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In Arkansas bank notes In slaves 47,323 In real estate 566,255 In real estate and negroes In Chicot county scrip 2,482 9 swamp land scrip $1,895,323 30 Since the affairs of the bank passed into hands of receivers, appointed by the court there has been collected In Real Estate Bank bonds and $81,827 In State Bank and coupons In Real Estate Bank specie and other par funds $186,861 Making a total of $2,082,185 from debtors to the bank, since the day of assignment. amount be added the specie estate, the State bonds, other under the deed of 2. 1842, be found that the that has passed into the hands of the trustees receivers, of notes bills discounted.) $2,263,056. The total collect by the trustees an receivers, exceeds the amount that notes and bills when the bank was put liquidation: but so great was the delay of of the debtors in making payments, that amounts due by those who paid in full swelled greatly by increments of interest, others made only partial payments, all. In consequence of this, still due to the bank, for principal of discounted, the sum of hundred twenty-tive thousand, seven hundred -four dollars. Of this sum, notes the amount of four hundred aud thousands, eight hundred and lars are judged by the receiver to be ninety-nine thousand, six hundred and dollars, to be doubtful; and four hundred ve thousand, two hun Ired and dollars to be good. On the good debts, hundred and forty thousand, four hundred fifteen dollars are due for interest. Ifthe interest on the bad and doubtful debts be ded in the estimate, the whole amount still bank for principal and interest of and bills discounted, 18, one million, and hundred and fortv thousand dollars. Of amount, supposed, about six hundred sand may be collected; namely, five dred and fifty-tiv thousand, six hundred ninty-three dollars, for the principal and est of the notes and bills, classed as good, re-idue for principal and interest of part notes classed as doubtful and worthless, In addition to these notes and bills, the has town lots, and upwards of eigh. v-three thousands acres of land: namely thousand and fourteen acres of lands, taken In payment of debts, or bought the trustees under decrees of foreclosure execution, and twenty-two thousand dred and ninety seven acres of other land, tained in like manner. It has also the lots in the town of Washington, (bought site for a banking house,) and the banking house and lots in the city of Little Rock. Without investigations in the different CORDties, it is impossible to fix a value on these lands, but if we suppose them to be worth, average, as much as the stock lands valued at, under oath, nineteen years aggregate value is one million, three hundred sixty five thousand dollars. If we suppose their average value to be only half that officially given, their aggregate value is six hundred and eighty-tw thousand dollars. I addition to these, there are one hundred and forty-six thousand and eighty-six the lands pledged by stockholders for the ment of their shares of stock. If they the worth officially affixed to them by the commissioners, their aggregate value is two million, three hundred and eighty-four thousand dollars Supposing the lands taken in payment debts, those purchased by the trustees under decrees of foreclosures and execution, and th remaining stock lands, to be of the average worth dec lared by the commissioners, the aggregate value of the real estate secured and pledge ed for the payment of the debts of the bank about three million, seven hundred and fortynine thousand dollars, or one million, eight hundred and seventy four thousand dollars, if the lands be of only one-half the value which they were officially rated nineteen years ago There are a few other assets, namely, Checot county scrip of the face value of fourthousand hundred dollars, swamp land scrip of value of two thousand, four hundred and eigh dollars, about five hundred dollars specie, and five per cent. bonds, amounting with the interest on them to ten thousand hundred twenty five dollars. These are not part of those that were issued to procure capital for the bank: but some of those by the State for money borrowed from bank for State purposes, soon after the bank commenced operations. If we include the notes and bills discounted of every description, and the interest thereof suppose the lands to be of the average worth they were hen valued by the comms sioners, and if we add the miscellaneous the gross value of whatever is secured pledged for the redemption of the bonds the discharge of the other liabilities of the bank is five million and six thousand dollars. If we suppose that only six hundred then sand dollars will be collected on account what is due for notes and bills discounted, that the lands are of only half the worth affixed to them by the commissioners, the net value of whatever is or may be made available the discharge of the debts of the bank, is two million. four hundred and ninety-t thou sand dollars. The debts due by the bank, at this time, cepting those due on the bond account, are little importance. The notes in circulation have all been redeemed, with the exception of notes amouting to fifteen thousand, two hundred and eighty dollars, most of which, it is presumable have been lost or destroyed, and which cannot The consequently be presented for payment. amount due to depositors and on miscellaneous accounts is eighteen thousand, three hundred and sixty-nine dollars. The whole of the out of standing obligation of the bank, exclusive what is due on the bond account, is only thirty three thousand, six hundred and forty-nine dollars. Of the one thousand, five hundred and thirty bonds that were sold to procure capital fo bank, three hundred and seventy have been re deemed, leaving outstanding one thousand,one hundred and sixty bonds for one thousand lars each, amounting with the interest on them, dead