1,330 3,958 1,972 3,469 1,288 /156 44 10 3 0 120,000 75,000 60,000 62,500 25,000 60,000 0 45,000 0 0 5.00 5.00 11.66 6.00 4 00 0 0 33,943 5,085 3,058 7,473 i 1,765 353 1 0 30,000 16.000 15,000 12,000 /10.00 5.60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43,564 20,070 »9,617 44,056 °2,lll 19,859 0 39,180 (?) 31,425 (?) 10,307 (?) 4,521 3,812 4,941 787 11,161 (?) 1,316 (?) 1,463 269 P827 305 567 877 181 539 432 527 235 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 30,000 20,000 20,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 5,000 5,000 3,000 8,000 22,500 15,000 10,000 6,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 0 0 10.00 3.20 8.77 5.00 4.00 8.59 7.00 5.80 5.00 8.00 2.50 3,478,281 (?) 0 d 441,200 o W e do n o t possess t h e report of t h e B a n k of F r a n c e a t t h e e n d of t h e year 1893 a n d t h e figures Included in t h e present table h a v e b e e n obtained from t h e last weekly s t a t e m e n t published in t h a t year. & I n c l u d i n g t h e b u r e a u x auxiliaires, places reunles, a n d villes r a t t a c h e e s . * I n c l u d i n g balance i n other b a n k s , d I n c l u d i n g t i m e certificates. *ThIs figure includes t h e accounts of foreign b a n k s a n d s u n d r y c u r r e n t accounts. / T h i s figure Includes t h e n u m b e r of branches a n d agencies contained o n t h e list a p p e n d e d to t h e report published b y t h e societe. ^ I n c l u d i n g credits b y acceptances. * I n c l u d i n g t h e I n t e r e s t a n d d i v i d e n d s paid t o stockholders. i I n c l u d i n g t r e a s u r y bills. / T h i s figure expresses t h e a m o u n t of check accounts. * R e p o r t s being closed s e m i a n n u a l l y , this Item o n l y represents t h e profits for t h e second half year. * Total d i v i d e n d for b o t h half years. » T h e reports published b y t h e b a n k c o n t a i n no i t e m for t h e participations, securities o w n e d , a n d reports. » This figure includes t h e total a m o u n t of cash accounts a n d all notes p a y a b l e to bearer. o T h i s figure includes t h e a m o u n t of certificates i n circulation. v Deduction h a s b e e n m a d e of 5 per c e n t interest u p o n c a p i t a l . 9 R e p o r t of March 31,1894. ' I n c l u d i n g bills receivable. 523 409 305 55 18 453 0 21 149 0 30 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 323 T A B L E N o . 5.—SUMMARY O F BALANCE SHEETS O F T H E PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31,1888-1907—Continued. [ I n t h o u s a n d s of francs.] 1894. Assets. N a m e of b a n k . B a n q u e de France Credit Lyonnais Soctete" G£n6rale p o u r favoriser le dfiveloppement d u Commerce e t d e l'lndustrie e n F r a n c e . Comptoir National d'Escompfe de Paris Soctete" G6n£rale d e Credit I n d u s t r i e l e t Commercial B a n q u e d e P a r i s e t des P a y s - B a s B a n q u e Parisieune ...Soti€t6 Marseillaise d e C r e d i t I n d u s t r i e l e t Commercial e t d e D e p d t s Societe* N a n c & e u n n e d e Credit I n d u s t r i e l e t de D e p d t s Socl6te* L y o n n a i s e d e D 6 p 6 t s , d e Comptes Courants e t de Credit Industriel Credit d u N o r d --..., C o m p t o i r des A r d e n n e s (Claude L a f o n t a i n e e t C i e . ) B a n q u e Suisse e t Franchise CalsseLecuyeretCie . S o c i e ^ Franchise d e R e p o r t s e t d e D e p o t s SocteteLehideuxetCie.* B a n q u e Rfigionale d u N o r d B a n q u e B e r n h a r d t Carpentier . Caisse d e C r e d i t d e Nice * Soctete* Bordelaise d e Credit I n d u s t r i e l e t Commercial e t d e Depots Comptoir d e Lorraine (Alphen Dauphin e t C i e . ) B a n q u e Commerciale e t Industrielle Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Proportion of cash o n Cash on h a n d and' Discounts, at the hand and and |at t h e Bank) B a n k of loans, of France, F r a n c e to advances. deposit liabilities. (n) 00 (i) 3,311,540 «91,171 35,277 29,184 11,411 c29,271 455 Per cent. (?) 18 14 1,623 2,754 5,142 293 1,687 429 2,188 427 1,921 69G 283 1,857 211 (?) (?) 4,866 4,240,850 919,336 282,465 Per cent. (?) 190 100 21 259,557 71,876 24,417 <7,183 37,517 10,309 65,339 3,848 (?) 2,163 3,237 415 326,258 95,759 122,264 11,901 7 7 44,034 14,145 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 19 257 8 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 52,545 25,751 45,462 2,001 10,120 i 13,926 • 41,913 3,759 8,506 4,555 7,062 9,802 1,862 Heal estate a n d furniture. Total. Sundry (*) (?) 162,887 24,806 (?) (?) Proportion of Coupons Syndicate o n e y at] m a t u r e d Money a t m interests call a n d |Due from' a n d call a n d a t a t s h o r t c u r r e n t Securities. a n d p a r R e p o r t s . [securities short ticipations notice t o accounts. repaynotice. i n other deposit able. firms. liabilities.! (m) (1) (e) 929,310 665,278 217,516 15 23 c2,406 417 Liabilities. 1,559 (?) (?) 3,052 (?) 51,904 (?) (?) 0 (?) (?) (?) 1,025 1 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 21 (?) (?) (?) Capital and surplus. (e) ProporNumber Subtion of of scribed capital Banknotes S u n d r y Profit and! branches. capital. Current a n d sur- Accepti n circulaDeposits. loss ances. accounts. liabilities. account. plus to tion. other liabilities. (o) (g) (g) 337,365 88,564 0 0 67,646 19,144 30,000 4,174 90,834 7,268 0 4,571,893 1,312,780 490,883 225,015 i n , 475 73,761 5 17 18 34,328 136,103 42,305 169 193 (?) 540 962,255 9 34,012 46,712 9,277 13,783 3,521 35,482 11,183 5,852 (?) 12,310 1,016 7,250 3,214 2,838 2,223 77,111 *801 4,033 2,047 482,509 137,307 223,639 37,647 80,438 22,000 82,415 21,090 23 21 65 142 83,342 11,895 10,561 1,469 0 0 0 0 47,999 14,562 152 243 16,235 4,074 1,673 280 1,884 68 76,410 20,413 21,500 4,900 43 35 16,990 (?) 0 0 54.1G8 28,505 50,604 5,347 11,807 66,259 44,101 4,186 10,427 5,272 7,345 11,719 3,098 (?) 197 2,532 154 (?) 4,694 19,844 7,353 939 21,717 (?) (m) (?) 380 1,150 556 4,592 9,995 1,683 5,904 5,163 4,421 679 (?) (?) (?) 9 49 0 462 112 0 *738 348 4 115 24 9,936 5,109 11,367 1,000 6,538 13,666 13,000 2,288 4,333 5,930 5,873 3,392 6,367 23 12 20 19 25 27 40 20 75 87 88 32 373 1,226 (?) 60,012 49,598 57,957 6,338 33,678 66,768 43,805 14,314 13,022 13,852 13,327 16,255 (?) 146 (?) (?) 124 140 (?) (?) 8,619 1,429 (?) n 313 (?) (?) 0 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 1,623 265 (?) 4,170 (?) (?) (?) 221 3 154 47 (?) 133 174 705 550 0 8,331 (?) 3,608 (?) 192 6,083 1 1,866 3,277 0 0 486 220 82 Dividends. (0 Percent. 221,015 18,811 48,034 (?) (d) (b) liability of shareholders. 12,428 1,568 &258 157 /184 182,500 200,000 120,000 0 66,830 60,000 Percent. 11.70 9.15 5.00 27,322 81 19,776 1,828 4,025 1,692 5,387 1,048 50 10 3 0 75,000 60,000 62,500 20,000 0 45,000 0 0 5.00 10.00 7.00 5.00 4,472 8,453 397 666 * 1,490 396 1 3 30,000 16,000 15,000 12,000 no. oo 47, 541 «14,534 25,458 33,582 ol,993 1,644 i3,468 20,693 0 38,833 (?) 32,601 (?) 8,569 (?) 7,429 0 3,103 4,247 1,138 5,263 12,106 (?) 1,624 (?) 0 625 258 0 58 13,550 443 0 0 19 181 0 55 1,309 264 J>752 34 300 718 895 180 1,260 553 386 537 203 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 30,000 20,000 20,000 1,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 8,000 5,000 5,000 3,000 6,000 22,500 15,000 10,000 0 6,000 0 0 6,000 3,761 0 0 0 0 8.00 5.00 8.43 4.00 5.00 5.00 &72 7.00 7.30 6.00 4.00 7.75 3.00 3,481,571 (?) 0 d481,033 0 258,053 745,858 501,379 * 115,013 85,121 4,362 192,648 49,672 0 i2,202 94,734 51,967 105,500 10,010 31,561 5,998 a W e do n o t possess t h e report of t h e B a n k of F r a n c e a t t h e e n d of t h e y e a r 1894 a n d t h e figures Included i n t h e p r e s e n t table h a v e been obtained from t h e last weekly s t a t e m e n t published In t h a t year. & I n c l u d i n g t h e b u r e a u x auxiliaires, places rfiunles, a n d villes rattachees. * I n c l u d i n g balance i n other b a n k s , tf I n c l u d i n g t i m e certificates. <Thls figure includes t h e accounts of foreign b a n k s a n d s u n d r y c u r r e n t accounts. / T h i s figure includes t h e n u m b e r of b r a n c h e s a n d agencies contained on t h e list appended" to t h e report p u b l i s h e d b y t h e Soci6te". 9 I n c l u d i n g credits b y acceptances. * I n c l u d i n g t h e i n t e r e s t a n d dividends p a i d to stockholders. tIncluding treasury bills. / T h i s figure expresses t h e a m o u n t of check accounts. * R e p o r t s being closed semiannually, this i t e m o n l y represents t h e profits for t h e second half year. * Total d i v i d e n d for b o t h half years. *»The reports published b y t h e b a n k contain no i t e m for t h e participations, securities o w n e d , a n d reports. » T h i s figure includes t h e total a m o u n t of cash accounts a n d all notes p a y a b l e to bearer. o T h i s figure includes t h e a m o u n t of certificates i n circulation. P D e d u c t i o n h a s b e e n m a d e of 5 per c e n t Interest u p o n c a p i t a l . 9 I n c l u d i n g t h e i t e m s " F o n d s Publics, C o m p t e s d ' o r d r e . " * R e p o r t of March 31, 1895. * I n c l u d i n g bills receivable. (°) 6.40 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 324 TABLE No. 5.—SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEETS OF THE PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31,1888-1907—Continued. [In thousands of francs.] 1895. Assets. Proportion of cash on Cash on hand and] Discounts, hand and at the and [at the Bank] Bank of loans, of France. France toj advances. , deposit , liabilities, (n) (i) (b) Name of bank. Banque de France Credit Lyonnais Soci6t6 Generate pour favoriser le deVeloppement du Commerce et de 1'Industrie en France Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris SoctetS Ge"n6rale de Credit Industriel et Commercial Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas Banque Parisienne Society Marseillaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Depots Society Nanc&enne de Credit Industriel et de Depots Socifitfi Lyonnaise, de DSpots, de Comptes Courants et de Credit Industriel Credit duNord Comptoir des Ardennes (Claude Lafontaine et Cie.) Banque Suisse et Frangalse Caisse Lecuyer et Cie Society Frangalse de Reports et de Depots Society Lehideuxet Cie.* B an que Regionale du Nord Banque Bernhardt Carpentier Caisse de Credit de Nice Society Bordelaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Depdts Comptoir de Lorraine (Alphen Messein et Cie.) Banque Commerciale et Industrielle Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 3,202,920 "105,883 44,300 35,043 13,721 ••30,913 1,094 Per cent. (?) 23 • 1,413 1,501 3,844 299 1,396 951 2,133 329 1,897 S0G 390 1,455 291 (k) Per cent, (?) 197 291,238 356,761 91,337 100,632 10,703 116 166 186 (?) 639 114,738 082,775 029,674 54,595 12,755 (?) (?) 39,748 16,811 138 237 17,228 5,666 (?) (?) (?) 45 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 31 1 (?) (?) 49,301 24,949 49,256 (?) 214 2,675 158 (?) 165 (?) (?) (?) 133 146 (?) (?) 3,959 20,104 7,059 1,626 19,354 0 4,033 9,580 2,099 6,805 5,431 5,322 507 (?) 88,604 (?) (?) 65 222,154 305,949 68,244 44,925 /5,715 19,459 15,769 7,762 22,940 3,650 5,325 (?) 1,610 1,854 244 6 7 35,922 16,313 1,908 (?) (?) (?) 13 209 10 (?) 3 (?) (?) (?) 20 8 (?) (?) 47,948 23,448 45,412 2,532 8,685 /33,581 t 38,549 7,253 8,944 4,571 6,551 9,063 1,384 »(?) (?) 2,025 (?) 28,742 (?) (?) 0 (?) (?) (?) 1,350 Proportion of Syndicate money at1 interests Heal call and ;Due from and parestate at short current Securities. ticipations and furnotice to accounts. in other niture. deposit , firms. [liabilities.! (m) (1) (g) 4,339,785 833,130 1,136,865 638,643 17 16 28 e 1,918 498 Coupons matured Money at , and call and at Reports. securities short repaynotice. able. Liabilities. 4,901 10,081 63,274 40,682 7,582 10,841 5,408 6,942 10,518 3,025 Sundry Total. ProporNumber tion of of Capital capital Accept- Banknotes Profit and] branches.; Current j Sundry and and sur- ances. in circula- Deposits. loss accounts, 'liabilities, account. surplus. plus to tion. other liabilities. (o) (e) (g) (b) <*> Sub- Reserve scribe* jssssar (d) (0 Per cent. (?) 221,015 20,402 0 0 19,226 30,000 44,641 1,017 4,624,667 1,208,137 225,015 213,465 53,565 13,530 5,040 41,165 10,584 67,623 3,627 4,252 7,250 3,214 2,838 2,164 0 69,344 <699 3,873, 1,852 531,416 533,287 129,964 212,003 38,162 1,673 270 498 0 439 477 (?) r203 0 74 82 0 *731 228 3 129 20 (?) 8,900 104 11,864 1,017 (?) (?) (?) <•) (?) »618 (?) (?) (?) 10 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 1,441 259 (?) 3,971 373 0 (?) (?) (?) (?) 4 147 (?) 0 (?) (?) (?) 466 133 184 670 550 0 77 5 23 21,376 131,616 73,830 105,699 22,000 83,239 20,986 70 136 71,011 23,764 21,750 5,000 53,759 46,521 56,315 6,744 29,582 63,378 44,797 17,295 13,855 14,552 13,185 15,969 8,000 10,500 5,224 11,518 1,003 6,538 13,699 13,000 2,306 6,016 5,935 5,913 3,449 6,378 3,484,935 0 "418 0) l>260 182,500 200,000 0 31,068 Percent. 10.72 8.07 1,491 5,201 1,680 8,013 1,057 /211 70 15 3 0 120,000 100,000 60,000 62,500 20,000 60,000 2,081 45,000 0 0 5.00 5.00 10.00 8.00 5.00 581 1,567 U,477 402 1 3 30,000 16,000 15,000 12,000 «10.00 6.40' 0 420 207 rl7 47 10,513 451 0 0 20 139 0 216 837 187 9606 241 30,000 20,000 20,000 1,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 22,500 15,000 10,000 0 6,000 0 0 6,000 2,143 0 0 0 0 8.00 5.00 7.76 5.00 5.00 5.00 8.55 7.00 7 50 6.00 3.00 7.75 3.00 («) 024 841,274 427,910 52,067 3,433 13,689 54,753 89,286 7,314 8,453 675 250,774 0 0 A 214,800 49,005 0 0 0 0 *1,673 «150,386 89,651 49,444 97,412 11,348 182 28,650 521 14,886 2,423 50 29 16,526 0 0 28,570 7,094 2,107 9,701 27 13 21 1,007 41, 415 22,834 0 11,631 Pi, 841 42,143 *3,103 1,853 19,228 0 38,426 (?) 29,176 (?) 10,043 (?) 0,480 0 3,966 4,059 1,256 4,739 11,497 (?> 1,226 29 45 17 113 SO 90 32 439 (?) 6,225 (?) 527 3,460 63 1,309 4,763 0 0 795 535 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 « We do not possess the report of the Bank of France at the end of the year 1895 and the figures Included in the present table have been obtained from the last weekly statement published in that year. b Including the bureaux auxiliaires, places reunies, and vllles rattachdes. c Including balance in other banks. d Including time certificates. e This figure Includes the accounts of foreign banks and sundry .current accounts. / This figure includes the number of branches and agencies contained on the list appended to the report published by the societg. 9 Including credits by acceptances. h Including time deposits and certificates. i Including the interest and dividends paid to stockholders. /Including treasury bills. * This figures expresses the amount of check accounts. ' Reports being closed semiannually, this item only represents the profits for the second half year. « Total dividend for both half years. « The reports published by the bank contain no item for the participations, securities owned, and reports. o This figure includes the total amount of cash accounts and all notes payable to bearer. v This figure includes the amount of certificates in circulation. g Deduction has been made of 5 per cent interest upon capital. r Including the items " Fonds publics, comptes d'ordre." * Report of March 31,1890. t Including bills receivable. Dividends. 309 677 861 183 1,359 572 343 488 192 8,000 8,000 5,000 5,000 3,000 6,000 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 325 TABLE No. 5.-SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEETS OF THE PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31, 188S-1907—Continued. [In thousands of francs.] 1896. Assets. Proportion of cash o n Cash o n h a n d a n d Discounts, , hand and at the loans, a n d a t t h e Bank) B a n k of a d v a n c e s . of F r a n c e . F r a n c e to] . deposit , liabilities. (n) (h) (I) N a m e of b a n k . Banque de France Credit L y o n n a i s Socle* t<S Generate p o u r favoriser le developpement d u Commerce et de l l n d u s - 40,415 32,166 15,495 c 16,890 431 trie en France Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris Soctete" Generate d e Credit I n d u s t r i e l e t Commercial B a n q u e d e P a r i s e t des P a y s - B a s B a n q u e Parisienne --• — * Soctete* L y o n n a i s e d e D e p o t s , d e Comptes C o u r a n t s et de Credit Industriel Credit d u N o r d . C o m p t o i r des A r d e n n e s (Claude Lafontaine e t Cie.) Caisse I n d u s t r i e l l e d u N o r d Soci6t6 L e h i d e u x e t C i e . * Banque Resonate du Nord. B a n q u e B e r n h a r d t Carpentier Caisse d e C r e d i t d e Nice SociGte Bordelaise d e Credit I n d u s t r i e l e t Commercial e t de Ddpots C o m p t o i r d e L o r r a i n e (Messein, Weille et Cie.) B a n q u e Commerciale e t Industrielle Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Per cent. (?) 25 *-** 1,682 1,875 3,987 696 867 971 181 2,311 379 3,847 421 217 1,391 276 21 273,830 323,023 79,785 37,731 5,859 8,855 33,574 5,088 37,317 3,638 4 6 43,416 18,112 (?) (?) 32 a (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) Proportion of Syndicate m o n e y at] interests call a n d D u e from) a n d para t short c u r r e n t Securities. ticipations notice t o accounts. i n other , deposit firms. liabilities. 1 , (m) (1) Real estate a n d furniture. Total. Sundry (g) Capital and surplus. 1,371 (?) " 48,737 20,357 M?) 47,756 (?) 13,500 (?) 2,156 2,127 6,269 (?) 38,895 * 27,375 « 35,396 (?) 6,204 (?) 9,339 0 6,132 (?) 6,804 (?) 7,913 (?) 1,012 1,005 Proportion of capital a n d sur- Acceptances. plus to other liabilities. (e) (o) Per cent. (?) 142,710 (?) (?) 00 1,568,656 680,689 14 11 30 c 1,241 440 Soctete* Marseillaise d e Credit I n d u s t r i e l et Commercial et de D e p o t s Societe* N a n c e l e n n e de Credit I n d u s t r i e l et de D e p o t s B a n q u e Suisse e t Franchise Caisse L c c u y e r e t Cie Societe" Franchise d e R e p o r t s e t de Depots 3,142,859 c 115,659 Coupons m a t u r e d Money a t and call a n d a t R e p o r t s . [securities short repaynotice. able. Liabilities. (g) 4,711,515 939,058 (?) 209 (?) 339,865 221,015 15,465 0 0 18,817 30,000 40,756 1,217 4,992,103 1,325,605 225,015 244,622 Per cent. 5 24 18,936 130,467 329,301 388,763 101,297 93,723 10,445 113 144 194 (?) 132,821 ? 94,649 (7 26,026 50,972 9,290 53,956 25,040 4,836 46,733 9,096 69,782 5,289 (?) 7,141 192 4,496 7,250 3,214 2,838 2,111 0 91,052 <681 3,435 1,880 590,356 612,043 136,054 204,842 33,014 73,821 108,144 22,000 86,835 21,038 15 22 21 83 202 (?) (?) 46,028 18,552 153 249 18,709 5,648 (?) 4,040 260 184 0 80,373 25,727 22,000 5,100 (?) (?) (?) (?) 50,419 22,232 51,743 14,196 5,151 7,240 66,451 37,707 6,583 13,180 6,583 7,021 9,304 2,293 (?) 191 4,539 21,017 7,364 (?) 578 347 544 55,305 45,709 59,107 14,196 7,889 23,818 66,526 48,498 18,127 15,995 14,677 13,551 14,301 10,500 5,270 11,639 5,500 2,219 6,538 13,731 13,000 2,324 6,701 5,950 5,672 3,741 5,738 (?) (?) 6,201 (?) 929 1,785 517 1 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 2,040 (?) 188 (?) 142 (?) (?) (?) 120 146 (?) (?) «(?) 2,671 16,429 0 4,666 11,411 1,850 7,187 5,693 4,881 231 11,412 1,267 (?) (m) (?) (?) (?) »»1,338 (?) (?) 6 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 186 273 (?) 4,478 0 4 149 25 (?) 0 (?) (?) (?) 365 485 550 0 37 (?) 0 1-57 0 50 125 0 <770 236 9 116 20 7,424 SubNumber scribed of Banknotes Profit and] branches. S u n d r y Current capital. I n circula- D e p o s i t s . accounts. loss liabilities. account. tion. 14,079 0 0 Per cent. 11.97 7.00 198 29,183 1,006 14,147 2,084 1,505 5,322 1,677 6,431 1,052 /249 74 18 3 0 120,000 100,000 60,000 62,500 20,000 60,000 0 45,000 0 0 5.00 5.00 10.00 9.00 5.00 2,841 943 i 1,426 423 1 3 30,000 16,000 15,000 12,000 U0.00 7.20 232 40 *220 37 5,078 415 0 0 154 3 0 207 890 218 P675 733 201 356 758 351 200 1,401 565 313 508 345 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 30,000 20,000 20,000 10,000 2,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 8,000 5,000 5,000 3,200 5,000 22,500 15,000 10,000 6,000 0 6,000 0 0 6,000 1,517 0 0 0 0 6,873 64,108 100,487 7,055 15,018 1,143 281,526 h268,613 52,156 0 /1,983 e169,198 100,294 52,160 82,411 5,714 41 27 20,976 30,039 7,444 3,091 11,812 26 13 21 78 44 41 28 46 16 102 79 79 42 900 4,679 453 (?) (?) 1,289 838 S3 1,511 5,085 0 0 1,993 448 20 42, 1C3 23,359 »11,590 44,601 ol,960 *7,923 (?) 1,225 /2,735 16,049 0 (?) 46,876 27,221 (?) 10,518 (?) 7,893 0 2,899 5,109 749 4,821 9,604 (?) 1,114 (?) o w e d o n o t possess t h e report of t h e B a n k of F r a n c e a t t h e e n d of t h e y e a r 1S96, a n d t h e figures Included i n t h e p r e s e n t table h a v e been o b t a i n e d from t h e last weekly s t a t e m e n t published In t h a t year. & I n c l u d i n g t h e b u r e a u x auxillalres, places reunies, a n d villes rattachees. c I n c l u d i n g balance i n o t h e r b a n k s , rf I n c l u d i n g t i m e certificates. * T h i s figure includes t h e accounts of foreign b a n k s a n d s u n d r y c u r r e n t accounts. / T h e soctete' h a d , I n addition, a t t h e e n d of 1896, a b o u t 23 t e m p o r a r y offices. 9 I n c l u d i n g credits b y acceptances. * I n c l u d i n g t i m e deposits a n d certificates. i I n c l u d i n g t h e Interest a n d dividends p a i d to stockholders. i T h i s figure expresses t h e a m o u n t of check accounts. * R e p o r t s being closed s e m i a n n u a l l y , this Item only represents t h e profits for t h e second half year. i Total d i v i d e n d for b o t h half years. w T h e reports published b y t h e b a n k c o n t a i n n o i t e m for t h e participations, securities o w n e d , a n d reports. » T h i s figure includes t h e total a m o u n t of cash accounts a n d all notes p a y a b l e to bearer. * T h i s figure Includes t h e a m o u n t of certificates i n circulation. p D e d u c t i o n h a s b e e n m a d e of 5 per c e n t interest u p o n capital. s T h e societe only publishes t h e n e t b a l a n c e of Its credit a n d debtor c u r r e n t accounts. *" I n c l u d i n g t h e i t e m s " F o n d s publics, c o m p t e s d ' o r d r e . " * I n c l u d i n g t r e a s u r y bills. t R e p o r t of March 31,1897. « I n c l u d i n g bills receivable. (f) 182,500 200,000 843,017 482,085 (?) Dividends. 6260 187 <*) (?) d 447,479 3,838, (d) (b) (g) Reserve liability of shareholders. 8.00 5.00 8.08 10.415 5.00 0 5.00 6.85 7.00 7.50 6.00 3.00 7.75 3.50 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 326 TABIiE N o . 5.—SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEETS OF THE PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31, 188&-1907—Continued. [In thousands of francs.] 1897. Assets. Proportion of cash on Cash on hand and| Discounts, at the hand and loans, a n d at the Bank] Bank of a d v a n c e s . of France. France to] deposit liabilities (n) (n) (i) Name of bank. Banque de France Credit Lyonnals Society Gfinfirale pour favoriser le dfiveloppement du Commerce et de Tlndustrie en France Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris Society Generate de Credit Industriel et Commercial Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas Banque Parisienne Socifitfi Lyonnaise de D6p6ts, de Comptes Courants, et de Credit Industriel Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 51,035 40,994 15,208 ell, 974 744 Per cent. (?) 22 • 1,717 1,773 4,405 1,147 419 1,274 112 1,542 150 3t773 200 507 1,892 255 (?) 167,057 39 320,738 368,378 73,627 55,395 7,364 8,236 49,734 17,550 54,092 2,623 6 12 47,398 18,541 (?) (?) 14 218 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) Proportion of Syndicate Coupons m o n e y at] interests m a t u r e d Money a t call a n d D u e from| and parand call a n d a t a t s h o r t c u r r e n t Securities. R e p o r t s . [securities ticipations short notice t o accounts. in other repaynotice. deposit . firms. able. liabilities.! 1,519,851 703,114 17 15 27 c 1,661 812 Sedate* Marseillaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Depots SociStfi Nanc&enne de Credit Industriel et de De"p6ts CrfiditduHord Comptoir des Ardennes (Claude Lafontaine et Cie.) Caisse Industrielle du Hord Banque Suisse et Franchise Caisse Lecuyer et Cie Socie*t6 Frangaise de Reports et de Dgpdts Soci6t6LehldeuxetCie.< Banque RGgfonale du Nord Banque Bernhardt Carpentler Caisse de Credit de Nice Society Bordelaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de D6p6ts Comptoir de Lorraine (Messein Weille et Cie.) Banque Commerclale et Industrielle 3,158,634 c99,G34 Liabilities. 49,755 18,070 47,428 13,829 2,848 8,374 * 18,730 «40,077 6,504 10,907 8,329 6,849 11,364 751 1,423 (?) (?) 6,901 (?) 2,168 4,030 446 (?) (?) (?) •(?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 45 1,249 (?) 45,535 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 35 0 0 (?) (?) (?) 1,139 (?) (?) (m) 00 (1) 4,678,485 969,805 Per cent. (?) 216 386,910 465,100 108,553 125,491 11,177 50,482 19,353 51,472 19,843 51,833 14,976 4,561 9,648 64,377 41,619 6,654 14,740 8,624 7,356 13,256 2,145 Real estate . a n d furniture. Total. Sundry (g) Capital and surplus. Proportion of capital a n d surplus to other liabilities. Acceptances. (e) (o) (g) (?) 378,101 221,015 8,477 0 0 18,562 30,000 31,102 1,166 4,949,164 1,387,549 225,015 248,277 Per cent. 5 24 15,561 138,459 117,116 133 149 ff100,590 191 0 30,075 (?) 68,489 598 13,186 53,004 26,579 3,385 49,068 8,807 62,905 6,563 4,784 7,250 3,214 2,858 2,060 0 78,629 *661 2,662 1,406 624,719 684,723 145,888 256,304 38,807 73,826 108,568 22,000 86,353 21,091 14 20 19 58 133 4,040 250 148 0 79,276 28,128 22,200 5,200 (?) 570 1,241 (?) (?) 57,170 48,211 58,141 14,976 9,857 23,106 64,463 46,479 20,821 18,913 16,006 14,109 18,558 10,500 5,344 11,774 5,500 2,291 6,000 13,767 13,000 4,344 7,276 6,000 5,680 3,803 5,905 173 287 13,252 7,796 (?) 160 4,457 25,850 6,308 2,573 (?) 665 (?) 138 (?) (?) (?) 152 139 (?) (?) ?(?) 5,065 13,312 0 4,686 14,034 3,166 6,251 5,690 4,598 401 (?) 7,736 2,171 11,354 729 | (7) (?) (?) m 1,470 (t») (?) (?) (?) 0 4 146 21 (?) 13 (?) (?) (?) (?) 487 615 4,693 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 257 (?) 133 189 538 550 0 37 •478 0 r2l4 0 65 174 0 iSIS 305 22 7,555 Number Subof scribed Banknotes Profitand] Current Sundry branches. capital. i n circula- Deposits. loss accounts. liabilities. tion. account. (g) 3,809, (b) (0 20,010 182,500 200,000 0 0 Per cent. 11.35 8.00 229 40,961 2,111 18,687 3,207 1,546 5,309 1,691 8,038 1,077 /256 104 19 3 0 120,000 100,000 60,000 62,500 20,000 60,000 0 45,000 0 0 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 2,987 14,503 3,307 1,200 * 1,545 473 30,000 16,000 15,000 12,000 no. oo 42, 799 ft 12,376 24,113 o2,014 43,497 5 8,690 (?) /6S6 4,152 0 16,015 46,667 (?) (?) 30,938 10,617 (?) 10,148 0 3,993 5,427 739 5,287 13,060 (?) 979 (?) 1,292 406 185 40 r284 45 3,150 428 0 0 0 4 0 349 1,054 238 J>671 746 254 92 872 755 322 30,000 20,000 20,000 10,000 2,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 8,000 5,000 5,000 3,200 5,000 22,500 15,000 10,000 6,000 0 6,000 0 0 4,000 988 0 0 0 0 833,299 529,597 60,237 2,752 67,156 103,947 12,565 15,589 5,030 288,878 * 310,384 56,635 0 il,868 «193,084 115,554 50,886 127,637 6,534 42 25 20,031 29,206 6,752 25 13 21 72 34 36 29 42 28 86 69 74 37 422 1,525 5,734 (?) (?) 2,190 954 7 1,358 5,538 0 0 2,098 1,146 117 Dividends. &260 194 (?) d448,454 (?) (d) Reserve liability of shareholders. a W e d o n o t possess t h e report of t h e B a n k of F r a n c e a t t h e e n d of t h e year 1897, a n d t h e figures included i n t h e present table h a v e been obtained from t h e last weekly s t a t e m e n t published i n t h a t year. b I n c l u d i n g t h e b u r e a u s auxiliaires, places rgunies, a n d villes rattachees. e I n c l u d i n g balance in other b a n k s . d I n c l u d i n g t i m e certificates. « T h i s figure Includes t h e accounts of foreign b a n k s a n d s u n d r y c u r r e n t accounts. / T h e Soctete* h a d , in addition, a t t h e e n d of 1897, a b o u t 24 t e m p o r a r y offices. ff I n c l u d i n g credits b y acceptances. A I n c l u d i n g time deposits a n d certificates. t I n c l u d i n g t h e interest a n d dividends p a i d t o stockholders. / T h i s figure expresses t h e a m o u n t of check accounts. * R e p o r t s being closed semiannually, this item only represents t h e profits for t h e second half year. 1 T o t a l d i v i d e n d for b o t h half years. m T h e reports published b y t h e b a n k contain n o item for t h e participations, securities owned, a n d reports. » T h i s figure includes t h e total a m o u n t of cash accounts a n d all notes p a y a b l e t o bearer. o T h i s figure includes t h e a m o u n t of certificates i n circulation. p Deduction h a s been m a d e of 5 p e r cent interest u p o n capital. « T h e Socle* to* only publishes t h e n e t balance of its credit a n d d e b t o r c u r r e n t accounts. r Including t h e items, " F o n d s publics, Comptes d ' o r d r e . " s Including treasury bills. * R e p o r t of March 31, 1898. *» Including bills receivable. 1,489 586 301 549 205 8.00 9.60 5.00 8.06 10.415 5.00 0 5.40 8.00 6.25 7.70 6.00 3.50 8.00 3.50 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION, 327 TABLE No. 5.—SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEETS OF THE PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31, 1888-1907—Continued. [In thousands of francs.] 1898. Liabilities. Proportion of cash on Cash on hand and Discounts, hand and at the and at the Bank| Bank of • loans, of France. France to) advances. , deposit liabilities. (n) 00 (0 Name of bank. Banque de France Credit Lyonnais Society G6n£rale pour favoriser le dGveloppement du Commerce et de 1'Industrie en France Comptoir National d'Eseompte de Paris Socifite" Generate de Creclit Industriel et Commercial Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas Banque Parisienne 1,109 2,389 2,858 Societe" Lyonnaise de Dfipdts, de Comptes Courants et de Credit Industriel. Credit duNord Comptoir des Ardennes (Claude Lafontaine et Cie.) . Socie'te* Franchise de Banque etdeDepfits* Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 54,338 40,188 17,020 614,339 373 Per cent. (?) 30 , 1,423 788 555 1,237 305 1,750 125 3,453 645 358 1,002 144 , 624 , , Reports. 1,497,681 757,939 (?) 124,942 17 325,269 403,332 67,119 46,910 9,695 5,122 40,798 19,414 35,148 2,245 5 11 53,775 18,998 IS 12 28 (?) 61,800 730 Societe" Marseillaise de Creclit Industriel et Commercial et de D6p$ts Socifite* Nancelenne de Credit Industriel et de D6p6ts Banque privet, Industrielle, Commerciale, Coloniale, Lyon, Marseille Caisse Industrielle du Nord Banque Suisse et Franchise Caisse LecuyeretCie Socifite" Francaise de Reports et de Depots Soctete* Lehideux et Cie.« Banque Rggionale du Nord Banque Commerciale d'Escompte de Paris Caisse de Credit de Nice Societe" Bordelaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Depots Comptoir de Lorraine (Messein Weille et Cie.) Banque Commerciale et Industrielle 3,035,194 6149,310 Proportion of Syndicate Coupons at| interests Real matured Money at money call and Due from| and parestate and call and at at short current Securities. ticipations and fursecurities short notice to accounts.! in other niture. repaynotice. , deposit firms. able. Inabilities. (m) (k) (g) 0) (?) 18 130 30 (?) 38 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 12 48, 473 20,919 47,896 19,413 16,080 5,442 8,949 140,588 v 44,083 4,628 10,895 9,572 6,213 10,139 1,353 »7,087 4,532,875 1,032,191 (?) (?) 7,795 (?) 2,509 469 126 392,524 484,318 106,062 96,866 12,439 221,014 8,477 0 0 18,651 30,000 2,103 1,226 4,774,643 1,465,641 225,015 252,288 Percent. 5 23 13,369 155,794 127 133,308 146 /111, 490 175 /35,043 65,111 (?) 12,315 582 54,718 24,527 5,632 53,231 11,225 64,412 10,326 (?) 9,363 2,117 4,769 7,250 3,214 3,586 2,042 0 74,487 hm 2,722 2,343 649,731 712,398 150,779 230,879 42,481 73,862 108,967 22,000 87,795 21,144 13 19 19 71 109 12,945 (?) 667 4,040 240 170 27 85,754 25,978 26,295 5,300 (?) (?) (0 U,136 (?) (?) 644 (?) 58 0 5 143 10 (?) 133 212 535 550 0 37 53,639 57,425 57,531 (?) (?) 57,755 19,728 158 294 10,844 5,316 (?) (?) (?) (?) 49,582 23,308 50,754 (?) 181 2,315 3,494 31 642 6,777 20,981 16,868 443 (?) 528 (?) 131 6,601 '(?) 10,212 13,788 0 4,353 12,674 3,675 8,342 5,877 4,677 574 145 (?) 1,758 (?) 22,500 (?) (?) 0 (?) (?) (?) 700 524 0 (?) (?) (?) 7,761 10,186 63,393 45,833 4,753 14,348 10,239 6,571 11,141 2,197 (7) 8,235 6 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 22 0 ProporNumber Subtion of of scribed Capital capital Bank notes Profit and] branches.! AcceptCurrent Sundry capital. ( and surand in circula- Deposits. accounts. liabilities. loss surplus. plus to tion. account. other liabilities. (e) (o) (g) (b) (g) (d) (?) 393,747 Percent. (?) 211 (?) 2,180 Sundry Total. (?) (?) (?) 161 149 (?) (?) 167 "1,478 (?) 3,435 (?) (?) 200 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 400 305 761 4,319 506 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 432 211 563 695 (?) P2,541 0 • 226 0 51 166 0 . A 834 289 21 64 129 267 Reserve liability of shareholders. Dividends. CO Per cent, 11.45 0 8.00 753,515 553,387 17,076 4,091 11,493 25,051 a 261 197 182,500 200,000 o 66,133 95,315 15,390 24,012 5,241 0 306,838 d201,172 0 0330,524 132,260 0 60,738 50,215 0 0 98,811 0 *2,134 6,433 211 39,965 736 12,110 6,448 1,515 5,367 li700 8,151 1,081 276 116 20 3 0 120,000 100,000 60,000 62,500 20,000 60,000 0 45,000 0 0 5.00 5.50 10.00 10.00 5.00 47 29 15,947 15 0 0 36,472 6,704 3,118 12,715 2,357 684 il,565 560 1 3 30,000 16,000 11,205 12,000 *7.00 9.60 10,500 5,437 11,908 27 11 22 0 0 0 w 12,862 ft 2,192 28,895 42,637 1,282 403 192 1,111 406 o602 30,000 20,000 20,000 22,500 15,000 10,000 10.00 6.40 7.74 33,616 16,868 18,404 24,117 63,454 50,352 17,560 19,069 19,805 13,324 16,643 7,688 10,000 5,500 7,429 6,000 13,807 13,000 4,376 7,377 6,000 5,691 3,880 5,690 43 59 73 35 30 38 38 1,350 9,422 (?) 4,986 (?) 2,909 860 4 1,610 4,735 10,905 '10,570 5,282 16,949 82 37 324 52,059 40 *965 58 252 476 0 0 507 4 0 221 931 758 350 250 913 806 327 1,545 590 329 610 185 10,000 10,000 10,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 8,000 5,000 5,000 3,200 5,000 0 6,000 3,250 6,000 0 0 4,000 931 0 0 0 0 3.54 10.415 6.00 4.00 5.50 8.27 6.40 7.70 6.00 4.00 8.00 3.50 10,697 4,500 77 12 162 6,000 1,500 4.90 a Including the bureaux auxiliaires, places reunies, and villes rattachees. 6 Including balance in other banks. c Including time certificates. <* This figure includes the accounts of foreign banks and sundry current accounts. < The societe" had, in addition, at the end of 1898, about 33 temporary offices. / Including credits by acceptances. g Including time deposits and certificates. A Including the interest and dividends paid to stockholders. i This figure expresses the amount of check accounts. J Reports being closed semiannually, this item only represents the profits for the second half year. * Total dividend for both half years. i The reports published by the bank contain no item for the participations, securities owned, and reports, ro This figure includes the total amount of cash accounts and all notes payable to bearer, n This figure includes the amount of certificates In circulation. o Deduction has been made of 5 per cent interest upon capital. p Including the liquidation account of the old Comptoir Lyonnais. q Including the reserve for the liquidation of the old Comptoir Lyonnais. r The Socie'te" only published the net balance of Its credit and debtor current accounts. * Including the items "Fonds publics, Comptes d'ordre." t Including treasury bills. ** Report of March 31,1899. v Including bills receivable. v> This figure includes the total amount of current accounts and of accounts of banks. 3,837 0 0 # 1,729 1,252 121 1,112 3,754,175 (?) 0 c 475,030 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (?) * 1,469 0 48,478 (?) (?) 0 6,335 4,414 (?) (?) 4,911 (?) 34,460 9,020 10,147 6,373 1,157 10,901 1,471 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 328 TABLE No. 5.—SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEETS OF THE PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31, 1888-1907—Continued. [In thousands of francs.] 1899. Liabilities. Name of bank. Proportion of cash on Cash on hand and| Discounts, at the hand and and at the Bank Bank of loans, of France. France to| advances. deposit liabilities, (n) 00 (i) Reports. Proportion of Syndicate Coupons money interests Real matured Money at call andat| Due from| estate call and at at short current Securities. and parand ticipations short and fursecurities notice to in other repaynotice. , deposit accounts.! niture. firms. able. Inabilities. (m) (g) (1) (k) Per cent. Banque de France Credit Lyonnais Soclfitfi Generate pour favoriser le deVeloppement du Commerce et de l'lndustrie en France * Comptoir National d'F^scompte de Paris Soctete" Generate de Credit Industriel et Commercial Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas Banque Parisienne Societe" Marseillaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Depots Society Nanceienne de Crfidit Industriel et de Depots 3,039,456 6139,879 58,072 45,190 14,005 *>13,859 592 1,743,621 766,207 131,770 23 398,295 389,151 77,526 44,978 7,284 7,311 40,909 25,694 49,837 2,749 7 7 50,584 21,102 (?) 30 18 13 21 (?) 62,441 470 Soci€te* Lyonnalse de Depots, de Comptes Courants, et de Credit Industriel... Credit duNord Comptoir des Ardennes (Claude Lafontaine et Cle.) 1,210 3,404 2,733 (?) Banque Privee, Industrielle, Commerciale, Coloniale, Lyon, Marseille Caisse Industrielle du Nord Banque Suisse et Franchise 1,097 759 1,065 (?) (?) Soctete' Franchise de Banque et de Depots< ...» Caisse Lecuyer (Sourmais, Carpentier et Cie.) Socieie" Francaise de Reports et de Depots Society Lehldeuxet Cie.* Banque Rggionale du Nord Banque Commerciale d'Escomptede Paris.. Caisse de Credit de Nice Soci6t6 Bordelaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Depots Comptoir de Lorraine (Messein, Weille et Cle.) Banque Commerciale et Industrielle '. 441 1,570 927 2,468 374 2,C31 455 568 1,476 160 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 17 122 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 4,785,857 1,037,856 (?) (?) 8,443 (?) 2,064 281 3G2 472,121 475,250 119,949 108,955 10,987 Per cent. (?) Percent, 5 22 10,705 143,150 3,937,895 (?) 0 c467,895 851,727 603,813 16,664 9,553 15,453 28,713 «372 200 182,500 200,000 0 0 141 154,821 138 /114,161 181 637,464 102,183 (?) 10,415 52,498 21,829 5,514 49,206 11,384 61,999 6,249 (?) 17,497 1,447 4,778 8,830 3,214 3,569 2,036 0 93,252 A931 5,328 2,841 746,217 719,571 167,072 286,738 39,110 109,169 22,000 89,349 21,199 16 19 17 52 134 76,562 95z401 21,255 32,945 4,193 328,266 0 0 0 342,732 66,281 0 0 0 0 <2,550 d 239,997 130,718 54,430 141,490 5,053 225 35,538 1,182 14,042 4,877 2,479 6,013 1,924 8,912 1,238 «290 122 21 3 0 160,000 100,000 60,000 62,500 20,000 80,000 0 45,000 0 0 5.40 5.50 10.00 11.00 5.50 4,040 230 176 0 87,443 29,685 28,017 7,000 52 34 15,471 20 0 0 36,179 6,677 4,043 14,472 1,848 901 il,885 615 1 3 30,000 20,000 9,733 15,000 *7.00 9.60 (?) 799 (?) 188 0 10 1,209 647 (?) P2,493 0 •2,941 56,541 78,087 58,414 10,500 8,218 12,028 2,800 0 0 0 40,568 m 19,844 1 38,419 » 2,225 J 43,315 1,127 . 640 239 1,546 449 o607 3 12 1 30,000 30,000 20,000 22,500 22,382 10,000 12.00 4.35 7.77 36,368 15,196 34,221 10,277 5,500 11,238 27 12 21 46 73 56 32,234 40 o 1,478 1,205 935 1,055 0 0 10,000 10,000 10,000 0 6,000 0 6.00 10.415 6.00 0 200 4 (?) 133 178 520 550 0 37 207 0 52 232 0 *817 282 23 64 23 16,972 30,300 69,492 47,549 22,970 17,297 17,118 14,161 17,612 7,527 4,508 6,000 13,846 13,000 4,409 7,772 6,000 5,704 3,957 5,660 31 27 27 41 26 85 62 73 36 345 21 73 584 501 0 0 233 4 0 202 249 428 1,194 880 359 1,558 587 288 3 5 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 6,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 8,000 5,000 5,000 3,200 5,000 1,500 | 6,000 0 0 4,000 612 0 0 0 0 52,051 34,284 50,911 (?) 174 2,288 3,281 40,717 7,503 17,159 15,196 15,997 (?) (?) 255 12,852 (?)r 14,354 919 12,014 12,431 69,436 42,953 119 (?) 129 t>3,736 17,669 0 4,364 13,683 2,947 8,665 6,423 4,318 682 590 2,221 (?) 21,798 0 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 (?) (?) (?) 916 0 20 0 (?) (?) 9,154 13,355 7,429 6,877 12,173 2,457 (0 225,015 261,340 (?) (?) (?) «9,352 10,855 "46,711 u40,485 8,780 10,724 j 6,954 6,309 \ 10,697 1,381 (d) (h) 5,057,459 1,514,464 50,841 30,880 <?)' 48,178 (?) (?) 353 (g) 30,750 2,886 12,941 6,483 (?) 4,378 (g) 19,838 30,000 140 323 64 (o) 0 0 57,118 21,572 1,327 (e) Dividends. 221,014 8,021 (?) (?) 14,671 14,437 10,201 Proportion of Number Subliability Capital capital of scribed of notes and] branches, shareand and sur- Accept- Bank Current Sundry Profit capital. incircula Deposits, loss holders. surplus. plus to ances. accounts. liabilities. tion. account. other liabilities. (?) 435,701 (?) 4,093 Sundry Total. 00 (?) (?) 137 130 (?) (?) 13,468 1,400 (?) (?) U,640 (?) (?) (') (?) 3,676 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 425 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 222 288 1,057 3,800 (?) (?) (?) o Including the bureaux auxiliaires, places reunles, and villes rattachees. b Including balance in other banks. c Including time certificates. d This figure includes the accounts of foreign banks and sundry current accounts. « The soctete" had, In addition, at the end of 1899, about 38 temporary offices. /Including credits by acceptances. g This figure includes the amount of time deposits and certificates. A Including the interest and dividends paid to stockholders. i This figure expresses the amount of check accounts. i* Reports being closed semiannually, this item only represents the profits for the second half year * Total dividend for both half years. i The reports published by the bank contain no Item for the participations, securities owned, and reports. m This figure includes the total amount of cash accounts and all notes payable to bearer. n This figure includes the amount of certificates In circulation, o Deduction has been made of 5 per cent interest upon capital. P Including the liquidation account of the old Comptoir Lyonnals. g Including the reserve for the liquidation of the old Comptoir Lyonnals. r The society only publishes the net balance of its credit and debtor current accounts. * Including the Items "Fonds publics, Comptes d'ordre." t Report of March 31,1900. «Including bills receivable. * This figure Includes the total amount of current accounts and of accounts of banks. w Including treasury bills. 10,517 (?) 3,571 (?) 8,292 2,160 1,743 15 1,671 0,047 0 0 1,750 1,457 19,081 0 0 0 <6,270 j r8,721 5,888 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10, 0 53,853 0 (?) 0 5,387 5,306 (?) (?) 22,056 0 31,497 12,155 7,967 4,911 1,109 11,508 1,091 (?) 1 (?) Per cent. 13.54 10.00 6.00 0 0.00 8.60 7.00 7.80 6.00 4.00 8.00 3.50 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 329 TABLE No. 5.—SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEETS OF THE PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31, 1888-1907—Continued. [In thousands of francs.] 1900. Assets. Name of bank. Banquede France Credit Lyonnais Soci6t6 G6n6rale pour Savoriserle dSveloppement du Commerce et de 1'Industrieen France Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris Soci6t6 G&ierale de Credit Industriel et Commercial Banquede Paris et des Pays-Bas Banque Parlsienne Proportion of cash on Cash on hand and Discounts, hand and at the and at the Bank Bank of loans, of France. France to advances. deposit liabilities, (n) 00 (i) Boports. Per cent. (?) 26 (?) 3,448,520 \ 6144,20* 71,301 51,863 15,189 618,008 754 1,128 3,456 4,391 (?) Banque Privde, Industrielle, Commerciale, Coloniale, Lyon-Marseille Caisse Industrielle du Nord Banque de Bordeaux Banque Suisse et Francaise 1,489 642 1,068 732 (?) (?) (?) Soctete" Franchise de Banque etdeDdpdts* Caisse Lecuyer (Sourmais, Carpentier et C«) Soctete" Frangaise de Reports et de D6p6ts Soci6t6LehIdeuxetCi«< Banque R^gionale du Nord Banque Commerciale d'Escompte de Paris Caisse de Credit de Nice SociSte" Bordelaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Depots Comptoir de Lorraine (Messein, Weille et C»«) Banque Commerciale et Industrielle 1,005 1,104 1,099 1,541 150 3,924 579 258 1,364 153 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 32 416,102 447,627 88,735 45,666 6,097 12,408 54,022 25,489 39,203 2,940 4 9 58,041 20,824 3,310 260 (?) Socifite* Lyonnalse de D6p6ts, de Comptes Courants, et de Credit Industriel... Credit duNord Comptoir des Ardennes (Claude Lafontaine etC«) , , , 185,463 20 14 20 61,651 614 SociSte* Marseillaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de D6p6ts Socidte" Nanc&enne de Credit Industriel et de D6p6ts 1,450,569 921,367 18 214 13 9 (?) 2 (?) (?) (?) 10 6 (?) (?) 51,428 33,477 *(?) 46,090 (?) 13,122 18,523 11,086 012,871 1,092 (?) 0 4,601 98,519 11,292 * 51,901 ff42,031 6,872 9,590 8,599 6,041 10,548 1,362 2,206 (?) 22,098 (?) (?) 0 2,291 (?) (?) 1,091 Liabilities. Proportion of Coupons Syndicate at matured Money at money interests Heal call and Due from| and and parcall and at at short current Securities. ticipations securities short and furto accounts.! repayIn other notice. , notice niture. deposit able. firms. liabilities. (m) (k) (1) (g) 4,899,089 1,251,034 (?) (?) 12,164 (?) 2,481 220 118 511,975 553,517 131,894 103,097 Percent. (?) 228 221,015 6,490 0 0 22,802 30,000 0 1,371 5,142,906 1,702,007 225,015 350,053 138 141,675 151 /119,112 172 / 37,434 93,541 (?) 17,292 421 52,218 22,795 6,736 56,475 13,336 57,954 10,556 (?) 14,217 2,794 5,063 7,797 4,400 3,969 1,965 0 84,984 6,727 1,487 768,835 798,761 181,234 278,026 46,783 4,040 220 162 0 900 786 (?) 293 0 0 10 1,049 200 0 (?) 133 163 520 550 0 37 63,002 21,698 171 311 15,302 5,164 (?) (?) (?) 52,556 36,933 50,481 (?) 194 2,462 4,075 33,897 8,603 15,723 19,165 12,154 18,408 (?) (?) (?) 328 11,459 11,730 12,396 75,098 43,572 7,022 13,514 11,498 106 (?) 126 (?) 0 204 0 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 29 0 (?) (?) 6,299 11,912 2,606 ProporNumber Subtion of of scribed Capital capital Accept- Banknotes Profit and| branches. Current Sundry capital. and ana sur- ances. in circula- Deposits. accounts. loss liabilities. account. surplus. plus to tion. other liabilities. (e) (o) (d) (g) (g) 0>) (?) 413,112 (?) (?) 20 Sundry Total. (?) (?) (?) 205 138 (?) (?) °(?) 13,657 18,240 r4,764 18,686 0 4,487 10,303 2,562 7,032 6,905 4,108 567 13,364 734 (?) (?) * 1,955 (?) (?) (*) (?) 4,029 (?) 1,306 1,206 593 (?) (?) (?) (?) 283 1,202 3,311 (?) 90 0 1,037 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 (?) (?) (?) 497 Percent. 5 (0 19,933 15,016 15,250 25,348 a 391 209 182,500 250,000 0 0 Percent. 15.10 10.00 347,630 d249,315 126,830 365,432 52,540 .76,718 133,858 0 10,104 & 2,351 271 41,122 1,192 12,913 5,058 3,037 8,490 2,436 6,969 1,251 «308 126 160,000 150,000 80,000 62,500 20,000 80,000 7,798 60,000 0 0 5.80 5.50 10.00 11.00 5.50 3,053 11,809 1,822 1,295 U,889 646 30,000 20,000 9,127 15,000 J7.50 9.60 30,000 30,000 20,000 22,500 18,014 10,000 12.00 3.25 a 08 0 12,000 0 0 6.00 10.415 6.00 7.00 0 6,000 0 0 4,000 542 0 0 0 0 6.00 5.00 6.00 a 52 28 98,793 158,375 30,000 90,960 21,261 15 26 22 54 92 98,512 18,348 33,326 6,758 0 0 0 0 0 95,870 27,816 29,123 7,100 43 23,197 0 0 0 696 1,284 (?) 58,227 74,855 59,034 11,000 13,019 12,150 0 0 0 42,708 '19,046 1 38,063 *»2,050 1 43,934 1,337 2,146 273 333 0 17403 P463 31,837 19,165 27,610 38,327 10,652 10,000 12,241 11,735 56 129 94 51 0 0 0 0 15,585 <>8,332 (?) 9,758 0 *5,604 9,772 0 40 1 P109 822 793 1,117 1,257 10,000 20,000 12,000 10,000 440 0 54 169 0 <rl72 622 19 63 22 19,613 31,282 75,152 48,228 17,458 16,411 20,295 14,056 17,285 7,040 6,025 6,000 13,997 13,000 4,445 7,905 6,000 5,747 4,036 5,669 49 26 25 40 36 135 49 75 37 457 2,060 2,303 (?) 4,778 (?) 4,493 9,850 2,069 559 20 1,779 3,373 0 108 2,596 1,346 280 1,122 17 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11,066 24,142 (?) 59,389 (?) 32,091 (?) 9,459 (?) 6,947 0 7,054 5,583 825 4,581 11,243 (?) 605 (?) 13 195 549 504 0 0 946 4 0 377 440 386 1,197 854 181 1,559 604 303 660 109 6,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 8,000 5,000 5,000 3,200 5,000 a Including the bureaux auxillaires, places reunies, and villes rattachees. & Including balance in other banks, c Including time certificates. d This figure Includes the accounts of foreign banks and sundry current accounts. e The socie'te' had, In addition, at the end of 1900,38 temporary offices. /Including credits by acceptances. g Including the interest and dividends paid to stockholders h This figure expresses the amount of check accounts. i Reports being closed semiannually, this item only represents the profits for the second half year. /Total dividend for both half years. * The reports published by the bank contain no Item for the participations, securities owned, and reports. I This figure includes the total amount of cash accounts and all notes payable to bearer. » This figure includes the amount of certificates in circulation. n Deduction has been made of 5 per cent interest upon capital. 0 The socle" t6 only publishes the net balance of its credit and debtor current accounts. ^Including the Items, "Fonds publics, Comptes d'ordre." «Including bills receivable. r This figure includes the total amount of current accounts and of accounts of banks. •Including treasury bills. 1 Report of March 31,1901. Dividends. 725,050 630,766 11,196 134,471 0770 liability of shareholders. 4,146,462 (?) 0 e546,353 36,786 6,966 278 »677 (?) 4.00 7.80 6.20 4.00 a oo 2.00 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 330 TABLE No. 5.—SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEETS OF THE PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31, 1888-1907—Continued. [In thousands of francs.] 1901. Liabilities. Name of bank. Banquede P r a n c e . . . , Credit Lyonnais , Socle1to* Generate pour favoriser le dfiveloppement du Commerce et de l'lndustrie en France Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris Soctete" G^nfirale de Credit Industriel et Commercial Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas Banque Parlslenne. Society Marseillaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Dfipdts Socifite" Nanc6ienne de Credit Industriel et de Depots Proportion of cash on Cash on hand and Discounts, hand and at the and at the Bankj Bank of loans, of France. France to| advances. . deposit liabilities. (b) GO (i) 3,566,648 b130,150 64,606 68,297 16,267 614,717 1,056 Per cent. (?) 23 (?) 175,660 50 443,923 468,478 94,628 33,199 5,794 21,439 48,062 18,598 45,731 10,785 5 6 52,668 20,245 4,063 272 (?) 51,801 42,109 (?)* 52,338 (?) 8,526 1,240 21,723 (?) 10,258 0 11,677 2,689 (?) (?) (?) (?) Societe* Lyonnaise de Dfipfits, de Comptes Courants, et de Credit Industriel Credit duNord Comptoir des Ardennes (Claude Lafcntaine et Cie.) 1,701 3,887 6,364 (?) Banque Privee Industrielle, Commerciale, Coloniale, Lyon-Marseffle Caisse Industrielle du Nord Banque de Bordeaux Banque Suisse et Frangaise - 1,199 570 720 899 (?) (?) (?) Soctete" Frangaise de Banque et de Depots ff Caisse Leeuyer (Sourroals, CarpentieretCie.) Society Frangaise de Reports et de Depdte SoctetSLehideuxetCle.ff Banque Reglonale du Nord Banque Commerciale d'Escompte de Paris Caisse de Credit de Nice Societ6 Bordelaise de Crfidlt Industriel et Commercial et de DSpOts Comptoir de Lorraine (Messein et Cie.) Banque Commerciale et Industrielle - C87 1,092 1,914 1,238 427 3,218 585 716 1,072 118 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1,565,924 1,017,329 18 17 25 M,985 445 17 358 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) Reports, Proportion of Syndicate Coupons money interests matured Money at call andatl Due from Real call and at at short current Securities. and parand estate ticipations and fursecurities short notice to accounts. mother repayniture. notice. deposit firms. able ble. liabilities. (m) (1) (k) r 13,910 11,816 * 58,865 r48,212 8,421 9,434 8,175 6,274 12,643 757 1,663 (?) 25,668 (?) (?) 0 2,216 (?) (?) 1,525 6,131,472 1,323,139 (?) (?) 13,678 (?) 4,517 517 202 0 29 (?) 0 366 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 543,646 584,837 134,010 94,164 17,836 Per cent. (?) 236 Sundry 10,087 120,427 4,072,206 (?) 0 c560,329 989,356 679,839 68,034 18,611 12,016 27,502 a 393 221 182,500 250,000 0 0 Per cent. 12.50 10.00 0 88,085 99,077 166,716 30,000 90,648 21,223 14 27 22 57 89 76,004 83,180 13,229 23,639 4,814 367,929 391,011 65,937 0 *2,079 d288,717 134,647 67,534 123,726 1,541 835,086 822,794 179,868 262,695 47,560 13,175 291 38,536 725 19,829 5,009 3,068 8,704 2,443 4,853 1,260 128 24 3 0 160,000 150,000 80,000 62,500 20,000 80,000 0 60,000 0 0 5.93 5.60 10.00 10.00 5.50 143 0 92,053 31,490 30,265 7,200 53 33 15,606 0 39,172 7,293 2,430 15,571 2,795 776 a , 785 650 30,000 20,000 8,335 15,000 /7.50 9.60 900 956 (?) 279 0 0 98 529 1,549 (?) 473 0 0423 Z>252 68,081 85,500 66,753 11,000 13,051 12,286 26 18 19 43,625 '22,569 42,090 «* 1,774 j 51,693 1,527 1,084 296 1,029 414 n704 30,000 30,000 20,000 22,500 18,005 10,000 10.80 5.00 8.21 27,166 22,293 26,722 33,499 10,794 10,000 12,473 12,330 72 97 99 64 900 6,292 (?) 3,583 (?) 3,941 8,770 12,205 oll,276 0 9,447 h 4,728 6,243 0 40 38 J»678 584 977 823 750 10,000 20,000 12,000 10,000 0 12,000 0 0 4.00 7.29 5.50 6.00 1,049 200 0 209 0 547 175 0 35,010 34,263 86,994 53,035 15,946 16,445 21,255 13,976 20,358 6,741 12,046 6,045 14,045 13,000 4,463 8,055 6,000 5,801 4,310 5,674 56 23 21 35 42 136 45 78 5,964 798 297 1,909 991 0 0 1,463 2,102 230 15, 979 26,971 0 61,238 (?) (?) 36,788 (?) 10,232 0 6,908 5,951 7,790 5,510 879 (?) 13,341 (?) 561 470 12 10,137 512 0 0 856 4 0 169 551 437 1,277 826 260 1,482 662 319 605 107 12,000 12,000 12,500 0 6,000 0 0 4,000 497 0 0 0 0 5.50 5.37 6.00 8.36 5.00 7.60 6.40 4.50 9.00 2.00 0 147 170,648 149 /106,041 203 / 33,747 80,073 (?) 11,635 857 50,453 21,349 6,851 66,150 12,218 60,956 11,411 (?) 12,309 2,457 11,071 4,400 3,969 1,873 860 06,030 11,080 859 (?) 4,040 220 (?) (?) (*) *2,92l (?) (?) (?) 204 3,308 3,160 34,078 8,051 10,994 22,293 10,978 15,531 (?) (?) (?) 323 10,319 (?)* 13,931 15,944 16,160 12,908 86,447 49,450 8,848 12,652 10,985 6,990 13,715 2,400 101 (?) 141 (?) (?) (?) 184 127 (?) (?) * 15,531 21,155 0 3,410 6,965 2,858 7,363 6,163 5,008 415 0 5,101 (?) (?) 1,278 1,674 692 112 0 1,469 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 0 1,813 (?) (?) (?) 523 256 1,568 3,245 (O Percent. 9 27 24,227 30,000 53,502 45,996 58,702 Dlvidends.. 225,015 350,401 o 18,074 9,449 Reserve liability of shareholders. 5,376,714 1,757,109 221,015 8,544 150 287 ProporNumber Subtion of of scribed Capital capital Accept- Banknotes and] branches. Current Sundry Profit capital. and and surin circula- Deposits. accounts. loss liabilities. account. surplus. plus to tion. other liabilities. (e) (o) (g) (g) 0>) (d) 0 1,362 (?) 394,064 68,716 20,962 Total. 133 155 440 550 0 0 0780 654 17 67 158 a including the bureaux auxiliaires, places reunies, and vlUes rattachees. t> Including balance in other banks. c Including time certificates. d This figure includes the total amount of accounts of foreign banks and sundry current accounts. «The soctete1 had, in addition, at the end of 1901,42 temporary offices. /Including credits by acceptances. g Including the interest and dividends paid to stockholders. k This figure expresses the amount of check accounts. i Reports being closed semiannually, this item only represents the profits for the second half year. i Total dividend for both half years. ft The reports published by the bank contain no item for the participations, securities owned, and reports. I This figure includes the total amount of the cash accounts and all notes payable to bearer. «n This figure includes the total amount of certificates in circulation. n Deduction has been made of 5 per cent Interest upon capital. o The soctete* only publishes the net balance of its credit and debtor current accounts. p Including the Items, "Fonds publics, Comptes d'ordre." q Report of March 31,1902. r Including bills receivable. * This figure Includes the total amount of cuirent accounts and of accounts of banks. t Including treasury bills. (?) (?) 10,000 8,000 8,000 5,000 5,000 3,350 5,000 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 331 TABLE No. 5.—SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEETS OF THE PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31,1888-1907—Continued. [In t h o u s a n d s of francs.] 1902. Assets. N a m e of b a n k . Proport i o n of cash o n Cash o n h a n d andj Discounts, at the hand and loans, and a t t h e B a n k | B a n k of advances. of F r a n c e . F r a n c e to] deposit liabilities; (n) 00 (i) Reports. Proportion of Coupons Syndicate o n e y atl m a t u r e d Money at m interests call and call and at a t s haonrdt Dc uu er r efrom] a n d parn t Securities. securities short ticipations notice to accounts. repaynotice. i n other deposit able. firms. [liabilities.! (JO 0) 4,904,044 1,359,505 Per cent. (?) 232 Per cent. B a n q u e de France , Credit L y o n n a i s Societe" Generate p o u r favoriser le d e v e l o p p e m e n t d u Commerce e t d e l'lndustrie e n France C o m p t o i r N a t i o n a l d ' E s c o m p t a de Paris Society Generate d e Credit I n d u s t r i e l e t Commercial B a n q u e d e P a r i s e t des P a y s - B a s B a n q u e Parisienne B a n q u e Francaise p o u r le Commerce et T l n d u s t r i e < Soctete" Marseillaise d e Credit Industriel e t Commercial e t d e D e p o t s Societe" N a n c e l e n n e d e Credit I n d u s t r i e l e t d e Depots 3,650,234 6134,686 67,028 49,066 14,665 616,648 1,969 4,604 (?) 23 15 12 20 (?) 76 7 (?) 61,162 636 1,812 2,756 5,118 (?) Credit d u N o r d Comptoir des A r d e n n e s (Claude Lafontaine et Cie.) B a n q u e P r i v e e Industrielle, Commerciale, Coloniale, Lyon-Marseille Caisse I n d u s t r i e l l e d u N o r d « Banque de Bordeaux B a n q u e Suisse e t F r a n c a i s e t 1,708 1,112 1,204 1,130 (?) (?) (?) (?) Society F r a n c a i s e d e B a n q u e e t d e D e p o t s r Caisse L e c u y e r (Sourmais, Carpentier e t Cie.) SociSte* F r a n c a i s e d e R e p o r t s e t de DSpdts Societe" L e h i d e u x e t C i e . r B a n q u e R 6 g ionale d u N o r d B a n q u e C o m m e rciale d ' E s c o m p t e de Paris Caisse d e C r e d i t d e Nice , Socie'te* Bordelaise d e Crfidit Industriel e t Commercial e t d e D e p d t s C o m p t o i r d e L o r r a i n e ( M e s s e i n e t Cie.) B a n q u e Commerciale e t Industrielle 1,345 1,658 1,187 1,328 264 3,797 566 469 502 149 Socie'te' L y o n n a i s e d e D e p o t s , d e Comptes Courants, e t d e Credit Industriel Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 15 276 (7) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 1,253,810 1,051,453 (?) 173,366 493,544 496,054 110,521 48,559 4,404 13,675 28,875 72,833 24,727 51,279 14,875 13,772 57,174 20,434 4,119 251 49,799 33,583 I(T) 52,165 (?) 10,630 22,415 11,556 9,813 * 19,932 15,804 « 59,187 • 47,728 10,172 9,102 8,026 5,914 13,950 1,004 (?) (?) 12,375 (?) 3,110 759 126 0 (?) 0 1,526 (?) 533 2,187 25,815 35,000 0 7,652 5,150,877 1,779,892 225,015 352,904 184 172,861 152 /122,863 205 / 23,489 81,348 (?) 9,308 831 6,199 (?) 37,291 23,963 7,506 62,219 11,270 12,150 55,696 8,036 9,237 11,221 4,400 3,951 1,718 2,376 4,400 220 0 82,922 If 754 1,179 1,055 1,593 876,907 866,958 189,172 277,151 46,679 60,625 93,313 167,271 175 882 100,503 38,319 31,662 57,139 83,456 65,904 11,100 10,824 9 742 30,598 23,527 28,000 29,630 325 0 55 189 0 ^760 655 16 66 17 43,972 47,474 80,046 55,066 17,103 16,644 22,362 14,893 22,972 6,851 12,373 6,107 14,091 13,000 4,436 8,348 6,000 5,846 4,413 5,680 132 51,611 41,339 57,283 (?) 228 3,094 2,313 30,702 8,621 (?) 13,190 23,527 12,826 12,953 (?) (?) (?) (?) 11,669 *>(?) 13,251 13,337 21,903 17,4G2 79,836 49,056 10,436 12,899 10,179 6,383 14,985 (?) 123 (?) (?) (?) 158 119 4,927 (?) 1,353 1,650 726 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 1,185 227 900 2,560 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 3,340 (e) 0 0 (?) (?) (?) 626 (?) 19,462 (?) Capital and surplus. 221,018 8,299 225 0 924 Sundry Total. (?) 369,436 22,329 14,910 47 Heal estate and furniture. (g) 62,455 21,321 (?) 60 1,086 601,822 617,953 153,023 117,245 21,374 32,051 (m) (?) (?) 805 (?) Liabilities. 90 (?) (?) 118,867 29,812 155 5,821 6,534 2,833 9,918 7,717 7,021 412 (?) 11,209 1,954 6,256 11,144 (?) (?) J 8,799 900 2,315 (0 1,342 1,274 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 (?) 84 722 1,102 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 (?) (?) (?) 522 301 0 82 226 1,049 200 0 (?) 133 152 425 550 0 0 511 0 <r404 a I n c l u d i n g t h e b u r e a u x auxllialres, places reunies, a n d villes r a t t a c h & s . 6 I n c l u d i n g balance i n other b a n k s . cIncluding t i m e certificates. <* This figure includes t h e accounts of foreign b a n k s a n d s u n d r y c u r r e n t accounts. * T h e socifite" h a d , i n addition, a t t h e e n d of 1902,51 temporary offices. / I n c l u d i n g credits b y acceptances. g I n c l u d i n g i n t e r e s t a n d d i v i d e n d s p a i d to stockholders. h T h i s figure expresses t h e a m o u n t of check accounts. i R e p o r t of J u l y 31,1902. / R e p o r t s being closed semiannually, t h i s i t e m o n l y represents t h e profits for t h e second half year. * Total d i v i d e n d for b o t h half years. i T h e reports p u b l i s h e d b y t h e b a n k c o n t a i n n o I t e m for t h e participations, securities o w n e d , a n d r e p o r t s , v» T h i s figure includes t h e total a m o u n t of t h e cash accounts a n d all notes p a y a b l e to bearer. » T h i s figure Includes t h e total a m o u n t of certificates i n circulation. o Deduction h a s been m a d e of 5 per c e n t i n t e r e s t u p o n capital. V T h e society <)nly publishes t h e n e t balance of its credit a n d d e b t o r c u r r e n t accounts. 3 I n c l u d i n g t h e Items of " F o n d s publics, Comptes d ' o r d r e . " r R e p o r t of March 31,1903. / I n c l u d i n g bills receivable. t This figure includes t h e total a m o u n t of c u r r e n t accounts a n d of accounts of t a n k s . « I n c l u d i n g treasury bills. 30,000 88,904 21,387 40,000 7,300 13,085 12,426 10,000 12,681 12,480 ProporNumber Subtion of scribed of capital Banknotes | Profit and! branches. AcceptCurrent S u n d r y capital. a n d surin circula- Deposits. accounts. liabilities. loss tion. plus to account, other liabilities. (o) (g) (b) (g) (d) Per cent. 5 27 8,879 123,590 13 25 21 53 94 207 29,663 21,916 17,290 28,121 a 410 0 565,711 669,778 0 0 0 0 0 0 380,913 406,160 74,824 0 A2,570 0 d329,091 148,424 70,647 132,597 13,544 16,506 300 90,004 10,061 23,849 4,224 2,774 «337 129 1,086 24,504 3,666 428 3,300 8,803 2,554 7,297 1,288 917 50 26 15,649 13 0 0 43,834 2,832 4,708 2 26 16 20 350 6,601 0 0 0 43,631 m 18,110 44,249 »1,851 | 50,625 16,082 V 12,694 11,265 13,174 42 16 24 31 70 29 577 Dividends. (0 Percent. 4,304,319 (?) «5S3,583 60 85 92 78 Reserve liability of shareholders. (?) 2,904 3,192 0 0 0 0 6,452 686 0 2,585 1,342 0 96 2,241 2,122 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (?) 3,272 (?) 24.310 0 62,191 (?) (?) 0 6,423 5,346 (?) (?) 40,228 (?) 38,085 11,037 6,786 8,312 1,145 15,724 749 182,500 250,000 o 160,000 150,000 80,000 62,500 20,000 60,000 80,000 0 60,000 0 0 20,000 i 1,768 659 30,000 20,000 7,184 15,000 *&00 9.60 1,158 960 291 900 451 0 711 30,000 30,000 20,000 22,500 18,005 10,000 moo 181 40 7 9284 607 793 775 500 0 4.00 6.25 5.50 4.00 69 12 2,389 529 0 0 876 3 0 142 768 441 1,375 867 238 1,510 655 312 713 160 (?) (?) 10,000 20,000 12,000 10,000 12,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 8,000 5,000 5,000 3,350 5,000 0 12,000 0 0 0 6,000 0 0 4,000 277 0 0 0 0 1250 10.00 a 94 5.50 moo 10.00 5.50 0 5. GO 8.24 5.50 5.40 a 30 &5S 5.00 7.50 6.40 4.50 10.25 3.00 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 333 TABI.E No. 5.-SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEETS OF THE PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31, 1888-1907—Continued [In thousands of francs.] 1903. Liabilities. Assets. Name of bank. Proportion of cash on Gash on hand and Discounts, at the hand and and at the Bank Bank of loans, of France. France to advances. deposit liabilities, (n) (h) (i) Per cent. 3,478,623 Banque de France (?) Crddit Lyonnais 19 6115,962 Socidtd Gdndralepourfavoriserle ddveloppe"ment du Commerce et de l'industrie 16 66,850 en France 13 Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris 57,982 Socidtd Generate de Credit Industriel et Commercial 17 13,393 & 17,873 1 (?) Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas 46 | 1,273 Banque Parisienne * Banque Francaise pour Ie Commerce et l'industrie * j 11,716 (?) 5 62,104 Socidtd Marsellaise do Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Ddpd ts , 8 716 Socidtd Nancdienne de Crddit Industriel et de Ddp6ts 1 Socidte" Lyonnaise de Depdts, de Comptes Courants et de Credit Industriel Credit duNord Comptoir des Ardennes (Claude Lafontaine et Cie.) 1,962 2,922 4,463 ; c?> Banque Privde Industrielle, Commerciale, Coloniale, Lyon-Marseille..., Caisse Industrielle du Nord Banque de Bordeaux Banque Suisse et Francaise ,. 2,112 884 776 1,268 (?) Socidtd Francaise de Banque etdeDdpdtstf Caisse I^cuyer (Sourmais, Carpentier et Cie.) Socidte Francaise de Reports et de Depdts Socidtd Lehideux et Cie.g Banque Rdgionale du Nord Banque Commerciale d'Escompte de Paris Caisse de Crddit de Nice * Socidtd Bordelaise de Crddit Industriel et Commercial et de Ddpfits Comptoir de Lorraine (Messein et Cie.)" Banque Commerciale et Industrielle 859 1,028 1,019 1,933 174 3,227 492 662 793 209 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 16 234 (?) (?) 3 21 2 (?) (?) (?) 7 10 1 (?) (?) 1,443,617 1,132,725 228,414 563,008 526,341 100,557 78,167 7,600 34,063 46,076 69,829 34,994 . 61,735 12,502 24,917 61,355 26,882 6,064 0 45, 33,445 52,748 12,078 20,006 11,067 10,385 (?) Reports. r 39,685 9,870 t 58,624 r 48,276 9,447 8,302 12,205 6,693 17,284 1,005 (?) *(?) 0 Proportion of Syndicate Coupons at| Interests matured Money at money Real call and Due from! and parestate and call and at at short current Securities. ticipations and fursecurities short to accounts. in other niture. repaynotice. , notice deposit firms. able. liabilities. (m) (1) (g) (k) 11,806 (?) 4,595 485 69,523 27,598 0 47,824 36,367 57,211 (?) (?) 197 (?) 47 6,114 201 (?) 23,102 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 13 0 0 1,941 (?) 648 1,637 (?) W 687,740 654,152 153,539 158,260 21,461 70,696 0 (?) 819 (?) 4,922,140 1,477,101 (?) (?) 15,206 20,890 11,890 18,816 40,745 10,898 62,745 50,209 9,621 11,529 14,651 7,355 18,725 2,851 Percent. (?) 249 Sundry Total. ProporSubNumber tion of scribed of Capital capital Accept- Bank notes and branches. capital. Current Sundry Profit and surand in circular Deposits, accounts. loss [liabilities. account. surplus. plus to tion. other liabilities. (o) (d) (e) (g) (g) (*>> (0 Per Per cent. (?) 354,430 221,015 7,825 0 0 26,748 35,000 0 4,253 5,169,903 1,878,609 225,015 356,025 5 26 9,206 75,179 4,244,218 0 172 172,498 153 /173,990 193 /26,258 87,499 (?) 7,258 799 5,091 (?) 16,116 160 11,485 308 3,894 (?) 31,572 209 8,893 3,002 40,248 23,523 8,130 77,426 10,214 12,642 56,072 14,207 (?) 8,927 2,273 3,769 9,124 11,332 4,400 3,951 1,748 2,410 0 86,759 17756 4,975 1,173 1,031 965,682 963,963 193,083 341,038 44,127 95,639 121,593 167,838 30,000 89,436 21,451 60,046 15 22 20 39 111 192 81,443 104,782 11,725 17,733 4,281 14,389 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,400 267 362 1,067 101,361 41,451 32,654 7,400 52 24 16,275 7 0 0 (?) *5,063 (?) 900 1,285 (?) 330 1,351 (?) 52,948 75,638 66,104 11,100 13,141 12,568 29 22 20 100 6,021 0 0 0 0 553 0 354 0 33,692 20,890 26,917 37,438 10,852 10,000 12,918 12,505 51 107 104 53 56,869 38,397 83,203 55,974 18,813 14,888 25,770 14,889 26,327 6,868 12,410 6,172 14,138 13,000 4,510 7,174 6,000 5,880 4,538 5,688 30 21 22 33 33 134 34 71 26 577 (?) (?) (?) (?) 112 221 136 (?) (?) (?) 214 116 (?) <?) Reserve liability of shareholders, 10,960 1,034 (?) (?) (*) 12,815 *(?) 12,744 15,402 (?) 4,764 (?) 1,227 1,643 • 11,917 27,299 401 5,567 9,059 2,486 8,485 6,716 6,545 457 1,821 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 1,573 257 990 2,772 (?) 461 519 962 126 235 0 1,049 200 0 (?) 133 164 772 417 550 0 0 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 375 0 57 198 0 0709 644 11 67 16 a Including the bureaux auxiliaries, places reunies, and villes rattachees. a Including balance in other banks. c Including time certificates. d This figure includes the accounts of foreign banks and sundry current accounts. «The socidtd had, in addition, at the end of 1903, 76 temporary offices. /Including credits by acceptances. 9 Including interest and dividends paid to stockholders. h This figure expresses the amount of check accounts. * Report of July 31,1903. y Deduction has been made of a dividend of 2J per cent paid upon shares and of sums added to the reserve In the course of the year. * The reports published by the bank contain no item for the participations, securities owned, and reports. i Thisfigureexpresses the total amount of the cash accounts and all notes payable to bearer. *»» This figure includes the total amount of certificates In circulation. * Deduction has been^nade of 5 per cent Interest upon capital. o The socidtd only publishes the net balance of Its credit and debtor current accounts. p Including the items of "Fonds publics, Comptes d'ordre." q Report of March 31,1904. r Including bills receivable. * This figure includes the total amount of current accounts and of accounts of banks. t Including treasury bills. (?) 3,719 3,975 0 0 0 0 7,283 0 0 4,055 1,191 0 352 1,351 2,182 235 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (?) 3,389 (?) 01 o! 615,391 799,147 62,346 26,942 13,727 a 411 246 182,500 250,000 397,658 426,668 79,693 0 *2,719 0 d360,514 199,505 67,957 194,360 10,491 17,909 350 31,909 3,361 410 4,124 8,822 2,722 7,600 1,824 2,885 «367 144 25 3 0 0 200,000 150,000 80,000 62,500 20,000 60,000 100,000 0 60,000 0 0 0 43,329 8,943 4,095 24,433 3,148 3 i 1,860 665 1 7 30,000 20,000 6,346 15,000 39,386 '17,353 37,902 «*1,906 50,625 1,342 745 274 1,020 476 »731 4 16 1 30,000 30,000 20,000 22,500 18,000 10,000 18,231 ©10,060 9,789 18,946 280 40 5 V 1,475 610 790 816 637 10,000 20,000 12,000 10,000 0 12,000 0 0 36,299 20,841 4,930 60,755 (?) (?) 37,450 (?) 12,861 6,338 0 ,11,164 6,845 1,036 6,336 18,754 (?) 713 (?) 99 0 6,914 562 0 0 726 2 0 778 454 1,396 907 251 1,376 683 284 853 166 12,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 6,500 5,000 5,000 3,350 5,000 0 6,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 0 0 0 (?) (?) (?) 4 0 3 11 0 0 0 (?) 4 0 0 0 cent. 13.54 10.00 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 333 TABLE No. 5.—SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEETS OF THE PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31,1888-1907—Continued. [In thousands of francs.] 1004. Assets. Proportion of cash on Cash on hand and Discounts, hand and at the and attheBanki Bank of loans, of France. France to| advances. . deposit , liabilities, (n) (b> (i) Name of bank. Banque de France Credit Lyonnais Socle" tfi G6n6rale pour favoriser le dSveloppement du Commerce et del'Ind ustrie en France * Comptoir National d'Eseompte de Paris SocI6t6G6n6ralede Credit Industriel et Commercial Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas Banque del'TJnion Parisienne Banque Francaise pour le Commerce et l'lndustrie * 3,768,052 t> 137,946 73,760 69,460 21,492 615,947 3,967 15,490 Per cent, 1,303,218 (?) 18 * 1,562,378 16 12 28 (?) (?) (?) 4 10 &2,027 871 Socifitfi Marseillaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de D6p6ts Societe" Nane&enne de Credit Industriel et de Depots SociSte* Lyonnaise de Depots, de Comptes Courants, et de Credit Industriel Credit duNord Comptoir des Ardennes (Claude Lafontaine et Cle.) .- 1,725 3,348 6,609 (?) Banque Prlv£e-Industrielle, Commerciale, Coloniale, Lyon-Marseflle Caisse Industrielle du Nord * Banque de Bordeaux Banque Suisse et Francaise 2,339 562 1,498 1,323 (?) (?) (?) (?) Society Francaise de Banque et deDfipCts** Caisse Lecuyer (Sourmais et Cie.) Societe" Francaise de Reports et de Depots Society Lehideuxet Cie r Banque KSgionale du Nord Banque Commerciale d'Escompte de Paris Caisse de Credit de Nice Society Bordelaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Depots Comptoir de Lorraine (Mess&n et Cie.) Banque Commerciale et Industrielle 2,083 1,149 1,146 2,473 115 3,058 425 814 1,676 136 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis , Reports. 15 353 5 24 2 (?) (?) (?) 5 12 (?) (?) 619,805 600,893 117,580 112,035 17,245 22,072 72,687 31,358 (?) (?) Proportion of Coupons Syndicate at] matured Money at money Interests Real call and Due from1 estate call and at at short and parand current Securities. ticipations and furshort securities notice to accounts. niture. notice. in other repaydeposit firms. able. liabilities. (m) (1) (k) (g) 5,071,270 1,700,324 (?) (?) 62,696 99,690 34,065 74,254 14,569 17,524 8,883 (?) 50,130 58,972 (?)* 57,374 (?) 18,210 24,396 11,470 14,950 1,050 (?) 27 6,186 *42,864 10,031 » 79,168 * 50,850 9,624 7,923 12,209 6,455 16,625 878 (?) 14,996 (?) (?) 0 656 (?) 566 2,417 Liabilities. Per cent. (?) 220 (?) 478,680 (?) (?) 83,597 32,229 172 205,901 142 9232,224 227 (724,822 289,298 (?) 29,230 (?) 023,306 (?) 148 22,534 16,967 355 (?) (?) 51,855 62,320 63,983 (?) 279 3,419 4,433 16,200 10,812 21,802 24,958 12,995 23,740 (?) (?) (?) (?) 126 230 125 (?) (?) (?) 157 108 14,714 (?)P 15,095 23,493 15,795 (?) 2,540 450 97 0 (?) 203 (?) 0 1,281 856 0 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 (?) (?) 772,056 770,043 175,683 202,686 35,878 55,086 45,803 11,180 95,310 53,323 9,739 10,981 13,350 7,209 18,867 3,431 (?) (?) *5,9S7 23,495 948 6,005 7,863 2,610 10,454 6,905 6,853 690 9,749 1,277 | Percent. 5 21 93,210 121,942 168,428 30,000 90,440 40,000 61,140 13 18 18 23 93 135 81,475 114,703 13,203 25,310 21,605 25,502 122,947 51,955 32,962 7,500 29 18 57,805 83,838 74,795 11,200 13,195 13,964 26 19 19 42,132 25,081 30,141 49,995 10,882 10,000 13,165 12,528 57,355 34,875 96,316 59,742 17,735 14,262 25,561 14,991 26,310 7,569 12,448 6,244 14,182 13,000 4,535 7,181 6,000 5,904 6,009 5,696 28,443 37,000 0 1,321 5,320,728 2,223,963 225,015 56,192 8,005 9,399 11,332 4,000 3,941 1,968 2,390 0 90,672 A 754 9,509 3,306 2,627 1,091,617 1,136,709 213,320 582,009 98,670 112,216 4,400 307 2,667 1,175 900 1,228 (?) 583 123 207 239 617 838 (?) 594 0 * 337 7772 292 0 58 414 0 *507 644 20 67 (?) 7,187 8,046 10,144 (?) (?) (?) (*) *3,252 (?) (?) 4,439 0 (?) 1,345 1,274 (?) 162 477 1,710 (?) (?) (?) (?) 2,514 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 247 523 3,339 ProporNumber Subtion of of scribed Capital capital Accept- Banknotes Profit and) branches. Current , Sundry I capital. and and surin circula- Deposits. accounts. liabilities. loss surplus. plus to tion. account. other liabilities. (e) (o) (g) (b) (d) (g) 0 0 221,015 48,069 24,433 8,061 69,448 20,242 18,663 Sundry Total. (?) (?) (?) 81 1,049 200 0 (?) 133 164 425 550 0 0 28 Reserve liability of shareholders. Dividends. (I) 4,257,703 (?) 0 d 752,322 794,448 954,825 20,752 31,751 13,118 32,206 «413 253 182,500 250,000 0 0 Per cent* 13.54 10.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 448,331 538,662 77,267 0 «435,269 301,910 89,914 398,570 27,845 21,852 378 4,163 28 48,338 6,392 738 4,222 8,843 2,908 19,411 2,828 2,984 162 25 3 0 0 200,000 150,000 80,000 62,500 40,000 60,000 100,000 0 60,000 0 0 0 6.24 5.50 10.50 12.00 5.00 4.00 23,873 57 0 0 56,615 9,078 5,724 34,630 1,552 10 J 2,221 680 1 12 30,000 20,000 6,038 15,000 8.00 9.60 0 0 0 43,792 * 22,316 I 40,323 »1,871 1 57,898 1,493 1,702 312 920 621 »750 4 17 1 30,000 30,000 25,000 22,500 18,000 11,250 10.00 5.50 8.42 38 77 87 36 400 5,681 (?) 3,663 (?) 4,940 6,482 ©26,258 P14,156 0 11,199 28,199 0 678 40 8 52,115 651 885 829 671 10,000 20,000 12,000 10,000 0 12,000 0 0 4.00 6.77 5.50 4.00 30 22 19 30 37 127 35 71 37 361 7,895 0 0 2,426 1,970 0 92 1,193 2,138 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30,159 4,871 23,357 76,117 (?) 81 0 4,555 550 0 10 1,053 4 0 * 1,200 772 403 1,462 722 247 801 670 308 1,088 233 12,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 6,500 5,000 5,000 3,350 5,000 0 6,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5.13 6.60 7.71 5.00 3.00 6.50 4.50 11.00 4.00 a Including the bureaux auxilialres, places reunees, and villes rattachees. & Including balance in other banks. e Including reports. d Including time certificates. *This figure includes the accounts of foreign banks and sundry current accounts. / T h e society had, In addition, at the end of 1904,102 temporary offices. 9 Including credits by acceptances. A Including Interest and dividends paid to stockholders. i Report of July 31,1904. / Deduction has been made of a dividend of 2)4 per cent paid upon shares and of sums added to the reserve In the course of the year. * The reports published by the bank contain no Item for the participations, securities owned, and reports. i This figure expresses the total amount of the cash accounts and all notes payable to bearer. « This figure includes the total amount of certificates in circulation. « Deduction has been made of 5 per cent interest upon capital. o Including time deposits and time certificates. v The society only publishes the net balance of its credit and debtor current accounts. q Including the items of "Fonds publics, Comptes d'Ordre." r Report of March 31,1905. * Including bills receivable. * This figure Includes the total amount of current accounts and of accounts of banks. «Including treasury bills. * Including certain participations. 0 0 0 0 (?) (?) (?) 0 8,458 6,716 (?) (?) 43,044 10,983 6,270 9,288 866 17,075 423 (?) 2 6 0 0 11 0 0 0 (?) 4 0 0 0 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 334 TABLE No. 5.—SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEETS OF THE PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31,188&-1907—Continued. [In thousands of francs.] 1905. Assets. Propor! tionof cash on Cash on hand and Discounts, at the hand and and at the Bank Bank of loans, of France. France to advances. deposit liabilities. (n) (h) (i) N a m e of bank. Banque de France Credit Lyonnais Socifite" Generate pour favoriser le developpement du Commerce et de l'Industrie e n France Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris Societe" Generate de Credit Industriel etCommercial B a n q u e d e Paris et des Pays-Bas Banque de l'Union Parisienne B a n q u e Francaise pour le Commerce et l'lndustrie * 3,963,826 6171,554 95,546 102,951 20,000 6 18,186 7,521 28,124 Per cent, i 1,583,221 (?) 23 c 1,425,745 20 17 21 (?) (?) (?) 8 20 6 6,298 2,102 Societe" Marseillaise d e Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Depots Societe* Naneeienne de Credit Industriel et de D6p6ts 3,225 5,275 7,920 (?) B a n q u e Privee Industrielle, Commerciale, Coloniale, Lyon-Marseille Caisse Industrielle du Nord B a n q u e d e Bordeaux B a n q u e Suisse et Francaise 3,887 778 2,089 2,295 (?) (?) 1,411 | (?) Soci^te" Franchise de B a n q u e et de D6p6ts r Caisse Lecuyer (Sourmais e t Cie.) Societe* Francaise de Reports et de Depots Societe L e h i d e u x e t C i e . r . . . . B a n q u e Regionale d u Nord B a n q u e Commerciale d'Escompte de Paris Caisse de Credit de Nice Societe Bordelalse d e Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Dep6ts Comptoir d e Lorraine (Messein et Cie.) B a n q u e Commerciale et Industrielle ; 915 3,276 1,742 4,246 1,729 4,263 1,009 391 5,584 143 Socl6t6 Lyonnaise de Depots, do Comptes Courants, et de Credit Industriel Credit d u Nord Comptoir des Ordennes (Claude Lafontaine et Cie.) Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - , 23 421 1 64 2 (?) (?) (?) 12 5 (?) (?) 570,001 681,056 140,162 84,567 37,248 26,942 87,937 33,026 Reports. (k) * 46,760 12,083 t* 98,384 * 41,332 6,713 7,822 10,248 8,884 25,207 5,547,047 1,597,209 Proportion of money at; call and Due from; at short current I Securities. notice to accounts. . deposit Inabilities. (m) (0 Per cent. (?) 215 174 259,394 147 g 238,768 204 031,834 213,307 (?) C8,475 (?) 032,776 (?) 46,707 14,220 7,433 67,172 24,190 21,384 64,927 7,487 16,875 13,087 4,000 2,831 2,760 2,371 0 90,331 A 751 11,628 4,437 620 1,117,764 1,211,431 236,430 464,279 174,738 148,914 151,392 169,042 30,000 101,865 55,141 61,283 16 17 16 34 53 80 103,348 124,122 20,319 45,070 45,092 31,998 0 0 0 0 0 0 417,167 575,796 94,356 0 0 0 4,400 305 2,584 1,263 149,503 61,974 34,361 11,900 27,696 0 0 0 75,495 10,396 900 58,704 93,356 67,637 11,250 13,280 13,000 870 7,205 0 0 0 556 0 ft 371 92,493 48,162 23,692 37,035 61,519 11,001 10,000 16,381 12,406 446 0 58 310 18 A 462 703 19 67 61,547 39,597 111,077 52,980 20,959 15,861 26,009 17,885 37,193 8,278 12,485 6,301 14,229 13,000 4,560 7,200 6,000 5,937 6,453 5,723 (?) 52,886 71,068 57,647 (?) 314 3,069 3,G29 20,996 9,990 24,928 23,580 14,736 26,443 (?) (?) 996 50,975 15,359 110,249 45,578 8,442 12,085 12,697 9,276 30,851 3,513 127 18,986 P(?) 19,917 30,790 <5,384 24,038 770 1,948 (?) (?) 276 (?) 9 5,056 0 1,688 3,300 0 (?) 10,123 (?) (?) 0 1,409 (?) (?) 2,502 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 31 1 (?) (?) 123 (?) 302 123 (?) (?) (?). 162 112 (?) (?) 7,092 12,366 3,144 11,507 7,805 5,736 724 11,495 2,357 (?) 13,460 8,847 6,588 (?) (?) (?) (*) *4,069 1,257 1,289 966 (?) (?) (?) (?) 3,044 J 0 648 112 (?) 1,526 1,205 (?) 252 486 233 1,549 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 642 235 2,144 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 (?) (?) (?) 133 1,049 200 0 3,878 102 (?) 133 170 460 550 0 0 a Including the bureaux auxiliaires, places reunees, and vllles rattachees. b Including balance In other banks. «Including reports. d Including time certificates. « This figure includes the accounts of foreign banks and sundry current accounts* / The societe had, In addition, at the end of 1905,137 temporary offices. o Including credits b y acceptances. A Including interest and dividends paid to stockholders. < Report of July 31,1905. / Deduction has been made of a dividend of 2\ per cent paid upon shares and of sums added to the reserve In the course of the year. * The reports published b y the bank contain no item for the participations, securities owned, and reports. i This figure expresses the total amount of the cash accounts and all notes payable to bearer. TO This figure Includes the total amount of certificates In circulation. n Deduction has been made of 5 per cent Interest upon capital. o Including time deposits and time certificates. v The societe only publishes the net balance of its credit and debtor current accounts. 3 Including the Items of " F o n d s publics, Comptes d'ordre." r Report of March 31,1906. * Including bills receivable. * This figure Includes the total amount of current accounts of banks, t* Including treasury bills. v Including certain participations. (?) (?) 6,645 8,668 0 0 0 0 27 20 16 35 29 112 39 54 28 8,276 0 0 2,918 2,477 0 93 2,118 2,445 0 ' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,084 Reserve liability of shareholders. Dividends. (I) 17,833 4,425 13,340 28,505 a 422 255 182,500 250,000 0 0 Percent* 13.54 10.00 «440,085 328,292 88,693 272,131 63,530 49,741 408 5,271 33 34,409 4,960 581 5,364 8,908 3,029 10,804 6,015 5,311 /420 183 27 3 0 0 250,000 150,000 80,000 62,500 60,000 60,000 125,000 0 60,000 0 15,000 0 6.20 5.50 11.00 12.00 7.00 5.00 7,417 1,621 1,839 /2,913 948 1 12 30,000 30,000 5,639 22,500 8.00 9.60 44,355 122,601 1 52,118 t* 1,878 1 51,780 1,273 2,349 227 956 803 »752 4 17 1 30,000 30,000 25,000 22,500 18,000 12,500 10.00 6.00 7.74 0 31,372 P12,778 13,039 37,319 992 40 6 91,898 713 874 816 1,228 10,000 20,000 16,000 10,000 0 12,000 1,000 0 4.50 6.77 5.50 4.00 63 0 5,790 528 0 13 830 3 0 »1,120 769 397 1,543 798 246 1,204 710 332 1,764 569 12,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 6,500 5,000 5,000 3,350 5,000 0 6,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5.10 7.00 4.00 4.00 7.20 6.70 5.00 11.00 4.00 4,515,058 1,019,733 (?) 856,272 0 <* 740,118 85 87 28 (d) (b) 10,514 180,560 28,296 22,921 (?) (g) Per cent. 4 22 338 0 (g) 225,015 366,856 102,728 35,128 8,493 (o) 5,801,493 2,176,736 (?) (?) 30,109 (e) (g) ProporNumber Subtion of of scribed capital Bank notes Sundry [Profit and] branches. capital. and sur- Accepts in circula- Deposits. Current loss ances. accounts. liabilities. plus to tion. account. other liabilities. 3,568 1,423 729,8G1 847,538 192,412 155,821 66,029 85,175 20,812 Sundry Capital and surplus. 29,863 37,000 16,781 (?) 3,282 1,327 443 0 51,741 Total. 0 0 47,533 28,968 Real estate and furniture. 221,015 5,447 (?) (?) 63,531 Syndicate interests and participations in other firms. (?) 535.567 (?) (?) 49,661 65,793 (?)* 49,727 (?) 18,817 22,802 12,638 17,404 Coupons matured Money at call and at and short securities notice. repayable. Liabilities. (?) dl43 0 39,954 5,080 89,515 (?) (?) 0 7,859 8,245 (?) (?) 27,819 (?) 35,736 13,676 7,444 10,467 1,250 26,531 (?) (?) NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 335 TABLE No. 5.—SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEETS OF THE PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31,1888-1907—Continued. [In thousands of francs.] 1906. Assets, Name of bank. Proportion of cash on Cash on hand and| Discounts, at the hand and and at the Bank | Bank of loans, of France. France to advances. (h) liabilities., (i) Reports. (n) Proportion of Syndicate Coupons atl Real Interests matured Money at money call and Duefrom| estate and parcall and at at short and i current Securities. ticipations and fursecurities short to accounts. in other repayniture. notice. . notice deposit firms. able. Inabilities. (m) (1) (k) (g) Socifite" Marseillaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de D6pOts SociSte Nanceienne de Credit Industriel et de Depots 3,707,542 M65,5S2 102,666 93,744 24,113 6 15,991 7,415 8,479 (?) 1,894,670 22 c 1,630,407 64,140 59,258 26,060 73,706 34,975 0 35,663 9 31 90,536 35,485 17,069 0 19 407 45, 63,453 45,805 (?) (?) (?) 6 6,628 3,455 SociSte" Lyonnaise de De"p6ts, de Comptes Courants et de Credit Industriel. Credit duHord Comptoir des Ardennes (Claude Lafontaine et Cie.) 2,530 4,162 7,194 (?) Banque Privee Industrielle, Commerciaie, Coloniale, Lyon-Marseille Caisse Industrielle du Nord Banque de Bordeaux Banque Suisse et Francaise 2,578 316 4,447 3,526 (?) (?) 4,887 (?) 27,032 23,599 12,111 22,161 Society Francaise de Banque et de Depots * Caisse Lecuyer (Sounnais et Cie.) Societe* Frangaise de Reports et de Depots SoeiSte' Lehideux et Cie.* Banque Rfigionale du Hord Banque Commerciaie d'Escompte de Paris Caisse de Credit de Nice . Soctete* Bordelaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de D6p6ts Comptoir de Lorraine (Messein et Cie.) Banque Commerciaie et Industrielle 2,201 3,212 1,915 7,170 6 60 2 134,738 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 194 3,242 761 349 8,071 152 (?) (?) 720,766 809,261 192,418 108,074 i 41,197 55,490 22 15 24 (?) (?) (?) 8 4 (?) (?) Sundry Total. ProporNumber Subtion of of scribed Capital capital Accept- Banknotes Profit and branches. Current capital. , Sundry and sur- ances. in circula- Deposits. accounts. and loss surplus. plus to tion. liabilities. account. other liabilities. (o) (e) (b) (d) (g) (g) Per cent, Per cent. Banque de France Credit Lyonnais Society Ggn&ale pour favoriser le dfiveloppement du Commerce et de l'lndustrieen France Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris Soci€t& G6n£raledeCr6dit Industriel et Commercial Banque de Paris etdes Fays-Bas Banque de l'Union Parisienne Banque Franchise pour le Commerce et PlndustrieJ Liabilities. 13,288 i 102,895 * 43,367 7,472 10,552 9,519 8,874 24,493 588 '(?) (?) 3,791 (?) 0 13,631 8,106 (?) 18,875 (?) (?) 0 2,540 (?) (?) 1,649 5,602,212 1,795,989 (?) (?) 15,152 (?) 3,466 112 134 0 114,233 33,940 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 310 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 40 0 (?) (?) 902,724 962,263 246,057 197,883 83,721 99,632 (?) 527,766 221,015 9,069 0 0 31,312 35,000 0 1,430 5,854,539 2,369,254 225,015 370,361 Per cent. 4 21 9,008 169,340 4,689, 360 221 302,780 162 ?264,529 245 0 32,256 305,892 (?) 67,590 (?) 34,462 (?) 164 27,340 27,144 346 49,168 14,628 7,821 82,514 26,717 20,756 63,474 6,817 (?) 19,825 11,068 8,401 23,940 14,260 4,000 7,951 2,624 2,355 0 88,462 A 951 31,571 3,015 2,538 1,342,086 1,350,959 291,085 645,636 194,735 168,144 186,907 169,720 40,000 103,184 70,365 60,452 14 15 18 23 67 62 115,396 142,518 21,208 53,873 39,771 36,228 0 0 0 0 0 0 452,026 591,439 100,322 0 0 0 4,400 309 1,090 2,522 160,410 71,216 36,588 11,900 32,377 150 0 0 69,598 11,250 2,099 1,286 (?) 516 1,115 (?) 54,965 94,061 65,242 63,729 24,017 40,151 83,487 78 25 1,242 8,235 (?) 7,531 (?) 6,816 14,501 0 0 0 2,734 102 0 354 A 434 '396 140 11,350 13,408 13,151 14,224 10,000 16,593 15,416 474 0 61 253 14 A 452 1,335 12 67 117 54,672 39,359 124,733 57,177 17,617 17,351 27,284 18,645 38,476 7,490 12,523 6,359 14,279 13,000 4,583 7,050 8,658 5,974 7,400 5,801 32 23 14 32 37 93 53 51 32 430 6,076 0 0 3,742 2,092 0 53 2,297 2,036 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (?) 242 47,561 67,615 52,999 (?) 320 2,999 4,789 20,?97 12,243 34,311 23,915 16,558 41,248 45,045 16,500 123,685 50,537 (?) (?) 18,196 (?) 128 311 122 (?) (?) (?) 137 103 (?) (?) 23,548 ff(?) 20,380 39,302 7,666 13,794 12,860 9,223 32,564 2,389 «5,490 22,659 987 6,387 9,804 2,945 12,290 8,552 5,481 642 13,347 2,301 | (?) (?) (0 (?) 3,136 (?) 1,994 1,542 (?) (?) (?) (?) 308 364 4,144 (?) 13,148 (?) (?) 431 859 1,806 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 (?) (?) (?) 198 1,049 200 0 (?) 133 160 460 550 0 0 a Including the bureaux auxiliaires, places reunecs, and vllles rattachees. 6 Including balance in other banks. c Including reports. d Including time certificates. *This figure Includes the accounts of foreign banks and sundry current accounts. /The soctete" had, in addition, at the end of 1906,156 temporary offices. o Including credits by acceptances. h Including interest and dividends paid to stockholders. i Including treasury bills. /Report of July 31,1906. * Deduction has been made of a dividend of 2% per cent paid upon shares and of sums added to the reserve in the course of the year. t The reports published by the bank contain no item for the participations, securities owned, and reports. ra This figure expresses the total amount of the cash accounts and all notes payable to bearer. « This figure includes the total amount of certificates In circulation. o Deduction has been made of 5 per cent interest upon capital. v Including time deposits and time certificates. ? The soci<5te* only publishes the net balance of its credit and debtor current accounts. r Including the Items of" Fonds publics, comptes d'ordre." * Report of March 31,1907. * Including bills receivable. «* This figure includes the total amount of current accounts and of accounts of banks. * Including certain participations. Dividends. (0 Percent* 15.62 0 11.00 28,580 6,557 17,530 34,607 a 446 257 182,500 250,000 o «5S0,584 424,691 125,280 425,789 72,089 66,216 500 12,784 39 40,112 4,128 848 6,673 9,807 4,236 22,678 8,382 4,400 /443 195 29 3 0 0 300,000 150,000 100,000 62,500 60,000 60,000 150,000 0 75,000 0 0 0 6.20 6.00 11.00 12.00 8.00 5.00 7,191 45,179 11,325 1,731 *3,331 1,006 1 13 30,000 30,000 5,412 22,500 9.00 10.00 39,951 m21,132 1 46,516 49,380 nl,767| 1,297 3,376 217 1,125 1,394 <»727 4 17 1 30,000 30,000 25,000 22,500 18,000 12,500 10.00 7.00 7.65 P40,244 ffl3,098 15,648 50,679* 928 40 13 f 1,675 802 879 990 1,216 32 2 8 0 20,000 20,000 16,000 15,000 6,977 12,000 1,000 2,500 5.00 6.77 5.70 5.00 35,215 5,309 27,287 101,351 (?) 38,925 (?) 10,647 (?) 8,950 0 7,231 9,276 1,051 8,950 27,019 (?) 725 (?) 70 0 7,428 546 0 25 1,253 788 404 1,675 964 295 1,326 813 369 2,021 276 3 12 12,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 6,500 10,000 5,000 3,350 5,000 0 6,000 0 0 4,000 0 3,342 0 0 0 5.50 5.14 7.40 9.00 5.00 7.50 a 25 5.00 11.00 4.00 885,046 (?) 0 d739,682 1,048,707 0 0 0 0 liability of shareholders. (?) <*91 0 4 0 t>688 I i 0 0 0 (?) 4 0 0 0 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 336 TABLE No. 5.—SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEETS OF THE PRINCIPAL BANKS OF FRANCE COMPILED YEARLY ABOUT DECEMBER 31,188&-1907~<kiitmued, [In thousands of francs.] 1907. Assets. Name of bank. Banque de France Credit Lyonnais Societe" G€n6rale pour favoriter le developpement du Commerce et de I'lndustrie en France Comptoir Nationald'Escomptede Paris.. Soctete" Gfinfirale de Credit Industrie! et Commercial . . Banque de Paris ct des Pays-Bas , Banque de l'Union Parisienne Banque Franchise pour le Commerce et I'lndustrie * SociSte" Marseillaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Depots Sociele" Nancfiienne de Credit Industriel et de Depots Proportion of I cash on Cash on hand and Discounts, hand and at the and at the Bank Bank of loans, of France. France to advances. deposit liabilities, (n) 00 (i) 3,615,350 6150,060 85,010 70,785 19,533 618,457 10,545 11,445 Per cent. 1,971,945 (?) 20 c 1,392,121 705,174 759,848 164,869 75,043 37,002 73,473 76,645 41,073 19,698 42,661 26,S09 37,083 7 14 93,832 38,452 6,524 0 Socle" to" Lyonnaise, de Depots, de Comptes Courants, ct de Credit Industriel... Credit d u N o r d . . . Comptoir des Ardennes (Claude Lafontaine et Cie.) 2,495 3,793 3,254 (?) Banque Priv6e Industrielle, Commerciale, Coloniale, Lyon Marseille Calsse Industrlelle du Nord Banque de Bordeaux Banque Suisse et Francaise 3,458 CSO 1,339 3,135 SociSte" Frangalse de Banque et de Depots r Caisso Lecuyer (SourmaisetCie.) Socifite* Franchise de Reports et de D£p6ts Societe* Lehideux ct Cie.** Banque Rationale du Nord Banque Commerciale d'Escompte de Paris Caisse de Credit de Nice Socifite Bordelaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de D6pdts Comptoir de Lorraine (Messein et Cie.) Banque Commerciale et Industrielle 1,G24 1,685 1,893 2,844 116 1,887 925 952 1,525 618 (?) (?) 600 (?) ! 4 30 2 (?) | Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (?) (?) 17 12 19 (?) (?) (?) &3,157 1,948 Reports. 15 205 (?) J (?) 1 11 i 12 ! (?) ! (?) Liabilities. Proportion of Syndicate Coupons at] interests matured Money at money Real call and Due from| and parcall and at at short and estate current Securities. ticipations short securities and furnotice to accounts. In other notice. repayniture. deposit firms. able. Inabilities. | (k) (m) (g) 0) (?) (?) 17,489 (?) 4,921 73 1,346 0 5,587,295 1,542,181 884,924 871,706 209,021 136,234 75,702 122,001 Per cent. (?) 210 (e) ProporNumber Subtion of of scribed capital Accept- Bank notes |Profltand| branches. Current Sundry capital. and sur- ances. In circula- Deposits, accounts. loss liabilities. account. plus to tion. other liabilities. (o) (b) (g) (d) (g) 221,015 8,280 0 0 33,290 35,000 0 1,345 5,841,600 2,155,254 225,015 377,469 Per cent. 4 23 5,033 132,203 179 318,188 153 9226,003 209 (736,247 266,762 (?) 63,949 (?) ff45,531 (?) 227 27,222 44,431 281 50,807 14,153 8,073 73,610 31,819 15,358 05,932 25,957 15,841 4,000 7,951 2,349 2,340 0 85,608 h 949 4,976 3,162 949 187,421 170,444 41,000 151,627 70,702 60,641 15 17 21 46 71 49 136,946 142,034 22,982 72,437 45,398 38,468 4,400 912 4,829 4,227 1,345,808 1,224,196 258,290 514,585 189,961 198,147 155,694 92,691 52,765 11,900 56 16 56,543 102,141 59,877 10,500 13,900 13,296 26 17 23 00,926 24,907 41,819 77,724 14,954 10,000 17,830 17,125 35 78 82 32 56,714 44,180 116,002 51,421 16,514 15,365 27,346 18,417 27,547 7,425 12,562 6,422 14,334 13,000 4,608 7,151 9,701 6,020 8,750 5,864 31 18 16 36 41 136 63 53 55 426 103,513 40,400 48,787 70,508 *(?) 46,705 (?) (?) (?) (?) 51,282 74,301 49,959 (?) 294 3,159 3,873 22,934 9,918 21,076 24,133 12,352 30,697 3,646 (?) 0 10,214 28,589 24,813 13,691 46,000 4,714 (?) 17,509 (?) (?) 0 2,264 (?) (?) 352 (?) (?) 0,139 (?) 120 275 117 (?) (?) (?) 167 108 25,577 P(?) 24,458 29,757 * 36,880 13,884 « 96,012 '41,183 7,127 10,010 10,302 7,470 19,670 1,030 409 (?) 0 1,954 0 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 23 1 (?) (?) 8,423 21,195 2,000 Capital and surplus. (?) 568,448 (?) (?) 43,218 15,569 115,414 44,027 7,243 11,897 13,574 Sundry Total. (?) (?) *7,980 28,411 458 7,192 9,129 2,876 12,054 9,175 5,929 621 10,880 (?) 25,052 12,980 11,968 15,730 2,721 (?) (?) *2,662 (?) (?) <*) (?) 0 3,347 (?) 2,121 895 811 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 414 265 357 4,412 (?) 645 490 3,103 (?) (?) (?) (?) 0 in (?) (?) 264 1,000 1,304 (?) 0 94 391 132 1,049 200 69 (?) 133 139 460 550 0 0 (?) 3,413 0 A 513 4450 553 0 61 202 9 M53 844 4 66 128 a Including the bureaux auxlliaires, places reun6es, and villes rattachecs. Mncluding balance In other banks. ^Including reports. d Including time certificates. eThis figure Includes the accounts of foreign banks and sundry current accounts. / T h e society had, in addition, at the end of 1907,180 temporary offices. 0 Including credits by acceptances. ^Includinginterest and dividends paid to stockholders. < Report of July 31,1907. i Deduction has been made of a dividend of 2£ per cent paid upon shares and of sums added to the reserve in the course of the year. * The reports published by the bank contain no item for the participations, securities owned, and reports. i This figure expresses the total amount of the cash accounts and all notes payable to bearer. « This figure includes the total amount of certificates in circulation, n Deduction has been made of 5 per cent interest upon capital. o Including time deposits and time certificates. p The society only publishes the net balance of its credit and debtor current accounts. qIncluding the items of "Fonds publics, Comptes dVordre." r Report of March 31,1908. * Including bills receivable. t This figure Includes the total amount of current accounts and of accounts of banks. tt Including treasury bills. v Including certain participations. liability of share' holders. Dividends. (f) 4,800,581 (?) 0 <*732,lj7 747,012 871,953 38,448 7,322 25,511 34,U0 o466 266 182,500 250,000 0 0 Percent. 18.22 11.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 493,7jf4 569,0J7 100,2jfl 0 -0 0 «520,381 313,007 90,084 257,076 59,693 93,094 564 19,615 35 23,701 6,091 1,295 6,712 10,039 3,958 9,744 8,072 4,649 /468 200 31 3 0 0 300,000 150,000 100,000 75,000 60,000 60,000 150,000 0 75,000 0 0 0 6.20 6.00 11.50 12.00 8.00 5.00 42,295 1,317 0 0 45,5|6 14,366 9,686 54,589 2,180 9,466 /3,192 1,053 1 13 50,000 30,000 18,235 22,500 9.00 10.00 640 8,498 (?) 8,502 (?) 8,053 10,139 7,271 0 0 4,259 2,285 0 87 2,974 1,725 0 0 0 0 ?27525 *25,2J6 I 49,619 «»1,5£1 j 43,983 1,720 3,364 286 1,158 1,484 «731 4 18 1 30,000 30,000 25,000 22,500 18,000 12,500 10.80 7.50 7.66 2,092 40 19 850 886 894 985 1,546 47 2 12 0 20,000 20,000 16,000 15,000 6,179 12,000 0 0 5.00 6.77 5.70 5.00 77 0 1,441 523 0 26 732 2 0 846 412 2,000 833 274 1,306 4 12 0 0 0 12,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 6,500 10,000 5,000 6,030 5,000 0 6,000 0 0 4,000 0 2,299 0 0 0 5.50 5.20 8.00 a 24 5.50 7.50 COO 6.00 10.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T jj 34,492 (?) d 0 ' P13,973 14,709 48,064 |5,95S 5,6f6 93,287 (?) (?) 0 8,1(3 7,713 (?)' (?) 31,680 (?) 32,800 9,347 6,882 7,850 1,280 16,080 1,018 992 150 (?) 4 0 0 0 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 337 T A B L E N o . 6 . — S T A T I S T I C S O P F R E N C H B A N K S I N 1907. [In thousands of francs.] Number Subscribed Date of report. of branches. capital. Principal French banks.* Banque de France Credit Lyonnais... , Socle" t6 Generate pour favoriser le d6 veloppement du Commerce et de l'lndustrie en France Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris Soctete" Generate de Credit Industriel et Commercial .* , Banque de Paris etdes Pays-Bas Banque de PUnion Parisienne ..... Banque Frangaiso pour le Commerce et l'lndustrie .. Soci6t6 Marseillaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de Depdts Socidte* Nanc&enne de Credit Industriel et de Depots Soci£t6 Lyonnalse de Depots, de Comptes Courants et de Credit Industriel Credit duNord Comptoir des Ardennes (Claude Lafontaine et Cle.) Banque Privet Industrielle, Commerciale et Coloniale, Lyon-Marseille , Caisse Industrielle du Nord Banque de Bordeaux , Banque Suisse et Francaise Societe" Francaise de Banque et de Depots , Caisse Lecuyer (Sourmais et Cie.) -. Soci£t6 Francaise de Reports et de Depots SoctetSLehideuxetCie.... Banque RSgionale du Nord Banque Commerciale d'Escoinpte de Paris Caisse de Credit de Nice Soctete* Bordelaise de Credit Industriel et Commercial et de DGpdts Comptoir de Lorraine (Messein etCie.) Banque Commerciale et Industrielle Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Dec. 24,1907 Dec. 31,1907 .do., .do., .do.. ..do.. .....do , July 31,1907 Dec. 31,1907 ....do , ....do , ....do do do .....do do .....do Mar. 31,1908 Dec. 31,1907 ....do Mar. 31,1908 Dec. 31,1907 ....do ....do .do.. .do., .do.. I n v e s t m e n s in ProporProporProporother institutions. tion of tion of tion of Govern- ProporNumber Paid-in Reserve Number Cash on cash on Money at money capital Proportion of at tion of of reports capital liability of stock- hand and hand and call and call and ment and securities AcceptBills Loans and and surDeposits. ances, c discounted. discounts. plus to dividends!published] and of stockat the Bank at the short In into no- other for last each surplus. holders. holders. of France. Bank of noticed short other In dustrial tice to I securities. deposits. year. year. France to liabilibanks. enter* deposits. deposits. ties. prises. d466 *266 182,500 250,000 225,015 377,469 0 0 29,485 M68 «200 31 3 0 0 1 13 4 18 1 47 2 12 0 4 12 0 0 0 (?) 4 0 0 0 300,000 150,000 100,000 75,000 60,000 60,000 50,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 20,000 16,000 15,000 12,000 12,000 12,500 10,000 8,000 6,500 10,000 5,000 6,030 5,000 187,421 170,444 41,000 151,627 70,702 60,641 52,765 11,900 10,500 13,900 13,296 14,954 10,000 17,830 17,125 12,562 6,422 14,334 13,000 4,608 7,151 9,701 6,020 8,750 5,864 150,000 0 75,000 0 0 0 18,235 22,500 22,500 18,000 12,500 6,179 12,000 0 0 0 6,000 0 0 4,000 0 2,299 0 0 0 <62,000 (?)/ (?) (?)/ <?)/ (?)/ (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?)/ (?)/ (?)/ (?) (?)/ (?)/ (?) (?)/ (?) (?)/ (?)/ (?) (?)/ 3,015,350 150,000 85,616 70,785 19,533 /18,457 10,545 11,445 /3,157 1,948 2,495 3,793 3,254 3,458 680 1,339 3,135 1,624 1,685 1,893 2,844 116 1,887 925 952 1,525 618 Per cent. (?) 20 17 12 19 (?) (?) (?) 7 14 (?r15 205 (?) (?) 600 (?) (?) 30 2 (?) (?) (?) 11 12 (?) (?) Percent. 5,587,295 1,542,181 (?) 210 221,015 8,280 884,924 871,706 209,021 136,234 75,702 122,001 103,513 40,400 51,282 74,301 49,959 28,589 24,813 13,691 46,000 43,218 15,569 115,414 44,027 7,243 11,897 13,574 8,423 21,195 2,000 179 153 209 50,807 14,153 8,073 73,610 31,819 15,358 (?) ' (?) (?) 227 281 (?) 294 3,159 (?) (?) 6,139 (?) (?) 275 117 (?) (?) (?) 167 108 (?) (?) (?)* 2,721 (?) (?)* (?) 3,347 (?) 2,121 895 811 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 414 265 357 4,412 Percent. (?) (?) 1 0732,197 10 3 8 (?) (?) (?) (?) 19 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 951 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 4 3 (?) (?) 493,784 569,057 100,231 (?) (?) (?) 45,576 14,366 (?) 125,276 n 1,581 (?) (?) 0223 (?) (?) 5,666 98,227 (?) (?) (?) 8,113 7,773 (?) (?) 5,033 132,203 1,216,042 1,094,966 1,971,945 1,392,121 136,946 142,034 532,633 689,975 116,639 72,950 26,281 52,491 39,964 8,877 37,517 43,837 46,705 14,404 24,133 12,352 30,697 16,949 13,884 32,859 38,164 7,127 9,565 9,154 6,190 19,760 53 705,174 759,848 164,869 75,043 37,002 73,473 93,832 38,452 48,787 70,508 46,705 21,076 24,133 12,352 30,697 36,880 13,884 96,012 41,183 7,127 10,010 10,362 7,470 19,760 1,030 22,982 72,437 45,398 38,468 42,295 1,317 640 8,498 (?) 8,502 (?) 8,053 10,139 7,271 (?) (?) 4,259 2,285 (?) 87 2,974 1,725 (?) * Banks which have published regular balance sheets since 18S8. b The items which are considered as money at call and short notice are the balance on hand and at the bank, bills discounted, loans upon collateral, reports, coupons, and retired bonds. * The figures in this column express the aggregate of acceptances and bills payable, the indications in the reports not permitting a seoaration of these two items. d Including the bureaux auxiliairest places reunies, and miles rattachees. o r «Including foreign branches. /The others not being registered, it is Impossible to know the number of shareholders. a Including time certificates. ft The Societe" G6n6rale had also at the end of 1907 about 180 temporary offices, opening one or two times a week. i About. /Including the balance in other banks. * In the reports published by the Socie'te' Generate the financial participations are not separated from the securities. ' This number expresses the total of cash accounts and notes payable to bearer. « The reports published by the societe* contain no figures for financial participations, securities, or reports. *» This number expresses the amount of certificates In circulation. Percent. Percent. 18.22 4 11.00 15 17 21 46 71 49 56 16 26 17 23 35 78 82 32 31 18 16 36 41 136 63 53 55 426 6,20 a oo 11.50 12.00 8.00 5.00 9.00 10.00 10.80 7.50 7.66 5.00 6.77 5.70 5.00 5.50 5.20 8.00 8.24 5.50 7.50 6.00 5.00 10.00 65,932 10,880 (?) | (?) 25,052 12,980 11,968 *15,730 (?) I (?) (?) (?) n»2,< 2 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) 645 3,103 (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 338 TABLE No. 7.—STATISTICS OF THE OAISSES D'^PARGNE ORDINAIRES, 1870-1908. [From the annual reports upon the operations of the Caisses d'£pargne Ordinaires, reports of the Commission de surveillance de la Calsse d'amortissement, and of the Caisse des DdpGts e t consignations.! Number of Number of Number of pass books Institutions) passbooks per on on 1,000 December December Inhabit31. 31.o ants. Average deposits on December 3 1 — Total deposits December 31. ( 1,133 1,172 1,179 1,190 1,206 1,227 1,517 1,697 1,753 1,861 2,080 2,158 1,912 1,926 1,915 1,935 1,946 1,949 1,962 1,983 2,009 2,023 2,033 2,054 2,056 2,058 2,070 2,082 2,102 2,132 2,181 2,213 2,240 2,191 2,186 2,216 2,241 2,280 2,280 2,079 2,021 2,017 2,079 2,170 2,366 2,625 2,863 3,174 3,508 3,841 4,199 4,434 4,562 4,752 4,938 5,097 5,207 5,362 5,539 5,761 5,949 6,121 6,172 6,329 6,499 6,633 6,773 6,877 6,998 7,110 7,246 7,307 7,326 7,422 7,557 7,668 7,794 7,915 55 53 56 57 60 65 71 78 86 95 102 111 117 120 125 129 133 136 140 144 150 155 159 160 164 163 172 175 177 180 183 186 187 187 189 192 195 198 201 Francs. 632,000,000 537,000,000 515,000,000 535,000,000 573,000,000 660,000,000 769,000,000 863,000,000 016,000,000 155,000,000 280,000,000 408,000,000 755,000,000 816,000,000 022,000,000 211,000,000 314,000,000 364,000,000 495,000,000 684,000,000 912,000,000 053,000,000 227,000,000 141,000,000 287,000,000 395,000,000 382,000,000 427,000,000 400,000,000 407,000,000 264,000,000 349,000,000 283,000,000 188,000,000 246,000,000 377,000,000 434,000,000 543,000,000 689,000,000 Per passbook. Francs. 304.58 265.92 255.49 257.36 264.28 279.18 292.94 300.82 320.18 329.15 333.29 335.52 395.75 398.13 425.51 _ 447.86 454.00 454.06 465.39 484.52 505.38 513.17 527.25 508.75 519.28 522.50 509.89 506.03 494 43 486.88 458.66 462.18 449.29 435.12 437.34 446.81 448.75 454.60 466.09 Per capita. Francs, 16.61 14.12 14.27 14.82 15.85 18.29 20.84 23.38 27.53 31.28 34.12 37.66 46,45 48.00 53.20 58.00 60.54 61.80 65.20 70.00 75.98 79.60 84.09 81.78 85.48 88.23 87.81 8a 87 87.87 87.85 83.19 86.00 84.07 81.44 82.74 86.15 87.48 90.26 93.98 Investments. Additions. Securities guaranteed Bonds of the Credit by the Foncier. Government. Deposits in the course of the year. Interest credited during the year.** Withdrawals during the year. Government bonds. Francs. 180,000,000 90,000,000 162,000,000 182,000,000 199,000,000 248,000,000 298,000,000 314,000,000 379,000,000 411,000,000 426,000,000 456,000,000 762,000,000 637,000,000 680,000,000 699,000,000 697,000,000 657,000,000 720,000,000 780,000,000 884,000,000 864,000,000 896,000,000 802,000,000 878,000,000 858,000,000 715,000,000 736,000,000 691,000,000 714,000,000 780,000,000 762,000,000 737,000,000 685,000,000 718,000,000 780,000,000 772,000,000 793,000,000 828,000,000 Francs. 24,000,000 20,000,000 18,000,000 19,000,000 20,000,000 22,000,000 25,000,000 29,000,000 34,000,000 39,000,000 43,000,000 48,000,000 58,000,000 64,000,000 69,000,000 76,000,000 82,000,000 83,000,000 87,000,000 93,000,000 101,000,000 101,000,000 106,000,000 97,000,000 101,000,000 106,000,000 98,000,000 99,000,000 100,000,000 99,000,000 99,000,000 97,000,000 98,000,000 94,000,000 93,000,000 97,000,000 99,000,000 100,000,000 105,000,000 Francs. 256,000,000 205,000,000 203,000,000 182,000,000 181,000,000 183,000,000 214,000,000 249,000,000 259,000,000 311,000,000 343,000,000 376,000,000 475,000,000 640,000,000 543,000,000 586,000,000 675,000,000 691,000,000 677,000,000 684,000,000 758,000,000 823,000,000 827,000,000 987,000,000 833,000,000 855,000,000 827,000,000 790,000,000 817,000,000 806,000,000 1,022,000,000 774,000,000 901,000,000 875,000,000 753,000,000 747,000,000 814,000,000 784,000,000 796,000,000 Francs. Francs. 521,000,000 515,000,000 514,000,000 515,000,000 614,000,000 615,000,000 928,000,000 907,000,000 907,000,000 906,000,000 801,000,000 1,677,000,000 1,778,000,000 1,815,000,000 2,171,000,000 2,246,000,000 2,443,000,000 2,620,000,000 2,855,000,000 3,000,000,000 3,169,000,000 3,093,000,000 3,145,000,000 3,292,000,000 3,244,000,000 3,319,000,000 3,275,000,000 3,289,000,000 3,219,000,000 3,213,000,000 3,242,000,000 3,114,000,000 3,164,000,000 3,299,000,000 3,371,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 16,000,000 40,000,000 40,000,000 33,000,000 41,000,000 40,000,000 40,000,000 40,000,000 43,000,000 45,000,000 Francs. 20,000,000 20,000,000 19,000,000 19,000,000 19,000,000 19,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 17,000,000 Total. Francs. Deposits at F u n d s dethe B a n k posited with of France. the treasury. Francs. 532,000,000 526,000,000 525,000,000 526,000,000 625,000,000 626,000,000 839,000,000 918,000,000 918,000,000 917,000,000 811,000,000 1,687,000,000 1,788,000,000 1,825,000,000 2,181,000,000 2,256,000,000 2,453,000,000 2,630,000,000 2,865,000,000 3,010,000,000 3,179,000,000 3,103,000,000 3,155,000,000 3,302,000,000 84,000,000 3,254,000,000 105,000,000 3,355,000,000 57,000,000 3,335,000,000 42,000,000 3,34S, 000,000 39,000,000 3,000,000 3,277,000,000 3,273,000,000 62,000,000 3,301,000,000 15,000,000 3,172,000,000 35,000,000 9,000,000 3,222,000,000 5,000,000 3,360,000,000 3,433,000,000 3,527,000,000 Francs. 2,000,000 17,000,000 54,000,000 142,000,000 150,000,000 246,000,000 188,000,000 249,000,000 377,000,000 509,000,000 959,000,000 152,000,000 259,000,000 415,000,000 163,000,000 144,000,000 81,000,000 98,000,000 96,000,000 96,000,000 108,000,000 95,000,000 194,000,000 76,000,000 92,000,000 84,000,000 97,000,000 94,000,000 54,000,000 91,000,000 46,000,000 59,000,000 95,000,000 96,000,000 88,000,000 o T h e number of Institutions registered in the first column represents t h e total number of offices, strictly so called, and all other branches and receiving bureaus according to the decree of August 3,1875, and during the years 1876 to 1881 the postal bureaus authorized b y the decree of August 3,1875, to conduct operations for the savings banks of their department. Beginning with 1880 with the creation of the Caisse Nationale d'fcpargne, the post-offices have ceased to assist the Caisse d'£pargne Ordinaires. t T h e rate of Interest to depositors Is fixed each year for each office b y the administrative council of that office within the limits established b y law. I t varies thus from one office to another. T h e limits have been the following: From 1853 to 1890, m a x i m u m 3J per cent, m i n i m u m 3J per cent; 1891 to 1892, m a x i m u m 3J per cent, minimum 3 i per cent; 1893 to 1895, m a x i m u m 3J per cent, m i n i m u m 3 per cent; since 1895, m a x i m u m 3 per cent, m i n i m u m 2} per c e n t . Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. 339 TABLE No. 8.—STATISTICS OP THE CAISSE NATIONALE D'EPARGNE, 1882-1908. [From the annual reports upon the operations of the Caisse Nationale d'Epargne.] Year. Number of offices on December 31. Number of pass books on December 31. Number of pass books per 1,000 inhabitants. Average deposits on December 31— Total deposits on December 31. Francs. 1882.. 1883. 1884., 1885.. 1886.. 1887.. 1890.. 1891., 1892.. 1893.. 1894.. 1895.. 1896., 1897.. 1898.. 1899.. 1900.. 1901.. 1902.. 1903.. 1904.. 1905.. 1906.. 1907.. 1908.. 6,024 6,193 6,478 6,620 6,649 6,712 6,765 6,792 6,817 6,844 7,091 7,257 7,313 7,391 7,369 7,416 7,614 7,642 7,697 7,772 7,820 7,840 7,853 7,884 7,912 7,938 211,000 375,000 ** 526,000 670,000 816,000 951,000 1,101,000 1,273,000 1,476,000 1,694,000 1,934,000 2,050,000 2,251,000 2,457,000 2,652,000 2,861,000 3,074,000 3,320,000 3,566,000 3,806,000 3,992,000 4,144,000 4,345,000 4,577,000 4,795,000 5,035,000 5,292,000 47,000,000 77,000,000 115,000,000 154,000,000 191,000,000 224,000,000 267,000,000 332,000,000 413,000,000 506,000,000 616,000,000 611,000,000 691,000,000 64 753,000,000 69 785,000,000 74 844,000,000 79 86 92 875,000,000 929,000,000 1,010,000,000 98 102 1,080,000,000 106 1,118,000,000 110 116 122 1,187,000,000 128 134 1,433,000,000 1,107,000,000 1,278,000,000 1,339,000,000 1,537,000,000 Per pass book. Additions. T o deposits Withdrawals Interest Per in the course credited in the course capita. of t h e year. depositors. of the year. Francs. Francs. 1.25 224.97 2.04 206.05 3.04 213.21 4.04 222.59 225.63 4.98 228.17 5.84 236.08 6.97 255.09 8.66 274.76 10.79 292.05 13.20 312.28 16.06 292.31 15.90 302.99 17.96 302.82 19.57 292.57 20.37 291.86 21.80 283.39 22.61 280.08 23.96 233.43 25.98 286.15 27.70 277.28 38.34 269.78 28.50 273.23 3 a 26 279.38 32.61 279.19 34.10 2S4.69 36.50 290.40 39.04 Francs. 65,000,000 73,000,000 94,000,000 113,000,000 133,000,000 144,000,000 170,000,000 208,000,000 262,000,000 323,000,000 388,000,000 338,000,000 395,000,000 403,000,000 355,000,000 366,000,000 362,000,000 384,000,000 426,000,000 448,000,000 449,000,000 435,000,000 456,000,000 495,000,000 512,000,000 547,000,000 583,000,000 N O T E . — T h e rate of Interest paid to depositors was 3 per cent per year fiom 1SS2 to 1895. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Investments. Francs. 1,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 7,000,000 9,000,000 11,000,000 14,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 17,000,000 19,000>000 19,000,000 20,000,000 21,000,000 22,000,000 24,000,000 26,000,000 27,000,000 27,000,000 28,000,000 30,000,000 32,000,000 33,000,000 35,000,000 Francs. 18,000,000 45,000,000 59,000,000 78,000,000 101,000,000 117,000,000 134,000,000 152,000,000 192,000,000 244,000,000 294,000,000 359,000,000 332,000,000 360,000,000 342,000,000 327,000,000 352,000,000 352,000,000 369,000,000 404,000,000 449,000,000 451,000,000 415,000,000 434,000,000 483,000,000 486,000,000 514,000,000 Securities (government obligations). Francs. 37,000,000 62,000,000 92,000,000 124,000,000 155,000,000 182,000,000 219,000,000 284,000,000 366,000,000 454,000,000 568,000,000 566,000,000 646,000,000 713,000,000 740,000,000 804,000,000 839,000,000 896,000,000 979,000,000 1,057,000,000 1,105,000,000 1,108,000,000 1,177,000,000 1,268,000,000 1,341,000,000 1,430,000,000 Balances at the Caisse des Depdts e t consignations. Francs. 10,000,000 15,000,000 22,000,000 30,000,000 36,000,000 42,000,000 49,000,000 48,000,000 49,000,000 52,000,000 49,000,000 48,000,000 48,000,000 44,000,000 50,000,000 49,000,000 48,000,000 48,000,000 50,000,000 47,000,000 37,000,000 39,000,000 41,000,000 47,000,000 88,000,000 95,000,000 A decree of October 27,1895, reduced this rate to 2} per cent. Total. Francs. 47,000,000 77,000,000 114,000,000 154,000,000 191,000,000 224,000,000 268,000,000 332,000,000 415,000,000 506,000,000 617,000,000 614,000,000 694,000,000 757,000,000 790,000,000 853,000,000 887,000,000 944,000,000 1,029,000,000 1,104,000,000 1,142,000,000 1,147,000,000 1,218,000,000 1,315,000,000 1,429,000,000 1,525,000,000 340 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABLE No. 9.—DEPOSITS OP SAVINGS BANKS, 1871-1908. Deposits of savings banks. Ye^r. 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 Caisses Ordinaires* Francs. 537,000,000 515,000,000 535,000,000 573,000,000 660,000,000 769,000,000 .. 863,000,000 1,016,000,000 1,155,000,000 1,280,000,000 .' ' ! Average 1881-1890 1891 1 1892....... 1893 1894 [ 1895 1896 1897 •1898 1899 1900 * Average 1891-1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1903 Francs, 790,000,000 Average 1871-1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 Caisse Natlonale.** 1,408,000,000 1,765,000,000 1,816,000,000 2,022,000,000 2,211,000,000 2,314,000,000 2,364,000,000 2,495,000,000 2,684,000,000 2,912,000,000 47,000,000 77,000,000 115,000,000 154,000,000 191,000,000 224,000,000 267,000,000 332,000,000 413,000,000 2,198,000,000 202,000,000 3,053,000,000 3,227,000,000 3,141,000,000 3,287,000,000 3,395,000,000 3,382,000,000 3,427,000,000 3,400,000,000 3,407,000,000 3,264,000,000 506,000,000 616,000,000 611,000,000 691,000,000 753,000,000 785,000,000 844,000,000 875,000,000 929,000,000 1,010,000,000 3,298,000,000 762,000,000 3,349,000,000 3,283,000,000 3,188,000,000 3,246,000,000 3,377,000,000 3,434,000,000 3,543,000,000 3,689,000,000 1,080,000,000 1,107,000,000 1,118,000,000 1,187,000,000 1,278,000,000 1,339,000,000 1,433,000,000 1,537,000,000 a The Caisse Natlonale d'Epargne was founded in 1882. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. TABLE No. 10.—STATISTICS OF THE CREDIT AGRICOLE IN 1907, [From the "Report of the President of the Republlque upon the operation of the Calsses de Credit Agricole mutuel in 1907,"] Number of local offices o Number of regional offices a Number of members: a Local offices Regional offices „• Number of offices with limited liability Number of offices with unlimited liability Amount of reserve fund: a Local offices Regional offices Amount of bills discounted In the course of the year 1907: Local offices Regional offices Amount of loans granted In the course of the year 1907: Local offices '. Regional offices Amount of loans outstanding December 31,1907: Local offices Regional offices Rate of interest Rate of discount Amount of deposits: Local offices Regional offices & 2,168 88 96,192 (?) (?) (?) francs.. 739,000 do 1,481,000 do 83,821,000 d o . . . . 79,889,000 d o . . . . 45,376,000 d o . . . . 45,012,000 do 30,452,000 d o . . . . 28,322,000 percent.. 3 to 4 do.... 2Jto4 (?) (?) a On December 31,1907. 6 The amount of deposits In the regional offices has varied from 600,000 francs to 800,000 francs In the course of the year 1907. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABLE No. 11.—STATISTICS OF THE CREDIT FONCIER IN 1907. [From the "Report published by the SociSte* December 31,1907."] Number of branches Subscribed capital Paid-up capital Reserve liability of shareholders Surplus Total of capital and surplus Mortgage bonds in circulation Communal bonds in circulation Deposits and current accounts** Acceptances Total amount of mortgages Average amount of mortgage loans Average duration of mortgages Communal loans Cash on hand and at the Bank of France Discounts Securities Advances on collateral Deposits with other banks *> Percentage of dividends .*....: (?) .francs.. 200,000,000 d o . . . . 200,000,000 do 0 do.... 40,889,000 do 240,889,000 d o . . . . 2,021,236,000 do.. . . 1,612,925,000 do 136,988,000 0 francs.. 2,157,922,000 do (?) do (?) do 1,792,145,000 do 7,493,000 do.... 73,983,000 d o . . . . 102,692,000 do 37,253,000 do 1,114,000 per cent.. 6 a Including the accounts of correspondents and the credit account of the managers of subonlces. t» The Credit Foncier has no other balances In banks other than the Bank of France, c The dividend of 1907. PAET III STATISTICS OF MONEY, GOLD SUPPLY, GOLD MOVEMENTS, AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis STATISTICS OF MONEY, GOLD SUPPLY, GOLD MOVEMENTS, AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE. TABLE No. 1.—MONEY SUPPLY OF FRANCE AT INTERVALS, 1878-1903. Silver supply, e Gold supply. Years, a In circula- At the bank of France. tion. Million francs. 3,886 3,897 2,721 2,237 2,307 1878 1885 1891 1897 1903 Million francs. 1,114 1,103 1,279 1,963 2,493 Total. 6 Million francs* 5,000 5,000 4,000 4,200 4,800 circula- At the bank Per capita. In tion. of France. Total. * Million francs. 2,040 1,927 1,245 953 1,020 Million francs. 3,000 3,000 2,500 2,175 2,130 Francs. 135.47 130.82 104.30 109.04 123.20 Million francs. 960 1,073 1,255 1,222 1,110 Bank notes In circulation, d Gold supin proGold sup- ply portion to ply in pro- the total portion to of bank the circunotes in lation of France Per capita. For as a whole. Per capita. banknotes. circulation and deposits. « Francs. 81.29 78.49 65.20 56.47 54.67 Million francs. 2,339 2,846 3,085 3,687 4,310 Per cent. Francs. 213.77 63.38 175.69 74.46 129.66 80.48 114.18 95.72 j 111.37 110.62 Per cent. 134.10 116.00 78.90 67.10 64.40 a The years given are those of the monetary investigations. ft Estimates made by M. de Foville on the basis of the results of the monetary investigation. « Silver was estimated at its legal and not at its commercial value. tf Average for the year. *In the calculation of this report the deposits include (1) the accounts current and deposits of the treasury and private individuals at the Bank of France; (2) the accounts current and deposits at the Credit Foncier and the four principal credit companies (Credit Lyonnais, Society Generate Comptoir d'Escompte, and Credit Industriel et Commercial). * 72138—10 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 21 345 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 346 TABTiF, N o . 2.—SHIPMENTS OF GOLD B E T W E E N FRANCE A N D O T H E R COUNTRIES, B Y MONTHS, 1900-1908. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis [In million and hundred thousand francs.] IMPORTATIONS INTO FRANCE. 1900. January... February. March April May June July August September October... November. December. 42.5 13.5 24.0 19.4 35.7 41.7 69.6 74.8 24.8 29.2 20.8 62.4 1901. 39.8 27.6 45.6 11.4 24.3 27.6 48.3 10.0 10.0 41.0 67.7 74.4 1902. 25.9 29.5 90.3 47.6 14.5 50.5 40.8 23.7 22.0 43.0 42.9 1903. 23.0 36.0 22.2 10.5 11.8 40.2 98.5 16.7 8.4 12.8 19.3 14.2 1904. 12.3 20.3 29.2 55.6 267.6 137.8 6.1 4.6 7.3 14.7 58.7 44.1 1905. 49.0 82.7 98.8 56.2 9.8 98.5 86.9 50.5 161.8 22.1 25.5 37.3 1906. 1907. 58.$ 34.8 81.2 123.1 18.3 11.9 24.0 22.7 5.9 19.0 15.5 364.0 13.0 9.6 7.4 23.1 41.8 55.5 133.5 26.6 28.4 49.9 27.0 28.0 4.4 3.0 3.4 29.1 44.8 0.8 1.3 4.4 6.2 15.2 15.1 37.3 26.7 8.7 30.7 6.0 0.8 0.8 6.1 315 2.3 7.9 48.4 12.1 1908. 30.5 77.2 42.2 80.1 165.1 117.0 69.3 52.9 56.8 98.3 95.7 128.1 EXPORTATION FROM FRANCE. January... February., March April May June July August.... September, October... November. December. 10.7 2.1 7.7 1.2 8.3 2.6 3.6 4.3 19.1 23.0 20.7 21.6 0.7 5.3 3.8 8.3 2.9 7.6 4.3 21.0 43.2 26.0 11.0 9.6 10.0 1.3 3.9 3.7 2.2 3.8 2.8 3.6 16.8 11.1 35.4 31.8 4.9 4.5 5.5 8.0 9.7 6.8 3.0 6.2 22.8 28.2 13.3 16.3 6.7 17.4 1.8 6.9 2.4 8.1 10.0 22.0 26.6 9.5 6.0 7.2 8.1 9.1 8.0 24.2 4.2 4.1 6.2 4.1 7.0 35.2 18.4 2.3 2.2 3.0 2.2 1.7 3.4 1.6 1.7 0.7 0.4 0.9 4.1 0.9 STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. TABLE No. 3.—EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOLD AND SILVER, ANNUALLY, 1890-1908. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis [From Statistical Abstract for the Principal and Other Foreign Countries, London, 1910.] Imports. Exports. Year. Gold francs. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 J 117,169,000 362,452,000 387,596,000 305,472,000 461,544,000 253,875,000 300,839,000 290,715,000 199,408,000 318,605,000 459,111,000 428,425,000 440,532,000 314,260,000 658,895,000 779,649,000 436,103,000 444,431,000 1,017,625,000 Silver francs. 139,221,000 176,324,000 120,028,000 158,716,000 88,697,000 141,153,000 177,571,000 171,028,000 191,373,000 187,212,000 145,839,000 97,788,000 97,089,000 127,057,000 96,375,000 104,903,000 164,637,000 360,860,000 156,732,000 Gold francs. 250,290,000 235,372,000 111,168,000 116,871,000 107,602,000 244,381,000 310,894,000 131,863,000 313,208,000 161,646,000 125,568,000 144,442,000 127,046,000 , 129,891,000 125,150,000 131,494,000 165,618,000 164,573,000 23,400,000 Silver francs. 108,765,000 145,384,000 102,084,000 126,651,000 108,462,000 78,459,000 200,941,000 191,842,000 188,591,000 219,651,000 206,786,000 140,516,000 115,608,000 107,377,000 109,168,000 100,469,000 170,982,000 215,501,000 159,746,000 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. 348 TABLE No. 4.—COINAGE OF GOLD, SILVER, ETC., IN FRANCE, 1871-1908. [From Annuaire StatistiqueJ Gold. Year. 1871 .*.,. Francs. 50,169,880 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 24,319,700 234,912,000 176,493,160 255,181,140 185,318,100 24,610,540 1881 1882 2,167,000 3,742,000 1885 18S6 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906a 1907a 1908a ^ . 289,400 23,686,700 24,668,190 554,140 17,477,800 20,602,800 17,422,020 4,514,120 60,943,360 9,831,060 108,006,930 112,538,240 221,379,540 177,326,540 53,985,030 30,048,830 74,879,110 48,874,140 89,113,100 157,125,980 198,418,970 331,938,430 389,957,450 153,233,670 Silver. Francs. 23,878,499 26,838,369 156,270,160 60,609,988 75,000,000 52,661,315 16,464,285 1,821,420 6,733,445 1,159,859 154,379 8,910,583 5,763,624 370 4,000,000 8,000,000 44,000 40,000,000 27,000,000 5,696,480 12,400,000 11,889,086 1,583,797 12,000,000 11,193,956 3,247,672 6,228,655 16,116,867 Nickel and bronze. Francs. 299,335 1,312,112 584,212 415,916 185,000 309,799 197,516 88,439 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 147,803 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 110,000 829,494 1,400,000 1,000,000 800,000 874,227 600,000 800,000 4,543,961 4,800,000 2,200,000 719,700 800,000 769,500 Total. Francs. 74,347,715 28,150,482 156,854,372 85,345,605 310,097,000 229,464,274 271,842,941 187,227,959 24,810,540 200,000 9,100,445 5,101,859 200,000 200,000 489,400 23,941,079 33,726,576 6,517,764 17,678,170 20,802,800 17,622,020 4,714,120 51,143,360 14,031,060 116,116,930 113/367,734 222,823,540 218,326,540 81,785,030 36,619,537 87,879,110 61,563,226 95,240,858 173,925,980 211,812,926 335,905,802 396,986,105 170,120,037 a From Stat. Abstract for the Principal and other Foreign Countries: London, 1910. NOTE.—The abovefiguresare exclusive of the French colonial money which was coined In France. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 349 STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. T A B L E No. 5.—SHIPMENTS OP GOODS BETWEEN FRANCE AND OTHER COUNTRIES ANNUALLY, BY COUNTRIES, 1871-1908. [In million and hundred thousand francs.] 1871. 1872. 32.1 17.0 6.1 2.3 61.1 7.4 17.9 17.6 36.7 9.6 1.6 3.7 38.7 2.9 31.1 1873. • 1874. 1875. 1880. 1881. 15.7 17.3 15.0 2.2 1.0 74.7 7.7 60.4 28.6 15.5 26.9 5.4 11.6 37.0 79.4 11.5 64.6 10.2 43.6 53.3 8.6 32.1 1878. | 1879.' 1876. 1877. 31.0 109.3 226.6 17.6 48.4 37.2 17.0 111.2 62.0 11.9 168.4 j 44.3 157.6 45.1 8.3 14.7 6.7 15.4 53.2 78.6 14.7 8.6 54.8 54.8 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. 0.6 1.9 4.2 4.8 14.5 10.6 17.1 3.5 24.4 18.1 3.8 35.5 21.2 4.0 6.8 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. Importations into France: Shipped from— England. , . . . , , Belgium Egypt United States Italy Turkey Other countries Exportatlons from Prance: Shipped to— Germany England B elghun Egypt Italy Turkey '. I m p o r t a t i o n s into France: . Shipped from— Germany .... England Egypt Italy Turkey . Kxportations from France: Shipped t o — Germany England .Belgium Italy Turkey Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 8.6 15.5 2.9 33.3 21.0 31.7 15.7 46.9 16.6 25.0 193.0 162.6 ' 36.2 40.8 46.7 9.0 121.3 130.9 51.0 70.7 34.9 22.6 55.0 108.7 33. i 63.1 2.6 12.2 32.1 | 32.8 3.8 2.6 30.1 191.2 1.7 23.7 56.2 44.5 0.3 26.9 68.9 7.1 26.8 47.5 4.5 25.6 22.7 2.9 152.1 73.9 2.9 42.0 34.9 38.6 3.8 7.7 63.9 15.4 9.9 23.9 54.2 62.4 1899. 1900. | 1901. 1902. 1903. j 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 2.2 30.0 5.7 8.3 15.0 11.5 2.6 62.4 0.6 12.8 2.2 32.0 6.7 7.4 5.8 27.2 9.0 3.0 1.3 19.2 20.2 7.4 7.4 31.5 1.3 61.4 1.9 8.0 11.5 6.7 7.0 30.2 33.4 62.7 2.2 60.2 144.4 11.2 1.0 46.4 14.1 37.4 2.2 42.2 119.4 40.6 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 9.7 26.3 3.0 4.8 6.1 29.8 2.9 34.6 5.2 146.6 50.7 9.3 79.8 28.7 5.4 36.8 8.0 ' 18.5 10.2 14.4 93.6 29.3 193.6 39.2 12.4 26.0 27.9 16.4 15,7 | 14.4 2.3 9.9 124.2 107.3 133.4 106.6 36.5 56.9 17.6 13.9 1.6 14.4 i 12.8 15.0 89.2 49.2 51.5 46.6 42.0 104.6 0.3 28.5 18.9 2.7 21.4 31.9 47.5 26.5 2.4 13.1 71.0 4.2 14.6 56.1 13.9 15.0 2.6 1.9 6.7 42.9 53.4 111.2 143.5 90.2 11.6 56.5 59.3 , 27.0 32.2 4.8 i 13.4 43.2 14.7 , 11.5 39.7 77.3 46.6 85.3 9.8 16.5 18.1 I 21.2 16.8 24.3 14.4 7.0 10.6 8.3 61.1 83.4 I -66.2 145.4 61.0 55.1 60.1 86.9 6.7 6.4 4.8 7.0 10.2 20.2 > 121.3 0.7 0.3 3.2 15.7 9.1 26.4 : 7.1 2.0 5.8 20.2 18.8 35.7 0.3 7.0 12.8 22.1 2.2 36.0 1.0 9.0 1.3 33.3 6.1 9.6 6.1 19.4 6.8 | 63.8 66.9 12.5 52.2 24.1 24.4 22.8 58.2 7.0 23.7 I 22.4 40.3 36.5 101.1 1.0 1.3 17.6 3.5 15.3 26.8 34.7 23.7 19.6 0.6 29.4 12.7 7.7 32.7 9.6 34.2 6.5 68.6 2.6 26.1 15.7 1 3.8 ! 7.0 61.4 0.7 124.7 20.5 34.9 6.7 9.9 4.8 65.7 36.4 25.9 6.1 35.6 1.0 18.9 32.0 67.2 8.6 53.7 8.9 176.0 114.6 120.4 • 63.4 27.0 18.6 16.3 18.9 35.5 11,2 42.9 0.3 0.3 7.4 6.4 3.5 13.2 8.2 6.7 41.0 54.3 41.7 6.8 11.7 6.1 26.2 0.7 i 7.5 9.3 22.4 28.8 51.8 1.6 4.2 0.3 3.5 13.4 33.8 15.7 77.1 76.5 28.2 ' 16.7 18.2 8.6 42.4 24.1 40.6 1.0 39.7 20.5 0.3 11.8 23.6 30.7 15.4 1.0 49.9 4.8 5,8 3.5 14.5 12.2 3.5 6.5 34.3 32.6 53.2 19.8 13.4 30.1 3.2 11.5 37.3 13.9 15.4 10.6 16.8 57.5 144.3 20.7 121.4 225.8 112.0 173.4 398.8 170.6 79.8 20.3 5.4 | 7.6 9.0 31.9 8.9 11.3 22.7 8.7 12.9 5.3 9.0 1 9.3 152.9 73.8 105.0 395.7 247.0 153.6 8.1 9.1 13.5 | 8.2 11.3 7.4 14.2 16.0 1.9 1.9 2.5 2.5 6.1 2.8 73.1 84.0 62.5 48.5 50.7 70,7 55.9 79.3 14.1 18.2 9.3 4.2 0.3 19.0 52.5 5.8 1.4 41.9 3.2 62.8 6.5 1.4 24.2 11.2 59.8 7.4 0.7 16.4 14.6 69.6 3.4 1.0 3.4 25.4 9.0 33.0 28.3 82.4 5.1 ' 1.7 27.4 12.8 54.1 16.4 2.1 7.4 14.8 6.8 17.0 26.2 28.7 15.6 32.3 2.9 24.6 1.0 13.1 18.6 19.0 3.3 46.9 18. & 699.3; 6.£ 16.4 158.2 4.5 15.5 94.8 1.9 5.3 0.9 15.3 350 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABLF. No. 6.—PROPORTION OF COIN AND ITS SUBSTITUTES TO TOTAL PAYMENTS AT DIFFERENT PERIODS, 1878-1903. Dates of the inves- Amounts tigations. considered. Metallic money. Bank notes. Cash transactions at the Bank of France for the years under consideration. Remarks. Specie. August 14,1878 May 28,1885 April 22,1891 Francs. 22,945,770 52,846,035 Francs. 22,945,770 17,108,315 35,737,720 120,598,975 23,498,810 97,100,165 September 15,1897. 205,869,030 October 15,1903.... 276,310,738 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Francs. (°) 32,511,010 173,358,020 39,897,543 236,413,195 Bank notes. Transfers. Total. Francs. Francs. [The investigations of 1878 and 1885 were lim50,646,971,800 84,140,891,100 J ited to the cash holdings of the state fiscal 60,734,162,400 100,-816,221,300 [ agents. 3,002,202,200 37,990,077,500 97,490,021,600 138,482,301,300 The investigation of 1891 was based on the cash holdings of all the public fiscal agents and the daily receipts of the Bank of France and the Bank of Algiers. /The investigations of 1897 and 1903 were based on the cash holdings of the public fiscal 35,470,883,800 86,275,994,800 124,449,366,700 , 2,702,488,100 J agents and the daily receipts of the Bank of 3,889,863,600 46,118,049,700 124,963,172,400 174,971,085,700 France, the Bank of Algiers, the Credit Fon[ cier, and the credit companies. Francs. 5,598,203,400 3,218,864,100 Francs. 27,895,715,900 36,863,194,800 o In 1878 the census of bank notes was not taken. STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. 351 TABI-E No. 7.—SIGHT EXCHANGE RATES ON NEW YORK, LONDON, AND BERLIN, MONTHLY, 1889-1898. Paris on— Paris o n - Paris o n - Date. Bate. New York. London, Berlin. January 3 . . . . February 7 . . . March7 April 4 May 2 June 6 July 4 August 6 September5.. October 3 November 7 . . Decembers... 519.00 516.50 516.50 516.60 516.50 515.00 515.00 515.00 517.50 517.50 517.50 517.50 25.29J 25.26 25.32J 25.231 25.23 25.161 25.151 25.141 25.251 25.271 2§.22i 25.211 123.97 123.60 123.72 123.35 123.35 122.84 123.09 122.84 123.16 123.28 123.47 123.72 1890. January 2 . . . . February 6 . . . March 6 Aprll3 May.l June 5 July3 August 7 . . . . . September 4.. October 2 November 6.. December 4.., 517.60 516.50 516.50 516.50 515.50 515.50 514.50 515.50 517.00 518.50 518.00 520.00 25.26 25.30 25.25 25.19 25.15 25.15 25.19 25.351 25.29 25.31 25.29 25.26 124.17 123.16 123.34 123.59 123.50 123.41 123.59 123.59 123.85 123.98 124.10 124.17 1891. January 8 February 5 . . . March 5 April 2 May Q'. June 4 , July 2 August 6 . . . . September3. October 1 . . . . Novembers. December 3 . . 517.50 516.50 516.00 514.00 514.00 517.00 516.75 517.00 519.00 621.50 518.50 517.50 25.18 25.21 25.251 25.20 25.28 25.31 25.25 25.26 25.30 25.281 25.221 25.211 123.79 123.59 123.79 123.59 123.47 123.47 123.98 124.10 124.29 124.39 123.85 123.85 1892. January 7..*. February 4 . . March 3 AprI17 517.50 516.50 515.00 515.00 25.181 25.18 25.221 25.161 123.76 123.28 123.34 123.16 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Date. New York. London. New York. Berlin. London. Berlin, 1895—Cont'd. September 5 . . . October 3 November 7 . . . December 5 — 514.00 515.00 513.50 513.50 25.28 25.27 25.22 25.211 123.53 123.53 123.25 123.08 1896. January 2 February 6 March 5 . . . . . . . Aprll2 May7 June 4 July2 August 6 . . . . . . September 3 . . . October 1 Novembers.., December 3.... 512.00 515.00 515.00 513.50 513.50 513.00 513.50 513.50 516.00 516.00 516.00 516.00 25.221 25.22} 25.221 25.18} 25.15} 25.161 25,16} 25.15} 25.17 25.17 25.19} 25.321 122.74 122.81 123.22 123.08 123.08 123.22 123.34 123.34 123.34 123.48 123.53 123.56 515.50 515.00 514.50 514.00 513.00 514.00 514.00 514.00 514.00 517.50 517.00 516.50 25.22} 123.59 123.34 123.75 123.34 123.08 122.03 122.25 123.22 123.44 123.53 123.59 123.72 5W.00 518.50 519.50 520.50 519.00 518.00 517.50 518.50 518.50 520.00 518.50 520.00 25.22 25.221 25.281 25.31} 25.331 | 25.281 25.221 25.221 25.25 25.291 25.33 25.311 1892—Cont'd. MayS June 2 , July7. August 4 September 1 . . . October 6 November 3 . . . December 1 . . . . 515.00 515.00 515.00 514.00 515.00 516.50 517.00 514.00 25.17 25.18 25.17 25.161 25.19 25.17 25.16 25.141 123.09 123.41 123.28 123.22 123.34 123.59 123.47 123.41 1893. Januarys February 2 March 2 . . . . . . . April 6 May 4 Junel.. July 6 August 3 September 7 . . . Octobers November 2 . . . December 7 . . . . 513.50 514.00 515.50 614.00 514.25 515.00 516.50 520.00 518.50 518.00 518.50 516.00 25.121 25.11 25.17 25.131 25.19 25.261 25.171 25.28 25.30 25.21 25.21 25.181 123.28 123.02 123.09 123.02 123.02 123.28 123.38 123.40 123.72 123.84 123.72 123.78 1894. January 4 February 1 March 1 Aprils May2 June 7 July5 August2 September 6 . . . October 4 Novembers... December 6.... 516.00 516.00 515.00 515.25 .515.00 515.00 515.00 514.50 517.00 517.50 514.50 514.50 25.14 25.19 25.17 25.171 25.20 25.181 25.151 25.181 25.181 25.161 25.13 25.131 1897. January 7 February 4 . . . March 4 April 1 123.33 May 6 123.03 June 3 123.08 J u l y l 123.28 Augusts 123.41 September 2 . . 123.37 October 7 123.25 November 4 . . 123.31 December 2 . . . 123.53 123.56 January 6 . . . . 123.22 February 3 . . . 123.09 March 3 1895. January 3 February 7 . . . . March 7 ApriU May2 '.. June 6 July 4 August 6 513.50 514.50 514.50 514.50 514.50 514.50 513.00 513.50 25.151 25.20 25.221 25.26 25.211 25.21J 25.20 25.26 123.53 123.15 123.66 123.38 123.22 123.54 123.25 123.41 April7 May5 June 2 July7 August 4 September 1. October 6 November 3 . December 1.. 25.18} 25.17} 25.141 i 25.101 25.091 25.101 25.101 25.181 25.181 25.171 25.30} 123.59 123.41 123.41 123.28 123.22 123.59 123.72 123.53 123.66 123.91 123.72 123.66 352 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABLE No. 8.—SIGHT EXCHANGE RATES ON NEW YORK, LONDON, AND BERLIN, WEEKLY, 1899-1909. Paris o n - Paris o n - Bate. Paris o n Date. Date. New York. London 1899. Januarys— J a n u a r y 12.. J a n u a r y 19.. J a n u a r y 26.. February 2 . . February 9 . . February 16.. February 23.. March 2 March 9 March 16 March 22 March 3 0 . . . . , April 6 , April 13 April 20 , April 27 May 4 , May 10 May 18 May 25 Junel JuneS June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 2 7 . * . . . . August 3 August 1 0 . . . August 1 7 . . . August 24 August 31 September 7. September 14 September 21 September 28 October 5 October 12... October 19... October 26... November 2 . November 9- • November 16 November 23 November 30 December 7.. December 14. December 21. December 28. 519.00 517.50 517.50 517.00 516.50 517.00 516.50 516.50 516.50 517.50 517.50 518.00 517.00 517.50 517.00 516.50 516.00 514.00 616.00 516.00 515.00 514.50 514.50 514.50 514.50 514.50 515.00 515.00 516.50 515.50 516.50 517.50 517.50 517.00 517.00 518.00 618.50 519.00 519.50 520.00 518.50 517.00 517.00 517.00 516.00 518.00 517.50 518.00 518.00 517.50 518.00 517.50 25.19* 25.21 25.19 25.19 25.17* 25.20 25.18 25.20 25.21 25.24 25.23 25.23 25.21* 25.22 25.21J 25.20 25.19 25.19* 25.21 25.20* 25.20* 25.21 25.19* 25.19 25.20 25.19 25.19 25.22* 25.24* 25.25 25.24* 25.24* 25.25 25.25 25.24 25.25 25.27 25.27} 25.27 25.34* 25.30} 25.28J 25.26 25.23} 25.33* 25.24} 25.24} 25.26* 25.19J 25.32} 25.39 25.33 1900. January 4 — January 1 1 . . . January 1 8 . . . January 2 5 . . , February 1 . . Februarys.. February 15. February 22. March 1 March 3 March 1 5 . . . . March 22 March 29 Aprils April 12 515.00 515.00 515.50 615.50 514.50 515.00 516.00 515.50 515.50 517.50 518.00 518.00 516.50 516.50 516.00 25.25 25.23 25.20 25.19 25.19J 25.18 25.201 25.201 25.181 25.221 25.21 25.22 25.20 25.201 25.201 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis New York. Berlin. 123.34 123.22 123.28 123.22 123.08 123.28 123.34 123.28 123.28 123.53 123.47 123.59 123.41 123.28 123.22 123.22 123.22 123.15 123.22 123.22 123.08 123.22 123.15 123.15 123.28 123.15 123.22 123.15 123.08 123.02 123.02 123.08 123.22 123.28 123.28 123.22 123.47 123.47 123.47 123.47 123.41 123.34 123.35 123.22 123.34 123.41 123.41 123.47 123.41 123.34 123.41 122.96 1900—Cont'd. April 19 April 26 May3 May 10 May 17 May 23 May 31 June 7 June 14 June 21 June28 JulyS July 12 July 19 July 26 August 2 August 9 August 1 6 . . . . . . August 23 August 30 September 6 . . . September 13... September 20.., September 27... October 4 October 11 October 18 October 25 October 31 November8.... November 1 5 . . . November 2 2 . . . November 2 9 . . . December 6 December 1 3 . . . . December 20 December 27 1901. January 3 January 10 January 17 January 24; January 31 February 7 February 1 4 . . . . February 21 February 28 March 7 . . March 14 March 21 March 28 Aprll4 April 11 122.96 April 18 122.96 April 25 122.77 May2 122.83 May9 122.65 May 15 .... 122.71 May 23 , 122.71 May 30 , 122.71 June 6 122.83 June 13 122.83 June 20 122.83 June 27 122.83 July 4 122.96 July 11 122.83 July IS 122.83 1 July 25 515.00 514.00 514.00 514.00 514.00 514.50 515.00 515.50 514.00 514.00 514.00 515.00 515.00 514.50 514.00 514.00 514.00 514.50 514.50 515.00 515.00 515.00 515.50 515.50 516.S0 518.00 517.50 517.00 517.50 517.00 516.50 516.50 515.50 515.50 515.50 517.00 516.50 514.50 515.00 514.00 514.00 514.50 514.50 515.00 516.00 516.00 515.50 516.00 514.50 514.50 514.00 514.00 514.50 513.50 513.50 514.50 513.50 514.00 514.00 514.50 515.00 515.00 515.50 515.50 515.50 516.00 515.50 London. 25.19J 25.191 25.17* 25.18 25.171 25.17* 25.16* 25.16 25.14* 25.12 25.11 25.11 25.101 25.12 25.14 25.15* 25.17* 25.17 25.17* 25.17 25.16 25.15* 25.141 25.14* 25.131 25.14 25.12 25.11 25.10* 25.10} 25.10* 25.11* 25.11 25.10 25.09} 25.091 | 25.08 25.09 25.11 25.12 25.12* 25.16 25.19 25.23 25.24 25.23* 25.21 25.191 25.18* 25.18* 25.17* 25.17* 25.17* 25.17* 25.16 25.17 25.16* 25.18* 25.19* 25.19 25.22 25.20* 25.20* 25.18* 25.17* 25.18 25.18* Berlin. 122.65 122.58 122.52 122.65 122.71 122.71 122.96 122.96 123.02 122.83 122.83 122.83 122.77 122.71 122.65 122.65 122.71 122.77 122.80 122.83 122.83 122.77 122.96 122.83 122.77 122.77 122.71 122.65 122.58 122.65 122.65 122.71 122.77 122.71 122.83 122.83 122.77 122.77 122.71 122.65 122.65 122.71 122.53 122.96 123.15 122.62 122.62 123.08 123.15 123.22 123.15 123.15 123.15 123.08 122.96 122.96 122.71 123.02 123.02 123.15 123.41 123.41 123.41 123.34 123.34 123.22 123. OS New York. 1901—Cont'd. August 1 , August 8 ... August 14 , August 22 August 29 September 5 Septembers... Septembers... September 26... October 3 October 10 October 17 October 24 October 31 November 7 . . . . November 1 4 . . . November 2 1 . . . November 2 8 . . . Decembers December 12.... December 19.... December 26.... 515.00 515.00 515.00 516.50 516.50 517.00 518.00 518.50 517.50 517.50 » 515.50 515.00 514.50 514.00 514.50 515.00 515.00 514.50 514.00 514.50 515.00 515.50 1902. January 2 January 9 January 16 January 23 January 30 February 6 February 1 3 . . . . February 2 0 . . . . February 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April3 April 10 Aprill7 April 24 Mayl... May7 May 15 May 22 May 29 JuneS June 12 June 19 June 26 July3 July 10 July 17 July 24 July 31 August7 August 14 August 21 August 28 September 4 . . . . September 1 1 . . . September 1 8 . . . September 25..., October 2 , October 9 October 16. October 23 October 30 November 6 515.00 514.50 514.50 514.60 514.00 514.00 514.00 j 514.50 j 514.50 514.00 514.50 514.50 515.00 514.50 514.50 515.00 * 515.00 514.50 515.00 515.00 516.00 516.50 515.50 516.00 515.00 514.50 514.50 514.50 514.50 514.60 514.50 514.50 514.50 515.00 515.00 516.00 516.00 516.50 516.50 515.50 515,50 516.00 515.00 514.50 514.50 London. 25.19* 25.20 25.21} 25.24 25.21 25.21 25.21* 25.23 25.22 25.19} 25.15} 25.11} 25.10 25.09} 25.11 25.13* 25.17* 25.16 25.14* 25.13} 25.15 25.16 25.14 25.13* 25.12* 25.12 25.11* 25.12* 25.13* 25.14* 25.15 25.15* 25.15} 25.17 25.17 25.16* 25.16* 25.18 25.19* 25.18* 25.19* 25.20* 25.21. 25.21* 25.22} 25.22* 25.19 25.17* 25.16* 25.15* 25.15* 25.16 25.16 ' 25.19 25.19* 25.19* 25.18 25.19* 25.20* 25.19* 25.19 25.16* 25.15* 25.13* 25.13 25.12* 25.14 Berlin. 123.22 123.15 123.08 123.41 123.34 123.28 123.28 123.53 123.59 123.53 123.28 123.15 122.96 122.90 122.90 122.90 123.08 123.02 122.96 122.96 123.03 123.34 123.08 122.96122.90 122.90122.77 122.90 122.77 122.71. 122.7L 122.71 122.71 122.83 122.80 122.80 122.77 122.83122.8a 122.83 122.80 121,69 122.9& 122.96122.96 122,9& 122.96 122.83 122.83 122.77 122.71 122.71 122.71 122.8a 122.83 122.8a 121.77 122.83 122.96 122.96 123.02 122.90 122.77 122.71 122.71 122.65 122.71 STATISTICS FOR FRANCE. 353 TABLE N o . 8.—SIGHT EXCHANGE RATES ON NEW YORK, LONDON, AND BERLIN, WEEKLY, 1899-1909—Continued. Paris o n - Paris o n - Paris onDate. Date. Date. New York. London. 1902—Cont'd. November 13--November 2 0 . - . November 2 7 . - . December 4 December 1 1 . . . . December 1 8 — December 24 December 3 1 — 514.00 514.50 514.50 514.50 514.50 514.50 514.50 514.50 25.12J 25.13 25.14 25.15} 25.15 25.15i 25.141 25.15 1903. January 8 January 15 January 22 January 29 Februarys February 12 February 1 9 . - - . February 20 March 5 March 12 March 19 March 26 April2 April9 April 16 April 23 April 30 May7 May 14 May20 May 28 June 4 June 11 June IS June 25 July 2 July9 July 16 July 23 July 30 August 6 August 13 August 20 August 27 September 3 September 1 0 . . . September 1 7 . . . September 2 4 . . . October 1 October 8 October 15 October 22 October 29 Novembers November 12 November 19 November 26.-., December 3 December 10..... December 17 December 24 December 31 514.50 514.50 514.50 514.50 514.50 515.00 515.00 515.00 515.00 515.00 514.50 514.50 514.50 515.50 515.00 515.00 514.50 514.00 514.00 514.50 514.50 514.50 514.50 514.50 514.00 514.50 514.00 514.50 514.50 515.50 516.00 516.50 516.00 516.00 516.00 515.50 515.50 516.12 516.50 517.00 516.50 516.00 516.00 517.00 518.00 518.50 519.00 519.50 519.50 518.00 518.00 518.50 25.141 25.131 25.15 25.141 25.141 25.151 25.161 25.16 25.16 25.17 25.17 25.17 25.161 25.161 25.17 25.17 25.16 25.181 25.161 25.181 25.18 25.18 25.171 25.16 25.14 25.13 • 25.12 25.U1 25.13 25.13 25.14 25.15 25.15 25.151 25.16 25.19 25.20 25.201 25.20 25.171 25.15 25.131 25.131 25.15 25.181 25.181 25-20 25.191 25.191 25.171 25.151 1904. January 7 January 14 January 21 January 28 February 4 517.50 517.50 .516.50 517.00 517.50 25.161 25.18 25.16 25.16 25.17 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 25.161 Berlin 1904—Cont'd. February 1 1 . . . . February 18 February 25 March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 April7 122.83 April 14 122.65 April 21 122.71 April 28 /... 122.52 May5 122.65 May 11 122.65 May 19 , 122.58 May 26 122.58 June 2 122.55 June 9 122.52 June 16 122.71 June 23 122.65 June 30 122.58 J u l y 7 122.58 July 13 122.58 July 21 122.65 July 28 122.65 August 4 122.77 August 11 122.77 August 18 122.96 August 25 122.96 September 1 — 122.96 S e p t e m b e r s — 123.02 September 10... 123.03 September 22... 123.08 September 29... 122.96 October 6 123.03 October 13 123.02 October 20 123.15 October 27 123.02 November 3 . . . . 123.22 November 1 0 . . . 123.28 November 1 7 . . . 123.28 November 2 4 . . . 123.28 December 1 123.34 December8 123.41 December 15.-.. 123.53 December 2 2 — 123.53 December 2 9 — 123.41 1905. 123.13 January 5 . . . 122.96 January 12.. 123.02 January 19.. 122.83 January 2 6 . . 122.83 February 2 . . 122.96 February 9 . . 122.96 February 16. 123.08 February 23. 122.96 122.96 March2 123.03 MarchO 122.96 March 16 122.96 March 23 March 30 April6 122.83 April 13 122.96 April 20 122.77 April 27 122.65 May 4 122.71 I, May 11 122.71 122.77 122.71 122.77 122.83 122.80 122.96 122.96 New York. London. New York. Berlin. 518.00 517.50 515.75 516.50 516.00 515.50 515.50 514.50 514.50 515.00 513.50 514.50 515.00 515.00 515.00 516.50 515.00 516.00 516.50 515.50 516.50 516.50 516.50 517.00 516,50 516.50 516.50 516.50 517.00 517.00 517.00 517.50 518.00 517.50 517.75 517.00 516.00 515.50 515.50 515.50 515.50 515.50 516.00 516.50 515.50 515.00 615.00 25.21 25.20 25.171 25.171 25.16 25.17 25.14 25.131 25.131 25.131 25.121 25.10 25.11 25.10} 25.101 25.121 25.13 25.20 25.22 25.181 25.21 25.20 25.20} 25.23 25.24 25.25} 25.26} 25.25} 25.26 25.25 25.23 25.23 25.21} 25.17} 25.15 25.14 25.12 25.11 25.11} 25.13} 25.13 25.15 25.16 25.16} 25.15} 25.16 25.14} 122.77 122.83 122.71 122.83 122.80 122.80 122.96 122.71 122.71 122.77 122.83 122.71 122.83 122.83 122.96 123.08 122.96 123.34 123.41 123.34 123.41 123.47 123.34 123.41 123.34 123.34 123.34 123.34 123.34 123.41 123.41 123.53 123.47 123.34 123.23 123.34 123.28 123.28 123.34 123.34 123.34 123.41 123.38 123.41 123.66 123.41 123.28 515.50 515.00 514.50 514.50 514.00 515.00 515.50 517.00 517.00 517.00 516.50 517.00 517.00 516.00 j 516.50 516.50 516.00 516.00 516.00 25.14 25.14 25.13 25.14 25.15 25.16} 25.19} 25.22} 25.21} 25.21} 25.19} 25.18 25.17} 25.16} 25.15} 25.15 25.15 25.14} 25.17} 122.96 122.80 122.77 122.52 122.71 122.77 122.96 122.96 122.90 123.15 122.52 122.52 122.90 122.77 122.77 122.71 122.65 122.83 122.83 London, Berlin. 1905—Cont'd. May 18 May 25 May 31 JuneS June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 August 3..'. August 10 August 17 August 24 August 31 September 7 September 14... September 2 1 . . . September 2 8 . . . October 5 October 12 October 19 October 2 6 . . . . . . November 2 November 9 . . . . November 16... November 2 3 . . . November 3 0 . . . December 7 December 14.... December 21.... December 2 8 . . . 516.50 516.00 517.00 516.50 515.50 515.50 516.50 515.50 515.50 516.00 515.25 516.00 516.50 516.50 516.50 516.50 517.00 518.00 517.50 517.00 517.00 517.00 516.50 515.50 515.50 516.00 516.50 516.50 516.00 516.50 515.50 514.00 514.00 25.18} 25.18 25.18} 25.18} 25.16} 25.16 25.16} 25.13} 25.14} 25.14 25.13} 25.15 25.16} 25.17} 25.17 25.15 25.17 25.16} 25.16} 25.16} 25.14} 25.15} 25.17 25.151 25.14 25.15} 25.15 25.15 25.14} 25.12} 25.10 25.10} 25.07v 122.90 122.77 122.83 122.83 122.77 122.83 122.83 122.71 122.71 122.77 122.77 122.77 122.77 122.90 122.96 122.96 123.03 122.96 123.08 123.08 122.96 122.96 123.02 122.90 122.83 123.00 122.98 122.02 123.66 122.02 123.93 122.96 122.90 1906. January 4 , January U January 18 January 25 February l Februarys February 1 5 . . . , February 2 2 . . . . March 1 March 8 March 15 March 22 March 29 Aprils April 12 April 19 April 26 May 3 May 10 May 17 May 23 May 31 June 7 June 14 June 21 June28 JulyS July 12 July 19 July 26 August 2.". AugustO August 16 515.00 514.50 515.00 514.75 514.50 515.00 515.50 516.00 516.00 516.50 516.50 516.50 516.50 516.50 517.00 516.00 517.50 518.00 518.00 518.50 518.25 518.25 518.00 518.50 517.75 517.75 518.00 518.00 518.00 517.00 517.50 517.50 518.50 25.11 25.12 25.14} 25.14 25.14 25.16 25.16 25.16 25.15} 25.15 25.14 25.13 25.12} 25.11} 25.11} 25.09} 25.15} 25.15} 122.83 122.77 122.83 122.58 122.71 122.58 122.71 122.71 122.65 122.71 122.65 122.58 122.58 123.02 122.52 122.40 122.77 122.52 122.71 122.83 122.71 122.77 122.71 122.96 122.96 122.65 122.83 122.83 122.83 122.83 122.71 122.83 122.96 25.20} 25.18} 25.20 25.20 25.17} 25.18 25.17 25.15 25.15 25.15 25.14} 25.15} 25.15} 25.16} 25.18 354 NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION. TABIiE No. 8.—SIGHT EXCHANGE BATES ON NEW YORK, LONDON, AND B.EELIN, WEEKLY, 1899-1909—Continued. Paris o n - Paris on— Now York. London. 1907—Cont'd. September 13 September 20 September 27 October 25 ... November 15 November 2 2 . . . . November 29 518.50 518.50 519.50 519.50 519.50 519.00 519.00 518.00 518.50 517.50 518.00 518.00 519.00 518.50 518.50 518.50 519.00 520.00 519.50 25.181 25.17J 25.171 25.19 25.191 25.171 25.19 25.21 25.20 25.25 25.221 25.241 25.281 25.271 25.26 25.25 25.251 25.251 25.26 122.96 122.96 122.96 123.08 123.22 123.02 123.02 122.05 123.08 122.96 122.90 122.90 123.15 123.08 123.15 123.15 123.15 123.22 123.22 518.50 518.50 518.00 518.00 518.50 519.50 520.50 520.50 521.00 521.50 521.50 522.50 521.50 519.50 519.00 518.00 517.50 517.00 516.00 516.00 515.50 515.00 515.00 515.50 515.60 515.00 515.25 515.50 1 515.75 516.00 515.25 516.00 515.75 25.221 25.21 25.21 25.221 25.22 25.24 25.261 25.281 25.29 25.301 25.321 25.33 25.291 25.27 25.241 25.23 25.171 25.151 25.151 25.141 25.13 25.131 25.13 25.14 25.15} 25.14} ! 25.14} 25.15 25.16 25.16 25.15} 25.16 25.15 122.90 123.02 123.02 123.08 122.96 123.02 123.15 123.22 123.15 123.34 123.38 123.41 123.28 123.02 123.15 123.15 122.96 122.87 122.94 122.94 122.87 122.87 122.81 122.84 122.91 122.94 123.00 123.00 122.94 122.94 122.91 122.84 122.81 March 7 , . July 25 August 1 September 12 September 19 September 26 November 14 November 2 1 . . . . November 28 Berlin. 516.25 516.25 516.50 516.50 517.00 515.50 516.50 516.00 515.75 516.25 516.50 514.50 516.50 515.50 516.00 516.50 517.00 516.50 516.50 25.21 25.16} 25.15 25.14 25.14} 25.13} 25.13 25.12} 25.12} 25.12} 25.161 25.21} 25.24 25.27 25.23} 25.20 25.21 25.21 25.20 1908—Cont'd. 122.81 August 20 122.75 122.78 122.87 September 10.... 122.87 S e p t e m b e r s 122.87 September 24 122.75 122.66 122.62 122.56 October 22 122.44 122.50 122.81 November 12 122.75 November 19 122.69 November 26 122.69 122.69 1 122.81 122.69 December 24 516.25 516.75 517.50 516.00 515.75 516.25 516.50 516.50 517.00 516.50 517.00 517.00 516.00 515.50 516.25 515.00 515.00 514.75 515.25 515.00 515.00 515.25 515.25 515.25 615.50 515.50 515.25 515.00 515.00 515.50 515.50 516.25 516.25 25.15 25.17} 25.17} 25.19} 25.16} 25.15} 25.18} 25.20} 25.20 25.18 25.18} 25..16} 25.13} 25.12} 25.12 25.12} 25.12} 25.11} 25.13 25.11} 25.12 25.12} 25.12 25.12} 25.12} 25.12} 25.12} 25.11} 25.12 25.13 25.12} 25.14 25.15 j 1909. 122.69 122.75 122.75 122.81 122.87 122.87 122.87 123.03 123.00 123.00 1 March 4 123.00 March 11 123.12 123.06 123.00 Aprill 123.00 Aprils 122.87 April 15 122.87 April22 122.94 April 29 123.00 j May6 123.06 May 13 123.00 May 19 123.06 May 27 123.19 June 3 123.12 June 10 123.16 123.12 June 24 123.22 J u l y l 123.25 July8 123.16 I July 15 123.22 July 22 123.25 July29 123.22 123.25 1908. 1907. July 4 July 11 New York. ; London. Berlin. 1906—Cont'd. March 21 March 28 April 4 April 11 April 18 April 25 May 2 M»y« May 16 May 2* May 30 June 6 June 13 Paris o n - Date. Date. Date. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis March 5 . . . . . . . . . March 12 April 2 April9 April 16 April 23 April 30 May7 May 14 May 21 May 27 June 4., June 11 July2 July9.^ July 23 July 30 „ o New York. London. Berlin. 516.50 516.75 517.00 516.25 515.75 515.50 515.75 515.50 515.50 515.50 515.25 516.25 516.00 515.75 515.00 515.60 515.50 515.75 515.25 515.00 25.14 25.13} 25.13 25.13 25.12 25.11} 25.11} 25.11 25.10 25.10} 25.09} 25.10} 25.10 25.09} 25.11} 25.11 25.12 25.14 25.12 25.13 123.19 123.12 123.12 123.09 123.06 123.12 123.19 123.03 122.94 122.87 122.75 122.75 122.75 122.62 122.69 122.62 122.75 122.87 122.69 122.75 515.00 515.00 515.00 515.75 516.00 516.75 517.25 517.25 517.25 516.50 516.25 516.50 516.00 515.75 515.50 515.50 516.00 515.50 515.25 515.50 516.00 515.50 516.50 516.00 516.00 515.50 516.00 515.94 516.50 516.50 516.75 517.00 [ 25.10} 25.12} 25.12} 25.16} 25.18 25.19} 25.23} 25.22} 25.24} 25.24 25.23} 25.23 25.18 25.18 25.16} 25.15} 25.15} 25.15 25.15} 25.16 25.17} 25.18 25.22 25.20 25.20 25.18} 25.18} 25.19} 25.19 25.18} 25.19} ! 25.19 122.56 122.69 122.69 122.72 122.62 122.81 123.00 122.94 123.00 123.12 123.09 123.16 123.12 123.00 123.00 122.87 123.03 122.87 122.94 123.03 123.12 123.09 123.22 123.31 123.25 123.19 123.22 123.25 123.19 123.25 123.19 123.19