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SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT

F e d e r a l r e s e r v e B a n k o f M in n e a p o l is

Minneapolis, January 1, 1922.

TO OUR SH A R E H O L D E R S :
W e present herewith a statement covering the condition of your bank as at close of
business December 31, 1921.

The figures shown include those of our ^elena, Montana,

branch opened on February 1, 1921.
sition thereof.

Gross earnings for the year are given with the dispo­

Volume of our more important functions is also given and comparisons made

with one year ago.
You will shortly be forwarded by the Chairman of our Board of Directors, a detailed
report covering all our operations for the year 1921.
W e wish at this time to thank our member banks for the splendid co-operation given
during the trying year just ended.




Respectfully,
R. A. YOUNG,
Governor.

STATEM ENT OF CONDITION, DECEMBER

31, 1921

RESOURCES
Bills Discounted and Collateral Loans to Members......................................
Bankers* Acceptances Purchased........................................................................
Municipal Warrants...............................................................................................
United States Securities........................................................................................
Accrued Interest on United States Securities.................................................
Furniture and Equipment (including vault and safes)..................................
Bank Premises.................................................... ....................................................
Expenses Paid in Advance.....................................................................................
Disbursements for Treasury Department (to be reimbursed).......................
Due from Federal Reserve Banks and other Banks and Bankers..............
Due from Treasury Department.................. ................. .................... ............
National Bank Notes and Notes of other Federal Reserve Banks................
Five Per Cent Redemption Fund for Federal Reserve Bank Notes.............
Our Federal Reserve Bank Notes on hand......................... .............................
Federal Reserve Notes on hand..........................................................................
Mutilated Federal Reserve Notes forwarded for redemption.......................
Other Lawful Money............................................................................................
Gold Certificates and Gold C o in ...,.................................................................
Gold held with Foreign Agencies........................................................................
Gold held in New York Assay Office...................................................................
Gold in Settlement Fund......................................................................................
Gold with Federal Reserve Agent......................................................................
Total ......................... ......................................................................................

Condition
Condition
Dec. 31, 1921
Dec. 31, 1920
$51,211,618.68
$81,653,725.82
....................
1,313,331.39
88,995.60
...............................
4,565,561.00
8,595,561.00
45,729.34
85,654.66
1.00
1.00
763,456.96
590,000.00
17,848.60
10,814.12
8,737.05
54,306.77
13,750,422.94
20,680,421.87
124,655.01
...............................
279,300.00
665,615.00
201,150.00
480,150.00
102,544.00
174,030.00
2,355,640.00
743,780.00
1,332,400.00
1,144,500.00
1,961,875.45
608,109.36
11,904,455.93
10488,148.00
....................
89,100.00
....................
1,740*126,84
31,115,656.9i
8,455,953.55
16,856,240.00
25,904,820.00
$136,686,288.47

$163,478,149.38

Condition
Dec. 31, 1921
$3,568,950.00
7,468,477.80
460,218.35
54,775.55
928.42

Condition
Dec. 31, 1920
$3,460,850.00
6,979,948.18
548,737.67
53,802.56
688.86
100,000.00
19,534.01

LIABILITIES
Capital.......................................................................................
Surplus .....................................................................................
Discount and Interest Unearned...........................................
Discount and Premium on United States Bonds..........
Reserve for Sundry Expenses...............................................
Reserve for Depreciation New Building.............................
Reserve for Taxes other than Franchise T ax......................
Special Reserve........................................................................
Government Deposits.............................................................
Cashier’s Checks......... ..................... .....................................
Due to Member Banks—Reserve Account.........................
Due to Non-member Banks..................................................
Due to Foreign Governments and Banks.............................
Due to other Federal Reserve Banks and Member Banks.
Deferred Credits ............................................. ..............
Federal Reserve Bank Notes Outstanding.........................
Federal Reserve Notes Outstanding........................... .........
Total ................................................................................................................

100,000.00

10,158.08
500.000.00
3,477,539.71
99,367.19
43,524,104.65
157,514.01
216.000.00

* 2,393,579.02
288,021.36
43,520,054.69
202,658.22
108,000.00

12,248,814.71
4,322,200.00
60,477,240.00

16,587,254.81
7,829,200.00
81,385,820.00

$136,686,288.47

$163,478,149.38

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT, DECEMBER 31, 1921
Gross Earnings, January 1, 1921 to December 31, 1921....................... ...................................

$4,983,991.86

Less:
Assessment for expenses Federal Reserve Board...................................................
Cost of Federal Reserve Currency..........................................................................
Taxes on Federal Reserve Bank Note circulation...................................................
Expended for Furniture and Equipment.................................................................
Bond Department Expense assumed since July 1.................................................
Operating Expenses ...................................................... ..................................... .......

$25,553.89
141,135.82
26,979.64
53,368.10

35,622.28

1,044,904.25

1,327,563.98
Excess of Earnings over Current Expenses.

$3,656,427.88

Disposition of Excess Earnings:
Reduction of Bank Premises—Helena........................
......................................
Reduction of New Building Account—Minneapolis.
......................................
Transferred to Special Reserve................................
......................... ............
Dividends for year 1921...............................................
......................................
Transferred to Surplus.
......................................
Paid to Government as a Franchise T a x .................................................................
Total ................................................................................................................




$1,893.23
3,381.40
500,000.00
211,657.03
488,529.62
2,450,966.60
$3,656,427.88

(Figures For Minneapolis and Helena Combined)
GROSS EARNINGS BY MONTHS
1921
January .............................$512,697.90
February ......................... 446,411.90
March ............................... 423,170.48
April ................................ 427,274.98
M a y .................................... 445,638.45
June .................................. 423,190.52
Total Earnings, 1921.......................

1920
$339,915.12
320,333.60
352,255.08
387,157.76
423,311.14
433,187.63
$4,983,991.86

1921
J u ly .................................... $424,100.14
August ............................. 425,657.05
September ....................... 400,350.82
October ............................. 400,168.94
November ....................... 348,948.94
December ......................... 306,381,74
Total Earnings, 1920....... ..............

1920
$495,251.83
503,593.68
508,293.72
534,967.07
495,351.44
515,750.70
$5,309,368.77

VOLUME OF RE-DISCOUNTS 1921

No. Pieces
Minnesota
Re-discounted 1921 40,644
1920 36,268
Total amount
re-discounted
1921
$474,338,000
1920
735,151,000

North
Dakota
14,945
8,546

South
Dakota
24,395
12,939

Montana
19,718
13,032

$67,058,000
50,331,000

$91,838,000
87,875,000

$65,498,000
53,592,000

Wisconsin
3,717
2,108

$20,397,000
19,516,000

Michigan
815
382

Total
104,234
73,275

$11,530,000
6,924,000

$730,659,000
953,389,000

COLLECTION OPERATIONS
1921
1920
Number of Items Received.................................................... ..............................................
.282,189
154,923
Number of Items Collected...............................................................................................
266,834
148,749
Amount C ollected................................................................................................................ $109,689,726
$125,044,297
VOLUME OF CURRENCY HANDLED
(Number of Bills)
Number Received and Counted.......................................................................................................................
Sent Treasurer for Redemption.......................................................................................................................
Paid out by Bank........................... .....................................................................................................................
Total Number Bills H andled..........................................................................................................................
Number of Currency Shipments to Member Banks.....................................................................................

36,288,000
13,400,000
19,100,000
68,788,000
7,403

CLEARING STATISTICS
Number and Amount of Items Handled During 1921
Within District
Number
Amount
Clearings ........................ 3,257,494 $1,479,298,551.37
Member & Non-member. 18,721,095 1,108,032,258.33
Paid for U. S. Gov’t .......
543,685
75,225,491.59

Other Districts
Number
Federal Reserve Banks.. 1,098,602
Sent direct by Member
B an k s........................... 1,262,222

Total ........................... 22,522,274 $2,662,556,301.29

Total ........................... 2,360,824

Amount
$278,069,081.71
197,917,351.50
$475,986,433.21

1920, 71,015;
1921, 77,956.
Daily average number of items handled: 1919, 35,354;
Twin City Clearings handled through Federal Reserve Bank in 1921......................................... $2,397,663,683.28
Wire Transfers, 1920, number, 16,130; amount, $1,373,289,000; 1921, number, 22,380; amount, $1,298,000,000.
Amount of Balances settled through Gold Settlement Fund ........................................................$3,109,674,836.04
Securities handled by Custody Department................................................................................................ $483,000,000
FISCAL AGENCY DEPARTMENT
Treasury Certificates and Notes Sold Through This Bank During 1921
Total Nuniber of Issues..
Total Number Subscribing
Amount Sold ....................




18
1,779
$87,635,600

federal

Reserve

bank

M in n e a p o l is

of

NINTH DISTRICT

O F F IC E R S

D IR E C T O R S

R . A . YOUN G, Governor

JOHN H . R IC H , Chairman and F ederal R eserve A gen t

W . B. G E E R Y , D ep u ty Governor

W . H . LIGHTNERy D eputy Chairman

S. S. COOK, D eputy Governor

J. C. B A S S E T T , Aberdeen, South D akota

F R A N K C. DUNLOP, Controller

C. H , B E N E D IC T , L ake Linden, M ichigan

B. V . M OORE, Cashier

F . R . B IG E L O W , St. P aul, M innesota

G R A Y W A R R E N , A ssista n t Cashier

F . P . H IX O N , L a Crosse, W iscon sin

F . G. NORTON, A ssista n t Cashier

N. B . H O L T E R , H elena, M ontana

H . C. CORE, A ssista n t Cashier

W . C. M cD O W E L L , M arion, North D akota

H . F . B R O W N , A ssista n t Cashier

T H E O D O R E W O L D , M inneapolis, M innesota

CURTIS L . M O SH ER ,

J. F . E B E R S O L E ,

A ssista n t F ederal R eserve A g e n t

A ssista n t F ederal R eserve A ge n t

HARRY YEAGER,

F . M. B A IL E Y ,

F ield R epresentative

M anager B ank E xam ination D epartm ent

C. T . J A F F R A Y , M inneapolis,

ANDREAS UELAN D,

M ember A dv isory Council

L e g a l Counsel

H

elena

B r a n c h (H

O F F IC E R S

elena

, Montana)
D IR E CTO R S

O. A . CARLSON, M anager

L . M. F O R D , G reat F a lls, M ontana

R . E . T O W L E , Cashier

R . O. K A U F M A N , H elena, M ontana

L. E . R A S T , A ssista n t Cashier

CH AS. J. K E L L Y , Butte, M ontana

H . L . Z IM M E R M A N , A uditor and A ssista n t

T HOM AS M A R L O W , H elena, M ontana

F ederal R eserve A gen t

H . W . R O W L E Y , B illin g s, M ontana