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The liability of the following banks to redeem their bills, expires in 1868: Biddeford Bank, - Biddeford. Bucksport Bank. Bucksport. Calais Bank, - Calais. City Bank, - Biddeford. Frontier Bank, Eastport. Medomak Bank, Waldoborough. Newcastle Bank, Newcastle. North Berwick Bank, - North Berwick. Ocean Bank, - Kennebnnk. Pejepscot Bank, Brunswick. Rockland Bank, - Rockland. Sagadahoe Bank, Bath. South Berwick Bank, South Berwick. Traders' Bank, Bangor. Village Bank, Bowdoinham. Waldoborough Bank, Waldoborough. York Bank, Saco. All the banks whose legal liabilities have expired are promptly redeeming their bills as presented, except the State Bank at Augusta which after giving a margin of one year from Jan. 1, 1866, when its liability ceased, now claims the benefit of the statute limitation. The receivers report the assets of the Sanford Bank insuflicient to pay the claims against the bank by $9,144. The affairs of the American Bank, Hallowell, are still unadjusted. The receivers express the opinion that the debtors of the bank are well able to pay a sufficient sum to meet all the claims proved, were they so disposed, and have applied for leave to commence the proper process to recover from the stockholders $10,000 more or less, to make up the deficiency of assets. There are now eighteen Savings Banks three having been incorporated during the past year. The deposits in these banks which diminished slightly in 1864 and 1865, have increased during the last year by $609,14S.This result is attributed by the Commissioners to the high premium and diminished sale of government securities. The deposits in Savings Banks have increased from $896,877 in 1858 to $3,946,434 in 1866. As an index of the thrift and prosperity of the middle class these figures are very encouraging. Of the entire deposits $2,005,215 are held by these institutions in the form of National, State and municipal stocks. The Commissioners sug" gest as a precautionary measure demanded by the frequent robberies of late and the evident partiality of thieves for these securities, tha each bank should take care to have all its bonds registered. Hitherto there has not been a loss in any of these institutions of a single dollar to any depositor. It is to be hoped that careful management will continue to justify and strengthen the public confidence in these "benevolent and charitable institutions," as the Commissioners, without exaggeration, call them.