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FEDERALRESERVEBANK
OF ATLANTA

TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL STATEMENT




D E C E M B E R 31, 1935

FEDERAL
RESERVEBANK
OF ATLANTA

January 23, 1936.

To the Stockholders of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta:
In order that you may be fully informed as to the condition
of your bank on December 31, 1935, and may be advised as

to its earnings for the past year and the apportionment of those
earnings, and may know of the scope of its operations in 1935,
the enclosed statement and information has been compiled.
The complete report of the year’s operations, which is submitted to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,

is now in process of preparation and will be mailed to you.




Sincerely yours,

Governor.

Statement of Condition-December

31. 1935

RESOURCES
GOLDCERTIFICATES
ON HAND
AND DUE FROM
U . S. TREASURY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $173,298,313.49
REDEMPTION
FUND-FEDERAL RESERVENOTES. . . . . .
2.868. 56LE.76
OTHERCASH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12,057,337.32
TOTALRESERVES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BILLS DISCOUNTED:
SECURED
BY U . S. GOVERNMENT
AND/OR FULLY
GUARANTEED
.OBLIGATIONS.
. . . . . DIRECT
..... $
OTHERBILLSDISCOUNTED. . . . . . . . . . . . .
TOTAL
BILLS DISCOUNTED. . . . . . . . . . . . . $
BILLS BOUGHTIN OPENMARKET. . . . . . . . . . . .
INDUSTRIAL
ADVANCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
U. S. GOVERNMENT
SECURITIES:
BONDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TREASURY
NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TREASURY
BILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
........ $
TOTALU. S. GOVERNMENT
SECURITIES
TOTAL
BILLSAND SECURITIES
............
DUE FROM FOREIGN
BANKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
.
F R NOTESOF OTHERF. R . BANKS. . . . . . . . . .
UNCOLLECTED
ITEMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BANKPREMISES
..................
ALL OTHERRESOURCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TOTAL RESOURCES

25,000.00
12,600.00
37,600.00
164,958.06
928,260.16
8,240,000.00
64,596,000.00
21.373.000.00
94,209,000.00

............

LIABILITIES
..........
F. R . NOTESIN ACTUALCIRCULATION
DEPOSITS:
MEMBERBANKS-RESERVEACCOUNT. . . . . . . . . $112,539,137.20
GOVERNMENT
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,602,517.28
FOREIGN
BANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,047,718.70
OTHERDEPOSITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6,166,158.48
TOTALDEPOSITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DEFERREDAVAILABILITY
ITEMS. . . . . . . . . . . .
CAPITALPAIDIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SURPLUS(SECTION7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SURPLUS
(SECTION
13b) . . . .
RESERVEFOR CONTINGENCIES
..
ALL OTHERLIABILITIES. . . .

$188,224,215.57

$ 95,339,818.22

23,925.14
1,643,800.00
23,282,718.23
2,284,137.31
1.449.603.57

$156,385,170.00

$121,355,531.66
21,336,335.53
4,167,950.00
5,615,773.64
754,301.92
2,606,308.38
26,846.91
$312,248,218.04

...........
...........
...........
TOTAL LIABILITIES . . . . . . . . . . .
RATIOOF TOTAL
RESERVES
TO DEPOSITAND F. R . NOTELIABILITIESCOMBINED. . .
67.8%
COMMITMENTS
TO MAKEINDUSTRIAL
ADVANCES
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $498,198.00




Distribution of Net Income

NETAMOUNT
AVAILABLE
FOR DEPRECIATION,
RESERVES,
DIVIDENDS
AND SURPLUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

....

$483,138.09

DISTRIBUTION
:
DEPRECIATION
RESERVES(BANK BUILDINGS)
..

..............
OTHERRESERVES
...........................
DIVIDENDS
PAID

90,177.06

...........................

OF THE UNITED
STATES
FOR EARNINGS
ON FUNDS
PAIDTO THE TREASURER
FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
(SECTION 13-b) . .
RECEIVED

l

$ 47,293.27

260,537.74

...
TRANSFERRED
TO SURPLUS (SECTION 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .




9,065.91
76.064.11

$483,138.09

Volume of Business

Transacted By the Principal Departments of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
During the Year 1935
Number

BILLS DISCOUNTED.

................
INDUSTRIAL
ADVANCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CURRENCY
RECEIVEDAND COUNTED
...........
COIN RECEIVED
AND COUNTED
.............

2,721,746.26
635,097.10

107,482,866

368,730,557.00

58,990,470

7,467,154.00

......

28,532,123
10,390,601

7,830,898,000.00
777,930,373.60

.......
.......

207,055

218,683,451.28

358,437

6,7@,407.43

........

335,313

3,025,201.42

................

42,305

1,439,833,421.58

47,342

117,043,500.00

109,521

98,579,228.75

12,417

71,086,000.00

11,511

14,724,100.00

15,706

17,135,265.00

17,408

4,836,025.00

COLLECTIONITEMSHANDLED:
(a) NOTES,DRAFTSAND OTHERITEMS
.
(b) U. S. GOVERNMENT
COUPONSPAID.

......

(c) COUPONSPAIDFROM ISSUES
OF OTHER

U. S. GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES.

OF FUNDS
TRANSFERS

UNITEDSTATES
GOVERNMENT
ISSUES:
(a) NEW ISSUES. . . . . . . . .
(b) REDEMPTIONS
........
(c) EXCHANGES
.........

........
........
........

OTHERISSUES-(GOVERNMENT
INSTRUMENTALITIES)
:
(a) NEW ISSUES
(b) REDEMPTIONS
................

.................

EXCHANGES
..




$

81

CHECKSHANDLED:
(a) ALL CHECKS-EXCEPTGOVERNMENT
.
(b) U. S. GOVERNMENTCHECKS . . . .

(c)

463

Amount

...............

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
DIRECTORS
(VACANCY)
Chairman
W. H. KETTIG,Birmingham, Alabama
Deputy Chairman
&NEST T. GEORGE,New Orleans, Louisiana
J. P. ALLEN,Atlanta, Georgia
Chairman and President, Seaboard Refining
Vice-president, J. P. Allen & Company
Company, Ltd.
R. G. CLAY,Atlanta, Georgia
J.
A.
MCCRARY,
Decatur, Georgia
President, Fulton National Bank
Vice-president and Treasurer, The J. B. McCrary
Company, Atlanta, Georgia
W. D. COOK,Meridian, Mississippi
Executive Vice-president, First National Bank
FITZGERALD HALL, Nashville, Tennessee
President, Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
GEORGEJ. WHITE, Mount Dora, Florida
Railway
Executive Vice-president, First National Bank

OFFICERS
OSCARNEWTON,Governor

H. F. CONNIFF,Deputy Governor

H. WARNERMARTIN,Deputy Governar
W. S. McLARIn,
M. W. BELL, Cashier
R. A. SIMS,Assistant Cmhier

Assistant Deputy Governor
P. L. T. BEAVERS,
Assistant Cashier
V. K. BOWMAN,Assistant Cashier
S. P. SCHUESSLER,
Assistant Cashier
C. R. CAMP,Assistant Cmhier
JR.,

ROBT. S. PARKER,
General Counsel

OFFICERS OF FEDERAL RESERVE AGENT’S FUNCTION
(VACANCY)
Federal Reserve Agent

-J. W.

L. M. CLARK,Assistant Federd Reserve Agent
E. P. PARIS,
General Auditor

HONOUR,Assistant Auditor

MEMBER OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
H. LANEYOUNG
Vice-president and Executive Manager
Citizens and Southern National Bank
Atlanta, Georgia

INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SANFORD,
Chairman
President and Chairman
Armour Fertilizer Works
Atlanta, Georgia
A. M. LOCKETT
A. R. FORSYTH,
Vice-Chairna
President, A. M. Lockett & Company, Ltd.
Vice-president and Treasurer
Gulf States Steel Company
New Orleans, Louisiana
Birmingham, Alabama
I. C. MILNER
GEORGEWINSRIP
Executive Vice-president
Gate City Cotton Mills
President, Fulton Supply Company
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia




JNO. E.

New Orleans Branch of Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
DIRECTORS

A. P. BUSH

ERNESTT. GEORGE,Chuinnan
Chairman and President
Seaboard Refining Company, Ltd.
New Orleans, Louisiana
J. D. O'KEEFE
President, Whitney National Bank
New Orleans, Louisiana
R. S. HECHT
Chairman of the Board
Hibernia National Bank in
New Orleans, Louisiana

Vice-president
T. G. Bush Grocery Company
Mobile, Alabama
HERBERTHOLMES
Active Vice-president
Delta National Bank
Yazoo City, Mississippi
(VACANCY)

MARCUS
WALKER,Manuging Director

OFFICERS
MARCUSWALKER,Managing Director

W. H. BLACK,Cushier

J. A. WALKER,Assistant Manager

F. C . VASTERLING,
Assistant Cashier

W. E. MILLER,Assistant Auditor

Birmingham Branch of Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
DIRECTORS
E. F. ALLISON, Chairman

JNO.

G.FARLEY
Real Estate Investments
Birmingham, Alabama

President and Treasurer
Allison Lumber Company
Bellamy, Alabama

F. M. MOODY
President, First National Bank
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

W. E. HENLEY
President
Birmingham Trust & Savings Company
Birmingham, Alabama
(VACANCY)

(VACANCY)
JNO. H.

FRYE,
Managing Director
OFFICERS

JNO.




H. FRYE,
Managing Director

H. J. URQUAART,
Cashier

T . N. KNOWLTON,
Assistant Cashier

Jacksonville Branch of Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
DIRECTORS
S. 0.CHASE, C h u i m n
President, Chase & Company
Sanford, Florida
BAYLESSW. HAYNES
President
Wilson & Toomer Fertilizer Company
Jacksonville, Florida

G. G. WARE
President
First National Bank
Leesburg, Florida
GEO. J. AVENT
President
Florida National Bank
Jacksonville, Florida

W. R. MCQUAID
President
Barnett National Bank
Jacksonville, Florida
(VACANCY)

GEO. S. VARDEMAN,
JR., Managing Director

OFFICERS
T. A. LANFORD,
Cashier

GEO. S. VARDEMAN,
JR., Manuging Director
MARYE. MAHON,Assistant Cashier

Nashville Branch of Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
DIRECTORS

FRANK
J. HARLE

WM. P. RIDLEY,Chairman

Cashier, Cleveland National Bank
Cleveland, Tennessee

Farmer
Columbia, Tennessee
C. W. BAILEY
President, First National Bank
Clarksville, Tennessee

C. A. CRAIG
President
National Life and Accident Insurance Company
Nashville, Tennessee

FITZGERALD
HALL
President
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
Nashville, Tennessee
JOEL

(vACANCY)

B. FORT,
JR., Managing Director

OFFICERS
JOEL

B. FORT,
JR., Managing Director

E. R. HARRISON,
Cashier

L. W. STARR,
Assistant Cashier

Savannah Agency of Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
J. H. BOWDEN,
Manager

JAS. A.

GOETHE,Assistant Manager

Havana Agency of Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
H. C. FRAZER,
Manager




A. H. ALSTON,Assistant Manager