New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-22
GOLD RESERVE RESTORED.
ABOVE 800 1000 FOR THE FIRST TINE
SINCE SEPTEMBER :.
THE AMOUNT IN THE TREASURY YESTERDAY
sloa 43o c,G-NEARI.Y so PER CENT or THE
PROCEEDS or THE BOND
SALE RECEIVED.

SALE RECEIVED.
Washington. Feb. 2l.-The Treasury gold re-
serve at the close OF business to-day was slV''-
429 GAG The withdrawals FOR to-day were $of'ov-
This is the first tlrle since september ls'o thA'
the gold reserve has been above 500 oOoOW W
fetal Treasury Ag show that OF the SiliOoVpoV
for which the new bonds sold $N1.55i.S63 has Deeh
rald in OF this amount S6552S.@2 % has neeh
taken u2 in Treasury cash. 1t was received as
follows: At Ncw-York. si9,3sS.S32 A.: at cther
sub-treasuries. 50 $50 lO6 49, National bank ae-
postories ST. S63 81. total. sG5.52s.S62 2s Add
coin exchanged for currency by Nationa' Dihk
deposltories. $6lOs, ,37e 81. Grand total, S'le"o-
73493
Tie total deposits ~ National bank deposi'oi'eS
sr, sos 500 SGf aS. from which must be taken IN"
So 7s3 s63 81 exchanged FOR currency whch VIII
leave the net amount received by such h"Pos-
tories s22Oes O0l g. These figures show mat 80 TAR
nearly 30 Der cen, Of the bond purchase gold has
been paid.
some time ago +, was suggested to tho Score
,ar, Of the Treasury that considerable gold was
received in the ordinary course Of business III
tho various posto,ices %. the United States ana
that II this golG should be placed In GoVeTHinen.
deposlt tories Instead Of being paid aWay aHd'h u
would help the Treasury reserve I'M. ~ ~Suht
ton was embodied In circular 10 pos ma =
issued bv authority OF the Postmaster r-'iencia''
and has resulted in the following Information;
The gold received per month in the nrst ana
sccoud class Offices amounted to >fotS. ne
estimated yearly gold receipts for all Offices are
81 1I3 600 California leads In monthly soId t"-
ceipts with Ssl 1i2. Other states receNihE vN''
81 600 a molth were: Missouri s2'o'o' 80 on,o, IT.
s2550s; Pennsylvania R1.1I9 Iowa ..o'au'
Texas $3.50: Illinois. sl7.7s2: Minnesota, Sio'o'
Nebraska S32lO. Washington. Nszo ..rM
York $sO63. Indiana. $'.S3i Wisconsin so'e,S.
Colorado sG.4i6: Utah. s6&3: oregon. sS'.i--.
Kansas. s5.3S5: Michigan. A.s'i: Georgia go
Massachusetts, tl,3iI: Kentucky. Nlc'5; New
Jersey sl.054: Virginia. N.Oo3. -
MANY postmasters deposited their goih III wv M
United States Sub-Treas1ry. but such deposils
are generally made by drafts purchased IRON,
banks as the sub-treasurles VIII not a'o'p'
| lightweight, gold ooi:s at their race Vaiuc -, ~
that the gold really finds It's way 10 the pahhS'
and not 10 the sub-ireasures. New-f ork post
masters. particularly In the western ana norlh,
western parts OF the State. suggest tfat IL wouil
be possihle for them to make ali remittahce3 III
| gold # tho Government would bea; the loss Tor
light weight coins The estimate or goa re-
| ceived is thought 20 oe understated In conse'
ouence If the difficulty Of separating the money
| order accounts from ordinary po5toiice receipts.
Deposits Of gold in payment for bonds at the
| Sub-Treasury Yesterday were sGGl.565. With
draVals were 100000 Since the payment for
! bonds began depository banks have delivered
Sc 300 600 in gold to the Sub-Treasury. and they
! now hold about si2 600 900. The Morgan syndi-
| cate paid in onc-half u It's gold to the deposi-
! tory banks and one-half 10 the Sub-Treasury.