Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-04


annual report shows that at the close of Il
last fiscal year the establish ment embrace
lT9 stations, If which 1S9 were on the A
lantic, 81 on the lakes and on the Pacif
The record of The service SURPRISES any "
made. While the weather of the year wa
generally milder than usual, it was marke
by numerous storms of exceptional severity
resulting IN much larger number of casual
ties within the sphere of station operation
than IN any previous year, and the total los
of greater number os vessels. The hiqhes
former number of disasters was that OF yea
preceding, having been 219. Thi
year the number aggregates 800. Th
highest number of vessels totally lost il an
preceding year was ffty-feur. The humble
last gear was sixty-seven; the number o.
persons on board 500. The vessels involved
numbered 1889, OF whom 1880 wer saved
and only nine lost. There were succored al
stations 449 shipwrecked persons, 100:
days relief being afforded them. The mum.
Der of persons brought ashore from wrecked
vessels BY the life saving appliances of the
stations was 706 10 add ition, the life saw.
ing crews assisted off when stranded, got oui
OF dangerous positions and piloted to places
Of safety. 128 vessels, someti nes working in
conjunction with other wrecking agencies
bat geneIally by themselves and
ships companies alone. In
many Of these instances but for their aid
vessels and crews would have been lost
Besides, quite q number of vessels in danger
Gus positions we're warned and saved from
stranding BY burning danger signals in the
hands of patrolmen at night. It is estimat-
ed the whole value of vessels involved was
S2,6l6,34o, and of their cargoes 81, 195, 368,
making the total value of property in peril
1911, 708, being nearly one million more
than the year preceding. OF this amount
S2,Gl9, 807 was saved, and 81, ,901 lost,
the loss being S25O,S99 less and saved
S1,174,T2 greater than in the previous
year.
The service upon the lakes, which the re-
porS shows. has reached the highest state of
efficiency, has recently come in alarming
danger Of sudden paralysis on account of
inadequate compensation, the surfmen be-
ing rapidly withdrawn from stations by
higher wages offered By private enterprises
In one of the lake districts the regular crews
of which consist of ffty-tEo men, fifty six
changes have already taken place this season
on this account, and the vacancies have TO be
filed by unframed men and such as can be
also beginning to develop itself upon the At
lantic coast. To avert this calamity the su-
perintendent asks that the restriction upon
the pay Of surfmen to $40 per month, which
has been imposed in making appropriations,
be omitted, and that the regulation of wages
be left to the discretion Of the general super
intendent within the limits of the appropri-
alton contemplated by act of June. 1873.
The MINT.
The annual report of the director of the
mint shows that the work of the year per-
formed at the institutions under charge of
the mint bureau has been unusually heavy.
assay offices have been both In number and
value greater than in any previous year, ag-
gregating sos, 835.096, and exceeding by
nearly SS0,000,000 the highest previous de-
post Of 1861. This gain was not the result
of increased deposits of domestic production,
of which $35 1921. 705 were received as
against over 500, 600 the previous year.
The deposits of plate, jewelry and worn coin
were about S250,000 greater than in 1879,
amounting to S1,485,S44, and the receipts of
foreign coin and bullion in
creased nearly S6O,00O,0O0, being
$50 e37. The deposits of silver and deliver
les of purchases were only exceeded during
the coinage of fractional silver and trade
dollars in 1877 and 1878. The receipts of
domestic silver bullion were $32, 156;
foreign coin and bullion $2,219;1O5; plate,
iewelry and American coin 1886. 660.01; a
total of $3.50. 500 70. Of these
deposits $36,14E366 in gold and
S2,574,2S5 in silver We're transferred
CT withdrawn from assay Offices or minis
and again deposited, making the total
amount received and operated upon of both
gold and silver S172, 191, 221. The coinage
of gold, although heavier than in any preyi-
GUS year. could not keep pace with the de-
posts, S38, 468.S 74 gold bullion remained
uncoined at the New York assay Office and
Philadelphia mint at the close of the fiscal
year. The minis, however, augmented the
circulation S64,370, IA, adding $50, 157 ,573
gold, S27,972, 437 silver, and S269,971 in
minor coins. The total pur-
chases of silver bullion during
the year amounted to 24,262,571
standard ounces at cost of $24, 1872, 161,
being al average purchase of S2.081 OLE
worth Of silver bullion per month. Tht
average treasury department. price of silver
bullion of British standard during the veal
was 50 7-10d. The total coinage of standard
silver dollars has been $72,847, $50. Thu
amount on July 1, 1879, was 1858, 749, ano
on July 1, 1880, Sl9,3O9,435, an increase il
circulation during the year of S11,655, 1856
The circulation was forther increased Il
November l, 1880, by the issue of Sc, 453,
S56, making the total in circulation at tina
date, S35,76S 931. The remainder of tn.
coinage, S4S.094, 459, was in the treasury
S19.760, pa being held for the redemption
Of silver certificates, and S28.304, 218 for dis
tribution. OF the latter 12,198,505 wa
still in the minis.
The production of gold and silver IN tn
United States during the fiscal year is esti
mated ct S36,0000O0 gold and $37,OOO,OO
silver. It is estimated that probably $35,
100000 gold and $4,000, 900 silver of domes
tic production, together with $25,OOO,OO
gold and S6,Oo0,OO0 silver United State
coin were used in manufactures and arts
besides the melting up of plate jewelry, for
eign coin and bullion suff
Gent to make a total CONSUMPTION
in the United States of SI0,OOO,00O gol
and 100000 silver. The most interestin
portion of the report of the director of I'd
mint relates to coin circulation. The est
mates, starting with Sl35.000,000 gold an,
100000 silver coin IN 1873, have been con
tinued to November, 1880, by adding tn
yearly coinage less recoinage, and coin i'm
ports less exports, show an increase il col
circulation for the whole period of S240, 1913