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AUSTRIA - CREDIT 



Of the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrat, Bohemia 

 had most sa\dngs banks (241) ; Moravia came next with 91 and then 

 Lower Austria with 83. There was one bank per every 44445 sq. kms. 

 and every 42,612 inhabitants. 



Rate of Interest on Deposits. The ordinary rate of interest, that is the rate 

 usually given, without special Umitations, by the indi\'idual institutes, in- 

 creased in 1911 by 0.023 % ; in 1910 it had been 4.045 % ; and it had 

 risen in 1911 to 4.068 %. 



Of the 7 new institutions founded in 191 1, 4 fixed the ordinary rate 

 of interest on deposits at 4 %, and 3 at 4 ^%. 



;r; The 675 banks existing in 1911 might be classified as foUows accord- 

 ing to the interest paid to depositors : 



It will be well to show the amount of capital on which the different 

 rates were paid, in 191 1. 



Rate Numbei Amount 



of Interest of of Deposits 



(per cent) Banks (crs.) 



2 1 ., 4 1,468,589 



2'' 10 I 1,500,000 



3»/o 14 883,185 



31'j I 24,818 



3I/, 22 48,836,586 



3«/io 2 9,568,482 



3 ','10 2 11,347,617 



3^4 51 1,075,392,237 



3 ^'10 3 5,519,764 



, ;i« — — 



100 



3^8 - - 



3 10 



3 100 



4 531 4,814,909,675 



4I/8 5 4,296,069 



42^11 I 2,468,662 



4V4 82 239,132,553 



4V» . • • - - 



4^8 - - , 



4I', 62 97,391,980 



4='/4 6 7,567.581 



5 38 38,268,059 



5V2 3 1,140,217 



6 2 92,890 



Total Deposits: Crs. 6,359,808,964 



