The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-12-12

ternal revenue Sill. l5S. l44GG itG IG The
balance of tile income for the year.
70 $93. 3.Sl5. .5lz91. was de-
rived from the sales Of lands and other
sources.
The value Of Our dutiahle imports
amounted to $2775, ,299, ,0SG. being :;146.
G51, ,625 less than during the preceding
year, and the importations free OF dls-
ty amounted to 1879. 795, $50. being
$$;64, IS, 6115 less than during the pre-
ceeding year. The receipts from Gus
toms were S7733, $50, 46S II less, and FROM
internal revenue $l3, S36, ,539.97 less
than IN 1898. The total tax collected
from distilled spirits was S5.259, $50
25, manufactured tobacco S2S, 6l7,S9S. :
62. and on fermented liquors $3l, ,4l4,- :
1854 04. Our exports OF merchandise
domestic and foreign amounted dur
ing the year to 1892, HOSP. beng an
increase over the proceeding year OF
$s44. 495,37S.
The total amount of gold exported
during the fiscal year WAS $40. S?S.06l,
as against S10S, $50, 444 during the tls,
cal wear 1898. The amount imported
was 72,449.119, as against S2l, l14.3Sl
during the previous year. The I'M,
ports of silver We're SIS, 2S6, 532, and
the exports were $50. .45l. 265.
The total bounty paid upon the pro-
duction of sugar in the United States
for the fiscal year was s12, 100, ,2OS.S9,
being an increase of 81, 725, ,01S.01 over
the payments made during the pre-
ceding year. The amount of bounty
paid from July l, 1894, to August IS,
1894, the time when further payments
ceased by operation of law, was 1856
1854. The total expense incurred III
the payment Of the bounty upon sugar
during the fiscal year was $50, Jag. S5.
1t is estimated that upon the basis OF
the present revenue laws, the receipts
of the government during the current
fiscal wear ending June 80, 1895, will
be 1924. 427, 7lS.44 and its eNpendl-
lures S444. 427. 74s-H. resulting III a
deficit of $50. 600. 900.
SOMETHING ABOUT SILVER.
On the first day of November, 1894,
the total stock OF money OF all kinds
in the country was 50, ,773, SSS as
against 81. .204. .651, 900 on the first day
of November, 1888, and the money OF
all kinds in circulation. or not lnclu-
ded in the Treasury holdings, was 81
672. 093. .422 or S24 q per capita upon
an estimated population of 6S, Ss7, 900.
At the same date there was held IN the
Treasury gold amounting 10 S44, 6l3,-
1876, and silver bullion which was
purchased at cost S127, ,779, 9SS. The
purchase of silver bullion under the
act of July Il, 1890, ceased on the
first day of November, 1898, and up
to that time there had been purchased
during the fiscal year 1877, ,65S. Is
fine ounces at a cost of SS,715, 521.32,
an average cost OF $0.7313 per fine
ounce. The total amount of silver
purchased from the time that law took
effect until the repeal of its purchas.
ING clause on the date last mentioned,
| was $16S, ,674, ,6S2. 53 fine ounces, which
cost S155. 931, ,0O2.25, the average price
per fine ounce being 0944, The total
amount of standard silver dollars
coined at the mints of the United
States since the passage of the act OF
February Is. 1873 is S421. T.6, 40S. OF
which 1878, 166, 793 We're coined under
the provisions of that act, S3S, 531. 143,
under the provisions of the act of July
II. 1890, and S5,07S.472 under the act
providing for the coinage Of trade bull
lion. The total coinage of all metals
at our mintS during the last fiscal
wear. consisted of 63,4S5, 5,22o pieces,
valued at S106,216, 1906, of which
there were s99, 474, 912. 50 in gold coin
ed. s75S in standard silver dollors,
ST. 024, 140. 80 in subsidiary silver coin
and s716, 919.26 in minor coin.
During the calendar year, 1893, the
production of precious metals IN the
United States was estimated at l.139,
323 fine ounces Of gold Of the com
mercial and coinage value of s35, 955, :
600, and 60.000.000 fine ounces Of
silver of the bullion or market value
of SAC, 100000. and of the coinage val
ue of ST. 1000, seStimated that
on the Gay of July, 1894. the
stock of metallic money in the United
States consisting of coin and bullion,
amounted to $3.50, GAO, ,95S, of which
S627, ,923. POI was gold, and 1924, ,347, :
7557 was silver.
Fifty national banks were organized
during the year ending October 81.
1894, with capital of s5,2S5,0o0, and
seventy-nine with a capital of $40, 475,-
900, went into voluntary liquidation.
Twenty-one banks, with capital Of
81. 10, 900, were placed in the hands
of receivers. The total number of ma
tional banks in existence on the 31st
day of October last was 1856, being
forty less than on the 31st day of Oc-
tober. 1898. The capital stock paid in
was s672, ,671, 1865, being s9,67S, 491 less
than at the same time in the previous
year. and the surplus fund and undl-
vided profits, less expenses and taxes
paid, amounted to 1884, 121, ,0S2. 10,
which was S16.0S9.7S0 less than on
October 81, 1898. The circulation was
decreased S1,741, 563. The obligations
of the banks to each other We're in
creased S117, 1858 and the indivld-
ual deposits were SIT, ,294, 4S9 less
than at the corresponding date in the
previous wear. Loans and discounts
were s16l, ,2O6, 923, more than at the
same time the previous year, and
checks and other cash items were $780,
349. 1868 more. The total resources of
the banks at the date mentioned
amounted to S3, 463, 922,05 as against
50. 109, 563, 2S4.36 in 1898.
THE ARMY.
From the report of the Secretary OF
War ii appears that the strength OF
the army on September 80, 1894, was
2. 1876 enlisted men. Although this is
very Slight decrease COM
pared with the previous year the act
ual effective force has been increased
to the equivalent of nearly two regi-
ments through the reorganization Of
the system Of recruiting, and the con-
release to regimental duty Of
the large force of men hitherto serv-
ing at the recruiting deposits. The