Evening star., 1896-12-07

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| an increase OF s3.5S4,537.91.
The value of our imported dutiable mer-
chandise during the last fiscal year was
$3.50, 757. 40. and the value of free goods i'm
| ported, s409,S 40 being an increase of
| $6.523.675 in the value Of dutiable goods,
and $H. H.231 ,c34 in the value Of free goods
| over the preceding year, and our exports
| of merchandise foreign and domestic,
amounted in value to $3.50. .608.03 being an
Increase over the preceding year of s75,-
O6S,113. The average ad valorem duty paid
| on dutiable goods imported during the year
was 1894 per cent, and on free and dutiable
| gccds taken together, 20.5o per cent.
The cost of collecting our internal rev.
| enue was 27s per cent, as against 2.sl per
! cent for the fiscal year ending June 30.
| 1895 The total production of distilled
| spirits. exclusive of fruit brandies was
| ST. 5SS, 7O3 taxable gallons. being an in
crease of $3.50, 10S gallons over the pre-
| cedi .: year There was also an increase
of 1,443.576 gallons Of spirits, produced
from fruit. as compared with the preceding
year. The number Of barrels of beer pro-
|sduced was 35, S59,250, as against Gs.os'.7 1871
produced in the preceding fiscal year, being
an increase of 2,26), 1855 barrels.
The total amount of gold exported during
silver sGn.5n.67O being an increase of s4,.-
41 ,466 of gold and s13.24G3S4 of silver
over the expcrtaticns of the preceding fs-
| cal year, The imports of gold were Ss3.-
525,O65 ard of silver 2S.T77,1S6. being S.
S59.G95 less of gold and sS,5G6,0O7 more of
silver than during the preceding year.
The total stock Of metallic money in the
United States at the close of the last fiscal
year. ended on the 30th day of June. 1885,
was 81. DDS, ,326. 0}5, of which s5D, ,3G4 was
In gold and 1928. 12S,071 in silver.
On the 1st day of November 1886, the to-
tai stock of money of all kinds in the coun-
try was $2.2Sj, 41O:5!1, and the amount in
circulation. not including that In the treas
ury holdings, was sl.627 0'5,G4l, being
$22.GI per capita, upon an estimated pop
ulation of 71,G2.MO.
Tne production of the precious metals in
the United States during the calendar year
1875 Is estimated to have been 2.2o4, 100
ounces of gold of the value of $46,6lO,.NO,
and o,I2I 900 fine ounces of silver, of the
commercial value of $36,445o0O, and the
coinage vaiue of s72,o51 800. The estimated
production Of these metals throughout the
world during the same period was 9,GSs, ,S.l
ine ounces of gold. amounting to 500, o,2s5,-
Ioo in value, and 1G9. 1920 fine ounces of
Goo. and Of the coinage value of s2ls, 73s, 100,
according to our ratio
The coinage of these metals in the va
rious countries OF the world during the
same calendar year amounted to $2;'2, 7o1,-
43S in gold and S12l GH;,219 in silver
The total coinage at the mints of the
United States during the fiscal year ended
June 30 1SG;. amounted to s71, 1SS 1892, of
which $.'S,SIS, 4m was in gold coins and ST.
3o9,9IS52 in standard silver dollars, subsid-
iary coins and minor coins.
The number of national banks organized
from the time the law authorizing their
creation was passed up to October 81 1886
was 5,e5l, and of this number 1863 were at
the date last men,ioi.,d in active operation,
having authorized capital stock of Sj5o.-
Oh ,St, held by 2SSI,2 shareholders. and
circulating notes amounting to s211 ,412,;i1o.
The total outstanding circulating notes Ct
all national banks on the 3lst day of Dc-
tcber. 1896. amounted to S2S4 .r:'S:: SpT inr!ut-
il.g rnredeemed, but fully secured, notes Of
banks inSolvent and in process OF liuuida-
tion. The increase in national bank cii,..,l-
lation during the year ending on that DAY
was 2l."f'.i29 On October 4. 1896, when
the condition Of naiiona! banxs was last
reported. the total resources of the 3,G7:,
l.S
hch included 81 .S!rs, ,2,is S::3.31 in loans and
discounts and s;62. lG:, l::.S5 in mon,y Of
all kinds on hand. OF their liabilities g :
o9l ,s.l oo'.1 was due to individual deposit
ors and $.E'.344.0l9 consisted of outstanl-
ing circulating notes.
There were organized during the year
preceding the date last mentioned twenty
eight national hanks, located in fifteen
states. of which twelve were organized in
the eastern states, with a CAPITAL OF ST.
1SotKW. six in the western states witr a
capital of sS15.UU, and ten in the south
crn states. with a capital of 81 1gb $50
During the Year, however. ;hir.y-scven
banks voluntarily abandoned their fran
chses under the national law, and in the
case of twehtyseven others it was found
necessary to appoint receivers.
Therefore, compared with The year
preceding. there was decrease of thirty
six in the number of active banks. The
rumber of existing banks organized under
state laws is 5,IUS