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BY TELEGRAPH. MAINE. MAINE SAVINGS BANKS. Fifth Annual Report of Examiner Belster. [Special to the Press.] AUGUSTA, Dec. 16.-The fifth annual report of Bank Examiner Bolster gives a gratifying exhibit of the condition of our savings banks. The improvement in their condition is very marked and there has been a corresponding increase in public confidence in them. BANKS OF DISCOUNT. The report first deals with banks of discount of which the only one left is the Eastern of Bangor, the Mercantile of the same city having surrendered its charter in March, 1876, and the North of Rockland, having opened its books as National Bank, on the 15th of last September. The Eastern is thoroughly sound and in a prosperous condition. During the year the receivers of the defunct American bank of Hallowell, have paid dividends to the amount of $580.24. The amount of certificates now outstanding is $896, and the cash on hand to pay the same is $788.48. LOAN ASSOCIATIONS. The Peoples' Loan and Building Association of Richmond, is the only one in the State. It was incorporated in February, 1875, and is in a Sound condition with assets to the amount of $20,178.42. The receipts and disbursements for the two years ending March 19, were $18,730.11. The system on which it operates has been frequently explained. SAVINGS BANKS. The number of savings banks now organized in this State is sixty-four, the same as last year. Those which have been placed in the hands of receivers are the Winthrop, Solon, Bucksport and Lewiston Institution for Savings, paying respectively, 40, 85, 40 and 50 cents on the dollar. There will be an early settlement of the affairs of the Solon bank and Lewiston Institution for Savings, but the final settlement of the others will be delayed by pending litigation. The deposits and profits of the sixty banks now doing business, on the 5th of November last, were $26,898,432.76. The assets, as compared with 1876, are as follows: ASSETS. 1876. 1877. Invested in United States bonds...$ 602,419 16 $ 982,869 47 State of Maine bonds 137,319 75 97,216 50 Other state. county and
