NOTEBOOK “β” (“BETA”)

OTTO, GERMAN OVERSEAS BANKS

Dr. Walter Otto , Loan Acceptance, Company Formation and Holdings Business of Big German Overseas Banks ,
Berlin, 1911.

(Lists each enterprise and gives tables of the “holdings” of the big banks, Part I according to continents and countries, Part II according to banks. Raw material .)

Percentages of the holdings of British and French , and North American groups are shown for individual enterprises, but there are no summaries .

Table on p. 245 : “Total functioning capital of German overseas banks” (10 banks) (I abbreviate from the annual figures):

| 1889— | 45.6 | million | marks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1890— | 41.3 | ” | ” |
| 1900— | 206.5 | ” | ” |
| 1905— | 329.3 | ” | ” |
| 1908— | 607.1 | ” | ” |