US Presidency
1896

The imports of gold were $ 33,525,065 and of silver $ 28,777,186, being $ 2,859,695 less of gold and $ 8,566,007 more of silver than during the preceding year. The total stock of metallic money in the United States at the close of the last fiscal year, ended on the 30th day of June, 1896, was $ 1,228,326,035, of which $ 599,597,964 was in gold and $ 628,728,071 in silver. On the 1st day of November, 1896, the total stock of money of all kinds in the country was $ 2,285,410,590, and the amount in circulation, not including that in the Treasury holdings, was $ 1,627,055,641, being $ 22.63 per capita upon an estimated population of 71,902,000. The production of the precious metals in the United States during the calendar year 1895 is estimated to have been 2,254,760 fine ounces of gold, of the value of $ 46,610,000, and 55,727,000 fine ounces of silver, of the commercial value of $ 36,445,000 and the coinage value of $ 72,051,000.