Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-12-08

during the fiscal year was s7asss .oai. an
| against $ioS. $50. ~ during the flscai year
OF 1893. The amount imported was S7s.-
sts.I1s. as against S2l.f74.3sl during the
previous fiscal year of lSsS The i'm
ports OF silver were tl3. 2s6. .522 and the
exports were $50. .i51. .sss
SUGAR BouNrrEs.
The total bounty paid upon the pro-
duetion OF sugar In the United States
Tor the fiscal year was xi1. t00. .2oS 80, be-
ing an Increase of 81. .725. .0f over the
payments made during the preceding
year. The amount OF bounty paid from
July l. 1884. to August Is. 1894, the time
when further payments ceased by oper-
alton of the law, was sse6 lss.sl. The
total expense incurred IN the payment of
the bounty upon sugar during the fiscal
year was $is0.I<os5.
IL is estimated that upon the basis of
cur present revenue laws the receipts
OF the government during the prenent
fiscal year ending June 80. 1896, will be
xi1s.$e7.746.44 and it's expenditures s@t4..
s27.5fs.t4. resulting In n deficit OF SEQ
600 900.
MONEY ON HAND.
VII Wv tEt uat VI A<QNtnnEI. Ik~4. the
total stock OF money OF all kinds In the
country was s2.2so. .77s. SIS, az against 4. !
x04.6si 600 ON the ist OF November. fSsa
and the money Of all kinds In clrcula.
ton not included In the treasury hold
ings was 81. 81. .oss. .s2s or "a per caplta
upon an estimated population of as
ssI.eoo. At the same time there was held
In the treasury gold bullion amounting
to s4s.si5.l77.s5 and silver bullion which
was purchased at a cost OF si27 .77g ass
The purchase Of silver bullion under
the act OF July IL. 1890. ceased on the LIST
day or November. 1893. and up to that
time there had been purchased during
the fiscal year 1917. .ebs.7s fine ounces
al a cost OF 81. 30. an average cost
OF S0.7slS per fine ounce. The total
amount OF silver purchased from the
time that law took effect until the re-
peal of it's purchasing clause, on the
date last mentioned, was fGs. .G7t. $50 "a
fine ounces. for which was paid sig5..
sSi.0o2.25. the average price per fine
ounce being s0.s244.
The total amount of standard silver
collars coined at the mints OF the Unit
ed States since the passage OF the act
OF February rs. 1879. is ss2l. .766. .40s. Of
which s37s.l66.7ss were coined under the
provisions OF that act: s3s, ,52l .i43 under
the provisions OF the act OF July IL.
1880. and s5.o7s.472 under the act proyld
Ing for the coinage of trade dollar bull
lion.
The coinage OF all metals of our mints
during the last fiscal year consisted OF
SO, 4s5, 22o pieces. valued at sI06, ,216. 100 0s.
OF which there were ses.474. $50 % In gold
coin. $3.50 In standard silver dollars,
x6.o24. 80 In subsidiary silver coin and
S7i6.s19.26 In minor coin.
During the calendar year 1898. thepro-
duction or precious metals IN the United
states was estimated at 1,T39, ,323 fine
ounces OF gold of the commercial and
coinage value OF 8 $685.. 900 and 81. .ooo. 900
fine ounces OF silver bullion ore of the
market value of $500. 900 and of the
coinage value OF s77,57s.00o IL IA esti-
mated that on the fst day OF July. 1894.
the stock OF metallic money IN the
United States. consisting or coins ana
bullion. amounted TO s1.251. $40. .ass, Of
which ss27.0i3.2oi was gold and se24 3f7,-
IsI was silver.
NATIONAL BANKS.
Fifty national banks were organised
during the year ending October 81. 1894.
with capital OF Sc. 2s5. 900. and 70. with
a capital OF sio.47s. 900. went into volun-
tary liquidation. Twenty-one banks.
with capital of s2.77eooo. were placed
In the hands OF receivers. The total
number of national banks I'm existence
on the 5lst day of October last was
s,756. being 40 less than on the 3lst day
OF October, 1893 The capital stock paid
In was s672s7i. .3e5. being 80. eos. .4sl less
than at the same time In the previous
year. and the surplus fund and undI-
vided profits. less expenses and taxes
paid, amounted to 1884. .l2s. .0s2 10. which
was s16.9s9.7s0 less than October s1st,
was sis.9ss.7s0 less than Ostober 1st,
1893. The circulation was decreased ST.
74ss6S. The obligations OF the banks to
each other Were increased $l17, ,26s, ,334
and the individual deposits were s277.-
2s<fsS less than at the corresponding
date in the previous year. and checks
and other cash items were SEQ. .3ls. .s6s |
more. The total resources CT the banks
at the date mentioned amounted 10
80. Al. .s2Ro o55. as against ss.1ss. SIS. .2s4.s
In 1898.