Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-17
NATIONAL FINANCES.
Government Receipts and ExpendItnres

The secretary OF the treasury reports that
during the fiscal year ended June 80. 1895. the
amounted to S4O9, 475, 4O8.7s. During the same
period its expenditures were S434.67S, go. As.
The excess OF expenditures over receipts thus
amounting to S25,2O3245,70 The ordinary eX-
pencitures during the year were S4,O15 1921 less
than during the preceding fiscal year. or the
receipts mentioned. there was derived from
customs the sum Of sIGOG3I, 751 O., and from in
ternal revenue sl46, S306I5.6 &C. The receipts
from customs show an increase of S7,s63. l34 y
over those from the same source for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1895, and the receipts from
Internal revenue an increase Of s., 5S4 1871.
Imports and Exports
The value of our imported dutiable nerchan-
disc during the last fiscal year was $500 737 40
and the value of free goods imported S4OS,961,-
40, being increase Of s6.523.675 in the value
OF dutiabie goods and 1921 O34 in the value Of
free goods over The preceding year. Our eX-
ports Of merchandise, foreign aud domestic,
amounted in value TO SSS2. 6J6,e38, being an in
crease over the preceding year of S75. 0Gs, 773.
The average ad yalorem duty paid on dutiable
goods imported during the year was 80 81 per
cent. and on free and dutiable goods taken to-
gether 2o.55 per cent
Internal Revenue.
The cost of collecting our internal revenue
was 2.78 per cent as againtS ISL per cent. for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1895. The total
fruit brandies. was $685. 0S taxable gallons,
being an increase OF 6,639,ll9 gallons over the
preceding year. There was also an increase OF
fruit as compared with the preceding year.
The number OF barrels OF beer produced was
81, $50 go. as against 335s9.7s4 produced in the
preceding fiscal year, being an increase OF
2,2e9, 466 barrels.
Specie Imports and Exports.
The total amount of gold exported during the
last fiscal year was Sll2,4O9947, and OF silver
S60.54I go eng an increase of 1864 .446 Of
gold and sI3246,3SI Of silver over the exporta-
lions OF the preceding fiscal year. The imports
of gold were S83 525 O65 and Of silver S2s s77 1856
being s. $50 sos less OF gold and 80 5G6 90 more
Of silver than during the preceding year.
The Stock of Metallic Money.
The total stock OF metallic money in the
United States at the close OF the last fiscal
year, ended on the 3Oth day OF June, 1896, was
81 22s S2e. o35 OF which s5s9,597.se4 was in gold
and SGD, 728.07I in silver.
On the first day of November, 1896 the total
stock Of money OF all kinds in the country was
g, zS5 800 and the amount in circulation not
including that in the treasury holdings, was
timated population Of II 1920
Production of Precious Metals.
The production of the precious metals in the
United States during the calendar year 1895 is
estimated to have been 2,25I,1bO fine ounces of
gold, of the value Of s46.6l0OOO, and 55,727 600
line ounces OF silver, OF the commercial value
OF $36445.C00 and the coinage value Of S72 Isl coo.
The estimated production of these metals
throughout the world during the same period
was 9,6sS s2I fine ounces of gold, amounting to
500 200 In value, and les, lS9 249 fine ounces
OF silver. of the commercial value 81 sII0.654,-
cOrding to our ratio. The coinage Of these
metals in the various Countries OF the world
during the same calendar year amounted TO
S32. 7Ol 43S in gold and 1921 ,996.2ls in silver.
The total coinage ct the minis Of the United
States during the sfscal year ended June 20,
1895, amounted to sal 1883 S.52, of which s5S.-
s7s ,4GO was in gold coins and s12,309. 1882 in
standard silver dollars and miner coins.
National Banks.
The number of national banks organized
from the time the law authorizing their crea-
ton was passed up to October 81, 1896, was
5,051, and OF this number 1863 were at the date
last mentioned in active operation, having
ft7CrF oar Oft hold x-
2SS,9O2 shareholders. and circulating notes
amounting to S2I1.412.620.
all national banks on the 3lst day Of October,
1895, amounted to S234, 553,SU7, including unre-
deemed but fully secured notes OF banks inSol-
vent and in process OF liquidation
Foreign Immigration.
The number OF immigrants arriving in the
United States during the fiscal year was 343-
267, OF whom 3iO.4'S were permitted to land,
and 2,799' were debarred on various grounds
prescribed by law, and returned to the coun-
tries whence they came. at the expense OF the
steamship companies by which they were
There arrived from Japan during the year
only LILO immigrants; and IL Is the opinion of
hension heretofore existing to some extent OF
q large immigration from Japan to the United
states liz without any substantial foundation
The LIfe-~avIng Servlce.
From the life-saving service it is reported
that the number Of disasters to documented
-essels within the limits OF it's operations dur
board 4.6OS persons, OF whom 4,5g5 were saved
and IS lost. The value Of such vessels is esti-
mated at 81. $50 40, and of their cargoes So s46
$50 making the total value OF property imper-
lied Sl2 726.520. OF this amount 81 III, 707 was
saved and 81 49,, $50 was lost Sixty-seven of
the vessels were totally WRECKED. There were,
besides. 24S casualties to sDIall undocumented
craft. on board OF which there were 594 persons,
Of which 5S7 were saved and seven were lost.
The Marine Hospital Service, Etc.
The operations OF the marine hospital sery-
ice, the revenue cutter service. the steamboat
inspection service. the lighthouse service, the
bureau OF navigation, and other branches OF
public work attached to the treasury depart
ment, together with various recommendations
concerning their support and Improvements.
are fully stated in the report sof the secretary
Of the treasury. to which the attention OF the
congress is especially invited