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BANK DEBTs.-The joint examining committee appointed by the Legislature to examine the debis due from the several counties in this State 10 the Bank of the State of kbanla and Branches, and 10 classify the same into good, bad, doubtful and un- known, have recently submitted their report to the House of Representative. The report says

 The committee commenced their abors by causing the Representatives of the several counties tp attend al the Bank and mark the indebtedness of their re- specliye counties to inc said Bank and Branches and classify the same inro good, bad and doubtful, and unknown. Your committee believe this classi6- cation has been performed with great care and accu- racy. The amount of debts due the Banks is classi- fled as follows, vz:-'Good" S6,755, ,103 27; "Doubllul' s1 ,O19.395 IS; Bad" st, ,l79 ,6SO 27; "Unknown" s632, ,792 AS, making ihe grand total of indebtedness due the Banks, Sl46s6 ,7Si 90. Your committee feel assured that ths chs aiion gyes as accurate n statement as could be led under the circumstances; yet from their know ledge of the debts chased bad, doubtful and unknown, they be-

 eve considerable amount of il could be collected provided more efficient mode of collection could be adopted, either by giving the Directors more dis cretion that class of indebtedness or by appoin- ing competent agents to collect the same. There is good reason 10 believe that many o the debtors, chased as bad, doubtful and unknown, are not nsol- vent in point of iact but in various ways have eluded the raym .nt of their debts.