-----+----------+------------+---------+----------+---------+-------+--------- | | Notes | | | |Reserve| Year.| Cash. | in |Deposits.|Advances. |Capital. | Fund. |Dividend. | |Circulation.| | | | | -----+----------+------------+---------+----------+---------+-------+--------- | $ | | $ | $ | $ | $ | 1897 | 1,659,098| 892,430 | 524,982| 2,849,586|5,000,000| -- | 2·649 1898 | 3,095,343| 2,691,652 | 834,339| 3,418,435|5,020,303| 20,303| 2·762 1899 | 4,431,313| 4,551,419 |1,604,669| 4,527,312|5,037,633| 37,633| 3·273 1900 | 4,739.788| 5,010,388 |2,427,891| 5,936,920|5,058,243| 58,243| 4·030 1901 | 4,633,957| 5,223,569 |2,704,441| 6,353,506|5,083,713| 80,713| 5·504 1902 | 6,541,015| 6,008,603 |3,345,939| 7,012,434|5,118,692|118,692| 5·410 1903 | 7,616,593| 6,862,538 |4,111,762| 7,352,943|5,153,302|153,302| 5·596 1904 | 6,120,185| 5,256,811 |2,472,016| 5,460,727|5,223,118|223,118| 7·044 1905 | 9,382,287| 8,195,477 |4,109,257| 6,608,587|5,255,118|255,118| 7·107 1906 |10,339,651| 10,396,740 |4,730,672| 8,971,758|5,281,626|281,626| 6·736 1907 |11,362,879| 12,323,869 |5,032,657|12,483,812|6,326,600|326,600| 9·209 1908 |13,080,825| 13,773,633 |5,455,804|15,345,513|6,399,425|399,425| 12·754 1909 |17,598,920| 15,936,961 |8,001,301|16,223,624|6,857,901|501,446| 11·217 -----+----------+------------+---------+----------+---------+-------+--------- NOTE.--Rate of Exchange: $4.70 = £1. The following is the balance-sheet of December 31, 1909: ASSETS. $ Cash 20,036,564 Advances 18,921,606 Foreign correspondents 2,927,139 Capital not realised 5,045,947 Sundry stocks and discounts 940,007 National savings bank 400,000 Stocks, &c., for guarantees of judicial and administrative deposits 842,671 Properties 540,596 Branches 4,657,167 Stocks and shares deposited 22,798,736 ---------- Total 77,110,433 £ Equivalent in sterling 16,406,475 ---------- LIABILITIES.