Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-30
TIE NATIONAL COIN.
IRE Dsrsosor OF an, M,nrs RePorr or the
YEARS Operafsoas-

Tte Dsrsrsar OF rhe NsRt's Report Of the
Years 0peratsoas-
fBy Telegraph % the Dispaich.l
WASHINGTON, October 2q.-The
annual report Of Direetor-Of-Miut Kim
ball. made public to-day, shows the
value Of gold deposited At the nints
and asssy Offices during the year was
S5C.T4S.752. Of which g., S54, go con
sisted Of redcposits Of gold deposits.
Nearly $4,000. 600 consisted OF do
nestle bullion. over sll,000.O0Q Of
foreign bullion, and some ss00,000
OF foreign coin. The value Of silver
DEPOSITED for bars and purchased for
coinage. computed al its coming rate II
silver dollars. was s3S, 0h2.222, OF
which O. 200. 44l were redeposigs Of
silver deposited and purchased. Over
$50. OO0. 600 was classified al the mints
Is OF domestic production 800, 600
was OF foreign bullion, and sl,OOO,O 200
Of foreign coin. The total coinage
value Of gold and silver deposited and
purchased at the minis was s94. o30.9I0,
against Ss7. 955. lj4 In the previous
yeaz. The decline IL the production
Of gold on the Pacific coast Is
shown BIZ the continued falling
of Of deposits At the mint al
San Francisco, the value OF gold de-
posted at that institution having de-
clined over sS,O00.000 since 1881. The
total imports OF gold bullion into the
United States was e.. S49.231, al Of
which. with the exception OF about
el.000,O00 was imported al the
port Of New York. The deposits
Of gold bullion classed as foreign
al the mInts we're over ell. 100000,
from which II would appear that
over $1,000. 600 worth Of gold bullion
had reached this country that was moi
entered 81 the custoni-house. The in
ports Of gold com amounted 20 el1,-
SO. 459. OF which 1882. 090 consisted
OF our Owl coin and sl4.49O.359 Of
foreign coin. The imports Of silver
bullion Amounted to s4.53O.3S4. The
import OF silver com was sl2.-
O2O.243, Of which SG73.026 wa
our own com. The exports Of
gold bullion amounted 70 only s395,-
80. nearly al OF which was IN United
States bars. Of silver bullion the
very large sum Of ego. 4222, 924 was OK
ported. only 800, coo worth Of which
consisted Of bars bearing the United
States minis or ASSAY Offices stamp.
from this il viii be seen that about
$4,000. 00O worth OF the silver product
oi the country found it Way abroad by
export. The export Of American gold
con amounted 70 E2.345, 500, and Of
foreign coin 10 65,736.335--a total Of
eS.O82.l42. The exports Of american
silver coin amounted 70 el.2lI.G21,
sl.0-3.150 Of which consisted OF trade
dollars. and the export OF foreign silver
CON 20 Sl2.0GO.1 some $4,000, 900
of the amount being exported al
the port Of san Francisco. The coinage
executed a, the minis during the wear
was GOLD. S24.sGLI23: silver. s25.-
-46. $50 minor COINS. f527. 55e-total,
60. % .639. OF the silver coinage
go. 52s .j52 consisted Of standard dol
lars. In addition % the coinage exc
cuted. gold bars were manufactured O.
the value Of e32. o. .423. and silver
bars Of the value Of s9.549.3l5-a total
Of s4l.57G77G. The bars manuiac-
tured exceeded by some 9I0.O00.O00
the value Of those produced IL
the previous wear. The totai value
Of gold bars exchanged for gold
CON was S2.06j,02I against G2J. 500
100 the previous year. showing q large
falling of IL the demand for gold bars
for export The silver purchased for
standard-dollar coinage during the year
was 24.2I2,4l2 standard ounces. cost
ing a., "a 400. The AVERAGE price
paid ior silver during the wear was
fl.0t.g. The average London price was
about sL09. The ore-miu sei-norage
10 the Government wa some ] e per
cent OF the cost OF the value o. bui-
hon. The seignorage OF the coinage Of
silver dOliars during the year wa s4-
355, 27s; ofsubsidiarT silver. el0.I9>-
q total Of s4.3G5.47O. The seignorage
or the coinage or silver from July 4.
1875, 70 june 30. 1850. amounted g.
s25, 33e.26y. The number OF silver
dollars distributed by the minis during
the year was e20,373.C25. The num-
Der IL circulation increased from s3a.-
194,9l3 OF July J. 1881, 10 5-27j.-
10 Oh October !. 1856. The amount
II the Treasury increased during the
same period from el35.56U.9IC 70
SlG5,465.12I. The Director estimates
The amount of gold and silver coin III
the country OF July !. 1855, a. $500
O00,C00, OF which e542. 100000 con-
sisted Of gold and a. 100000 OF
silver.