Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-10

,, over the preceding year.
Tbere was also an increase OF l,44S,o ,';t So
Ions of spirits produced ironi rba
comnared with the preceding y ea as
number of barrels OF peer soo p aoa nroduced
Ok S5e 950. as against 33,5S9,Io4 prouuI in
% a. nreceding fiscal year, being an III
crease of $685. barrels.
The Gold Exports.
The total amount of gold expor no. zoo a or
irg the last fiscal year was ;,,oroose
and NJ silver $50 SAL $40, being an anolease
Of s45 al 466 of gold and $lS, 24o,oo4 o.
silver over the expectations OF tue p 49, 49,.
inc fiscal wear. The imports or golu WEI
cog 5a5 o65 and of silver $685. ~. lso, Delns
$3.50 sos less of gold and $S,ooo,oo. noi
of silver than during the preceuins 10 +ba
The total stock of metallic money IA Tue
Irni+ed states at the close of the last rs
cal vear ending on the 30th day OF Jume'
1905 was 81 .22S, 1926, O35, of when 9oSs,-
5o7 oe4 was in gold and $62S, 72S,OI In
silver. 1909 tho
On the first day of November 1872 the the
total stock of money Of all KINDS - t the
comntrv was $2,2S5, 410,590 ana Lne
amount in circulation, not inclualn ne o ,lat
in the treasury holdings, was Sl,oz' 100:
GAL being $22.63 per capita upon an oss
mated population of 71,902,O 600 o,u
The production of the precious ,ne.a,s
in the United States, during the caiei hoa,,
2. 254 $50 fine ounces Of gold OF the value
or SAG. $40 900 and So, 727, 900 fine ounces OF
silver of the commercial Value a. oo S9'
AS 900 and the coinage value OF s'Avoi,
OOO The estimated production o! lnsso
metals throughout the world during the
same period was 9,6S8,S21 fine ounces Oh
gold. amounting to $20O,2S5,7OO IN Vaiues
and 1863. 189, 249 fine ounces or silver VI
the commercial value OF $llO. oa4,eV W aiiu
Of the coinage value OF $2le,'oe' Ivy az
cording to our ratio. The coinage OF those
metals in the various countries OF the
world during the same calendar year
amounted to 1882, 7O1, 438 in gold and SILL
996, 219 in silver.
The total coinage at the minis OF the
United States during the fiscal year enaea
June 80, 1896, amounted to $7l1oS. 4oo.2z,
of which s5S, S7S, 400 was in gold coin and
S12. 3O9. 97S so in standard silver dollars,
subsidiary coins and minor COINS
The National Banks.
The number of national banks organ
lied from the time the law. suthorlzlng
their creating was passed up to Oct. 81,
1896, was 5,051, and of this number a,olI
were at the date last mentioned in active
operation, having authorized capital stock
of $3.50, Ola, 1895 held by 28S,902 shareholders
and circulating notes amounting to SILL
Alp, $40.
The total outstanding circulating notes
October, 1896, amounted to 1924, 553, SO7, in
GLIDING unredeemed, but fully secured
notes of banks insolvent and in process OF
liquidation. The increase of national bank
circulation during the year ending on that
day was $21 099, 429; on Oct. 6, 1895, when
the condition of national banks was last
reported the total resources of the 1883
active institutions was So, 1868, 685, 313.S3
which included 81, 1893, 263, S39.31 in loans
and discounts and 1852, 165, 1885 in money
of all kinds on hand. OF their liabilities
81 ,597 891, 058.03 was due to individual de-
positors and 5000 ,944, 019 consisted of out
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.
$50, 900, six in the Western states with a
capital Of $685. 900, and ten in the South
ern states with copital of 81, 100, 00O Dur
ing the year, however, thirty-seven banks
voluntarily abandoned their franchise I'M
der the national law and in the case of
twentyseven others it was found necessary
to appoint receivers therefore as COM
pared with the year preceding, there was
a decrease of thirty-six in the number of
active banks. The number of existing
banks organized under state laws is 5,57S.