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BANKS OF RHODE ISLAND. Due from Banks. 93 B'ks Dec. 14. 98 B'ks May 2. in $20,561,510 Capital actually paid $20.857,075 Bills in circulation 3,192,661 5,344,662 Deposits on interest 381,402 439,322 Deposits not on interest 2,452,327 3,045,571 Debts due to other banks 1,661,204 1,484,358 Dividends unpaid. 57,780 74,985 Net profits on hand 1,308,979 1,338,505 Total amount of liabilities $29,615,867 $32,584,482 Resources of the Banks. Debts due from directors $1,571,713 $1,568,742 " from stockholders 1,306,004 2,338,120 " from all others 22,945,433 25,136,935 Specie actually in banks 570,850 329,724 Bills of other banks 860,778 1,220,047 Deposits in other banks 1,410,675 1,134,609 Its own held by the bank 226,733 83,472 Amount and description of stock in other banks and of other stocks owned by the bank 145,129 127,839 Real estate 527,787 505,705 50,760 Other property 89,182 Total amount of resources $29,615,867 $32,584,482 Increase of capital since last return 201,500 458,429 Amount of last dividend 727,121 732,949 Reserved pronts at the time of last dividend 903,341 834,438 Debts due and not paid 1,387,425 585,152 Amount of suspended paper considered bad or doubtful 304,450 86,056 Amount loaned on pledges of stock in the bank $92,550 665,698 Amount of bills in circulation under five dollars 710,975 1,146,217 Among the facts exhibited by this report are, that in May last the circulation of all the banks was $5,344,662. when they then held $329,724 in specie, or about 6 per cent. By the report made in Decem. ber, the circulation was $3,192,661, with $570,850 in specie, or a proportion of 18 per cent of the circulation. The loans in this time have been reduced $3,271,847. A fact in connection with this must be stated: that the May report embraced the returns of five more banks, with an aggregate of about $300,000 capital, than are given in the latter report. Four of these banks have gone into liquidation, and one did not make its report in season to be included in the abstract. The State Auditor of Indiana gives the following official statement in relation to the free banks of that State:INDIANA FREE BANKS, JAN. 1, 1858. The following banks have complied with the amended law of 1855, and have securities deposited with the Treasurer of the State, at their market value, to an amount not less than fifty thousand dollars, and ten per cent in excess of their circulation:Bank of Goshen, Goshen. Bank of Gosport, Gosport. Bank of Mt. Vernon, Mt. Vernon. Bank of Paoli. Paoli. Bank of Rockville, Wabash. Bank of Salem, New Albany. Bank of Salem, Salem. Bloomington Bank, Bioomington. Cambridge City Bank, Cambridge City. Exchange Bank, Greencastle. Farmers' Bank, Westfield. Indiana Bank, Madison. Indiana Farmers' Bank, Franklin. Kentucky Stock Bank, Columbus. Lagrange Bank, Lima. Park County Bank. Rockville. Prairie City Bank, Terre Haute. Salem Bank, Goshen. Southern Bank of Indiana, Terre Haute. The following barks have complied with the amended law. but have since given notice of their intention to withdraw their circulation. Their notes are payable in coin:Bank of Indiana, Michigan City. Canal Bank, Evansville. Central Bank, Indianapolis-redeemed by the Treasurer of State. Crescent City Bank, Evansville. The following banks gave notice of their intention to close prior to the first day of March, 1858, in preference to complying with the provisions of the amended law, requiring ten per cent excess of securities. The notes are redeemed at par:Bank of Elkhart, redeemed at the bank. " Brookville Bank, " " Hoosier Bank, " Huntington County Bank, " Indiana Stock Bank, Bank of Monticello, redeemed at Branch Bank, Lafayette. Fayette County Bank, redeemed at Branch Bank, Connersville. Merchants' and Mechanics' Bank, redeemed at Branch Bank, New Albany. Bank of Syracuse, redeemed at Branch Bank of Goshen. Indian Reserve Bank, redeemed at Fletcher's Bank, Indianapolis. SUSPENDED INDIANA FREE BANKS. The notes of the following banks are redeemed by the Auditor of State, viz. Agricultural Bank at par. Atlantic Bank at 80c. at 90c. Bank of Albany Bank of Albion at par. Bank of America at 87c. Bank of Attica at 80c. at 88c. Bank at Bridgeport 87c. Bank of Conneraville
