The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-08

amounted to s11, 1sS, 4CS, $40 of which
S1S, SIS, 100 WAS in gold cpins and $12,.
800. IL. - in standard silver dollars, sub
sidary coins and minor CONS.
National Banks
The number of National Banks organ
lied from the time the law authorizing
their creation was passed, up to October
81, 1896, was 5,05l, and of this number
3,679 were mt The date last mentioned in
active operation, having authorized capt.
tai stock of $500, Of, $50, hell by 2SS,02S
shareholders, and circulating notes
amounting to $2i1 ,4t2, $50. The total
outstanding circulating notes of all ma
tional banks on the 3lst day of October,
1895, amounted to 1924 ,533S0 includ-
ing unredeemed, but fully secured notes
of banks insolvent and in process Of liq-
uidation. The increase in national bank
| circulation during the year ended on
that day was $21 ,099,429. Or October 6,
1S9G, when the condition OF national
banks was last reported, tine total re-
sources of the 1878 active institutions
was 81, 1868, 6S5, 313 SO, which included 81.
SD, PCS, S39.3f in loans anh discounts,
and So, 263, 1863, 1888 So in money, all kinds,
| on hand. OF their liabilities 81 ,597, SOL.
053.3 was due to individual depositors
and 5000, 94l, 019 consisted OF outstand.
| ing circulating notes. There were or
ganized during the year preceding the
date last mentioned twenty. ght nation
| nj banks located in fifteen States, of which
twelve were organized in the Eastern
States with Il capital Of 81, 10000, six
in the Western States with u capital of
| SSi5, 200, and ten in the Southern States
with II capital OF 81 l90, 0C0. During the
| ycar, however, thirty seven banks volun.
tarily abandoned their franchises under
the national law, and in the case of TWEEN
| ty.seven others it was found necessary
| to appoint receivers. Therefore, rs com
| pared with the year precediuE. there was
Il decrease Of thirty. six in the number of
active banks. The number OF existing
| banks organized under State lars is D.
| ,0S.
Immigration.
| The number of immigrants arriving in
, the United States during the fiscal year
was 3l3, 2Gi, of whom BAG, i3S were per-
miitcd to land, and 2,7J9 were dcbarrcd
on various grounds prescribed by law
aud returned to the countries whence
they came at the expense OF the steam.
ship companies by which they were
brought in. The increase of immigration
over the preceding year amounted to ST.,
'3l. 1t is reported that with some eX.
captions the immigrants OF the past year
were of hardy, laboring class, accustom.
Ell and able to earn IL support for them.
| selves, and it is estimated that the money
| brought with them amounted to at least
| SJOO0,UO0, though it was probably much
! IN excess of that sum, since only those
having less than $40 are required to dis.
! close the exact amount, and it is known
! that many brought considerable sums of
money to buy land and build homes. In
| Guiding all the immigrants arriving who
were over III years of age, 2S SO per cent
were llitcratc, as against 2O.3, per cent
| OF those of that age arriving during the
preceding fiscal year The number of
immigrants over If years Of age the
countries from which they came, and the
/ percentage OF illiterates among them
were rs follows:
Italy, 51,5lJ, with 5l.59 per cent; Ire
land s,i9G, with per cent Russia, b..
| 1875 with III. III per cent; Austria. Hun
| gary ann provinces, -. 0j3, with IS % per
cent; Germany, 2j,334, with 2.96 Ter
cent, while from Portuga! there came
20G' of whom 100 per cent. were Hit.
crate There arrived from Japan during
the year only | 40 immigrants and it il
| the opirion Of the immigration author
tiles That the apprehension heretofore ex-
| isting to some extent Of large immigra.
ton from Japan to the United States is
without any substantial foundation.
| Life Saving seivloe.
From the life saving service It is re.
| ported that the number Of disasters 10
! documcntcd vessels within the limits OF
| its operations during the year was 49,
! THESE vessels had on board COS person,
CT whom 400 were saved and thirteen
| lost. The value of such vessels IS csti.
mated at s., $50, 40 and OF their cargJcs
S3,Si6,3S0. making the total value Of
| property impcrilled SIP, 1926 520 OF this
amount Sll ,292, 101 WAS saved and ST.
| i32, 40 WAS lost Siytv-e,yan Cf the vrs-
sells were totally wrecked There were
besides 2i3 casualties 10 small undocu.
mented craft. on board of which there
| were 134 persons, of whom JS1 were saved
ana seven were lost. The value of the
| property involved in these latter casual
ties is estimated ut &1l9.265, OF which
| Sll4, 80 WAS saved and 81, $50 was lost .
The life saving crews durinr the year
! also rescued or assisted numerous other
vessels and warned many from danger
by signals. both by day ans, night. The
numoer of disasters during the year ex.
ccedcd that Of any previous year in the
| history of the service but the saving OF
| both life and property was greater than
ever before in proportion to the value of
the property involved anu TO the number
| of persons Imperfect
| Minor Eurctus
| The operations OF the Marine Hospital ,
| service, the revenue cutter service, the
| steamboat inspection service, the light
| house service, the bureau Of navigation,
and other bran hes of public work at
tached 10 the Treasury Department, to-
| gether with various recommendations
concerning their support and improve
| mcnt are fully stated in the report Of
| the Secretary of the Treasury. TO which
| The attention Of the Congress is espcc
/ al in Ill tod