127/148 It would have put the Treasury Department on its guard; both, acting in concert, would certainly have been able, at least, to retard the event; and as the treaty of peace was ratified within less than six months after the suspension took place, that catastrophe would have been avoided." But within fifteen months the bank issues increased from forty-five and a half to sixty millions. | Specie. | $15,690,000 | $5,320,000 | $8,200,000 Other Banks | 66,930,000 | 44,730,000 | 8,600,000 -- --------------------+-------------+--------------+------------ 1815. 208 State Banks.| $82,620,000 | $50,050,000 | $16,800,000 1816. |