Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1896 — CONDITION OF NATIONAL BANKS [ARTICLE]

CONDITION OF NATIONAL BANKS

General Improvement Marked in the Financial Brstness. The abstract from the reports made to the Controller of the Currency by the 3,706 national banks in the United States shewing their condition Dec. 13, 1895, shows loans and discounts- amounting to $2,020,901,792, against $2,059,408,402 Sept. 28, 1895, the date of the last report. The gold coin held by the national banks Dec. 13 amounted to $113,843,400, against $110,378,300 Sept. 28. The gold treasury certificates op hand amounted to $20,936,.030,. to be corupsKsod with $21,525,930 Sept. 1 28. The gold clearing house certificates aggregated $33,405,000, compared with $31,021,000 at the last report. The silver treasury certificates amounted to $25,575,323, to be compared with $22,914,180 in September. The total specie on band Dec. 13 was $200,712,410, compared with $190,237,311 Sept. 28. The legal tender notes on hand Dec. 13 amounted to $99,209,423, against $93,940,083 Sept. 28. The United States" certificates of deposit for legal tender notes on hand aggregated $31,440,000; against $49,920,000 at the time of the September report. ' , The reports snow that between Sept. 28, 1893, and Dec. 13 the national banks increased their individual deposits' from $1,701,653,521 to $1,720,550,241.