The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-30
GOLD, SILVER AND PAPER.
synopais Ofthe Report Of Comptroller Kno

bynOpAls 81 the Report Oi GOmptrOIIcf hnOxs
Tho report OF the Comp, roller OF the Cur
rency contains tables showing the amounts
o. United states bonds held by National
b nks Stnt banls, snyings-banks and
private bankers on the fst Of November.
~ AMI nj 0 showing the amount and dis
tlibntion or the coin and paper currency Of
the country ut the same date National
nnks held OH Nov. /, isse, NJ security for
circulation and for public deposits and other
purposes, SgR,5l8.4 o OF interest bearing
bonds OF the I'm ted States. This II nearly
so, 10000 less than the amount he d on
Nov, !, lssl, and about s7oooW, less than
for the corresponding date In 1880
lIankinl nsso 'iations other than national
no a th,Ae bonds M follows: STATE banks in
twenty Snte., ss,s30,f III; trust COM
panies II five States, $lG, sl2; savings
b nks in fifteen States, Sg,1 ssi, AZ. There
nbo I saooNno5 n tie amount held by i, to
banks and trust Omf,an es, and nm increase
of nearly 80, ,uOO, Coz In the amounts held by
saw ~ banks. The amount held by geo
graph al divsio by these associations In
G67,e4s; NJ dile ) ates, sl97.l $50; south
ern = ate-, S96s,35i; Western States, 3D.
360,4i4; Pacific States, e21,0p,l75; to-
tai sa63, ,41O, An These returns have
been comnil d from reports made by the
officers ot different states, " ich have been
forwarded hy them to the Comptroller.
Interest bearing funded debt OF the United
States was In November last 4l ,4lSos0, 100.
The total amount Of bonds held by the ma
tional banks, State banks and savings banks
at the nearest corresponding date TINT could
amount IL not greatly less than one-hnlf Of
the whole interest bearing debt.
Similar facts have been also ascertntned
from returns made by State banks, savings
banks and private bankers to the Treasury
Department for the purposes Of taxation,
showing that the banks and bankers OF the
country, exclusive OF national banks, he'd
an average amount Of Unite States honts
during six months ending May lst last ~
follows: Savings banks, : 4eO2S .S.; state
banks and trust companies, sS I'll 40; pri..
bonds given in the returns to the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
which is the amount invested I'm
United States bonds, and may include pre-
minm as well ns the principal OF bonds, II
si6,6N, 0O more than the amount obtained
from returns to State officers. The differ
ence is small, and the amounts obtained
from one source serve to corrobOrate tho
general accuracy OF tie returns obtaina "a
from the other. In referring to the distri-
button Of coin and paper currency, the
Comptroller says:
From Nov. l, 1881, to Nov. l, 1852, the pro-
duction OF gold by the mines ef the United
States Is estimlted Mt S43,35a,O2l, and the
amount OF gold exported from the country
In excess Of the amount imported has been
s36, 1.a,IR The difference, s., S,23H. .4S5, IL
the incre Sc during the year The Director
Of the Mint estimates that =, O0N OF this
amount has been us Il In the arts, leaving
a. SH 4S5 as the increase in the stock of gold
remaining in the coantry and avail able for
circu alton. The total excess OF imports OF
gold over exports from the date Of resump-
ton to Nov. 1, lSS... has been s6i 81 5eS,
and the total gold product Of the mints OF
/ the United States for tho ame period Is csti-
mated to have been sl47,' Ibis In
| tn first year since 1871 during which
| the expectation OF gold has exceeded tha
/ importation During tie last two mouth
! September and trber, 1852 -,h, imports
| have, however, slightly exceeded the ex-
| ports The amount of standard crdollars
| coined during the year has been 81, nj. -,
| and the total amount cotned up to Nov. !,
| lSSs, since the passage OF the Jaw OF Feb -.
/ 1SsS authorizing their coinage. has been
4l2S 81 SSn The amount OF cold 60 II h. q
i by banks Jan. /, 1879 was S46, GO etu, and Oh
/ Nov l, 1882, Sl12,uN.Wa
i The amount of silver coin held ty tiese
institutions at the SAM dute WAS re-
spectively S6OO 90 AMI SSueO,Ot0, n III OF
| currency sl6s, ,Oc0, COZ and SlA,Ot0,oM. The
| gold coin held by the Treasur,r on Jan. /,
I 1877, was $l1s,sh.uu. and on Nov. |, l,S.,
1 SlISot 900; OF silver at correspond NJ da'cs,
81 .tA0,00O and $l.s 0nosO: aud of currency,
444,uNn.nO aud ss6,u0O.,u, making the
1 q greyate amount coin ami currency held
ay the banks and the treasury $a5a. ~. .4sa