San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-15

The secretary of the treasury reports that the
receipts Of the government from all sources
during the fiscal year ended June -, lsgS
amounted 10 $i5l, 76,55l.94, and its expendi-
lures 10 Si59.374 674 SO. There was collected
from customs sos So, Olo76, and from internal
revenue sl6i 027,623g3 Our dutiable imports
amounted 10 SI2ls56.5il, an increase of S52,-
453, 9O7 over the preceding year, and impOrta-
tons free of duty amounting TO Sf44,5i4.2li q
decrease from the preceding year OF $l3455, Al
inteTnal revenue receipts exceeded those
OF the preceding year by S.74l As. b
The total tax collected on distilled spirits
was S9l 20 2e055; on manufactured tobacco
S3l. $50 $500.
We exported merchandise during the year
amounting TO ss47 1874, a decrease Of $751;
6l2.9H from the preceding year.
The amonnt OF gold exported was larger
than any previous year in the history OF the
government, amounting TO sl0s,6S0 81, aud ex-
ceeding the amount exported during the pre-
ceediug year by s5S.4S5,5l7.
The sum paid from the treasury for sugar
bounty was 60 375. 0SS an increase over the
preceding year Of t2033.O53O9. =
II is estimated upon the basis OF presentrers
enue laws, that the receipts OF thu government
OF the year ending June 81 1894, Will be Si5J,-
l2l 365aS and its expenditures si5S, l2l, -,
resulting in a deficiency OF s.sO0O,OOO
on the first day OF November, 1895 the
amount OF money OF all kinds in circuisdon or
not included in treasury holdings. was sl,lls,-
81 Csc. an increase for the year OF ell2 4O4 94I
Estimating our population at O., 42oOOO 81 the
s25.49.
on the same date there was In the treasury
gold bullion amounting 10 SQ6 $50 g73 and silver
bullion which was purchased at . cost OF slso,-
Dol SO
The purchases of silver under tbs law of July
H. 1880 during the last fiscal rear Aggregated
81 00s 1872 50 fine ounces which cost S45 3d. IS.
The total amount of silver purchased from the
time that law became operative until the repeal
OF its purchasing clause on the lat day OF No
vember, 1873, Was i6S, ia, 5gO.4S fine ounces,
which cost SIS. 940S4. Between the ist day OF
March, 1873. and the LIST day OF November, 1888,
the government purchased under all laws 503.
O03,7l hne ounces OF silver AT cost oil 35lo 62s,-
9iS. The silver dollars that have been coined
under the act of July H. 1890 number 81, 0S7 IS.
The seignorage arising from such coinage was
1897, OBS So leaving on hand in the minis l40,-
6g9. 100 hne ounces which cost sl26, 75s 2le.
Our total coinage of all metals during the
last 6scal year consisted of Sls7 $50 $40 pieces,
valued At S43 6S5, 1850 OF which there was $50
03S $50 In gold coin, fa343,7l5 in silver dollars,
81 2I7 2209O in subsidiary silver coin and SIoS6,
80 ~ in minor coins
During the calendar year 1892 the production
OF precious metals in the United States was es-
timated 10 be l,5s6,s75 fine ounces OF gold OF
the commercial and coinage value of 100000,
aud $500. 90 fine ounces OF silver OF the bullion
or market value OF $50, 10000. and OF the coin
age value of S74,9Sa 800.
Il is estimated that on the first day Of July,
1898, the metallic stock of money in the United
States consisting OF coin and bullion, amount
go and S6l5, S6l, 4Sf was silver. One hundred
add ninety national banks were organized
during the ar ending Oct. 81, 1898, with 4
capital Of Sll, 10000. Forty-six went into vol
untary liquidation and l5s suspended. Sixty
five Of the suspended banks were insolyent,
eighty-fi i've resumed business, seven remain In
the hands OF bank examiners with prospects
Of speedy redemption
or the new banks organized forty four were
located in the Eastern States forty one west
OF the Mississippi river and 81 in the Central
and Southern states. The total number OF
national banks In existence on the 3lst day Of
October, 1893 was 37g6 having an aggregate
capital OF s6Q5, 558 40. The net increase in the
S36, $50 O79.