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Bills under Discount. £ Col2 125,251 59,871 195,836 2,918,399 — — — — — — — 109,547 had not commenced business
Specie in Coffers. £ 851,964 139,960 240,073 1,146,529 74,362 — — — — — — 77,239
Notes in Circulation. £ 1,714,771 123,719 571,089 199,279 — — 325,000 — — — — 777,156
Capital. Paid up. £ 1,070,000 300,000 522,000 1,215,000 700,000 220,000 — 456,000 180,000 63,850 — 328,826
Subscribed. £ 1,070,000 300,000 522,000 1,215,000 700,000 220,560 250,000 1,000,000 — — 30,000 500,000
Branches and Agencies. Agra, Madras, Lahore, Canton, and London Bombay, Simla, Mus- sowri and Agra Ag- encies in Delhi and Cawnpore A g e n t s i n L o n d o n , Calcutta, Canton, & Shanghai A g e n t s i n L o n d o n , C a l c u t t a , B o m b a y , and Madras London, Calcutta, Col- ombo, Kandy, Can- ton, and Shanghai
Head Offices. Calcutta Madras Bombay Calcutta ” Bombay Delhi Bombay
Year of Estab- lishment. 1809 1843 1840 1851 1833 1844 1854 1854 1844 1844 1846
Name of the Bank. Bank of Bengal Bank of Madras Bank of Bombay Oriental Bank. Agra and U.P. . N.W. Bank London & East- ern Bank Commercial Bank Delhi Bank . Simla Bank . Dacca Bank . Mercantile Bank India, China and Australian Bank