MERCANTILE BANKSHARES CORP &lt;MRBK.O> 3RD QTR NET
  Shr 99 cts vs 77 cts
      Net 12.7 mln vs 9,736,000
      Avg shrs 12.8 mln vs 12.7 mln
      Nine mths
      Shr 2.67 dlrs vs 2.30 dlrs
      Net 34.0 mln vs 29.1 mln
      NOTE: Net includes pretax securities gains 16,000 dlrs vs
  228,000 dlrs in quarter and 48,000 dlrs vs 1,673,000 dlrs in
  nine mths.
      Net includes loan loss provisions 1,092,000 dlrs vs 790,000
  dlrs in quarter and 3,089,000 dlrs vs 2,584,000 dlrs in nine
  mths.   
  

