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FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
WASHINGTON

January 9» 1924.
St. 3888.
SUBJECT:

Revision of weekly Federal
reserve bank press statement.

Dear Sir:
With the view of presenting the assets and l i a b i l i t i e s
of the Federal reserve banks in their l o g i c a l order in the
weekly press statements, the items w i l l be rearranged in accordance with the order shown on the enclosed form St, 231
beginning with the statement for January 9-

The weekly

C N telegram which i s sent to Federal reserve agents on
OD
Thursdays showing the condition of a l l banks combined w i l l
be based on the new form beginning with next week, and the
code words used in that telegram w i l l be those shown in the
attached form.
I t i s requested that weekly press statements issued at
your bank, including the statement of your bank and the consolidated statement for the System ( i f the l a t t e r i s issued
l o c a l l y ) , be prepared in the same form beginning with January 16, 1924.
Very truly yours,
Walter L. Eddy,
Secretary.

Enclosure
LETTER TO ALL FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS




Eele-ised f o r publication Friday morning,
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RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES
OF THE T E V FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS COMBINED
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Form St. 231
(Rev.Jan.9,'24/
(in thousands of dollars)
00 ND
RESOURCES
Gold with Federal reserve agents
Gold redemption fund with U, S. Treasury .
Gold held e x c l u s i v e l y against F. R. notes
Gold settlement fund with F, R. Board
Gold and gold c e r t i f i c a t e s held by "banks .
Total gold reserves
Reserves other than gold
Total reserves
Non-reserve cash
B i l l s discounted:
Sec. by U. S. Government obligations
Other b i l l s discounted . . .
Total b i l l s discounted
B i l l s bought in open market . . . . . . .
U. S, Government s e c u r i t i e s :
Bonds
Treasury notes
C e r t i f i c a t e s of indebtedness
Total U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s
Municipal warrants

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Bank premises . . .
All other resources
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F. R. Bank notes i n circulation - net . . . .
Deposits:
Member bank - reserve account
Government
Other deposits
Total deposits
Deferred a v a i l a b i l i t y items
Capital paid i n
Surplus
All other l i a b i l i t i e s
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Ratio of t o t a l reserves to deposit and
F. R. note l i a b i l i t i e s combined
Contingent l i a b i l i t y on b i l l s purchased
for foreign correspondents
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