The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-08
TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
Extract From the Report of Secretary
Carlisle.

Extract From the Report of Secretary
Carlisle.
The secretary of the treasury reports
that the receipts of the government from
all sources during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1893, amounted to 1851 ,716, 561 "a,
and its expenditures to $459, 374, 674. 30.
There was collected from customs $685.
1856, 016. %, and from internal revenue s161,-
or 1923. 93: our dutiable imports amounted
70 1921 $50, III, an increase of So, 453 ,907
over the preceding year, and importations
free of duty amounted to S444 ,544 ,2l1, a
decrease from the preceding year of 3d.
455, AL. Internal revenue receipts exceeded
those of the preceding year by 50 ~ ,445.32
The total tax collected on distilled spirits
was S94, 40, 26O. So; on manufactured to-
baccO, s3l $3.50, 1l1.14 and on fermented
liquors, S32, 54S, $3.50 We exported mer-
chandise during the year amounting to
SS4' ,665, 1A, u decrease Il ls2,Gl2,9 54 from
the preceding year. The amount of gold
exported was larger than in any previous
year in the history of the government,
amounting to sos, $50, S+4, and exceeding
the amount exported during the preceding
year by SOS. 1887 The sum paid from
the treasury for sugar bounty was
S9,3i5, 3O.SS, an increase over the preced-
ing year of S!U,;sij, 300.
1t is estimated upon the basis of present
revenue laws that the receipts of the gov
for the year ending June 30,
1894, will be S43O, 12l 1868 So and its en-
pcnditures $45S, III ,;65.3 IS, resulting in a
deficiency of S2S,0o0,0O0.
Per Capita Circulation.
On the LIST day of November, 1893, the
amount of money of all KINDS in circula-
ton included in treasury holdings was
81, 71s,i 44 ,Gs23, an increase for the year of
$l12, 404 ,947.
Estimating our population at 81, 1860 O
at the time mentioned the per capita cir
culation was S25.4 Is.
On the same date there was in the
treasury gold bullion amounting to $780,.
65i ,273 and silver bullion which was pur-
chased at a cost of S126, 26l ,553.
silver Purchases.
The purchases of silver under the law of
July IA, 1880. during the last fiscal year
aggregated 54,OS, l62. 50 fine ounces, which
cost 49, 81 ,414.53. The total amount of
silver purchased from the time hat the
law became operative until the repeal of
its purchasing clause, on the LIST day of
November, 1888, was 1864, 59O.46 fine
ounces, which cost sl55, $50, 94O.s4. Be
tween the LIST day of March, 1873, and the
list day of November. 1888, the government
purchased under all laws 500, COB, III fine
ounces of silver at Il cost of *5l6,622 ,94S.
The silver dollars that nave been coined
under the act of July "A. 1890. number 49,
0S1 ,2S5. The seignorage arising from such
coinage was G,977 ,O1S, leaving on hand in
the mints lac. 500, go fine ounces Of silver,
which cost Sl2G.51S,2lS.
Production of Precious Metals.
Our total coinage Of ali metals during
the last fiscal year consisted of % ,2S0,S SO
pieces. VALUED at S43, GSj. 49, 81. of which
there was S3o.W|s. 40 in gold coin. 81. :}43.-
40 in silver dollars, S;,3ii .22O.m in sub
sidiary silver coin and - ,uNG. 1920 in
minor coins. During the calendar year
lS.@ the production of precious metals in
the United STATES was estimated to be
l,596,3i5 fine ounces Of gold, of the COM
mercial and coinage value of s33, 900, 900,
and 5S,O0O,OOO fine ounces Of silver, of the
bullion or market value Of $50. 10000 and
of the coinage value of 50. Hs9, 9o0.
II is estimated that on the first day of
July, 1893. the metallic stock of money in
the United States, consisting of coin and
bullion, amounted to Slab, $50, 1859 of
which so; go; $50 was gold and S6l5, SCI, :
4Si was silver.
National Banks.
One hundred and nineteen national
banks were organized during the year
ending Oct. 81, 1888, with Il capital of SILL
23O,OOO. FortN-siX went into voluntary
liquidation, and l5S suspended; 10 Of the
suspended banks were insolvent, ST re-
sumcd business, and seven remained in
the hands of bank examiners
with prospects of speedy resumption.
Of the new banks organized, ii were To-
Gated in the Eastern states, Al west of the
Mississippi river and "a in the Central and
southern states.
The total number of national banks in
existence the 3lst day Of October, 1886, was
3,'96, having an aggregate capital of sG95,
j5S. l20.
The mel increase in the circulation OF
these banks during the year was $50, $50,
"i!.