The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-16

standard silver dollars from the miEtS
ana treasury offices for the week end
inr Apri, IL was SS335.5;j0. and ior the
corresponding period last year was
SiC6.55O. The shipment of fractional
silver coin from April toll agtrcsot-
cd $-cG.g2..
PAYMENTS IN hPEILa-Th2 inter
est and iitidcnd disbursement; duo in
April arc estimated by tho Nov; Ycri:
SrockhoiiCr at S"i6J1.lI6 Ss against
SSi sol i23 last year: $50,jS2, ..So in April.
1894. ard SSS.97,,2l6 in 1898. II unlisted
securities arc included. the total dis
LSIccmcnts this month are cstiH.ItcG
in The neighbcrtcod Of $SS,oo0.or0.
COKE MOVEaiENTS--TLe 7cnrsyl-
vania railroad reports that tho guam
titv OF coal and coke originating On
and carried over its iircs cast oi Pitts
burg ana Eric for "cGr thus far has
hcor ;,fiGii9 tons. comfared with s.
SoS.a-I tons in the corresponding period
of 1895. a decrease or fS.,SI2 tons, ct
wUich 4,a03453 to!.s werc coal, :. DO
crcGso e io3-;3 cons. and 15G.C41 tons
coke = dccrc:co e $50 torl.
I.AILEOAE LABOR III ENGLAND.
-Er"iieh railroads work their rran
lrrr hours cri pay thom low wages
4 rcCont 6Ici3l report show; that
ti.orc arc in tho English RAILWAY ser-
VIC about IJ0,ccC m,E. OF those 10000
-nt s.. 60 4 v.;ecl; or loss. iG3.GoG get S.; 0
wco;; or less. Grd 30 or uo to ttc
highest class. wro aggregate &c 900, ,rl
receive S9GC or moro :. wcok .I0rc
thar 200IC0 of the 100000 railIoad mon
Of that country receive less than 30
cents each iay ior & long days work
md tho bcst If thcm receive less than
5. g day.
PENNSYLVANIA. STATE BANKS.
Tho recent report CT Sta.c EHnEinG
Commissioner GilkcsCn Of PcnLsTl-
vania show; tE2t III tho year 1895 g.:
compared with 1894. the aggregate
Pennsylvania banking institutions 9TH
er than National banks show increases
rs follows: Caritai s9jl,io6 surplus.
$751; $50: loss decrease in undivided
profits, S2jG,Gl0; making ret increase,
SI4Sf.6 GO, deposits. S14.0i3o2G: loans. So
1880; and investment securities, SS.-
2li.1&S. There is also . decrease in re-
serve OF $.7i3.5SG. On November II.
1895. the Trust companies held invested
trust funds of S3I4.ail.1Si There were
an avcl age derosit by each dcpc sitor
of Si3i,
GOLD IN THE SCuTH.-'I predict
that Georgia will 500 within the next
thrcc years the groareat mining fever
I'll" world has c"cr witnessed This
state hnr tho richest gold fcld .:rown
on tho face Of til" giohc toIcy. Thcra
aIo minc- in North Georgia which ere
capable of producing $40, .o9a ot gold
q year. I hciiovc that tho roc0r7 Of the
ComstocE in Nevada will tc cwcesdcd
r.? somo of those Georgia mines. rnr-
f2Y' within the next two ycar-. GeCr-
ria il doSti-.od tO bo the ricrcrt mining
state IL .im"rica." This sounds like
tLc dream of -0rno ni..c o-;r"r or deal
OF in mineral properties, docs it not?
Eut tho remarkable statements were
nado by- 4 cuycr and what Maios 1t
nor" astorishirr. h. an Errlsnmar
Russell Eowiard, &c Londcr.-Atlcnta
C0ustitu:ion.
british Tr.ADE STATIcTICS-
LLOYD; statistical table: FOR i2Ni cou-
tair some iatorcatirr facts ar1.t rto
British mercantile macirc Gnd tGc T.rr-
lish shirhuildinr trado. Il appccls ,hat
ttS ttl'si '.lllLl'll u SlN..U. t'UEt.SN
during the yoGr wa5 800 tons Jros.;.
ara Of sailing tonnage 81. 333 roI.s rro3s.
or. in all. @i.-&- tons IL 2;s. Tfc t"n-
mage 5oii to foreigner; cTcocdNd. - 10
ror c'..t.. tn exceptionally ricG figure
rH3crel IL ioJi. ..,' II. 1854 Japan 80
tnc i"I-cGt Purchaser. ti:at coui.t,,-
having : Gc.ir"l from tic United King
dom I"o:.ty- -fvc steamers Il S.0S2 tors.
Among otnor r!inciTa, purchasers nG"
h mentioned Norway tG5.ii, tonej.
Italy Cic.GG| t0r-), Trarco (aJ6 600 tor1).
Germany (5i.@I1 1ors). ard Syain CO.
h2i tons}. In addition to those caics to
fcrniErors. "..,05 ton: "'cro transferred
70 tho British coiorioc. Now vosccis
huiit in tire United Kingdom for COL
oniai 3nd tcreirE owners are net in
CludCi in these rcti;rns. as such vessels
arc MT Put on r,.2 cliicial register.
MANUFACTURING EXPORTS. -
Tho increase Of tho exports Of An cri-
can manufactures continues, says Fin