The Annual Report of the Bank Comp
troller for the fiscal year ending October Ist,
1860, is printed and ready for your in
spection. In addition, that officer has
turnisi ed me with the figures embraced in
the following statement, bringing the prin
cipal items down to January !, 1861, and
presenting a comparative statement with
l<he condition of the Department one year
ago:
Number of banks Jan. 1, 1860, one hun
dred a:»d viglit, with au aggro e cap
ital of ’ $7,760,000
Seven new banks organized in 1860, with
an aggregate capital of 855,000
7 welve banks have increased their cap-
ital by 250,000
Total capital Jan. 1. 18’H, an increase $8,365,000
Five banks have relinquished
business, with an aggregate
capital of $150,000
Twentv-five banks have reduced
capital 978,000, 1,128,000
Total number of banks In operation Jan.
1, 1860, one hundred and teu, with cap-
i i'al amounting to $7,237,000
Decrease of banking capital for past year. 523,000
Whole amount of countersigned notes
issued to banks and outstanding, Jan.
