The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-24
FINANCIAL.

days HERALD OF the demands being made
by the different heads of the Departments
ofGovernment for larger appropriations
We give the following items received by tele'
graph to-day. Secretary Lincoln has com,
pleted his report, which will be transmitted
to Congress with the Presidents message
He advocates the increase of coast-guard
defense by Notifications and torpedoes, as
suggested by the Chief of Engineers, and
also embodies the recommendation of the
Quartermaster-Genera that Arlington
Cemetery be used AS national official
burying ground for officers of the govern
ment and members Of Congress who may
die in office. The census work has thus far
cost s3,s6O,O6S, and there will
be deficiency of $540,OOC
which Congress will have to ap.
propriate. The work has been done well SO
far. Some additional statistics have to bo
obtained and the work of tabulating will
be finished next month. The engineers
estimate for river and harbor improve
ments next year amounts to some $50. 900.
600. This sum the Secretary of War will
cut down some $l9,000000, leaving about
$l0,0OO,0OO, which he will recommend to
Congress to appropriate. The Secretary
understands, however, that his recommen-
dation will have little weight with Congress.
and that sum will be APPROPRIATED as
usual, to satisfy the respective districts.
The Secretary recommends for the improve
ment of the Chicago karbor $3.50, 900 and
for Calumet or South Chicago $50, 900. =
The number OF standard dollars coined
under the $4,000 month limitation of
the Bland bill Is now little over $1,000
O0O About one-third of this is in circula.
ton, and the other two-thirds is in the
Treasury, but represented by silver certli-
Gates, 80 the full amount Is practically q
part OF our currency in active circulation.
In 1878 silver dollars were struck and
issued on which the eagle had seven tail
feathers. The die was broken and new
one, was made, and by mere accident the
eagle on the new one contained eight tail
feathers. The latter are of no more value
than Other dollars.
The Salt Lake Tribune is authority for
the statement that Confederate bonds
are being manufactured by the millions in
Utah from newly-made plates. The story
goes that the plates are made in Chicago.
Imitation and overspeculation seem to be
the olrder, of the day, all over the globe, and
people who now pay $50 n share for stocks
like the Wabash ST. Louis & San Francisco
or Missouri, Kansas & Texas, which but two
years ago sold ut 81 Il share, can console
themselves with the fact that the Union
Generate in Paris rose from l25 TO 935O
francs n share.
The Washington Star of the 10th instant
says returns made up in the Internal Rcy-
enue, Bureau to-day show that u larger
number of stamps were issued Yesterday
than on any day previous in the history OF
the Government. There were sent out YES
terday 4S0 packages of internal revenue
stamps, filling l25 mail pouches. The total
number of these stamps is IL, 220, POI, repre-
sentinga face value of 50, sol ,2i7 80. Most
OF these stamps were for use in the tobacco
trade.
The issue OF new securities on the Paris
Bourse in the last two years and three quar-
tiers is given by the Semaine Financere at
$3.50 1000, in 1879; $i65, 0OO, 900, in 1880,
$3.50 ,OO0, 900 in the first nine months of this
year If this does not forebode collapse
all financial experience is at fault.
The note circulation of all Canadian
banks at the end of October was over $35,.
100000, against $23,0OO,0O0 at The CORES.
ponding period of 1880. Disc ants to the
public amount to 1923, 100000 AGAINST SlO3,.
have declared their semi-annual dividends
and profits have been very large.
For the year ending July 2,lSSl, the OK,
ports of British Columbia amounted in
value to $2,255,773. Coal was the largest
item, the value being $730, $751; Gold Is
next, amounting to $576,9lS Products OF
fisheries reached "a total export value Of
SiSO9Si. OF agricultural produces the
export value was only S2iS,
DALLAS EXCHANGE AND COIN.
Buying Selling
New York Exchange. .."....."..h@S Par@N
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galveston and Houston. ..,........k
Commercial exchange upon all points u TO \
discount
Sterling sight 81 IS.
Francs 56s5 10.
Marks -.
Gold. silver other than trade dollars, par.
LIhuo uoihts' '.,s'.'.'..',,,, 10 cents
MeNchu uoiinh. ..,.,..,,...,.,,,,..,,,.S so
mexican halVes,. "..,,,..,........,,., 40
MeAioan quarters, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Is
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