The Dickinson press., 1894-12-08

less than during the preceding year, and the
@mportations @ free Of duty amounted to $379,-
the preceding year. The receipts from Gus.
te:nal revenue se5s5.77 less less than than in IN
The total tax collected from distilled spir-
its was $S5.259.25O.25; on manufactured
tobacco s S$s,9i7 ;sgs;62, anl on fermentcl
Our exports OF merchandise, domestic and
foreign, amounted during the year to $S92,-
1G;s!2 heinS M an Increase over the preceding
the fseIai year was s7S,95s, ,0Si, as against
$1os.Gso, - during the fiscal year ls1,
against as aeans gas The sea
tie exports were $50, ,4si ,2sS. The total oi
bounty tWs tp paid upon the production Of sugar in
s!2.1 100, ,2Os.sa. being an increase Of So 725,-
ess! 0sol over M the payments pay made during the
preceding year The amount Of boISty PAID
time when further payments ceased @ by "p m
Grafton Of law was $9iG, 1854. The total
expenses incurred in the payment of the
1t is estimated that upon. the basis Of
our present revenue laws. the receipts Of
ing June 30, 1895. Will be $424. 427 1854,
and Its expenditures S444, ,427 . 4S.44 result
On the .1st day of November. 1894. the
total stock Of money Of all kinds III the
es:soss Isl 900 on the ! ist Say Of November.
1893 and the money Of all M kinds IN clrena ,,n1a
ings. was 81. .672 OOS. 400. or s24.27 per capita,
upon an estimated population Of GS.sS1 ,UD
At the same date there was held in It the
treasury gold bullion amounting to x44, ,G15,-
1T.55. and silver bullion. which was pur-
chased at a cost of $l27.7799ss. The pur-
chase of silver bullion under the act OF July
Il, 1890. ceased on the 1st day Of Noven;
Der, 1903, and up to that time there had
been purchased during the fiscal year H.
917, ,858.1S fine ounces. at a cost Of Ss,7l5.-
ounce. The total amount Of silver pur.
chased from the time that the law took
effect until the repeal of Its purchasing
Clause: sa cSn on + the G. date las, mentioned. was
16S ,6S2.5S fine ounces. which cost Sl5i-
931 ,OO2 25; the average price per fine ounce
being $O924l The total amount of stand
ard silver dollars coinel : the mints of the
Of Feb. %. 1873. is Sa2i, ,71,;. 4OS OF which
$37S, 166, 1913 were coined under the provis-
Ions Of that act. s3s 1881. 143 under the pro.
visions Of the act OF July n. 1880, and
$5,O7s. .472 under the act providing for the
coinage of trade dollar bullion.
The total coinage of all metals at our
S's fns eess last 1sSs sSa yssr ss sSns!ss
730.O6, of which there were $)9.474.9l2.5O
in gold coined: s75s In standard silver dol
lar6, $O,U.4,lfO..iU Ill SntiSluiafy silver com,
and $716,9l926 in minor coin.
During the calendar year 1S!@ the produc-
tion of precious metals In the United States
was estimated at 1,7:l9.32 fine ounces of
sold. Of the commercial aud coinage value
of $35, ,055, 600, and G0,OtO.O 900 fine ounces of
silver, Of the bullion or market value of
$46,S00,9O0 and OF the coinage value Of
ST GOO. 1t Is estimated that on the 1st
day Of July. 1894. the stock OF metallic
money in the United States. consisting of
coin and bullion. amounted to Sl.251 ,64O,-
eo24 .347.757 was silver.
The National IInnks.
Fifty national hanks were organized dur
ing the year ending Oct. 81, 1894, with q
capital Of S5,2S5.OOO, and 20. with n capital
Of $40. 475,OOO, went into voluntary liIuida-
ton. Twenty-One banks, with q capital of
&2,77O,OO0, were placed in the hands Of re-
ceivers. The total number OF national banks
In existence on the 31st day of October last
was 1856. being 40 less than on the 31at
day Of October. 1893. The capital stock
less than at the same time In the previous
year, and the surplus fund and undivided
profits, less expenses and taxes paid,
amounted to $334, ,121. .Os2 TO- which was s16,-
O89 7SO less than on Oct. 81, 1898.
The circulation was decreased S1,741 588.
The obligations Of the banks to each other
were increased $l17,2Gs.334, and the indi-
vidual deposits were $277. .294, ,4S9 less than
at the corresponding date in the previous
923 more than ut the same time the pre-
vious yeqr, and checks and other cash items
were $9O349, ,9G3 more. The total resources
of the banks at the date mentioned amount
ed to 3,473,S22,O55 as against 81, 100, ,5G3. :
28430 In 1888.