The Portland daily press., 1896-12-08

United States during the calendar yea1
1895 is estimated to have peeh 2,sos, soo
fine ounces of gold, of the value of SAG, :
GIG oO0 and 55, 727, 600 fine ounces of sll-
yer, Of the commercial value OF Sl6,
445, 900 and the coinage value OF s12, 05l,
OO0
The estimated production OF thes
metals throughout the world auflng the
SAME pHriod wes 1858. S9l flne ounces OF
and l69, l89, 249 fine ounces OF silver OF
| the cummeIcial value of $l10, 6o4. ouU, ana
of the coinage value of S2l3, 75s, 100, ac-
| cordjng to cur ratio. me cclilese o.
| these metals in the various countries OF
| TIE world during the same calendar yehr
amounted to $3.50, 701, 1873 i'll geld. ard
| $la1, 900, 210 in silver.
| The total coinage ut the miuts of the
| United States dining the fiscal year end
ed June 80, 1896, amounted to III loe' 400,
of which S5S, S7S, 4s0 Was in gold COINS,
and ST., 309 975 10 standard silver dollars,
subsidiary coins and minor coins.
THE NATIONAL BANKS.
| The number Of national banks Or
| ganized from the time the law authoriz-
Ing their creation was passed up TO Oo-
tober 3l, 1856, was 5051 and of this num-
! ber :, 679 were at the date last mentioned
In active operation having nm authorized
capital stock Of $780, Ola, s95, held by
28, 902 shareholders and circulating notes
amounting to $2ll, 4l2, GU. The total
outstanding circulating notes OF all na-
tional banks on the 3lst day of October,
1885, amounted to 1924, 554, S07, including
unredeelned, but fully secured notes of
banks insolvsDt and in process Of liqui-
dation. The increase in national bank
circulation during the year ended on
that day was $2l, 900, i29. On October 9,
| I 4E,N of 1ot
| banks was last reported, the total re-
sources Of the S,679 active institutions
was IS, 263, 6Ss, 312. SO, which included
81 1893, 26S, $50. 81 in loans and discounts,
and 1862, 1o5, 7S3. IS in money of all kinds
on hand. Or their liabilities 81, 597, S9l,
Loss. S5 was due TO individual depositors,
and SaO9, 944, 0l9 consisted of outstanding
| circulating notes.
There were organized during the year
preceding the date last mentioned twen- I
ty-eieht national banks located in ff-
teen States, of which twelve were organ
lied In tho Eastern States with a capital
Of 81, 1SO 600, six in the Western States
with capital Of Ss75, coo, and ten in the
| Sousheru States with a capital OF
81, 19U, OOO During the year, however,
thirty banks voluntarily aban-
doned their franchises under the national
law, and in the case Of 27 Others it was
found necessary to appoint receivers.
Therefore, as compared with the year
preceding, there was decrease OF thirty
six in the numbers of active banks. The
number of existing banks organized
under State laws is 5,70S.
IMMIGRATION.
The number of Immigrants arriving
in the United States during this fiscal
year was 343, 276, of whom 3a0, 46S we're
permitted to land, and a,799 wera de-
barred, on various grounds prescribed by
law, and returned to the countries
whence they came, at the expense of the
steam mship companies by which they were
brought in. The increase in immigra-
tinn over the preceding year amounted TO
81, 731. 1t is reported that with some ex-
ceptions the immigrants of the past year
were of hardy lsboring class, accus-
toned and able to earn a support for
themselves, and it is estimated that the
money brought with them amounted TO
DIT least s., 600, 900, though it was proba-
/ bly, much in excess of that sum, since
only those having less than $50 are re-
quired to disclose the exact amount and
1t is known that many have brought
considerable sums of money to this land
to build homes. Including all the in-
migrants arriving who we're over IA
years of age, a8. 63 per cent. were Hitter
ate, as against 2O.3 81 per cent. of those of
that age arriving during the preceding
fiscal year. The number Of immigrants
over IA years old, the countries from
which they came, and the percentage of
illiterates among them were as follows
Italy, l75, 543, with 47.06 per cent. Rus
sia, 35, 1873, with Al. IA per cent; Aus
tria, Hungary and Provinces, 81, 053,
with 8S. so per cent; Germany, %, 334,
with 80 per cent; Sweden, 1854, with
/. 16 per cent; while from POI tugal there
came 2, 067, of whom n. SO per cent. were
illiterate. There arrived from Japan
during the year only ], i10 immigrants,
and it is the opinion of the immigration
authorities that the apprehension hereto
fore existing to some extent of a large
immigration from Japan to the United
States is without any substantial foun-
dation.
THE LIFE SAVING SERVICE.
From the life saving service it is re-
ported that the number of disasters to
dooumented vessels within the limits of
it's operations during the year was 437.
| These vessels had on board 4, sos persons,
of whom 4,5e5 we're saved and IS lost.
The value of such vessels is estima ted
at So. $50, 14O, and of their cargoes 81, 846,
$50, making the total value OF property
imperiled $12, ,S96, $50. OF this amount
Sl1, 2a3, 7O7 was saved, and 81, 1872, 75G..
| was lost.
| Sixty seven of the vessels were total '
wrecked. There were besides 243 casu-
alties to small undooumented craft, on
board of which there were 594 persons,
of whom 5S7 were saved and seven were
lost.
The value of the prorerty involved in
these latter casualties Is estimated at
SIG, 265 of which Sl14,9l5 was saved,
and 81, $50 was lost. he life saving crews
during the year also rescued or assisted
numerous other vessels, and warned
many from danger by signals both by
tlay and night. The number of disasters
during the year exceeded that of any pre-
vious year in the history of the service,
but the saving of both life and property
was greater than ever before in propor
tion to the value Of the property involved
and to the number of persons imperilled
MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE.
The operations of the marine hospital
service the revenue cutter service, the
steamboat aervice, the lighthouse service
the bureau of navigation, ana other
branches of public work attached to the
Treasury Department., together with vn-
rious recommendations concerning their
support and improvement are fully
| s+o,o1 in Hhe rapOrt of the cacratarv of