The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-06-08
FIN ANCE AND COMMERCE
FsNAsCIAL.

FIN ANUE ANU UUMMEhoE
FsSANCIAL,
the following IL from the clerk Of the ways
aud means oonimittee Of the house OF represent
"Thero is still outstanding Of the Q per cent
bonds In calls numbered from 100 70 III, lhclu
sIye about o. 0OO,t co These six calls aggregate
Ooi.Ot !, and arc all matured The 18th call |
Tor $4,000 90 will mature next Tuesday ana the
1ls!h, which includes the remainder oil the iohh |
of 1861, about tll, 900 O. viii mature July inc
call issued few days ago for elj,J QUO oil tle
skies OF 1868 Will mature August !. Inc amount
outstanding of this loan Is less than slsV9 iVVVP
The treasurer statement OF assets anu nnpll,
ties for NAV shows an increase OF over s3OOOoOO
of stnndard collars. the number OF these CONS
now on hand being sAe S,s SSS T., "gali vst
.certidcates leaving over ~ 10000 of the silver
dollars in the treasury the properly o. We
government an increase for the month IN snc
governments ownership in these coins OF ~
Coo { - In gold coin and gold bullion thete VIZ
ar Increase during the month OF aDout ~ ~
o D. aud the amount OF United slatesc aH HSn 6no
The fund held for the plon OF pat i
failed. in liquidation, and reducing elIcu'a1iNGn
also shows an increase OF about So, 0OO,VOl Inc
receipts for May were upward OF $500 1VV, an
iCrease of si,30lO00 compared with May lSsii
"For the eleven months ending yesterday th inc
receipts were e37l, 425,Gsl, or nearly SilOo y -
CREATE than for the twelve months ending June
50, 1881 Tie estimate receipts for the current
fiscal year were St0O,t0 ,Ut } and 1t Is ploDaple
that this estimate will be exceeded by NJ le"s'
The receipts OF this fiscal year viii be greater
than for any preceding year since low Wiz tfa
they were over S4ll,uUO0O o. Last month tue
Internal revenue receipts were greater IMAM i0r
any month since 1870. The following utOie ~
show the receipts respectively Tor May, 1901 Az"
1882: 500, 1850
Custom, SIG. t 81 oes sls,ie555l
Internal revenue. ....... l5'gS9'S5Co go 81
l,Ilo -
Totals .......... So, 2z3,7l5 s36,5jl, ;S9l
commissioner Haum has prepared a taDie
giving in detail receipts from inieTna, revenue '
Tor The ten months ending Apill 80 last com,
pared with the corresponding months Oh ia ~
favor of the ZEN months of the current year OF
over 81 eco coo in recepts from dlsulIyu nco
i2l53tOo from iermented liquors, nearly stUUUii
FROM tobacco, ana SLZI'o'o from 0"'''''
FINANCIAL ITEMS. ,,.
The United States currency outstanding as-
The Independent says that Elko, Nevada Is
flooded with lead coin. ,4 n, nno
Gould is said to have lately bought @''ooo
shares of Wabash preferred at private s9esi I'm
Floridas share under the per cent lano piii
is S29, $40. 15 , anon ooo Al, -
first three months of this year.
The international monetary, conference mas
been further postponed till APRIL lSS$. III, ,,rt
The money coined at the Phladelphla mlnt
during May amounted to S6Gs2dOt oo.,, -.
Imports Of sp. Gle from Mexico on the 2Sth ult.,
were S2l, 279. ,,uo, l.,
Bedford county, Virginia. ,.,
The secretary of the treasury regards the prop
Ostion to extend uncalled SKIES lneXPenhien1
ciic company has nearly completed the negoua'
ton of s2,00U,000 bonds, ~ II. e. ,,o
The reduction of the national DEBT Tor the
month of MAY was slH375, AL. The treasury at
present has SIP, 1903, 76S cash ON hand. ,n.,.o,
AT the Bank of Arizona were lately exhlblted
a lot of gold nuggets from the placerS at Ante.
lope hill taken out by MeXicans. The largest
piece weighs half pound and is worth SlOo
ses Mbicb % Wns sold in s9 under the first
for 100000, has recently been sold uhuer the
foreclosure of mortgage for SID nj. ,.u
The internal revenue collections at Peorla LOT
the month of MAY amounted to sl1s5, ALP, and
for the eleven months ended May 80 sl2,Vo2 =
74i.23. 800
ty California, the San Jacinto mine is said to be
producing from 5000 to $4,000 worth oil gold
per month.
German silver, which is ideBtical in compost
ton with our nickel coin, The United states
made nickel cents in 1856, and eight years later
coined the 5-cent pieces. Belgium adopted
nickel coinage i'll 1860, and Germany in 1873.
England has lately coined pennies for Jamaica
but at home she and France adhere to the clun-
The treasury department has purchased 295,-
COO ounces of silver for delivery at the New Or
leans and San Francisco minis; Offers for
275,OO0 ounces more were rejected, being above
the market price Coinage during May was ~,
S7S 400 including 55, 800 double eagles, 469OJ0
eagles 3jl 600 half eagles aud 2262, OOO standard
silver dollars.
The new quarterly report Of the bureau OF sta
tistcs shows a gratifying growth in our trade
with sister countries of the American continent
The total value of domestic exports TO all coun-
tries during the calendar year 1881 showed de-
crease of more than Sol 000,t 100. This was how
ever exclusively loss in our TRANSATLANTIC
trade due to the short crops and was confined
almost wholly to breadstuls and provisions.
But In the trade with countries nearer home
there was goodly growth
- WAsHiHof@H, June line dept statement
issued to-day, shows:
The decrease of the public debt . .
during the month Of May to be s10S75,ii1 10
Cash In the Treasury ............ 2i2 l03, 79S 60
Gold certificates oUtstanding..... sos, 420 90
silver certificates outstanding go. &C. 736, 900 90
Certificates of deposit outstanding I2S5qUyO "
Refunding certificates outstalding 4i909O w
Legal tenders outstanding ...... Gi6,hSL0l6 "
fractional currency outstanding. IOl90O3 u
Cash balance available. SILL al, $40 60
DALLAS EXCHANGE AND COIN.
n Buying. Selling. Buying, Selling,
Chic Ex KakPar@k St Louis. H@I Para x
Chicago. kCak Par@bk N. 0....h@%Par@A
Galveston y Par@4 H0uston.h PardA
Exchange, all points X tox discount. Sterling
Sight A IS Francs, sos 10 Marks, 25.
Trade dollars scots. Mexican dollars. ..S0ct
Mexican halves. .40cts. Mexican quarters l5ct