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AND THE BANQUE~DE FRANCE 67
Bills
Debtors
Securities
Mortgages
Loans to Public Bodies
2 ,304,600,000 M.
5,464,000,000 M.
314,300,000 M.
104,000,000 M.
151,200,000 M.
Total
8,338,100,000 M.
The total for the Reichsbank on the same date was
2,068,428,529, i.e., 24·8 p.c. of the business done by the
others.
The deposit ("passive:' i.e., liabilities) business of
·the Reichsbank is indicated below: 19
1 Jan. 1900
1 Jan. 1913
1 Jan. 1924
385,357,278 M.
558,495,955 M.
403,773,982 M.
On Dec. 31, 1913, "all the other banks" did deposit
business 20 to the tune of 34,571,800,OOOM. This was
about 62 times that of the Reichsbank on Jan. 1, 1913.
On Bec. 31, 1924, the deposit business of the
•• other banks" accounted for 7,950,400,000 M. Their
importance in thistespect was 19·7 times that of. the
Reichsbank ..
. The tale from the French side is more or less iden·
tical with that of Germany in this regard.
The total "active" (assets) business of the "big
three" of France, namely, Credi.t Lyonnais. Societe
19 Pie ,Reichsban". Tabelle 20 .. Qn 31 Dec 1931 the Reichsbank had
"a~tive" busi~ess in the billsa.n~ cheques line to the extent of 4.141
millions a!,d. deposits to that. of 755 millions.
,,20. Die_deu.tschen Ba~~!,n, pp .. ,17~.1?9;. ~oldsclllllidl.: pas. de!.'f~lte.
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