The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-08

treasury department for the new 81, SO,
/ SIS, and $40 notes or certificates. Tho
treasurer has already furnished the New
| York city banks alone with Si,000,C0o In
| $40 notes, and the demand is not as yet
wholly supplied. The treasury will, how
ever, be able 10 furnish all the notes of this
denomination that are needed upon de.
mand. The supply of the new So notes Is
not as good, but they are printed as rapidly
! rs more urgent business ut the bureau OF
engraving and printing will perielt. The
plate for the new So certificates is not yeS
| finished, but work upon 1t is rapidly pro-
crossing, and these notes will soon be put
TO press. The plates are the most beauti-
tul and artistic of the new series. A con-
| siderable number of the new 81 silver cer-
tificates have been finished and delivered
to the United States treasurer, and the
issue Of them will begin as soon as enough
| are OH hand to supply the large demand
that has been made for them. The treasur-
| er does not venture to put out the small
number that are already printed as this
amount would be but drop in the buck
et," aud those who failed to receive them
would be dissatisfied. The bureau OF en-
craving and printing is kept busy in fur
nishing these new notes and in preparing
there are thirteen different kinds, and as
the law goes into effect on Nov. l the
bureau Is obliged to devote itself largely to
these stamps.
PENSION OFFICE STATISTICS.
From Commissioner of Pensions Blacks
| report for the fiscal year ended June 30 IL
appears that on that date there were $685.
783 pensioners on the rolls, composed of
265, S54 army invalids, 80, 1853 army widows,
minor children, and dependent relatives,
1858 navy inyalids, 1,S77 navy widows, etc.
| 1859 survivors Of the war Of 1912, q loss
during the year of 1,4O6; 1887 widows of
soldiers Of the war Of 1872, loss during
the year OF S,Sl5 There were 4O,s57 new
! pensioners added to the roll during the
| year; 1929 were restored; 23,OS9 names
| were dropped OH account OF death, remar-
riage, frauds, etc., leaving net increase. OF
| 20,6S5 names. The annual average value
of each pension was S122.23, gain OF
S11.SS over the average value of the pre-
ceding year. The aggregate annual value
was $44, 50S, C2I44, an increase OF S6,6l7,.
04.5l. The amount paid for pensions
1861 SOL iOs invalid claims have been filed,
S4S, 799 claims of widows and dependents,
and q, 1871 for pensions on account OF ser.
vice. During the same period there have
been allowed of the first-class 3e, l41
claims, of the secOnd-class 229, 435, and OF
all other classes COLTS. making the total
seen that nearly one-half of all the PEN
siOners whose names have been placed
| upon the rolls have died, or their pensions
have ceased by reason OF arrival at age, re-
h.. 1lldTIlitSe, etC. TIC commissioner ClullilS
that the special-eXaminatiOn division saved
the government over S3,O00,000 during the
year.
An attached table shows that there are
in the United States in the poorhOuse about
5000 soldiers of whom ID per cent are PEN
sonerS ana So per cent non-pensioners; the
oldest soldier receiving public support IS
1O3 years OF age; the mean age is 81 years
46 per cent of all the soldiers receiving sup
port were native born; 81 per cent foreign
| hon, fA.,f .inI t..an AHat
unmarried, and 10 per cent blind or insane.
| From Jan. l. 1861. until Dec. 81, 1855, 1,t67
private pension acts nave been approved
Since that date GIL such acts have been APP
proved and certificates issued in nearly
| every case.
The amount of expenditures for sta
tionery, printing and binding has been
diminished by Sl3, 6S3 for the last year, and
S3O5, 9f2 or the expense appropriation for
the office has been covered back into the
| treasury.
THE NEW TREATY WITH CANADA.
The long-talked-Of new treaty between
Canada and the United States has been
submitted to the cabinet council Of Canada
! for inspection.
The first clause of the treaty gives Amer
lean fishermen the liberty to take every
| kind of fish except shell-fish on the coast,
as well as in the bays, harbOrs and creeks,
Of Canada and the adjacent islands, with
out restriction as to distance. 1t also gives
them the right to land for the purpose of
drying their nets and curing their fish,
providing they arrange with the owners of
the property they may use and do not in
terfere with the British fishermen. The
shad and salmon fisheries and all rivers
are reserved for British fishermen. Article
2gives British fishermen the same rights
| and privileges on the western shores and
coasts north of the 365h parallel. Article 5
admits free Of duty into each country the
| following articles:
Grain, flour, and breadStllff5 of all kinds,
fresh, cured, and smoked meats, fish of all
kinds, fresh or sailed; undried fruits, dried
| fruits, cotton, wool, seeds and vegetables,
oil of all kinds, products Of fish and poultry,
eggs, hides, tanned skins, furS, skins or
| tails undreSSed; stone or marble i'll crude
or finished state, butter, cheese, tallow.
lard, horns, manure, salt, ore of metals OF
all kinds, coal, pitch, turpentine, ashes,
| timber and lumber OF every kind, manu-
featured in whole or in part; boots and
shoes. agricultural implements or farming
cotton or wooden goods of all kinds. when
manufactured in clothing, felts, fish-oll,
rice, broom-corn, and bark, manufactured
| tobacco, rags, flax, hemp and tow unmanu
| featured, dyeStutfS of all kinds, gypsum,
| ground or ungrOund, hewn or unwrought
| burrS or grindStoneS, wooden, china and
earthen-ware, books, music, compositions,
prints, and sculpture rice and raw cotton.
The treaty is to take effect as soon as the
laws requiring it shall have been passed oy
the imperial parliament of Great Britain,
of the provincial parliaments of the col
Onies, and the congress of the United
States. Such assent having been given,
| the treaty is to remain in force for twenty
| wears after which IL may bp tod nv