The Portland daily press., 1886-11-06
The President to Leave for Boston
Tomorrow.
Annual Report of the Director of the
United States Mint.
An increase in the Production OF
Silver In the World.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4-Secretary Endicott,
accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs.
Endieott left Washington this afternoon,
about A O'Clock, for Boston. The President
Will leave Sunday, accompanied by Secreta-
rrles Bayard, Lamar and Whitney, and Col.
Lamont.
Report of the Director of the Mint.
DIR. James p. Kimball, Director Of the
Mint, says in his annual report for the fiscal
year, ended June 80, 1886. that while the vol
ume OF work executed at the mints during
the year was greater than that of the previ-
GUS year, the total expenditures were less by
Sly! ,OS9. The total earnings of the mints
during the year amounted to 5000, ,6S5; total
expenses and losses of all kinds amounted
70 u, ABS, ,59l. The value of the gold deposit
ed during the year was $40, COG, ,534, So, ,456,-
493 being of domestic production. The value
OF the silver deposited and purchased, com
puted at its coinage rate in silver dollars,
was $37, ,917 ,026, $32 454, GA being of domestic
production. The coinage Of gold during the
year amounted to S34,077, $780, against S24,-
S6i ,12S in the preceding year. The silver
coinage Of the year amounted to S30,0 ,347,
against SIS, ,S48 $50 in the preceding year;
$29,S3S, ,905 consisting of silver dollars, and
the remainder of subsidiary .c0in. In addi-
t1on to the gold and silver coinage, 1,707, ,651
minor coins were struck, OF the value OF
S17,377.65. The total coinage was 3S 1884, ,622
pieces, Of the value of $64, ,117 Jos. The di-
rector estimates the amount of United States
coin in the United States, July l. 1885, to
have been: Gold. S54S, 800 OBJ; silver. $685.
7S4, ,223; total, 1851, ,1O4, ,254 In addition to
coin there was gold and silver bullion in the
mints and assay offices, belonging to the
government, as follows: Gold bullion, S42,-
454, ,430; silver bullion, SO, ,62O; making
the estimated stock of coin and bullion avail
able for coinage in the United States, $685.
027, ,304. The production of gold and silver
in the world during the calendar year of
1885, was: Gold, $101 $50, 600; silver, calcu-
lated at its coiniug value, nearly $125, ,0000 900.
Notwithstanding the large depreciation in
the value of silver, the production of silver
in the world has steadily increased. The
United States still preserves the first rank
among the nations OF the world as the larg-
est producer Of precious metals, its produc-
tiOn of gold and silver during the year hav-
ing reached the sum Of $50. 400, 900, or about
two-fifths Of the production of the whole
world.
A Presidential Appointment.
The President today appointed George w.
Baxter of Cheyenne to be governor of Wy
oming Territory, vice Francis L. Warren,
suspended.
The Tariff an Issue In Virginia.
Samuel l.. D. Hopkins, the Independent
Democrat fromt the I.ynehburg, Va, district,
has been interviewed. He leaves no doubt
as to the position he occupied ON the tariff
question. His statement is In singular con-
tradcti0n to the announcement of the DEM
ocratic papers that the tariff had nothing to
do with the result in Virginia He says: "If
the Democrats should put up a low tariff
man and one opposed to the Blair bill and to
the abolition of the internal revenue, and
the Republicans should not put up tariff
candidate and one favorable to the Blair bill
and against the revenue system, shall vote
for the Republican"