Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-07
DAILY POST -InIELLIeEnCER


The reyenuee Of the ooveknz's1ss - 80
assAl ysar ending June -, 80, -. -.
eSi8. 619, 06o.92 expenditures e<sv',.o
l73ss; surplus. ec7 - - y. - -.
es4.13668 vas sppl'so g . s 8
debt and 66bis aoaea = - $
Trsasury. Ine sss'm ma Is 49,. -
1875 are o, - 80 - s
tz0sD, Ni.lo; sufp aa. a.ss !,
From October o. ioo'' = S
1884, United States ooass - !,
deemed ana ssnos''ea = =. s ss.
~, ~. reduo'nR zoe -
eS.Ae. 80 per snnun. lns 49, =
ports from me un''eo 7sases = a =.
scuntries during .ns ysaI' : -
speois, vas W. ,oso'1,
ports, uo'izS'Ho nn'1n ~ = 80. ~ -
TIE Uoifed ssases, iuz'ozeos. - -
sxpofss' 85z4'Sossoo< vsss ~
shandise, o. wnich - ~
cotton traw ana manuiso'ulsu,, 49,
stuffs. provisions ana n.anes - 80 -
ports Of merchandise s1ssos''o'.' 8.
bracinR mainly soRar ano n
wool and WOODEN nsnofacsofes s'.A -.
silk manufactures, conees iron snS ssss''
ehsmiesls, nax, hemp and luss, eosson
raw snd manufactured. and niass ana
skins, exospt fan- VI she imps y
ez95. 1852 were Of manufactured arsi-
oise, tl31 ,gzi. 76l were manufactured.
Tbs excess Of merchandise exports over
imports Vas e72,8i5,9is. Lsss year this
s1esss waa 500, 666. ~
The tonnage Of vessels owned 10 fhs
United States On june ~. i551. vss
l.zH. 22s.7 Is tons. OF this amount ,Sos,
220.67 tons we're In 2iN vessels regis.
tsred for foreign trade and 2,s67, SOC
tons In 22so65 vessels enrolled AND
Iiesnsed for o0astinR trade and hshsriss'
The total tonnage Increase during ths
rear Was 81. 74z tons. Of tbs msfchan-
disc imports last ysar $is2. Wi, 7D 10
value Vas brought By American vessels
and e526, 579. 2l3 In foreign vessels. Of
merchandise exported tif2I62o. 7B went
away tn Amsfican vessels and 1851 ,l5a.-
372 10 foreign vessels. OF combined
Imports and exports only abont IN per
can't vas conveyed 10 American vessels
tbs balance -621S per ceus-beins trans
ported By foreign ships.
The United States Dwell on August
n, snex /. aaht ~ ~ Az 60 eoe "a "A
&c ..s =, :. 8. =.
pay shicn u mao $oo,ziouoo.io 10 tne
Treasury. leaving nes Indebtedness Of
~ 7Eg 13i MI "A. or this vsst amount.
=. a.. - 49, - - s-.1 s.-.--
<s'oisno'.<9s." Ss iusetsss ooeIsnR'
the average annual rate being 6.3f Per
sent. On Novsmber 1. 1884. the United
a4-... $3.50 81 axe 10, -, - !. =.
oss'c' o.o. s-.se'''-'."@. ~ W
which u has IN the treasury <4dH ,0b,
Sass, leaving q net indebtedness Of
a xds 1eo GA 40 0s this amaunt I'm,
=. ~, - ~, -. -. -
s''-s-'s.s - -. 1890 ! =. - @',.
80 .ss ,, ... -. 49, e
80 - 80 - . !. 20. ss ~. 80
- " $500 :. 49,.
s. - s. :, a., a.s ~ 1917
49, -. -. .,' ,N. vA'yss,''''. 80
s@s 80 a. ~.s k. 800. 49,,
as. s. -"
p.sn stassamsn ~ ths ssat shat imn,s.
diateIy after the Termination Of ens OF
the most expensive, and In some re-
hssr cssrsed On ara I,a;,sd s,s,ss
should have commenced the payne nj
Of its debt and continued iss reduction
snienga AZ rssersss until neariy one
ton n the rate az intsrsss bss ispt mace
with the reducsien Of the principal
thas within = period OF nineteen years
Is as.' ~. ma's 49, sss ,n saIu mouaa e
the people, has been 40 managed as 10
be no longer busdensome.
The specie In the United States ocso-
Der I. 1884, amounted 10 $sIs,o 600 COO, OF
which tbS7 ,0o0. 900 was gold and $257, ;
100000 silver coin. Besides this, the
Government held In iss mints and assay
efsioss shS,00o, 900 In gold and 100000
10 silver bullion, making q total OF $s72.-
0Oo,soo In coin and bullion available fos
coinage. The total coinage Of silver
dollars from March, is7s-when work
under the silver coinage Act was com
mencsd--tc November l. 1894. was
$751;, 7so.s29. OF this amount, cal &c.,
7S6 In silver dollars was in eirculation,
leaving In the Treasury Siss,to4. oas.
AZ the same date there we're silver oar.
tincsies actually outs. ,nding (iu olrca.
lationl amounting 90 500. 7ai ,5si. n
thus appears that ous Of tina total cesn.
age under the Act 10 November 1, 1894,
tt2.662.ksa 10 not In circulation; or. "a
pat u In another form, out Of sosal
coinage Of almost &ls5ooo.oo0 In sir
and one.hslf years. n per cent IL In
circulation.
The fetal number Of Immigrants Who
arrived In this country In 1854 vas SIS.
6s2, ~ against COS. Ss2 in 1853, a de.
crease of 8,T30. or Ia NAP oaot ~