THE DISTRICT OF TRENT, A MODEIy CO-OPERATIVE DISTRICT 



Debits. 



On December 31^*., I9i2,the situation of the Federated Rural BaiUss 



was as follows: 



1912 



Revenue. Cash 25,357,611 



Expenditure. Cash 25,044,656 



Savings Deposits 37.783,257 



Repayments Made 8,908,787 



I<oans Granted 15.165,347 



I^oans Repaid 3.301,809 



Current Accounts: Debits 28,986,967 



Current Accounts: Credits 14,870,566 



Various Accounts: Debits 5.857,859 



Various Accounts: Credits 2,445,242 



Expenditure Account 234,961 



Revenue » 352,185 



Members' Contributions 79,ii3 



Reserve Fund 634,703 



Ntunber of Rural Banks ~. . 169 



Number ol Members : 22,244 



Number of Books in 191 1 and 1912. 



igit igi2 



(a) Savings 41,120 42,336 



(b) Ivoans , 15.847 I5,944 



(c) Credit Current Account 1,853 3,013 



{d) Debit » » 216 324 



The progress made by the Raiffeisen banks in the Trent District is 

 clearly seen from Table No. V; in 1896 there were 11 rural banks with 

 1,354 members ; in 1912 there were 169 with 22,244 members. From the 

 balance sheets we also see the progress made by these useful institutions 

 in the department of loans and in that of savings. 



The value of the loans, which in 1896 was 233,600 crs., in 1906 had 

 increased to 7,367,000 crs., and in 1912 to 11,863,538 crs. 



