The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-18
FINANCIAL AND COTTON
FINANCIAL.

1HE chief Of the bureau Of statistics. IN his
SIKH monthly ststemeRi for the current fiscal
year OF the imports and exports Of the United
States. saws; The excess Of exports OF meteh an.
Month ended Dec. 81. ISL ........... ils as sig
Month ended Dee 81 ISL. lq'Tai Qi1
six mouths ended Dec. 81. lSSe 80. SiSTs -,
Six months ended Dec. 81, ISL ...... 6Igsl'7 iS
Twelve months ended Dee 81, iSS2. llblS, %
Twelve months ended Dec. 81 ISL .l6i S2q sIp
Inc excess OF imports or Of exports OF cold
end silver e1in and bullion was as follows:
Month ended Dee. 81, 1852. excess OF
imports .............. ........... a. ~, 80
Month ended Dee 81, 1851, excess Of Zoos
imports. ................. '...- 9tts rs,
SIX months endsd Dee 81. issi, excess ''''''''-
So, OF e5p9sSs b., - :, :, 1888
OF imports, ,....... BE-. ......... 9G ala -C1
Twelve months ended Dec. 81, isSl. ex -'''''' -
cess of exports ~ "a 60 ast
Twelve months ended Dee 81, lSSl. ex.
cess of imports ,...... .............- 40 90 AIS
The values Of the imports OF mercnandise
INTO the United states during the lively, months
ended December 81, lSS2, were s75,, Sil,li5 and
,or .he corresponding o months Of the preceding
year WU-uN 40 The values Of the exports OF
domestic and foreign merchandise from the
united states during the twelve months ended
December 81 lSS2. were Is, 976 3J7, aud for the
twelve mouths ended December ID. lssl' sgS SO :
III" ' N'
II is estimated that g, 200, OcO 900 Of gold and
shIer nave been mined III the west of tho Uni
.el states alone within,the last thirty years The
Gold Hill bonanza OF the ComStock lode of Ne.
yada had, In the ten years Immediately pre, ed
ing the lastceusus, ia nished 500 00l coo $40 a.
Vpot which was in gold The lode in 1871 fur.
nished 50 9ll,Q0l OF which l7,77l Oo0 was in gold:
IN lSde 10 i0i0o silver aud ~ 26 600 gold. a Total
OF 20 go 600, in 1879 5l0ttO0 silver aud 725 OD
gold total lL9l50O; 1850, 1854 zoe silver ani
SsSeo00 gold-total, 1llSi0O0 The total Weld
OF The % miRes of the Oomslock lode has from
100000 in 1915 sunk to $4,000 900 in 1851. The
decrease was, In 1873 i72e6, lO7; 1872. IS 800
+ 1850 Sc, OC0Q0 WV
The returns OF the foreign trade at the port of
y New fork ior Tue month Of January correspond
q very closely with those of the same month OF The
previous year, both as 70 imports and 10 exports
3 there being slight increase over 1882 IN The
\ Imports and Nh increase of about 3 per cent in
the exports. sThe imports of duuanie meIchan
ulse were ilttle Over million dollars less an
last year, while the free goods were about MS
I much IN excess. Some ~, COO COO less of foreign
goods were thrown upon the market this being
s decrease OF about : per cent The imports OF
specie We're small. being sG05,5 against t37 A
OH last year; aud those of merchandise were
s5So w against $50, 76l 0S9 for the same month
III lsS; The total exports, inclusive OF specie,
Were 's9 Zsi.A9, compared with S29, 49, LIS last
year; the amount of specie being II, 800, $40,
against VI ,g7O,4il In January of last year The
exports snow an increase that is quite evenly
distributed.
The Public says An interesting feature of the
bank reports is the fact that the banks mold less
United states bonds by So. 500, 900 than they
5 held six years ago, though they have ,g 500 O0I
more on deposit for circulation In other words.
beyond the requirements for circulation thew
held s93 goo, coo OF such bonds in ISIS and univ
tSo GOO oOO last October, But their holdings of
other bonds and stocks have Increased from
SSs9oVVo TO S66,2'0tOo, and their loans on call,
mere IN New York alone, from 25S COO 600 10 t9I
3OO,OO. Practically, the banks have invested in
OF loaned on stocks about $50 100000 that they
formerly held in governments
Assistant Cashier Hopper, of the United States
nn.tF h ~ AT W.
eA 10000 in gold and sal 2s6 Oo0 silver In the
vaults, ana that the specie is still accumulatnr,
lie says: FOR instance, on January we had,
IN round numbers, t7lO0O,C 600. m gold; on the
5th OF mat month 81, GOO. The aggregate OF
specie is constantly increasing. Of our s3I 600
90 or more in silver, 81! 500 900 are dollar pieces
Nobody wants them, nobody will take them, and
\ we can't get rid OF the n
4 The state OF North Caroliue Is now issuing new
\ per cent bonds In accordance with the nind,
lag act of 1879, interest being waived from July
(. J.. 1850 to date. The North Carolina funding mel
OF 1879 provided for the funding of her debt into
4 new per cent. thirty.year brnGs, drawing in
4 terest from July l. 1850 and allowed 40 per cent
for bonds issued before Nay 20, 1861, % per cent
iof new bonds and 10 per cent for the funding,
are 10 be surrendered.
The Northwestern Lumberman saws. In tho
4 clty OF New York there were 2,0Ol fires ia 1852
4 The losses on buildings foot up sg7S 1872, aud on
contents sS2l6,S 2S, total of sil9l 900 The In
teuts N1,il,7i5 IN all. s2l, S52 lei. The uNin
sured loss was, on buildings So, 65S and on con
tents slO0bO2. In 1881 there were ,7S6 fires
Which caused losses aggregating IS $50 259, and
the insurance amounted to $50 7O2, O79.
The Indebtedness of the municipalities in
Massachusetts wac increased last year ", 626 600
The net ind. bteduess Of this character in the
state now amounts TO s62 49,. 010
HELENA. MONT. Feb l3.-Thc heaviest sale OF
mining prOperty ever made In this vicinity was
completed today, the Drum Lummon mine
being sold by Thomas Cruz TO an English syn
dictate for quarter of million down and
sl,SsO 600 10 he paid In april aId June
The shares Of the Chemical Bank New York
par sluO sell for s!,1O5 Capital, 100000 surplus
4 1000 roo
There is now n balance Of sS5, 900 iu tn, citp
treasury OF Topeka as against 5000 two year,
ago, ana the city owes nothing outside OF H.
bonded indebtedness
New scent nickles, so perfectly gold.wasnod
as 70 deceive any ignorant persons and pass
readily among them fer new IS gold pieces have
been discovered here