BANKING STATISTICS-Continued. BANKING STATISTICS OF EUROPE. CAPITAL, SPECIE, CIRCULATION, ETC., OF THE PRINCIPAL FOREIGN BANKS, JUNE 30, 1907. [Expressed in Millions of Dollars.] EXCHANGES OF CLEARING-HOUSES OF UNITED STATES CITIES. 4.68 New York... $95. 815, 421, 238 $103, 754,100,091 $91,879,318,369 $59,672,796,804 $70, 833, 655, 940 Bostou. Chicago Philadelp'la St. Louis.... Detroft... Cleveland. 8,548,822,227 2.761.441,799 1,399, 770, 100 1,605.752,939 1,030 268,162 1,120,680.545 726,744,655 670, 752, 450 914,658,049] Other cities.. 13,814,779,578 8,149,377,513 7,469,812,036) 10,873,546, 251 7,553,273,999| 2,934,576,620 1.875,314,042 650.042,094 640,362,310 812,973,376 9.821.718,562) 6,766, 147.857 594,392,208 754,739.346| 12,005, 495,101 10,083,082,176 Total. 154,662,515,238 157.749,328,913 140.501,841, 957 102, 150.313,982 114,068,837,568 Clearing-House returns prepared for THE WORLD ALMANAC by Assistant Manager W. J. Gilpin, of New York Clearing-House, Statistics of Savings Banks. NUMBER OF DEPOSITORS, AMOUNT OF DEPOSITS, AND AVERAGE TO EACH DEPOSITOR, $1,738,916,813) $462,34 United States.] Whole number of banks, 1,415. 8,588,811 $3,690,078,945 $429.64 No returns for 1904-1905 from the following States and returns for previous years are given: Alabama, 1893-94, depositors, 2,500; amount of deposits, $102,347. New Mexico, 1894-95, depositors, 217; amount of deposits, $37,951. Washington, 1894-95, depositors, 5,512; amount of deposits, $1,148, 104. Oregon, 1895-96, depositors, 1,631; amount of deposits, 8972,298. Georgia, 1896-97, depositors, 5.384; amount of deposits, $288,010. Florida, 1899-1900, depositors, 8774 amount of deposits, 8255.395. Louisiana, 1899-1900, depositors, 10,518; amount of deposits, 83.284.892. Texas, 1899-1900, depositors, 2, 986; amount, 8584, 424. Tennessee, 1900-1901, depositors, 19,823; amount, $3,519,333, SAVINGS BANKS, DEPOSITORS, AND DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES EVERY TEN YEARS FROM 1830 TO 1890 AND ANNUALLY SINCE 1895. The above and following tables were compiled from the report of the Comptroller of the Currency. NUMBER OF DEPOSITORS AND AMOUNT OF DEPOSITS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. (Latest reports received by the Comptroller of the Currency.) The Bankruptcy Law. EXTRACTS FROM THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY ACT OF JULY 1, 1898. SEC. 4. WHO MAY BECOME BANKRUPTS.~(@) Any person who owes debts, except a corporation, shall be entitled to the benefits of this act as a voluntary bankrupt. (b) Any natural person (except a wage-earner or a person engaged chiefly in farming or the tillage of the soil), any unincorporated company, and any corporation engaged principally in manufacturing, trading, printing, publishing, or mercantile pursuits, owing debts to the amount of one thousand dollars or over, may be adjudged an involuntary bankrupt upon default or an impartial trial, and shall be subject to the provisions and entitled to the benefits of this act Private bankers. but not national banks or banks incorporated under State or Territorial laws, may be adjudged involuntary bankrupts. SEC. 7. DUTIES OF BANKRUPTS. () The bankrupt shall (1) attend the first meeting of his creditors, If directed by the court or a judge thereof to do so, and the hearing upon his application for a discharge if filed; (2) comply with all lawful orders of the court; (3) examine the correctness of all proofs of claims filed against his estate; (4) execute and deliver such papers as shall be ordered by the court; (5) execute to his trustee transfers of all his property in foreign countries; (6) immediately inform his trustee of any attempt, by his creditors or other persons, to evade the provisions of this act, coming to his knowledge; (7) in case of any person having to his knowledge proved a false claim against his estate, disclose that fact immediately to his trustee; (8) prepare, make oath to, and file in court within ten days, unless further time is granted, after the adjudication if an involuntary bankrupt, and with the petition if a voluntary bankrupt, a schedule of his property, showing the amount and kind of property, the location thereof, its money value in detail, and a list of his creditors, showing their residences, if known (if unknown that fact to be stated), the amount due each of them, the consideration thereof, the security held by them, if any, and a chum for such exemptions as he may be entitled to. ali in triplicate, one copy of each for the clerk, one for the referee, and one for the trustée; and (9) when present at the first meeting of his creditors, and at such other times as the court shall order, submit to an examination concerning the conducting of his business, the cause of his bankruptcy, his dealings with his creditors and other persons, the amount, kind, and whereabouts of his property, and, in addition, all matters which may affect the administration and settlement of his estate; but no testimony given by him shall be offered in evidence against him in any criminal proceedings. Provided, however, that he shall not be required to attend a meeting of his creditors, or at or for an examination at a place more than one hundred and fifty miles distant from his home or principal place of business, or to examine claims except when presented to him, unless ordered by the court, or a judge thereof, for cause shown, and the bankrupt shall be paid his actual expenses from the estate when examined or required to attend at any place other than the city, town, or village of his residence. FAILURES IN THE UNITED STATES. |