The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-10
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

1896, the receipts of the government
from all sources amounted to $409, 49,
pO.7S; during the same period its expen-
ditnres were $434.67S, ,S54.4S.
The excess of expenditures over receipts
thus amounting to $25, ,2O3. .235.T0 The
ordinary expenditures during the year
were $4,Ol6,S52.21 less than during the
preceding fiscal year. OF the receipts
mentioned, there was derived from Gus
toms the sum of $160,O21, ,751 81. and
from international revenue STAG, $50. .615-
~. The receipts from customs show an
increase of T,S63, ,13422 over those
from the same source for the fiscal year
ended June 3O 1895, and the receipts
from internal. revenue show an increase
Of $3,5S4 ,537.91.
The value of imported dutiable mer-
cchandise during the last fiscal year was
$S63, 757, 40, and the value of free goods
imported was $409, 1851, 40, being an in
crease of $6,523,675 in the value of
dutiable goods and $31, ,231 ,O34 in the
value OF free goods over the preceding
year.
Our exports Of merchandise, foreign
ana ana domestic, amounted in value to $SS2,,-
oo1,ooo, being an increase over the pre-
ceding year Of $75,06S, 773.
The average ad valorem duty paid on
duitable goods imported during the year
was '39.94 per cent, and on free and
dutiable goods taken together 20'55 T ner
cent. Pc
The cost of collecting our internal
revenue was 21S per cent as AGAINST
1.Sl per cent for the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1896
Inc total production Of distilled
spirits exclusive Of fruit brandies was
oo,ooo'Io3 taxable gallons, being an in
crease OF $3.50, 1OS over the proceeding
year; There was also an increase Of
t,f4o,oI6 gallons Of spirits produced
from fruit, AZ compared with the pre-
ceding year. p'e
Inc number of barrels Of beer produced
was 80, So9,25O as against 1859, ,75S pro-
duced In the preceding fiscal year, being
an increase OF 2,269. .466 barrels.
GOLD AND SILVER.
The total amount of gold exported dur
ing tne last fiscal year was $112, 400 ,04T.
ana Oh SILVER O,541 ,670. being an In
246,3S4 of silver over the exportations NJ
the preceding fiscal year.
Inc imports Of gold were $33, ,525, ,OB5.
and of silver $2S,777, 1856 being so SS9.
09o less of gold and $S,586,OOT more Of
silver than during the preceding year.
Ihe total stock of metallic money In
the United States at the close of the last
nscai year, ended on the Both day Of
June. IS98, was 81 ,42S, ,326,O3 of which
row, o91 1854 was Of gold and $82S, ,72S,-
On the first day of November, 1895. the
sotai stock OF money Of all kinds in the
amount in circulation not Including that
In the treasury holdings, was 81, ,727, ,OC5.-
641, being $22.03 per capita. Upon an
estimated population Of II, ,002, 900.
Inc production of precious metals in
the United States during the calender
year 1895 is estimated to have been
2,254, 7G0 fine ounces of gold of the value
Of $46, $4,000, and 90, 1877 600 fine ounces
OF silver of the commercial value of $685.
dl9,UVO ana the coinage value Of $72,-
The estimated production of these
metals throughout the world during the
same period was 9,68S, ,S21 fine ounces of
gold, amounting to $500, 2S5, 700 in value,
and 160. 1S0249 fine ounces Of silver of
the commercial value of $110, 1854, 900 and
the coinage value of $21S, 73S, 100 accord
ing TO our ratio. The coinage of these
metals in the various countries Of the
world during the same calendar year
amounted to .$232, ,701, ,438 In gold and
$121 ,098,219 in silver.
The total coinage at the mints Of the
ended June 30, 1896, amounted to ST.
188,685, of which $58,S7S, 400 was In
gold coin and $12, 2,309,978 was in stand
ard silver dollars and minor coins. The
number of national banks organized from
the time the law authorizing their crea-
tion was passed up to October 81, 1896,
was 6051, and of this number 3160 were
Mt the date last mentioned in active oper-
$3.50, ,45i, sos, held by 2sS,So2 share
holders and circulating notes amounting
to $211 ,412,620.
NATIONAL BANKS.
The total outstanding circulating notes
Of all national banks on the 31st day of
October, 1896, amounted to 1924, ,553 ,S07.
including unredeenei but full, secured :
notes of banks insolvent and in process
Of liquidation. The increase in national
bank circulation during the year ending
on that day was $21, ,099, ,420. On October
9th, 1896, when the condition of ma
tional banks was last reported the total
resources of the 6879 active institutions
was $3,263, ,6S5, ,313.83, which included
81 ,923. .20S, ,839.31 In loans and discounts
and. 1852, 185, 1888 IS In money. of all
kinds on hand. OF their liabilities, ST.
597, so, ,058 was due to individual depos-
tors and $209, ,944. .019 consisted Of out
circulating notes. ~
There were organized during the year
preceding the date last mentioned, TWEEN
y-eight national banks located in fifteen
'tates, of which twelve. were organized
n the Eastern states with a capital of
II, 1,110OO0 six in the Western states
With capital of $S75, 200, and ten in
he Southern states with capital Of $1,-
$50, 900. During the year, however, thir-
y-seven banks voluntarily abandoned
heir franchises under the law, and,
n the case Of twenty-seven others, 1t was
ound necessary to appoint receivers.
Therefore, as compared with the year
preceding, there was decrease Of thirty
TX in the number Of active banks. The
lumber Of existing banks organized un-
Ter state laws is 5708. ISIS
IMMIGRATION.
The number of immigrants arriving in
he United States during the fiscal year
as 343,287, of whom $40, ,468 were per- 4
nitted to land and 2799 were debarred
n various grounds prescribed by law
nd returned to the countries from
Whence they came at the expense of the
companies by which they
,ere brought in. The increase in irnmi-
ration over the preceding years was
4,731. 1t is reported that, with some
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