The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-03
FINANCIAL. ITEMS


Madison is in debt over $3.50 OO0-s25 for every
man woman and child in the city.
the Georgia Railroad ana Banking company
has paid in dviuends since the war the immense
sum of i,626ab
Ogden ha, flood Of mutiated silver coin. As
M general effort has been made 10 suppress IT,
itis being rushed in thcIe
Tina Eureka district Nevada, has produced
ores 10 the value of sSl,s00,0Oi during the past
seven years,
During March, the real estate transactions in
San Francisco, iguredup Sl,27i, 6S2, representing
tho sale of PA parcels,
A firm in Atlanta, Georgia recently bought
$1,000 face value of Confederate bonds that
had been doing service as wall paper
Ii is said India cost England 81 600 O0) more
than she brought into the imperial treasury last
year,
bles to the St Petersburg Geographical society
toward meeting T. expense of another polar
station al Nova Zemlla
A Jacksonville firm doing a business of s5n,
OOOannually, have made an examination of their
books and lind that the bad debts during five
years amount TO Sl,2 90.
The state taxes collected In Texas last year
amounted to s!,5i20O, The years expenditures
were sl.276,0 leaving over Il million dollars
from the years receipts in the treasury.
On December 81, 1881, there were In force in
the state of New York ll47S3 life insurance pol
icies, nsuring S32ii3L75j. The premiums re-
ceived during the year aggregated Sl0,SOI355
anu lllt lussCs pau oDDiO sol. nt new DuSl1leSs
Of the year was the issue of Loss policies, liz
surfing s33, 1881
The next call for bonds by Secretary Folger
will redeem all the continued per cents ofJuly
and August 1861 Work will then begin on S4S-
100000 in continued SIS of 1868
Agriculture gets s4l4 $50 for this years's allow
ance. The agricultural department of the gov
eminent is likely to remain pure for the want OF
aeorrupt0n fund II for no other reason.
The exports OF domestic produce from New
York during the past week were below the usual
average, the total being but S6,0oj l2l, against
$685., 69c for the same week last year. The
shipments OF petroleum were fair but the move
" ment Of the other principal articles, such as
breadstulfs, PROVISIONS etc, was light. Since
January lst the exports aggregate 800 100, 49l,
compared with SGD l99,O67 for the corresponding
period Of 1881
WASHINGTON, April 2s-At the request of the
senate finance committee, Commissioner Raum
prepared a statement of the amount of spirits
now in bond on which (undcr the requirements
Of the existing law revenue must be paid du-
ring the next twelve months. The commits
sioner places the number of gallons ats, 1856 2i3
The present annual consumption of distilled
spirits In the United States of all kinds is about
700 0000gallons.
Dispatches from Washington state that the
amou.tot Sh per cent. government bonds on de-
position circulation diminished )97l 600 last week
though there was an increase in the per cents on
dep Sit since April no less than 81 lS0,050 of he
3h per cents, has been withdrawn from deposit
and sli3sOO of the l-2 per cents, while sl,4s7,
800 4 per cents and $50 GOO 6 per cents have
been deposited The net decrease in bonds de.
posted IN Washington was, therefore, 81, I56, 80
III three weeks.
Amherst Massachusetts, has been passing
utough mining stock craze, which the faculty
OF Amherst college ided in producing. The
stald inhabitants of the old town imbibsd the
idea mat they were going to become suddenly
men by investing their surplus funds In certain
western silvcrmines. The personal property OF
In fNA. nNn
sl,S 81 This was the inflated value given Il
lhe mining certificates But the bubble hal
burst me mines cease to pay dividends thei
sIOcE sells NJ nominal price, and there is wall
siH among those who have been dcluded so woe
iully To their own pecuniary loss
=, me foreign commerce statistics of tn. port of
New YORK for the week ending with Saturday
hst slowed Light export movement Of domes'
NC products and newy imports of merchandise.
Asc0mpnred with the corresponding week In
T Ssl me figures make an unfavorablc showing
me specie movement continued light The ex-
ports exclusive OF spccc) were S. 29i 1852 agains
se,o2oSl last year; Imports Of merchandise Sill
soST' against 5000 gl last year; exports o
specie sl69, 100 against slli 30 last year. and i'm
ports Of specie $4,000 against So 2ls, ass las
year The total exports from New York lex.
elusive of specie) since January LIST IRE s9l is t.
Nv against sll3666,3 800 for the same period las
year YEA IMPORTS Of general merchandise $3.50, $50,
NV against Sl2S s9jOu last year exports o
specie sH,Si935i, against S}s6t 100 last year
ald IMPORTS of specie Sl,lis,oj5 against s27, 735
l9i last year.
DALLAS EXCHANGE AND COIN.
NY s saysss y Selling 81 B BSyng Selling dr
SSsiiSago; s@sPar@N y. t@spM@,
Exchange, all points ~ ~ discount. Sterling
T, SnS som Francs; b@s 10 Marks, 2S.
Mexican halves. ,lOcts. Mexican quarters iSet