IV CONTENTS 



United States: i) The Co-operative Purchase of I<ive Stock in Wisconsin, page 31. 

 2) North Carolina Rural Banks, page 34. 



PART II : INSURANCE AND THRIFT. 



Chue. 



The First Thrift Conference AND THE Savings Banks OF Chile Page 37 



§ I. Development and Evolution of Savings Banks, page 33. — § 2. The Activity 

 and the Different Services of the Banks, page 40. — § 3. Measures favouring the 

 Working Class in Towns and in the Country, page 42. ^ — § 4. New Services of the 

 Banks organized in accordance with the Resolution of the First Thrift Conference, 

 page 45. 



Uruguay. 



Mortgage insurance Page 50 



§ I. Preliminary Remarks, page 50. — § 2. Terms of Insurance, page 51. 



PART III : CREDIT. 



United vStates. 



Federal Banks and Financial Organization Page 55 



§ I . General View of the Development of the Financial System of the United 

 States, page 56. — § 2 . The Causes of the Reform of 1915, page 59. — § 3. The 

 Federal Reserve Banks, page 64. — § 5. Modifications under the Act of 1916, 

 page 68. 



MiscEi,i.ANEous Information rei<ating to Credit in Various 

 Countries 



Canada : The Application of the Agricultural Act in British Columbia, page 70. 

 Egypt : The Operations of the Eand Bank of Egypt in 1916, page 73. 

 United States : i) Determination of Federal I<and Bank Distiicts, page 75. 



2) The Subscription of the Capital of the Federal I<and Banks, page 76. 



PART IV : AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN GENERAL. 

 Germany. 



The Subdivision of I,and in Old Bavaria Page 



