The evening times., 1896-12-07

can be done, with the same slight expense.
so Improving to the service.
1 desire to repeat the recommendation
contained in my last annual ;uess age IN
favor of providing at public EXPENSE Off
ciaI residences for our ambassadors and
ministers at foreign capitals. The reasons
supporting this recommendation are StronS-
Is stated in the report OF the seer tJ1Fy OF
state and the subject seems OF such I'M
portance that | hope IT mag receive the
eary attention Of The Congress.
Ne have uunng the last year lapoFed
faithfully and against nnfayorable cOndi-
life IN the Bering Sea.
HERRING SEA. BlshJn- United states
and Great Britain
have lately dispatched commissioners 70
these waters 10 study the iiapitS ana cond-
non of The seal nerd ana the ca uses OF ;heir
rapid decrease. Upon the reports OF these
commissioners, soon to be submitted, ana
with the exercise OF patience and good
sense on the part OF all Interested parties,
J. o., earnestly nOJyli EnaJ hearty CD-pFc, a.
tion may be secured for the protection
against threatened extinction of seal life
m ne NOftaeTu I-acitlc ANA berlng sea.
The Secretary Of the Treasury reports
that during the risca! year ended June 30,
1886, the receipts OF the government from
all sources amounted
THE TREAst RY. to s4O9 9,475, ,l0s- rs.
During the same Pc
Rod Its ex penGitures we're S-5i v. : ,OJi 40,
the excess OF ex xpenditIresover receipts thus
aiuounting to S25,203, ,2i5.10- The ordi-
nary expenditures during the year were
81, ,01 J.s52.21 less than during tie preoed,
ing fiscal year. OF the receipts mentioned
there was derived from customs the sum
OF Sl6O. .02l.T5l 81, and from Internal
revenue S1iG. $50. 81 $50. The receipts
from Gu storps show an increase Of 81 ,s63.
l3j22 over those from the same source
for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1885.
and the receipts from internal revenue an
increase OF 50 Ssh 1878
The value or our imported dntiable Iner-
chaudise during the last fiscal year was
S369 and the value OF iffG gcess ss
OF Sc. .523 81 in the value OF dutiable goods,
and sill .33I ,U3i in the value OF free goods
over the preceding year
Our exports OF merClla ndise foreign nd
domestic amounted in value to Sse2,
COG .93s, being an increase over the pre-
ceding year of S15 O6s ,113- The average
ported during the year was 3s;S4 per
cent. and on free and dutiable goods taken
together 20.55 per cent
Tie cost of collecting our Internal u venue
WIS 2.TS per cent. as against Isl Per
cent. for the fiscal year ending june 80,
! 1s95. The total PRODUCTION OF '4stlIled
So 5SS,T0S taxable gallons, being an IN
crease OF 6,639,10S gallons over the pre-.
ceding year. There was also an increase OF
] ,443,676 gallons of spirits produced from
fruit as compared with he preceding year
The number ofbarrelS OF beer Produced was
80. : so, ,25O, as against 33,5s9,Is4 pro-
duced in the preceding fiscal year, belhs an
Increase of 2 .269, 1866 barrels.
The total amount OF gold exported curing
the last fiscal year was - :, ioS;Sf
crease OF S45.9i1 .466 of gold, and Sl3.-
s46.3si Of silver over the expcrtatlonS
of the preceding fiscal year Iheinpcfti,S t,s.oi OF
S2S.777.lSs being 81 .s5S.6S5 less OF
gold and SS.566 OOT more OF silver than
during the preceding year;
The tptaI stock OF metallic money in the
United states at the close Of the last fiscal
year ended on the 30th day Of June, $50,
was SIZES .326 ,035. of WHICH S5S;, :JS =
s6i was in gold and S62S.12S,O!l IN
silver on the st day of November. 1896.
the total stock of money OF all kinds IN the
country was S2.2e5, 40 $50, ana the
amount in circulation nntlncludlnS nat IN
the Treasury holdings. was 81 .G21 ,ooo,64l,
being So So per capita. upon an estimated
population of71 ,9U2 600.
The production OF the precious metals IN
the United States during the calendar year
1895 Is estimated 10 have been 2,2a4: go
fine ounces of gold, OF the value OF $50,
silver, OF the commercial value 0f $50
i45, 900 and the coinage value Of SI2 ,G5l,-
900. The estimated production u these
same period was 9,6Ss, ,S21 fine ounces OF
GOLD, amounting to $500 o,loO IN
value, and l5o, ,249 1ine OUNCES OF
silver, or the commercial value OF $i!O,-
65i 900, and Of the coinage value OF S2lS,-
73S, 100, according to our ratio.
The coinage Of these metals in the various
countries or the world duilug the same cal
eudar year amounted to S232. T0l ,i3S in
gold, and SI21 ,s96, ,219 in silver
The total coinage at the Iints OF the
United States during the fiscal year ended
.IuIe 80, 1896, amuuntedto 81 .1SS .i6S. so.
of which S5s,Sls,4s0 was In gold
cums. and SlI,3Us, o.o2 Iii standard
silver dollars, Subsi iiary coin and minor
coins.
The number of national banks organized
from the time the law auti orlZlng ther
creation wasp spassed up o october 81 1896,
was 5,O51 and of this nuplber 3,6I9 were
at the date last mentioned in active opera.
uon, having authofized capltaaia aas stoes share OF
hulders, and Circulating Lotes amounting TO
The total outstanding circulating notes
of all nat .onal banks on the 3lst DAY OF
October. 1896, an ounted to S234 ,J33 ,SOI,
including unredeemed but fully tecured
notes of hanks insClvent and In process OF
liquida ton The increase in na tonal
bank circulation during the year ending
on that day was SCI ,G99, 429;
on October g.. 1856. when The oordition
of national banks was last reported, the
tota, re. ources of the 3,Gas ACTIVE instiiu-
lions was SO, 263, 6S5, ,313 S3, which IN,
cluded S1,ss3, 25S, ,s39.3l in loans and
of all kinds on hand. or their liabilities,
81 ,597, ,e91, ,063.:O YVES due 10 individual
dcposi o-s and 2o9,a44,O19 consisted OF
on. standing 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 ST.
lSO, 900, six in the Western States with a
capital OF SSIo,oOo, and ten In the SOUTH
ern States with capital of 81 $50 ,000 Dur-
ing the year, however, thirty-seVen banks
voluntarily abandoned their franchises TN
der the national law, and in the case of
Jwent y-Seven others it was found necessary
to appoint receivers.
Therefore, as compared with the gear
preceding there was decrease pf thirty
six IN the number of active banks. The
number of existing ba nkS organized under
State laws is sos.
The number OF Immigrants arriving in
the United States during the fiscal year
was 343, ,267, of whom $40 .46S We're per,
mitted to land. and
IaiMIlRATiON. 2,199 were debarred
on various grounds
prescribed by law and returned TO the
countries whence they came, ut the eX-
pense OF the steamship companies by which
they were brought in. The increase in I'M
migration over the preceding year amount
ed TO 81, ,131.
1t Is reported that. with some exceptions,