The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-24
FINANCIAL AND COTTON
FINANCIAL,


! The report OF The director OF the mint to the
secretary of the treasury presents In detail the
operations OF the minis and assay Offices during
the nscal year ended Jone ~ lSS2, The i'm
ports of foreign gold coin and bullion Were
sl,7s9lS greater than the exports, The total
amount OF gold Deposited was yt5. 756 6SS which
Was 600 less than thu preceding wear,
while the silver purchased for coinage and de.
posted for bars WAS about W go 90 greater aud
amounted to NS,1-o 4sl, The total coinage was
llS6,VS pieces OF me ne value OF s9,4lSt7 50.
being nearly sllO@,o0 more than in any pre-.
yious wear About oae-hali OF the coinage was
in eagles, one-thiid in hslf.eagles, apd the re-
mainder IN douDle.eagles. The silver coinage
consisted OF s2rI72Oi5 IN silver dollars, and
sl,Sl3 70 IN fractional coin, total OF s271AS .
SIS ~,
Ofthe minor or base.lnenl coins, 46, SGi rs
pieces, OF the value OF s6At757 % were struck.
The demand ior o,cent nickel pieces was large,
and 40 t775 pieces, OF value OF $40, OSS IS,
were struck during theyear. The remainder OF
the minor coinage CONSISTED principally OF l-Cent
pieces,
cole bars OF lne value OF E7,5oS, lO,N were
manuisetnled, sl2tho.fW OF which were OF
hne golu Tor ueposltots AZ we New York assay
Office, Fine silver bars OF The value OF s., 569,
SS 10 were hlso MADE emery ~ the same in
sltuuon Under me acs OF May 2sth lasti6,5SS,
WO 70 IN tlll soiu bars, suitable tor EXPORT were
exchanged up 10 pctoper ist AZ INC New York
assay once tor golu com thus saving the
covsihlnens sne eApeuse Oh Tvs coinage rs we'll
transportation TO aud from Philadelphia for
colnaBs. Inc uepoSlsoi bullion requiring payting
anu te tnsn Sn N ERE SoVu. Vo gross ounces
morv tnan III .ne previous year. lhe purchase
tos.3627, 2ag y ounces ofs.andnrd silver al COS
9lsA lS6, ~! ". an average ofsl 02l5 per ounce.
Inc average honuoi Price Tor silver Was oil 1916
pence per ounce OF British standard ineness,
elulyaleht 10 Nf2@o per ounce United States
.mn1a,u' nuu une average Sew YORK price was
SV2ll9 per ounce standard. The profits of the
silver coinage amounted 70 Giil Ssl ID, or the
saw, ths mimi, ~, i as S gl 40, uS
lea,iu6 wy in,i,s 70 ooo,nls the baanco OF this
anu previous years coinage
inc hm apptopflstlYhs Tor the support OF the
~ l, -, 10 S Su 90 array onees was 22e0 OF which
5000" m m'SS eApenueu' In addition To this
thele Mue iulnei Stpehunufe OF Sl39, 1S2 %
from ule appropriation contained in the act
suIlorl"Irns tne coinage OF the standard silver
uolst, nv tos ~, Wstase or loss Of metal In
Mo,A,ns mns sSo,"onsS WINE the surplus OF
haearerai min,s ,no myers ana rehners OF
tsSe'eaH, in,n =, sinouu'eI % w, Ntl3, making
NV saai. ~ VI si,aoo,ou, me charges made TO
uelosltols ioi pa,t.lg ana rehning their bullion
aui9 g,, 70 s-LAeo-, OF when s2ti6ls Sc was
pss Sss do' M enPeseS OF 'nose operations.
,eHlshcs anu Information relative W the pro-
uucuon, iinpVrn export ana consumption of The
precious Initials ana 10 lheir circulation ~
mo- mohs, Have peen obtained and summarized
dne ~ oi 20 0 Goia or me hscai year is es-
mated az ~ .SnWo, and OF silver ~. 10000, a
deea nIe OF SnN,Mo in gold and AN increase of
s-WSv'v III silver upon me estimated produe-
"Si ior ,no previous hsesl year.
!, ine coisuiPuo.i Oh the precious metals
~ sne illeu staSs Tor use III the arts
anaS Ine year Is estimated at 81?
UTWy m goIu ana 100000 OF silver,
OF Whleh $4,000 OF gold and 5000 600
Oh SILVER were OF domestic production There
was issued from me New York assay Office for
tlle use Oh manufacturers sl,JU,0O more OF gold
nlu ow,uV more OF SILVER bars than In the pre-
ceIihg year
lne lotai com OF mo country IL estimated 70
nave peen az me beginning OF the year $3.50 776,
.lS gold and III, 6o.7d6 silver, total OF Gil 9sG
5lV and at the close of the year 500 10 7SS gold
anu iva ~ 200 SILVER, total 200 ,5l9, gain OF
Giu1oo III gold coin aud 100000 In silver
me gems from coinage. less rec0inage. weIe
MoItV9l IN Rold ana 2LOSl. SIG in silver, and by
tlo imports oil United states silver coin 5l777s,
Dut lhe export OF United States gold coin was
S2 so greater IMAM It's import and including
.,V'Vv9 USED IN we arts, reduced the gain In
gold coinage TO about 6l00l000. or the total
metallic circulation 900 belonged 10 the
ueasury, il2OvV0o TO the national banks. and
H|UoVVo was IN general circulation. Up
octooer ls there had been further
hei gam IN me coinage OF ll,SsSl OF
goia, ana hWV OF SILVER, making the circulation
VI we united stHs coin ply lgl 0S6 ,ot gold, and
~ Oh silver, total OF us 800, sos Besides
uhls gan tnere was also III Tue treasury gold bull
lion Oh the value OF III, 40 10 aud silver hul m