Excess of the movement assets

As to the dead weight, it was composed as follows: Capital paid in

Assets

Liabilities other than movement

14,710,131 74

Total liabilities of movement and dead weight (exclusive of
capital)

Total assets of movement and of dead weight
Leaving an excess of assets of

. 35,950,644 55

21,240,512 81

The following are the leading features of the Bank of Kentucky and branches, in the months of January and July, in 1845, 46, 47 and '48:

The State Bank of Indiana appears to have done well during the past year. The following comparative exhibit shows an improvement in almost every item:

2,354,644

A table of the condition of the banks of Pennsylvania, in November last.

Pennsylvania Bank,

Bills discounted. Circulation. Spe. & Tr. N. Due depositors.

Philadelphia Bank,"

2,781,045

693,384

649,718

1,409,571

North America,

1,869,664

Commercial Bank,

1,583,539

258,429

257,462

761,226

Far. and Mech's,

2,414,399

613,925

416,349

1,468,751

Girard Bank,

422,030

Southwark Bank,

Bank of Commerce,

Mechanics' Bank,

Western Bank,

1,252,448

277,365

189,841

651,606

Northern Liberties,

Penn Township Bank,

Man. and Mech's,

Kensington,

Germantown Bank,

The stockholders of the Bank of the United States recently held their annual meeting. The following is the condition of the bank.

Bank of the United States-Circulation, Post Notes, Deposits, &c., Jan. 1st, 1848.

The following synopsis presents a condensed view of the Banks of Baltimore and their condition, compared with the reports of 1845 and 1846:

The Boston banks declared dividends payable in April, 1848, amounting to $762,800, on a capital of $18,080,000. It is the largest dividend ever paid in Boston.

We annex statistics of the Banks of England and France.

The Moniteur publishes the following statement of the situation of the Bank of France, up to the evening of the 22d of March:

Various accounts current,

77,272,963 49

National discount bank-credit from bills discounted, 1,089,709 35

Bills payable at sight

3,043,100 00

Re-discounts at the last half year,

728,692 37

Dividends unpaid,

346,766 25

Discounts, interest and expenses,

2,676,360 86

Branch Bank of Algiers-sum not yet employed in

treasury bonds,

1,069,097 19

Branch bank drafts to be paid,

1,017,198 47

Sundries,

193,240 85

477,177,093f. 87c.

GOLD AND SILVER.

In the "Annuaire de la Statistique," published at Paris, for 1848, we find a very interesting article by Chevalier on the past and present production of the precious metals. The subject is one of universal interest, as by gold and silver the values of all things are regulated and ascertained, and a steady and certain supply of these substances so necessary to all the operations of life, is of the first importance. We desire, therefore, to know what have been, and what now are, the sources of the supply. Our limits will only permit us to make brief extracts. For three centuries, the greater part of the gold and silver used by civilized nations, was drawn from America. Mexico and Peru produced the largest quantity of silver, and New Grenada and Brazil the most gold; from Chili also a large supply was drawn.

Within the last thirty years, a considerable amount of gold has been procured within the United States.

During the same period, the production of the precious metals in Mexico and South America, have not been so large as formerly, owing probably to the civil wars which have convulsed that part of the world.

Since the commencement of the present century, the quantities produced in Europe and Asia have been on the increase. From the Russian dominions especially, there have recently been very extraordinary supplies of gold. The ranges of the Ural and Altain mountains are immense depositories of the precious metals, a fact known to the ancients, and mentioned by Herodotus, but the knowledge of which was lost. They have been again explored and their riches developed; and the gold now obtained from Russia exceeds that which is received from all the rest of the world besides.

The total production of the mines of Gold and Silver in America from the discovery

to January 1, 1846.

The annual production of the mines of Gold and Silver in America at the present time.

136,480,000 51,434,000 $34,952,004

* The deposits of gold in the mint of the United States, up to, and including 1847, were $12,741,653. † Other accounts make it $6,200,000,000. The amount deposited in the United States Mint from U. S. mines in 1846, was $1,139,357, and in 1847, $889,085.