The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-10-30
SILVER AND GOLD.
oLlrTsaiNo HEAPS or WEALTH.
a Nest ~ Figures ~ 400 900 ioo0-is
crease BI5 10000 The Mat nj
rector, Hcpori Zee
piles Money In Naaiis.
M.,nlNntnN. nct. n. M

WAsutN0toN, Oct. Y-rhO min! di-
rector h0s submitted hlg annual report
tor ..u ii4rtl woe. lNri; Deposits Of gold
duriu. .h, yH.e ,ij,a-lG7g ofwhich over
,.g,uJDO1l was domestic production.
Coinage Amounted 10 $j1, SsO,g3l IF which
So, a82 s1i woro gold and 81, IA, $50 silver.
The latter except about 100000 was in
silver dollars and 5 ,lit,iu9 minor coins.
Coinage of gold was about Ss,OOOOOO less
than tho previous ycur. Besides the
manufacture of coin, gold bars % The
value Of SOY, SO, $50, aud silver bars to the
value of $7,C39,74 were prepared at the
hunts and assay offices. Number of
silver dollars Distributed during tho
year IL over SlTOcOOO0.
Total estimated i'm active circulation
october 1884, over IO,OOD,OOO, an increase
of 81, 100000. The director estimates the
amount of coin in the country. October
|, 1854, to be: Gold, S5i1OOO,OOJ, silver,
S157 10000; total, $Sl4,OOO 900,
Granting rs part OF The metallic circula-
ton, the bullion in the uIiutS aud In the
assay Offices belonging 10 the govern
mont, which amounted, October |, 10
nearly S63, 600, 600 in gold and about So
100000 in silver, the total coin ana
bullion available tor coinage at that
date, in the country, would he, gold,
SHNNIi G=l-iNNi,NN't l'NNly
ss72, 100000. Tho total specie and
paper Of all kinds used rs
money in the United States
October |, 1854, the director estimated to
amount to Sl,Sul,OUO,UO, being an in
crease of S75,OO0,0OO over thar in ths
country the same date of the previous
wear. OF this amount over S5O2,WO,O 900
was IN the treasury, $,3H,OOOOtI in
banks ana in general circulauon. De-
~ hal kast ln az al
banks leaves about Sl,O9l, ODO,OOO in the
hands of the general public and in banks
other than national.
The production of the precious metals
in twentY-One countries appears tn nave
been, for the calendar year, 1855. about
500, 900 in gold and STA, 100000 ~ sill
yer, being Si,OvO,JO less in gold anu Z
/ ke amount greater in silver than for
previous, resulting from diminished
pr duCtion Of gold in Russia and the
United States and au increased produc-
ton of silver in Bolivia. The coinage i'll
1888 Of the twenty-three principal couu-
| tries of the world amounted to over
| SOL. 100000 in gold and Sll3,0O0,OOO in
silver. OF the silver coinage nearly one
! fourth was executed in tho United States
and two-iifths by Mexico and India. In
the coinage of gold the United States
still stands first; Germany follows With
cuindEc VI T-i,VO',VNui huStiia, Siy,Vo'-
CO, and Russia over Sl2Oo0,OO1. The cir
culstion of paper and specie OF the
thirty nine principal countries aggre-
gated $9,g9l 600, 900, of which 1925, 900, 900
was gold and S2,75i 100000 silver. The
amount OF government paper mon "
outstanding in these countries is
81, l9l 100000, to protect which their
treasures held s2G3,OOo,00 in gold
and 1910 100000 silver. Bank notes were
outstanding amounting to over 1912,
| 100000, to secure which tho banks hold a
| total gold and silver reserve of 81 ,44 900, :
| GOO. After deducting the specie held in
the banks and national treasures, the
paper and specie in actual circulation
among the people OF thirty-nine princi-
pal countries would amount to $1,000
| coo, OOO