St. Louis.

Minneapolis.

Kansas City.

Dallas.

San Francisco.

Total.

Week ending.

Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. Incrcasc.

Decicase. 'Increase. Decrease. Increase.

Decrease.

Exhibit F.-CLEARING OPERATIONS.

No. 46.--Operation of the Federal Reserve clearing system, Jan. 1 19 Dec. 31. 1918.

Items drain on
banks in Federal

Reserve city
(daily average).

Items drawn on
banks in district
outside Federal

Reserve city
(daily average).

Total items drawn
on banks in same,
Federal Reserve
district (daily

average).

Items drain on
banks in other
districts (daily

average).

Itens handled by
both parent banks

3:1d branches
(daily average).

Items drawn on

Treasurer of
l'nited States
(daily average).

Num-
ber of
mrm-

ber
banks
in dis-
trict.

Vum-
ber of
non-
mem-

ber
banks
on par
list.

Vum

7,075 $18, 490,797 52,654 87, 813,590 59,7-29 :26,331,387 6,034 $8,519,017

7,448 $3,955, 694
10,519 77, 175,000 76, 406 47, 168,000 86,925 124,343,000 29,727 | 16,070,000

36,660 16, 292,000
14,171 22,095, 528 28, 458 4, 195, 819 42, 629 20, 291, 347 11,310 11, 208, 610

5,681 3,152, 526
1,684
31,775 70, 409, 275 151,093 234, 525, 430 185, 868 301,934,705 | 31,851 | 48, 808,572 11,825 $15, 660, 318 38,848 23,670, 208
5,575, 652 32,258 | 11,856,573 33, 942 17, 432, 22,5

3, 948 / 5,539, 430 252

880,728

1,650
2,384

427, 935
3,047, 848 | 15,355 2,636,771 | 17,739 5,684,619 2,032 3,02), 475 1,847 1,696,660 2,805 1,358, 140
10,176 22, 491,000 34, 362 7,413,000 | 41,538 29,907,00)

976,000 286 370,000
3, 136

3,766,000
7,962,064 14, 131 2, 449, 458 17,267 10, 111, 522 434 1,062, 936 408

36.3, 432 4,915 1,050, 809
2,997 8,041,523 | 16,464 1,750,087 | 19, 461 9,790, 610 987 1,702,091

714

183,030
2,819 8,883, 818 | 39,014, 11,861, 487 41,854 | 20,741, 305

3,862
1,820,368 2,631

2,117,595 4, 215
1,312

548,589
1,934),631 18,217 5, 957,787 19,529 7,894, 418 1,627 1,367,758 961

260, 134
2,108

380,874
6,559, 018 21,897 4, 290, 238 26,462 10,849, 256 591 1,217,926 2,576 1,492, 459

3,366

2,233, 124

426

3,596

9,363

1,334

351

239
2,392
1,046
1,163
2,200

247
1,049

4, 655

644

95,724 252,670, 151 47,219 341,947,240 595, 913 594,617, 391 93,095 104,318,213 23,789 | 52,843, 326 117, 773 57,018, 929

8,692

10,303

No. 47.- Vumber and amount of items handled during 1918; (also cost per itent and per $1000,

Cost per

Expenses, Cost per
transit

item
departo handled.
ment.

thousand
dollars.

Federal Roserve Bank.

Total multi-
ber of itens
handled.

Total amount

handled.

transit
Expenses, Cost per cost per

item thousand
depart.

handled. dollars.
ment.

0.84

Cents.

1. 24

(ents.

1.02

.SO

Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis b.
Kansas City.
Dallas a
San Francisco b

.97
2.01
1.17

Vumber. Dollars.
17, 841,034 | 10,957, 230,000
6, 105, 417 1,799, 306,081
6,047,726 2,11 212
12,055, 372 7,552, 839,637
6,323, 378 | 2,741, 224, 294
9, 115, 676 1,763,951,748

Cents.

1.66
4.12
3. 47
1.95

Dollars.
182,242
74, 174
73,503
117,748

93,277
107,664

1. 20
1.22

1. 47

3. 40

.97

2. 28

1.18

2. 26

Total.

172, 813, 1495 121,011, 151,273 1,868, 402

1.08

1.51

Including Government items.

c Exclusive of Government and Clearing House items.

No. 48.-Number of member banks in district; also number of nonmember banks on par list in each Federal Reserve district, by months, for the

calendar year 1918.

341

107

208 559 | 1,158 7,925 9, 111
218 503 1,138 7,975 9, 155
215 571 1,139 8,017 9, 202
578 1,128 | 8,078

9,315
269 586 1,123 8,138
270 600 1,114 8,192 9,501
231 600 1, 1033,241 9,570
2013 612 1, 102 8,327 10,011
245 021 1,0x3 8, 151 10, 292
249 630 | 1,073 %, 539 10, 2010)
231 831 | 1,051 8,014
247 ! 6:38 | 1,050 5,043 | 10, 295
247 644 1,019 8,692 10,305

249

782

116

1,011 962 | 1,527 033
1,067 900

1,529 633
1,077 960 | 1,535 638
1,077 907 1,537 031
1,070 967 1,559 675
1, 143 972 1,563 678
1, 121 973 1,373
1,114 978 1,983 701
1, 109 986 2, 208 707
1,100 9x9 2,227 718
1, 101

993 2,217 720
1,161 993 2,210 717
1, 109 9942, 200 727

184 1.109 2,235 479 987 781
184 1,123 2,229 479 1,003 790
196 1,1372, 223 483

1,002 795
1991, 151 2, 260 482 1,001 803
191 1,156 2,284 181

1,002 08
197 1,16+ 2,278 487 1,012518
200 1,174 2,246 489 1,014 S23
201 1, 192 2,344 198

1,024 | 831
203 1,253 2, 409 502

1,019 842 200 1,285 2,337 302

1,019 830
1,321 2,274
513 1,011

876
2091,323 2,368512 1,045
209 1,334 2,392 514

1,046 867

69

546

35

411

1

218

700

549

412

735
798

418

218

703

360

053

325

697

359
3.56
331

414

418

10,10;