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BANKS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



The interest of two of the greatest European 

 nations in the Baltic question has called forth 

 a large number of works, discussing it in all 

 its aspects. The ablest work, on the side of 

 the Eussians, is that of Juri Samarin (Ger- 

 man translation and reply : " Juri Satnarin's 

 Anklagen gegen die Ostseeprovinzen Buss- 

 lands, Eingeleitet und commentirt von J. 

 Eckardt," Leipsic, 1869); the views of the 

 Germans are advocated by Schirren, Liriand. 

 Antwort an Herrn Samarin (Leipsic, 1869) ; 

 Bock, " Der deutsch-russische Conflict an der 

 Ostsee" (Berlin, 1869); Eckardt "Die Bal- 

 tischen Provinzen Russlands" (Leipsic, 1869). 



BANKS OF THE UNITED STATES. The 

 national banks in the United States have in- 

 creased in number from 507 in 1864, to 1,627 

 at the close of the year 1870. Their progress 

 in number and capital for seven years has been 

 as follows : 



436,000,000, with a combined circulation of 

 $299,729,000, distributed as follows: 



Their combined movement in January, and 

 in the month of October, 1870, was as follows: 



The total chartered bank capital of the 

 United States at the close of the year 1870 was 

 $503,578,000, and the number of banks was 

 1,882, divided as follows: 



DECEMBER, 1870. 



Capital. 



The capital engaged in private banking in 

 the United States is variously estimated at 

 $300,000,000 to $400,000,000, in addition to 

 the above sum. 



The aggregate deposits in the savings-banks 

 of New England and New York were, in 1870, 

 upward of $400,000,000, belonging to 1,441,- 

 531 depositors, as follows: 



The 1,627 banks in operation at the close of 

 the year 1870 had an aggregate capital of 



The savings-banks of the State of New York 

 are 133 in number; their deposits for Jan- 

 uary, 1869 and 1870, were as follows : 



