AN ACCOUNT OF THE NUMBER OF BANKS ESTABLISHED

IN SCOTLAND;

Distinguishing the Charter Banks, and the Number of Partners in such Banks as are not Chartered.

BANKS, SCOTLAND.

105.

COUNTRY BANKS, SCOTLAND.

Return from the Court of Session, Scotland, to an Order of The Honourable
House of Commons, dated 9th February 1826;-for,

A RETURN of the Number of Country Banks in Scotland issuing Notes,
that have become Bankrupts since January 1816, up to the present time;
stating the Place where the Banks were established, the number of Partners
in each Bank, the Amount of Debts proved against each, and the Amount
per cent of Dividends paid or declared upon each; as far as the same
can be complied with.

THE only application for a Sequestration, under the Bankrupt Statute,
applicable to Scotland, appearing from the Records of the Court of Session, to
have occurred since the month of January 1816, against a Bank in Scotland
issuing Notes, is one against the Falkirk Union Banking Company, carrying on
business in the town of Falkirk, and county of Stirling, in the month of October
1816 years; whereof the Partners were six in number. The amount of the
Debts proved being £. 51,009. 5. S. sterling; and the amount of the Dividends
hitherto paid or declared, being £45 per cent, or 9s. in the pound sterling, of
the Debts so proved.

Edinburgh,
23d February 1826.

Attested by

Robt Dundas,
Clerk of Session.

108.

SMALL NOTES, SCOTLAND.

AN ACCOUNT of UNSTAMPED SMALL NOTES issued by the Three Chartered Banks of Scotland, in each Quarter of a Year from 5th January 1820 to 5th January 1826; and the Total Value in each Year during the same Period.