Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-08


SIS. 7o3 taxable gallons. being an m
crease Of 1853. JOS gallons over the pre-
ceding year. There was also an IN
crease Of 1,443.676 gallons OF spirits
produced from fruit as compared win
the preceding year. The number Oh
barrels of beer produced was 57'S95'-
$50 as against 335S9.ISi produced IN
the preceding fiscal year. being an IN
crease ~ 259. 400 barrels
Tie total amount of gold evn'rfed
during the last fiscal year was Sll2.il9,-
g47 and of silver $5o541.67o, being an
.rc~case of 1891 100 OF gold and So
246.3S4 Of silver over the expectations
ol The preceding fiscal year. The I'M
ports of gold were S33,525,t65 and OF
silver S2S771.1o6. being S2,S59.65o less
Of gold and $S.566.007 more of silver
than during the preceding ysr.
The total stock of metallic money in
the United states az the close or the
last fiscal year ended on the Both day
of June. 1896. was $1.22S,326.e33, OF
which S599.597,964 was in gold and
$62S.72S.G71 in silver.
On the first day Of November. ls96,
the total stock money OF al kinds IN
the country was S2.2S5, tl0,590, and the
amount i'm circulation, not including
that i'm the treasury holdings, was
S162T.055.541. being s22.63 per capita
upon an estimated population Of Il,
952 Geo.
The production of the precious met
ais in the United States during the cal
endar year 1895 is estimated 10 have
been 2.254.760 fine ounces Of gold, OF
the value of $46.610,01 and 55,727.0cO
fine ounces of silver of the commercial
value Of S3G. 445. 600 and the coinage
value of S72.051.0OO The estimated
production of these metals throughout
the world during the same period
was 9,6SS.S21 fine ounces of gold,
amounting TO S200.2Sj.7G0 in value. and
9.1S9.249 fine ounces of silver, Of the
comercial value of $1l5,654 eco and OF
the coinage value of S2lS,75S, 100 ac-
cOrding to our ratio.
The coinage of these metals in the
various countries of the world during
The same calendar year amounted to
1882. 701 .43S in gold and 1921 99G.219 in
silver. The total coinage at the minis
Of the United States during the fiscal
year ended June 30. 1896. amounted to
S7l.1SS. 46S52 of which $5N.S1S, $50 was
in gold coins. and S12,309.97S.52 in STAN
dard silver dollars, subsidiary coins,
and miner coins.
The number of national banks or
gained from the time the law author
ling their creation was passed up 10
October 81. 1896, was 5,Q51. and OF this
number. 1919 were at the date last
mentioned in active operation, having
authorized capital stock of $550,Ol4,-
S95. held by 28S.902 shareholders, and
circulation notes amounting to SPILL
412.620. The total outstanding circu-
lating notes of all national banks on
the 31st of October, 1895, amounted to
1924 SOB 817. including unrodeemed.
but fully secured notes of banks inso'v-
ent and in process of liquidation. The
increase in national bank circulation
during the year ending on that day was
s2l 099 .429. On October 6, 1896, when
the condition Of national banks was
lest reported. the total resources of the
3.G79 active institutions was S3.26S,-
GS5.313.S3. which involved 1888 .26S,-
1898 in loans and discounts and 1852
165. 1855 in money of all kinds on
hand. Of their liabilities S1.597 SCI
05S was due to individual depositors,
and S299.9f4C19 consisted of outstand-
ing circulating notes.
There were organized during the
year preceding the date last mentioned
twenty-eight national banks, located
in fifteen States. Of which twelve were
organized in the Eastern States with
capital of Sl1SO0O0. six in the Western
States. with a capital of $4,000, and
ten in the Southern States. with a cap
ital Of $1,190,000.
During the year. however, thirty
seven banks voluntarily abandoned
treir franchises under the national law
and i'm the case of twenty-seven others
it was found necessary to appoint re-
celvers. Therefore, as compared with
the year preceding. there was de-
crease of thirty-siX in the number Of
active banks The number Of existing
banks organized under state law is
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