Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-08

show an increase of s., ,s63 134. % over those
from the same source for the fiscal year
eried June 80. 1895, and the receipts from
internal revenue an increase of S3,5S+,5 ,5S79
The value of our imported dutiable mer-
chardise during the last fiscal year was
S369, 1910 and the value of free goods i'm
ported S4O9,957,47O, being an increase of
Sc. 60, go in the value Of dutiable goods and
81, ,2S1 ,o34 in the value of free goods over
the preceding year. our exports of mer-
chardise foreign and domestic. amounted
in value to SSS2. .6O6. .9SS, being an increase
over the preceding year of So, ,O5S, 17S. The
average al valorem duty paid on dutiable
goccs imported during the year was 1894
per cent and on free and dutiable goods
taken together 2O55 per cent.
The cost of collecting our internal reve-
nue. was 2.7S per cent, as against Isl per
cent for the fiscal year ending June so, 1895.
Tic total production of distilled spirits. ex-
elusive of fruit brandies. was S55SS, ,7O3 tax
abl= gallons, being an increase of 66$9. .10S
gallons over the preceding year. There
was also an increase of 1856 gallons of
spirits produced from fruit as compared
with the preceding year. The number of
barrels of beer produced was Sc. .S5S, $50. as
against 335S9.7s4 produced in the preceding
fiscal year. being an increase of 2,269, ,466
barrels.
Coin Exports and Circulation.
The total amount of gold exported during
the fiscal year was sll2 4O9, ,947 and of silver
$6o,5 $40, being an increase of S45.94f AS of
gold and SS cf silver over the expor-
tations of the preceding fiscal year The
$2S,IH,lS6, being $2,S5S,695 less of gold and
S566,0JT more of silver than during the
preceding year. The total stock of metal
lie, money in the United States at the close
of the last fiscal year ending on the 39tn
day OF June, 1896, was 81 DDS, ,3326 N35. of which
s59, ,S6i was of gold and S62S, Oh in
silver
On the 1st day of November. 1895. the
total stock of money of all kinds in the
country was $2,2S ,4l0,590, and the amount
in circulation, not including that in the
treasury holdings. was $l.627, ,0556I, being
SZ2b5 per capita upon an estimated popula-
ton of Y, ,9O2 O09.
Ihe production of the precious metals in
The United States during the calendar year
1885 is estimated to have been ., ,254, ,760 fine
ounces Of gold, Cf the value of $4S,6l6COO
ard 55,12LcJ0 fine ounces of silver, of the
commercial value of SIG, ,445.GG0 and the
coinage Value of 81. .05l,00o. The estimated
production Of these metals throughout the
world during the same period was 9,6SS S2l
fine ounces of gold, amounting to $500. .2S5,-
100 in value, and 159 1S9. .249 fine ounces of
silver, of the commercial value of $1lO.654,-
CO., and of the coinage value of S21S, ,73S, 100,
according to our ratio. The coinage of
these metals in the various countries of the
world during the same calendar wear
amounted TO $232, 7Ol, ,43S in gold and $121 1885,,
2l9 in silver
The total coinage at the mints of the
United States during the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1896, amounted to 81, ,1SS 46s. %, of
which $5S,S7S,iSo was in gold coin and S16,-
SG9.97S.52 in standard silver dollars and mi
nor coins.