The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-28

dion. SIS. 90. s. foreign buliion and coin.
60 .IIs. 42r osd material and s. 9as. SIS worn
and uncurrent United States old ccin. de-
rsosited for re-SosnaTe. The deposits ana
sgnrchases Of silver during the year
we're So. 4oe IS. Of which sie,1Fs. 80
vas OF domestic production, slss-.-
$40 foreign bullfon su1 coin,
s. al. 49, worn an uncurrent United states
coin. and the remainder. So, CD. Old ma
ssriaI. The amount Of silver bullion pur-
chased under the act Of July ii, issso. vas
II 81. $50 Ene ounces. 81 cost OF sos4lS,-
522. average cost per fne ounce being
.TsI5. The total amount of silver par
chased under tEs set Of July IA. fs90. from
August IL. 1850. the date the Law went into
effect. 20 November l, isss. the date OF the
rereaI OF the purchasing clause OF that
act. VS. fes. 674. ss2 fine ounces, costing
SIS. 01Z, the average price per ounce
being .a244
The total coinage Of silver dollars under
the act Of July IL, 1890, to July /. 1894. was
a. as7. es3 consuming 25.efi. TUs tne
ounces. which cost SO. flO,e4T The seign-
forage Of silver coined under the act Of
July IA. 1880, 70 July /. 1894 was -, 81. rs.
From July 1, 1894. 20 November /. 1884,
80
forage OF the same was s7s6, TBf q. making
the total amour: of silver dollars coined
under the act Of July IL, 1894, % So, is3,
aud rae total seigniorage 81, 10. 90.
The total coinage during the year vas:
Gold. SO. 47s 9I250; silver dollars. 95s;
subsidiary silver, s6.02@. 1900; minor
coins, 1899 Is: total. SIQsS. ZIG 1905, the
gold coinage for the year being the largest
ever executed az the minis of the United
States in any one year.
The highest price of silver during the
year vas .76s5 and the lowest .59is. show
Ing finetnation OF .i725 per fine ounce.
The net gold exports for the fiscal year
were So. 172 Cos. As against $50. SO, z7o for
the prior fiscal year. The net exports OF
silver for the fiscal year were 81. $50.
as against s. .653. s13 for the fiscal year ls9S.
The director estimates the value OF the
gold used ia che industrial arts in the
United States during the calendar year
1885 .; SIC. 81, 52s, and Of the silver at
81. 5sf, III. OF the gold s., 354. 4s2 and of
the silver 81 $40 80 vas new bullion. The
estimated metallic stock Of coin and bull
lion In the United States on july l, 1894,
was. Gold. sG27. 2'ss 2Ol: silver, s624, 347,-
757; total Of s., PSI. So 95s.
The production Of gold and silver In the
United States during the calendar year
wss: Gold, /. 739. s23 fine ounces. of the
value Of 80, 955, 90: silver, 60,oD0.000 fine
ounces, the commercial value OF the same
being SAC. 10000, aud the coming value
81. $4,000.
Revised estimates of the worlds pro-
duction OF the precious metals for the
calendar year isa3 show the same 10 have
been si57, as. 100 in gold and sos i65, 600 In
silver. The world coinage for the calen-
dar year 1898 is stated 10 have been 1872.
4s5, SIS in gold and $l35. $50, 754 in silver.
The director estimates the stock Of gold in
the world at the end of 1898. for money
purposes. to have been 1896. 5000 and
silver ss.055. ZOO. 600. total metallic stock
in the world OF s. .02i. coo, 600.