| 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.
| $ | |
| Authorised capital | 12,000,000 |
| Judicial and administrative deposits | 703,641 |
| Notes in circulation | 16,692,413 |
| Deposit certificates and silver cheque "conformes" | 1,633,000 |
| Reserve Fund | 597,599 |
| Deposits | 11,000,423 |
| Supreme Government | 6,047,270 |
| Dividends (payable to State) | 769,221 |
| Branches | 4,807,854 |
| Sundries | 60,276 |
| Depositors of stocks and shares | 22,798,736 |
| ————— | |
| Total | 77,110,433 |
| £ | |
| Equivalent in sterling | 16,406,475 |
| ————— |
CEREAL PRODUCTION IN TONS