No. STATEMENT OF THE SCOTCH BANKS AS AT 1845, WITH THE CIRCULATION AS AUTHORISED UNDER ACT 8 & 9 VICT., c. 38. * From this sum of Deduct the Authorised Circulation of the Ayrshire Banking Company, £53,656; of the Western Bank of Scotland, £284,282; and of the City of Glasgow Bank, £72,921 (which have lapsed) 410,859 And there remains the Authorised Circulation as at 1881 £2,676,350 BANKS OF ISSUE EXISTING IN SCOTLAND AT THE TIME OF THE PASSING OF THE ACT Or 1845, BUT WHICH DO NOT NOW EXIST (1881). PAID UP CAPITAL OF THE SCOTCH BANKS AT EACH DECENNIAL PERIOD FROM 1845 TO 1875 £ £ £ 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,250,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 500,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 £ £ 600,000 5 National Bank of Scotland 1,000,000 Union Bank of Scotland 1,000,000 600,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 6 7 Clydesdale Banking Com 562,680 8 City of Glasgow Bank 745.410 807,380 900,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 745,410 870,000 1,000,000 9 Aberdeen Town and County Bank 135,315 134,575 156,000 252,000 252,000 TOTAL DEPOSITS OF THE SCOTCH BANKS AT EACH DECENNIAL PERIOD FROM 1845 TO 1875, AND IN 1881. Total increase since 1845, £45,025,985, being at the rate of £1,250,722 per annum. NUMBER OF DEPOSIT CUSTOMERS OF THE SCOTCH BANKS, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE AMOUNTS AT THEIR CREDIT IN SCOTLAND, 1874-5. NOTE.-Five of the Banks have stated Deposit Receipt Holders separately from Current Account Holders, the average being 75 per cent. of the former, and 25 per cent, of the latter. |