Under the banking system--an outline of which is hereafter given--the real estate of Boston alone--taken at only three-fourths its value, as estimated by the State valuation[A]--is capable of furnishing three hundred millions of dollars of loanable capital. [A] By the State valuation of May, 1871, the real estate of Boston is estimated at $395,214,950.…
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