The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1893-12-07
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Extract From the Report of secretar.
Carlisle.

Carlisle.
/ The secretary of the treasury reports
! that the receipts OF the government from
/ all sources during the fiscal year ended
! June 30, 1923, amounted to $4Gl, ,1i6, 561 "a,
and it's expenditures to $459,3J4, ,674.29.
| There was collected from customs S205,-
( 800, 5,ClG.13, and from internal revenue SlGl,-
/ t-' ,t@8.&3 cur dutiable imports amounted
. TO sl2l SO, III, am increase Of Sj2, 1901
/ over the preceding year, sEd impurtations
/ free Of duty amounted to $fi4 ,544,2ll,
/ decrease from the preceding year Of Sl3,-
E55, Al. Internal revenue rcC,s pts exceeded
! those Of the preceding year by sI,l41 ,445.a2.
| The total tax collected on distilled spirits
was S94, 80 ,2G055; on manufactured to-
/ baccO, s2l $50. MIA, and on fcrmented
| liquors s22, ,t4S Gs3.O7 We exported mer-
chaAdige CIuiTg the year amounting TO
sSif ,cG@ =, q decrease of Sls26l295a from
! the pr ccdiUG year. The amount Of gold
exported wa, larger than IN any previous
year in the history of the government,
amounting to $lCs,GSC ,S+4, and exceeding
the amount eXpcrcd during the preceding
( year by 25s557issgisii The m paid from
/ the treasury for sugar bounty was
( S,3i5, l30 IS, an Increase over the preced-
. ing year Of $20, ,335,3J9.
1t is estimated upon the basis Of present
revenue laws that the receipts Of the gov
ernment for the year ending June 30,
1894, viii lie $3.50, ,l2l, ,"G5&S and its eX-
penGiturcs $45s, ~, ,3e5."s, rasul ing in a
deficiency of -, eco, 900.
Peg Capita Circulation.
On the lst day Of No.eu.b,r 1853, the
amount Of money Of AL Ninds in circ Ia
tiou included in Treasury h | ilgs YVES
Sl.71S,5t4,CS2, an increase fer tie year CT
$ll2, ,404@7.
Estimating our population at 6i,42G,O0O
at tie time mentioned the Per capita cir
culation was $3.50.
On The same date there vas in the
treasury gold bullion amounting to $685.
G51 ,2I& and silver bullion wh:cl as pur-
chased at a cost of Sl&j, ,.Gl,5l3.
silver Purchases.
The purchases of silver under the law Of
July "A. 1880, during the last fiscal year
aggregated - eos lC2.59 fne ounces, which
cost S45 ,5Sl ,4i4E3 The total amount Of
silver purchased from the time that the
law became operative until the repeal OF
its purchasing clause, ON the ist day OF
November, 1893, was lGS614.JgO.B line
ounces, which cost Sl55, ,930,94O.4 Be
tween the lst day Of March, 1913, and the
lst day Of November, 1883, the government
purchased under all laws 503,Oo31l1 fine
ounces Of silver at a cost of S5l6,G@2,94S.
The silver collars that have been coined
under the act of July IA, 1880 number &c.
OS7, ,2S5 The Seicuorage arising from such
coinage was 6,95I ,07s, leaving on hand IN
the mintS 40 G99, 7G0 fine ounces of silver,
which cost $126,5'S,2lS.
Production cf Precious Metals.
Our total coinage Of all metals during
the last fiscal year consisted Of 9i,@Sl,S'o
pieces, valued al $I3,CS5, l1S.sn OF which
there was $50 OBS, ,l4O in gold coin, S5,3i3-
/ 7l5 in silver dollars, $i,2l1,290.O in sub
! sidiary silver coin and tl,OSb, lU@.9o IN
| minor coins During the calendar year
! 1899 the production Of precious metals IN
! the United States was estimated 10 be
! 1.5gG, ,375 fine ounces Of gold, of the com
mercial and coinage value of S53,WpoOo,
and 5S, ,OOOO0O fine ounces of silver, OF the
/ bullion or market value of s5O,'oO,~o ana
{ of the coinage value of $I4,92,WO.
! 1t is estimated that ON the first day Oh
! July, 1853, tie metallic stock OF money IN
1 the United States, consisting Of com ana
| bullion, amounted To sl,2l3,5@,lcJ OF
J which S59i .691 ,6s5 was gold and s6l9,sol,-
}Sf was silver.
National Banks.
! One hundred and nineteen national
banks were organized during the year
| ending Oct. 81, 1893, with capital OF sll,-
/ go coo Forty-siN went into voluntary
4 liquidation. and 1853 suspended; Is OF the
| suspended banks were insolvent, 70 re-
/ sumed business, and seven remained IN
| the hands of bank examiners
with prospects Of speedy resumption
| OF the new banks organized, A were To-
Gated in the Eastern states, II west OF the
Mississippi river and "a in the Central and
Southern states.
The total number of national banks In
existence the Slst day Of October lN@was
3, 7gG. having an aggregate capital Of 'o'',-
| 55S, 10.
Thenet increase in the circulation OF
these banks during the year was S3o,oeo,-
gi2