New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-05

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The coinage NJ Philadelphia ana NewOreans was chiefly
T Tn'' coinage Of silver consisted almost wholly
o. Ger. comet M Philadelphia and Ncw-Orcaus and
but 10000 AZ the Carson and san Francisco lnnis
,t tbc number i-au,d nearly cquulcd the coinage.
Tho Accommodations In the last Two named anu IN tuc A.
sl.tau Trrasurcrs Office at NewYork city amounted to
hc demand for minor coin. required the coinage and
piece and 49, G7.4OO bronze cents. ,,.s,
Tho deposits ~ gold bullion ana coin ior tnS ls hs2n
yon- owing 10 diminished imports The total 5moliht
Isc.yg@ aa q RaPR98fa so va Co. sOu
T purcha,es Of silver Tor the coinage Of the standard
ss95 5-- g57 SKI ay,raing 81 l3l,IA worth per month
The average cost was ~ il7p per ounce me- WIZ i1s
bWnt the ,cal year. 5000, 80 in uncuTrcnt silver
rccolnaer tho loss upon which was r3ldI@ SO tne
nominal profits on INC con4gr OF sl'n'tl "ti ivrr
10 the coinage the mints and ASSAY offices
al IN 1Gg 2O5 2G In gold bars md S-o1pgg- ~ III
si,r tlr- The value Of gold bare cNchlhLcd Iui tp2
coin at the Now YORK assay Office was 7'l''''' 49, '"
at r Faa 1Ga clrcaioa Of the country July l.
l--. {. estimated from the statistics oil "'H"s' " "'
/ Imports uf com, To have been: .,,. -
Lni,ei sia,"s sG i, To,n , I0J,573,3Jo
r,,al ..................-. %tuo4oo,'to
ri, ,,ouuts were increased on the 30th of June last
nv coin tgc ana imports OF coin 10 the following amounts
United state, gold coin S333s5i6iSJ
/ United e'atca silver coin. 80
Total on June 3d. Is-3............... S'1o,l'Iv'S
There WIS further Increase by coinage ana ilhPoID'
during he next quarter of-UuGd states 625 goa CON-
~ oj- 0O1; United states silver CON- TV'''l- , AZ
ts and ASSAY Offices held for coinage on We ~
q, ct"brr sci Gs3 Of gold bullion, aud S2lTmyd td
OF silver bullion, making me toiu Eup 0ctol"r y:
StatDs coin and bullion available for coinage Oh
r-,t,,i tate. gold cuin I59 iG
6i'rd states gold bullion 2qi 323
Tnicd states silver coin Si078iI
TruitH
0n'''', ........ SsI65957 l9
Iuoplres n 10 the production Of the precious neS,
and their consumption n conngr tu -, statistics of
urcs and for the collection OF Olnei III ,Hnrd bv
our aud foreign countries nay I,oroaon thereon
mo Mint Bureau and much valuable r. ~ tbp
has been obtained and appears III 'N'
Director. ,.., r,.,,,rtr,cnt recommends q
revision aud amendment OF the coinage nE ~ ,rinrc
coins are not what they should be- either III Hi nav bc
a. nryrplrncc or i'm the ease with when some niJ -"
istinrished from others by the sense ol louA VI nj
mat of sight There Il much resem3laoJ "a %odeT-
small value 10 some Of greater yac i thc for others
or receivers confound them, and mistake 'SlI 10 W h
and loss Is sustained. From time to tS f' m ytent
bindcrina the attainment OF GOOD dtlH' nh come ot
improy by change OF the meta vi of some
them are 10 be made, ana by the ulscoh''ii"' "
of denominations not needrll Tor use, t I'm rho cus
Tbr accumulation OF standard silver dYlrs III r,,oi re-
,d~ If tbis Department nj the date Of IT'S last ahut
{ was sch a. TO cause serious INCONVENIENCE, rb,
anu ngDed and hired by the Treasury are sti hea'
taxed for room, and frequent transfers % soon in
,sL and cost It ~ looked for tlat tuls III mating
",ne measure, be abated The Department 10 ,I
yait in the Treasury building Mt Washlngoh WIFI er a
hod fort y five millions OF silver dollars, ana
N N1u Orleans which will hold twenty-elght milnoh''
NATIONAL BANKS.
The number Of National banks In operation NoNo'nOo
1ss9 was 2522 an Increase over all FORMER y'a o,
The number Of banks organized during the year %
tho greatest number organized during any year s,no
1sG5 They exist in every state and ORGANIZED @
., tho Union The capital Of the newly oTg@pn5ou bh
a. s1s 6bI $50 and the circulation TIOVy,itVV hank
hgnt onefourth OF the capital showing tna' Univ IL
IT, taken advantage OF section OF the HSt an
IasS which authorizes banks Of SlROOVY da 70 m
1r IN be Organized upon the deposit OF Doh1s Se
nnnt Of onefouth OK the capital Retgyns u han
october OF this year show an aggregaiS5 HoS MA du
canlta OF $500 900 1871 increase 9i S Yrnus
10y the yeori circulation Of S3l4g3l, o6 ~ SO(
hIS 600 4s5 and Individual deposits q ~
,h ~ which are In decreasej loans OF
= ia snecie OF PlO7 0S3 both OF when ar in NJ
ha c65rnorate xisenee OF 307 has eSpufd M - az
4 ear of which 273 have renewed IL phder tn9 SSaced
u e. Tho iast Congress. Seventeen nave peen w. a.
ntdation by vote OF their Shareholders four aoeed
~ nfed by limitation and all but two have psfn Win ne
- bv new organizations In the same Ocaoa canits
!, Mles These data show that tho owners UnaLtnf n
= Sss,rous OF investing In the business OF n 10 90
y itad with the National bank system ana wils No dc
"a s,e or IN organize anew under IT, when IL can W at
~ With reasonable show Of profit Inc COZ to vears
1e | enee of Os3 banks viii expire uurlne '"0 49,
249 IN 1854, and 7S4 IN 1880