Up to Jan. 1, 1907, the school savings-bank system was in operation in 1,098 schools of 113 cities of twenty-two states of America. The total deposits in these banks since they were started amounted to $5,485.514.48, of which $4,675,897.26 had been withdrawn, leaving a balance of $809,617.22 due 177,972 little depositors. The school savings-bank system was introduced by J. H. Thiry in the schools of Long Island City (now part of New York), N. Y., March 16, 1885, and it is largely through his efforts that it has been adopted in so many places in the United States and Canada. The purpose of the system is, of course, to encourage thrift, prudence and business methods among children at an age when their life habits are in process of formation. The following figures are taken from a table of statistics furnished by Mr. Thiry. They include only places in which the number of depositors is 1,000 or more: *A teacher collecting the money of the pupils of his or her class constitutes a savings bank. 2,139,836,544 Orange River.. 5,645 *Exclusive of securities deposited with the postal savings banks, the nominal value of which, at the end of the year, amounted to $10,430,000. RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES OF STATE BANKS, LOAN AND TRUST COMPANIES, SAVINGS AND PRIVATE BANKS Classification. Loans on real estate.. Loans on other collateral security RESOURCES. 9,967 state banks. $192,737,361 171.112,891 (1907). United States bonds. 2,111,794 1,280,592 18,744,618 State, county and municipal bonds. 5,674,831 11,239,601 618,494,020 ILLINOIS WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Statutory weights and measures in Illinois not included in the above table are: Flour. per barrel, 196 pounds; per half-barrel, 98 pounds; per quarter-barrel sack, 49 pounds; per eighthbarrel sack, 241⁄2 pounds. Cornmeal, per bushel sack, 48 pounds; per half-bushel sack, 24 pounds; 1 dram. - 1 ounce. = 1 pound. 1 short ton. 1 long ton. COUNTING. = 12 things = 1 dozen. per quarter-bushel sack, 12 pounds. Stone coal, per bushel, 80 pounds. Unslacked lime, per bushel, 80 pounds. Fine salt, per bushel, 55 pounds; coarse salt, 50 pounds. Hair (plastering), per bushel, 8 pounds. DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCE MATURITY. $32,000.00 Funded loan of 1891, matured Sept. 2, 1891.. 26.600.00 96,800.00 Old debt matured at various dates prior to Jan. 1, 1861, and other items of debt matured at various dates subsequent to Jan. 1, 1861.. Aggregate of debt on which interest has ceased since maturity. 931,415.26 1,086,815.26 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. United States notes-Feb. 25, 1862; July 11, 1862; March 3, 1863.. .$346,681,016.00 53,282.50 National bank notes-Redemption account-July 14, 1890... 47,658,804.50 6,863.994.28 401.257,097.23 Aggregate of debt bearing no interest.............. CERTIFICATES AND NOTES ISSUED ON DEPOSITS OF COIN AND SILVER BULLION. CLASSIFICATION. Gold certificates-March 3, 1863; July 12, 1882; March 14, 1900. Silver certificates-Feb. 28, 1878; Aug. 4. 1886; March 3, 1887; March 14, 1900.. Aggregate of certificates and treasury notes offset by cash in the treasury.. Classification. Interest-bearing debt. RECAPITULATION. Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity. Debt bearing no interest....... Aggregate of interest and noninterest-bearing debt... Certificates and treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury, 1,160,009,869.00 Aggregate of debt, including certificates and treasury notes. May 31, 1907. $899,972,780.00 1,086.925.26 401,352.483.78 1,302,412.189.04 1,163,061,869.00 2,465,474,058.04 $150,000,000.00 $678,244,869.00 475,777,000.00 5,988,000.00 1,160,009,869.00 $75,006,843.54 75,271,370.00 5,401,738.00 4.792,012.00 3.962.915.99 3,967,324.00 12.455.00 13,697,855.00 8,804,401.07 57.08 1,642,278.21 34.561.10 192,593,810.99 Bonds and interest paid, awaiting reimbursement.. In national bank depositaries To credit of treasurer of the United States.. To credit of United States disbursing officers... In treasury of Philippine islands To credit of treasurer of the United States.. To credit United States disbursing officers.... Total.. Gold certificates.. Silver certificates.. Treasury notes of 1890.... National bank 5 per cent fund.. Outstanding checks and warrants Disbursing officers' balances. Postoffice department account. Miscellaneous items... Reserve fund.. Available cash balance. Total....... Statement of the outstanding principal on Jan. 1 of each year from 1791 to 1843, inclusive, and on July 1 of each year since then. 1880. 1890. 1891. 1892 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904 1905 1906. 1907 $7,621,455.26 $388,800,815.37 $2,120,415,370.63 $201,088,622.88 $1,919,326,747.75 50.155.783 $38.27 $1.59 *Includes certificates issued against gold, silver and currency deposited in the treasury. |