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BANKING STATISTICS-Continued.

MONEY IN CIRCULATION.

STATEMENT SHOWING THE AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND SILVER COINS AND CERTIFICATES. UNITED STATES NOTES, AND NATIONAL BANK NOTES IN CIRCULA

TION OCTOBER 1, 1914.

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National Bank Notes

Total

$4,037,735,626

$342,987,430 $3,402,477.570 $3,694.748,196

Population of continental United States October 1, 1914, estimated at 99,451,000; circulation per capita, $37.15.

For redemption of outstanding certificates an exact equivalent in amount of the appropriate kinds of money is held in the Treasury, and is not included in the account of money held as assets of the Government.

†This statement of money held in the Treasury as assets of the Government does not include deposits of public money in National Bank Depositarles to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, amounting to $65,887,138.76.

Includes additional circulating notes issued under authority of act of May 30, 1908, as amended by acts of December 23, 1913. and August 4, 1914. For a full statement of assets see Public Debt Statement.

EXCHANGES OF CLEARING-HOUSES OF UNITED STATES CITIES.
EXCHANGES FOR YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30-
1912.

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Clearing-House returns prepared for THE WORLD ALMANAC by Assistant Manager W. J. Gilpin of New York Clearing-House.

BANKING STATISTICS-Continued.

BANKING STATISTICS OF EUROPE.
(From The Economist, London, September 26, 1914.)
CIRCULATION OUTSTANDING AND AMOUNT OF DEPOSIT AND
CURRENT ACCOUNTS OF PRINCIPAL FOREIGN BANKS OF ISSUE.

SPECIE ON HAND.

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June 30, 1907, the Bank of Portugal had $5,600,000 in gold, $8,100,000 in silver, $74,500,000 circulation and $29,300,000 in deposits and current accounts; Imperial Ottoman Bank $12,300,000 in gold and silver, $6,100,000 in circulation, $58,000,000 in deposits and current accounts; Bank of Japan $10,800,000 in gold, $170,800,000 in circulation and $200,800,000 in deposits and current accounts; banks of the United Kingdom, including colonial and foreign joint-stock banks with London offices, circulation $306,100,000, deposits and current accounts $7,691,000,000.

PREMIUMS ON COLD.

GOLD sold first at a premium early in January, 1862, the New York banks having sucpended specie payments December 28, 1861. The highest point reached was 285, July 11, 1864. The premium on gold disappeared at the end of 1878, just prior to resumption of specle payments. Following is given a table of the high and low prices of gold from 1862 to 1878 inclusive: DATE. Low.

1862.... Mar. 25....101...
1863....Aug. 25....122
1864....Jan. 6. ..151
1865. ..June 5. 1354
1866.. Mar. 24. 124%.
1867....Jan. 11....132. 146...Sept. 12

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.234...Jan. 4
.167...June 18

.150 ..Aug. 6

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.114... April 15 ..117...Oct.

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High. DATE. Low. 134 ...Dec. 1871.... April 8....110....115 17214 .Feb. 25 1872....Jan. 11....108 1 ...115%. .Aug. 1873....Jan. 6....106% .119%. April 5 1874.. July 31....109 1875....Jan. 15....111% 1876....Dec. 30....107 1877.. Oct. 8....1024 1869....Nov. 30....121.162...Sept. 24 1878 Dec. 17 to Dec.31 100 1870. Nov. 4....110 ....123...Jan. 10 Above table was prepared by James B. Colgate & Co., New York City.

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COST OF MEMBERSHIP IN LEADING EXCHANGES.

THE Investment Guide of Henry Clews & Co. gives the following table of cost of membership in the leading exchanges of the world, as of November 1, 1913:

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The value of a membership in an exchange depends in a large measure upon the prevalling state of business and the market level of securities.

above quotations stand as of date noted.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANCE SEATS.

THE following table prepared by Dow, Jones & Co., Publishers of The Wall Street Journal. Sale of a seat on the New York Stock Exchange on July 17, 1913 for $37,000, lowest since 1899. Before 1868, seats on the New York Stock Exchange were not transferred by purchase and sale. Aninitiation fee of $3,000 was, however, required from members duly elected by the board. In 1868, the transfer of seats began to have a market valuation, for in that year the present system of transfer was instituted.

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Record high price. To time of closing the Exchange due to war in Europe.

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(As reported by the Comptroller of the Currency).

NUMBER OF DEPOSITORS, AMOUNT OF DEPOSITS, ETC., JUNE 30, 1914,

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Vermont

Massachusetts..
Rhode Island....
Connecticut.....

N. Eng. States

New York........
New Jersey........
Pennsylvania.
Delaware
Maryland

Dis.of Columbia

450.22 Michigan

554.59 Minnesota...

3,653,291 $1,543,121,525,30 $422.39 Mid.W. States

3,181,023 $1,771,560,808.38 $556. 91 North Dakota..

352.73 Montana......

378.69 Wyoming.

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388.10 Nebraska.
437.28 Kansas....

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136.52 Colorado...

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East'n States

4,422,273 $2,253,737,250.83 $509.63

New Mexico.

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Oklahoma*.

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S'thern States

430,687 $97.600,480.57 $226.62 Total, U. S... 11,109,499 $4,936,591,849.03 8444.35 Total number of banks in 1914, 2,100. In 1913, 1.978 banks had average deposits per capita in United States $48.57, based on a population of 97,337,000, estimated by Government Actuary. NOTE--avings deposits in the savings departments of Illinois State Banks and Trust Companies on June 4, 1913, aggregating $292,933,683, not included in above table.

The compilation for 1914includes 634 mutual savings banks and 1,466 stock savings banks. Included with the figures for 1914 are $157,172,071. 19 reported as subject to check without notice, $24,461,209.50 demand certificates of deposit, and $4,366,000. 29 certified checks and cashiers' checks outstanding. Included with statistics for commercial banks.

SAVINGS BANKS, DEPOSITORS, AND DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES.

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NUMBER OF DEPOSITORS AND AMOUNT OF DEPOSITS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

COUNTRIES.

(Latest reports received by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce in Washington.)

1

Average Average
Deposit Deposit Per
Account.Inhabitant.

Number of Depositors.

Deposits.

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(a) Exclusive of Government stock held for depositors, which at the end of the year amounted to $126,907,96 in postal savings banks and to $13,163,196 in the trustee savings banks.

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Stock List and Prices of Leading Stocks in 1914.

OUTSTANDING STOCK AND BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.

HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE IN 1914 TO CLOSE OF THE EXCHANGE ON ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IN EUROPE.

STOCKS.

Adams Express.

Allis-Chalmers Mfg.

Allis-Chalmers Mfg. pfd.

Amalgamated Copper..
Am. Agricultural Chem.

Am. Beet Sugar..

Am. Agricultural Chem. pfd.

Am. Beet Sugar pfd

Am. Brake Shoe & Foundry

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16,806,000

78% 49

59% 47%

50c. Nov. 30, 1914
1 Oct. 15, 1914
14 Oct. 15, 1914 974 91
14 Nov. 15, 1912 293 19
11⁄2 Oct. 1, 1914 75% 66
14 Sept. 30, 1914 972 80
2 Sept. 30, 1914 1467 12916
35 194
1% Oct. 1, 1914 96 80
Oct. 1, 1914 53%2 44

1, 1914 118% 112

710,000 13,448,000

17 Oct.

Am. Cities pfd.

20,553,500

10,000,000

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Am. Coal Products.

10,726,700

134 Oct.

1, 1914 864 82

Am. Coal Products pfd..

2,500,000

Am. Cotton Oul

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Am. Cotton Oil pfd.

10,198,600

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Am. Express.

18,000,000

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99%

Am. Hide & Leather.

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Am. Hide & Leather pfd.

13,000,000

Aug. 15, 1905

25%

17

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STOCK LIST AND PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS IN 1914-Continued.

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Lake Shore.

50,000,000

Lehigh Valley.

60,608,000

Liggett & Myers.

21,496,400

Liggett & Myers pfd.

15,383,800

Long Island..

12,000,000

30,204,000
59,744,572

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77,128,000

1, 1914 1564 118
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1. 1914 118 111%
2, 1896 36 28
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3 Dec. 1, 1914 231
14 Oct.
1 Nov.

iOct. 1, 1914 105
3 Aug. 10, 1914 141 127
14 Oct. 1, 1914 87% 61
1 Oct. 1, 1914 70 6514
14 Oct. 1, 1914 133
14 Sept. 1, 1914 69
1 Aug. 30, 1913 731
50c Aug. 15, 1914 24%
3% Oct. 15, 1914 137
314 Oct. 15, 1914 145
2 Jan. 15, 1904 164
25 Jan. 15, 1910 35

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Missouri Pacific.

83,251,085

162,896,500

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Nashville, Chat. & St. Louis.

16,000,000

10,122,000

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National Biscuit.

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