MONEY AND CREDIT
87
Year
1908 1909 1910 1911 1912
Gold Money issued
£ 14,600,000 13,800,000 25,300,000 33,132,828 33,350,249
Silver Money issned
' £ ~
815,751 1,389,599 2,520,591
£
155,580
121,311
151,452
2,381,286140,305
2,455,6401323,235
Bronze Money issned
British Gold Coin
Imported Exported
£ £
6,021,420 14,263,004 6,939,68i;i9,341,269 6,717,334 24,682,858 4,028,905 18,719,829 330,144 1,756^896 4,244,812124,323,539 274,694 722,702
British Silver Coin
Imported i Exported
£ £
311,088! 429,780 193,890 413,415 205,560;i,761,300
There is no State bank, but the Bank of England, the Bank of Scotland, and the Bank of Ireland have royal charters, and the first and the last lend money to the Government. Statistics of the Bank of England for the end of December : —
Issne Department
Banking Depaitment
Year
Capital
Deposits
Notes in
Coin in
Securities
Bnliion
and
and
Secnrities
the 'Re-
the 'Re-
£1,000
£1,000
' Rest '
Post Bills
serve ' £1,000
serve '
£1,000
£1,000
£1,000
£1,000
£1,000
1874
35,784
15,000
20,784
17,646
26,761
34,056
9,642
709
1884
35,562
15,750
19,812
17,669
34,206
40,467
10,525
883
1894
47,065
16,800
30,265
17,720
37,223
31,272
21,389
2,282
1904
46,884
18,450
28,434
17,752
53,495
51,074
18,680
1,493
1908
47,930
18,450
29,480
17,667
50,573
48,883
17,895
1,463
1909
50.286
18,450
31,836
17,692
61,009
56,481
21,428
792
1910
48,999
18,450
30,549
17,741
55,988
52,533
20,388
807
1911
50,182
18,450
31,732
17,727
61,154
57,186
20,989
706
1912
47,740
18,450
29,290
17,790
51,900
49,810
18,470
1,030
Statistics ot the joint-stock June 30 of the years stated : —
banks (including the national banks) on
-
1908 £1,000
1909
1910 £1,000
1911
1912
£1,000
£1,000
£1,000
England and Wales : —
Deposits
712,282
736,964
782,017
796,800
819,139
Cash in hand and at call
223,351
240,125
242,962
247,032
249,553
Notes in circulation
27,309
28,329
30,973
28,330
29,306
Scotland : —
Deposits
108,718
105,815
106,736
106,633
112,209
Notes in circulation
7,411
7,162
7,192
7,126
7,331
Cash and at call .
26,970
25,699
25,749
25,599
30,129
Ireland : —
Deposits
58,306
60,509
62,426
65,418
67,506
Notes in circulation
6,386
6,335
6,969
7,115
7,229
Cash and at call .
12,114
12,298
12,736
14,131
13,679
There were in June, 1912, 44 joint-stock banks making returns in England and Wales, with 5, 433 branches ; 1 in the Isle of Man with 8 branches ; 1 in the Channel Islands ; 9 in Scotland, 1,227 branches ; and 9 in Ireland, 744 branches. There were 38 offices in London of colonial joint-
