The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-12-01
GOLD, SILVER AND PAPER.
Synopsis Of the X. port of Comptroller KIN

Synopsis OF the X, port of Comptroller Knox.
IN, forotJ Of the Comp'ro 70 the Cur
rency contains la les showing the amOunts
O United Sta Oh bonds held by National
banks, Stat ban s. savings-bsnks and
private bankers on the LIST Of November,
1856 , and nj o showing the amount and dis
tribution OF the coin and paper currency Of
the country at he "a ne date. National
anks held on Nov |, 1882, IN security for
circulation and or publ deposits AMI othef
urpose@. 90 6,hSS,4 0 of interest bearing
bonds OF the I'm ted Staie% This n arly
g o. 10000 lie than e amount he or
Nov. l, 81 and about 100000 less thar
for the correspOn ling dat In 1880
Bankin 1850 iations her tn national
no d tn e bonds as follows: 8 at b INKS =
twenty lone ate SO, ,39, l72; trust om-
pani ~ il tiv States ST., 1882; saw ngs
b nks in fit cen States, s237 7S6, 442 There
has be n duri g the pa year decrea-e o
aho $1,000, 20 n t ~ am Dunt held by 70
banks and trust ON an es, an an Increase
of nearly s27, t00,t0 in the amounts he d by
saw gs banks. he amount ned by geo
graph al div sio s by the'' o; at ons in
lSS2 was as fol ow": East IN Sta es, s43,-
667, 24S; NJ ddle ats, sl97,l 5,259; South
ern at. so6',35 western States, So
1894 4; Pacific Stat 8, So 90 ,l75; to-
tai, 1888 460, 436 these returns have
been comril from reports made by the
offic r. or fferent SIates, W lch have been
forwu dad y EN- t. tn Comp r lller.
Interest b. airing unded deb, o the Urited
States was in Nov, mber last 81 ,4lS 0So, ZOO
The total amount Il bonds held by the ma
tional bank s ate banks a d savings banks
ut the n Arrest core spondi e late that ouid
be ascent in d was $4,000, 81, which
amount Is not greatly less than one-halt OF
th who e interest bearing debt
s IN lar acJ~ have been also nscar' aimed
from return. M g by state ba ks, ngs
banks and private nike to the Treasury
Deplri ment for he PURPOSES of taxa i'm,
Eli w NJ that the banks and ban ers of the
cou, try, exclu i've of nrUional banks, he d
an Nv rage amount of I'm tie States on Is
curing tx IN nths end rg tay LIST ut AZ
TO lows: vngs hank- s AZ % 1872; State
nks anu trust C IN anies, %,zll 40; pri-
vate ban els sl4,S70,745 The amount OF
1nds g ven in the retu ms to he
which s the amount inve't Il in
Unit st teS bonds, and may include pre-
MUM az wei az the principal OF bonds, is
sl6,6 U 100 more lhan the amount obtain d
! from returns 20 s ate OH err. L d fer
en- liz small and the amounts obta ned
| from one source strve TO CO. roborate he
re era &C UT ICY OF o returns OBJ am d
from the other. In referr ng TO the disrl-
button of coin and paper currency, tie
| Comptroli, says:
I. !,
duction of Id nv the mines I t ie I'm d
S ates il e-tim ted It $3.50, ri, and the
| am mt If gold eXportt from the coun ry
! II ex ess II the amount imported ha- been
| t36 2,536 he diff renee, s7,28 As, is
the Iucre sc duri & the wear The Direc or
of the Min 90 I'm tie that -, 100000 o this
anount h 4 b en- ia in tn" ts, leaving
! 81 SIG, 4S5 az the increase the 8 o Of = old
rem lining in he co nLIy aud avail abb foc
| circu alton. The to al excess o impor Of
! go ovet exI orts from he date Of 7 sump-
! lion to Nov. l, 1888 has been s6l 81 578,
! and the total gold product Of the mi - OF
the United States for the ame D, riod is esti-
mated to have been Sl47, 90, II. his is
| tn frat year since 1917 during w ich
the expectation or gold has exccedc he
importation During the last Two month -
Sci tember and T. Der, 1882 he imports
hive, however slightly exceeded the ex-
ports i he amount OF standard silver dol rs
co ned during the year hae been az 49, IS,
and the total amount col I'd up TO Nov +,
1852, since the pass ge The sw o Feb %,
1873, aul horizing the r coinage, has been
sl2S ~, $50. The amount o gold co he d
by han Ian | 1879 was SIC, OOO, 600, and on
Nov |, lSS2, s11.,u1,U0
| 1 he amou OF 81 YER DIN held by these
institutions at the sam, date was re-
sp' cti ely $500 o y AMI s. 0 90 o. vi Of
currency 8 67,0.O,00O and sl34,0 1000 The
gold coin held by the Treasur r on Jan. i,
lS7 was ell ,'UuuO, and on Nov. |, 50,
81 so 90 O; of silver at corre-po ID ng ia es,
So ,0tO,0J and Sl2i 900; and of currency,
s4i, OOO,00 ami $4,000, w, making the
a gregate amount DIN ami currency held
Dy the banks and the treasury sa52, 447. 473.