The New York herald., 1875-11-22

Receipts from officers licensed. l27 0O5 90
Total $3.50, 944 rs
The expenditures were-
For salaries Of inspectors and cerks..... $4,000 90
Travelling and incidental expenses, 1882 OF
Total $2l2, ,ss2 O2
Total number Of steam vessels inspected. ASS
Total tonnage Of steam vessels inspected. 0ls ISL So
Total number OF officers licensed. ......... 14,571
Total receipts from ali sources. ....... $500 944 rs
Total expenditures. .................... 2l2392 02
Balance OF receipts not expended. As, 552 70
The number OLIVES lost during the last fiscal year
405, viz From explosions, 81 fire. 273; snags,
wrecks and sinking, "a The number Of accidents
which resulted in loss Of life wereExplosions or ac-
cldental escape Of steam, IA; fire. O. collisions 3;
snags, wrecks and sinking, IL. Making total number
Of accidents &c. The superintendent says
1t will be seen from the above statements that
total OF 405 lives have been lost on merchant steam
Of the United during the last fiscal year.
but own citizens the loss Of life for the same
period has been only 201 which is unusually small
humber While there we're thirty six disasters to
vessels by which life lost not single one
OF these resulted in the loss OF moro than
half the lives here recorded refer to the barning Of
the steamship Japan at sea, OIL Swatow, China by
which lives Of 200 Chinese and four other persons
were destroyed There fourteen cases OF expo-
sion or accidental escape of steam, OF which
suited in the death OF twenty persons and another six,
while only twenty five persons were lost by the remain
ing twelve There six burnings OF steamers by
which life lost 204 were lost by one Of these, and
forty. five and twenty respectively by two others while
only four persons were lost by the remaining three.
Ar no bounds can be set 10 the damage which
may to the vessels and persons board
on the occurrence of such disasters, every effort
should properly be made 10 place within the
reach or persons thus impered such means OF safety
as human ingenuity can devise This has been most
literally done by legislation But, added to this the
entire prevention OF such disasters by which both the
greater and lesser caamtes would be avoided should
first aim engage the earnest efforts OF every officer
in the service each being held TO the strctest account
ability for the performance Of his duty with vigilance
and discretion Relative to certain kinds OF disaster the
attainment Of this end is far from impossible Accidents
by explosion lre, and In general by collision fully
within remedy and be prevented by the exercise OF
superior skill and watchfulness by inspectors and
officers Of the vessels Men employed IN the daily rou
tine Of the direct management OF steam vessels and
whose minds are absorbed in the particular business
which they have In hand become almost necessarily
unmndful Of the dangers with which they contin
uay surrounded and Of the provided by law for
the safety OF life in case Of accident allowing such ap
pliances 10 become deranged and displaced They
require 70 be frequently reminded Of the consequences
of such neglect and Tor this purpose IL essential that
the inspector shall make frequent visits Of examination
conterrng freely With the ohcers Of such vessels in re-
gard 70 their management and the necessary discipline
TO be maintained on board, and i will be found that
when met IN proper spirit such officers are IN general
not only willing but desirous TO conform 70 all the
reasonable demands suggestions Of the inspectors
Their cooperation also Of the greatest importance
the service through strict attention to the duties Of
their several stations the best results are only to be
secured
The Superintendent says 1t is of the utmost impor
tance 10 the service its officers should be eh OF
large experience and thoroughly qualified for the per-
formance Of their duty and be makes various recon-
mendatons to improve the efficiency Of the service.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT-Ex-
TENT AND VALUE OF TIE oPERATIoNs-THE
TRADE DoLLAR-REsUMPTToN OF SPECIE PAY
MENTs.
DR. Linderman, Director OF the Mint, has made his
report the Secretary OF the Treasury It shows
operations OF the Mint and Assay Offices for the fiscal
year ended June 30 1875 from which it appears that
the OF gold and silver deposits and purchases
coins struck and bars manufactured as ioows;-
Gold deposits. S43 152.5s4 so
Silver deposits and purchases 1904 4O6 OF
Total amount received and operated
upon $6l, 456 800 81
Deducting redeposits bars made and issued by one
institution and deposited at another the deposits
Gold. So $50, 2oa 90
Saver hO1o626 "a
So, GIG, ,O2O a
Gold GS0ld................... I 5 5$9 Os2 s$$ 55S se5 @
Minor. IA 629500 230, 375
Total. 30 l9l,77s s43, ,s54 7Os
The total gold and silver bullion deposited and pur
chased, including redeposts, was as follows
Mint at Philadelphia. 80 so4 7ss %
Mint at San Francisco. .............. 1889 397 90
Mint at Carson city y................ 6 $40 ggs 80
Mint at Denver. er....................... g92 Il9 40
Assay Once, New York............. 13,475, ,247 u
Assay once, BOISE city, Idaho T.......- u777g As
Assay Office, Charlotte n. Z. ............ G,690 03
The coinage at the different rnints was az fouows;-
Mint al Philadephia-Gold coinage 27s2ss pieces.
value IS I62 $40; silver trade dollars 476 500 pieces
value $476 500 silver subsidiary coin II 0lO 400 pieces
value So lG8 710; minor do IA 629 500 pieces; value
$50 375 total &26 3g4 95S pieces value 60 O3S 1861
Mint At San Francisco-Gold coinage $50 600 pieces;
value f26 zoo oOo silver trade dollars $4,000 pieces
value, $33790oo; silver, subsidiary CON, 4,s95 600
pieces value, $e4s 600; total s,oo4ooo pieces value,
Mint at Carson-Gold coinage 100 so4 pieces value
81 l9 095: silver, trade dollars Sal 700 pieces value
81 Sal 700 subsidiary coin go JIG pieces value
$50 l5s; total, g. 1872 $50 pieces value "a, ,2ss e53
Total coinage 80 1871 rs pieces value $43 s54 70s
Al the Assay Once IN New York the business has
increased during the last two years 70 such an extent
as 70 render necessary the occupancy Of the rooms IN
the Wall street building, which have until recently
been rented TO banking firms These rooms have been
altered repaired and otherwise put into condition for
purposes 10 which they hereafter 70 be devoted,
aud the capacity for melting and refeing bullion has
thereby been doubled and the Office is better adapted
~ many respects for The auvenent transaction Or It's
business careful examination by the Supervising
Architect Of the Treasury Of the rear bulldn IN
which refining by sulphuric acid has been carried
on for a number Of years having developed
TIE TACT that the iron beams were corroded
~ su,pnSroos anl sca ~ y slch an extent
necessary the latter have been provided and put IN
place The duplication of the coming machinery the
years ago, has been completed and the coming capacity
doubled. At the mint at Philadelphia, the annealing
capacity having been found too limited two additional
furnaces have been erected and the coming capacity
thereby increased With these improvements the
mnts and Assay Offices are IN very efficient condition
The experience Of the past year has demonstrated the
nsufciency Of the Treasury and lts Offices for the
convenient and safe storage q coin, particu.
tary In the Western states, and moro gl.
yer coin has Of late been retained in
he custody Of the mints than could be properly cared
for In view Of this fact, aud the amount
which will have TO be stored in the Treasury offices In
different parts Of the country before specie payments
shall have been resumed. is suggested that the pro-
vision or additional vaults should be under aiken
early day under the provisions Of the act of Congress-
The mint al New Orleans has been prepared for
opening as far the limited appropriations therefor
would permit and II would now be practicable 10
duct thereat the operations Of melting assaying and
stamping Of bullion, but the appropriations having been
made for the purpose OF reopenhg the es'aonshment
80 be conducted hereafter as mint subject 20
me provsons and restrictions OF the Coinage act Of
1873 not authorize u 20 be conducted as an assay
carry into effect the provisions OF the aw aDove re