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ITALY
shows the state of the assets and liabilities of those three banks on December 31, 1897, in thousands of lire : —
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Assets
—
Liabilities
1,000 Lire
1,000 Lire
Cash and reserve .
642, 094^
Capital
317,000
Bills ....
318,505 j
Notes in circulation
1,086,129
Anticipations
50,666 j
Accounts current, &c. .
326,682
Credits.
90,962 1
Titles and valuables
Deposits
1,663,656 i
deposited .
1,663,656
Various securities . Total .
805,631
Various
Total .
178,047
3,571,514
3,571,514
1 Gold, 896,960,935 lire; silver, 52,159,605 lire ; fractional silver, 12,200,486 lire.
In January, 1895, there were 950 co-operative credit societies and popular banks, 140 ordinary credit companies, and 8 agrarian credit companies. There were 10 credit foncier companies with assets 1,071,378,107 lire, and liabilities 1,063,418,487 lire in 1894.
The post-office savings-banks have been in operation since January 1, 1876. Private savings-banks are subject to certain statutory rules and to Government inspection. The following table shows the number of post-office savings-banks on December 31, 1897, with the numbers of their depositors and amount depo- sited at that date, and the deposits and repayments made during the year, with the like statistics for the ordinary and co-operative savings-banks in 1895 : —
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Offices
Depositors
Total Deposits
Deposits during year
RepajTnents during year
Post-office savings-banks Ordinary
Co-operative ,, ,, and ordinary credit companies
4,889 402
793
3,013,004 1,588,424
374,294
Lire 536,634,812 1,843,720,018
266,053,032
Lire 291,636,668 482,263,872
331,632,383
Lire
252,369,057 445,045,600
311,334,607
Money, Weights, and Measures.
The money, weights, and measures of Italy are the same as those of France, the names only being altered to the Italian form.
The Lira of 100 Ccntesimi ; intrinsic value, 25 •22^.9. to 1^. sterling.
Diplomatic Representatives.
1, Of Italy in Great Britain.
Ambassador. — Baron F, di Renzis di Montanaro. Councillor. — Count Bottaro Costa. Secretary. — Count A. del Vaglio. Attaches. — Prince Ruspoli, Count V. Carrobio. Naval Attach4. — Captain A. Bianco. Archivist. — G. Manetti.
There are Consular representatives at London (C.G.), Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool (C.G.), &c.
