Banks in the State of New York.
--It appears from the annual report of the superintendent of banking, that the number of banks, banking associations and individual bankers, actually doing business in that State on the 30th day of September last, was 306, and 37 were either closing their own affairs or are insolvent, leaving 343 open bank accounts upon the books of the department. The absolute increase of the currency in actual circulation, of the banks of this State during the past fiscal year, has been $3,788,159, it having risen from $27,970,968 to $31,759,127, as shown by their respective quarterly reports.The securities held by the department for the circulating notes of the Banks have not only increased in amount, but improved in character during the past year.
