Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-12-12
NATIONAL FINANCES,


Government Receipts and Expenditures
The secretary of the treasury reports thai
| during the fiscal year ended June %. 1895, tht
receipts OF the government from all sources
| amounted to si09 AS, ,40s.7s During the same
period Its expenditures were S434, ,67S, ,654. 4S
Inc excess OF expenditures over receipts thus
amounting to S?5,203, ,24570 The ordinary ex.
pendltures during the year were "a 05, ,S52. 21 less
than during the preceding fiscal year. OF the
receipts mentioned there was derived from
customs the sum of sl60,02l 75l67, and from in.
ternal revenue Slid,S3O, ,6l56a The receipts
from customs show an increase of S7S63. 1874 2.
over those from the same source for the f1sca
year ended June 30, 1895 and the receipts from
internal revenue an increase Of $3,584, 1871.
Imports and Exports
The value of our imported dutable merchan.
disc during the last fiscal year was $500 ,757 47C
and the value OF free goods imported Si09 ,967, !.
40, being an increase Of S6.523 675 in the value
Of dutiabe goods and t4i,2}l ,OS4 in the value Of
free goods over the preceding year. Our ex;
amounted In value TO sSs2 Q3s, being an In:
crease over the preceding year Of S75,08s, ,773
The average nd yalorem duty paid on dutiable
goods imported during the year was 80 9i pei
cent. and on free ind dutiable goods taken to.
gether 2O.55 per cent
Internal Revenue.
The cost Of collecting our internal revenue
was E'iS per ctHt uh HRhlntS Gtl per cent. lOf
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895. The total
production OF distilled spirits, exclusive OF
fruit brandes, was 655Ss,70S taxable gallons
being an increase Of 6,6S9ll9 gallons over the
preceding year There was also ON increase OF
,443,678 gallons Of spirits, produced from
The number Of barrels of beer produced was
35, $50 2b0 as against 835s9, ,7s4 produced in the
preceding fiscal year, being IN increase OF
2,269 AGO barrels.
Specie Imports and Exports,
The total amount Of gold exported during the
last fiscal year was l2,4O9,947, and OF silver
SG0,54l.61O, Icing an increase of si5p4l. .446 OF
gold and slS2iG,3St of silver over the exporta-
tions OF the preceding fiscal year, The imports
of gold were 533bg5 t65, and OF silver s2S S77 1885,
being 1850 965 less OF gold and SSt66,070 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 8Oth day Of June, lsp6, was
and S62s 7.s,01l In silver
On the first day of November, 1895, the total
stock Of money Of oil kinds In the country was
s2.S5 4l0 500 and the amount In circulation, not
including that in the treasury holdings, was
81 627 GAL, being S22 63 per capita upon an es
timated population Of II $4,000.
Production of Precious Metals.
The production OF the precious metals In the
United States during the calendar year 1898 is
estimated to have been 2,25i,7 200 fine ounces Of
gold of the value Of $460l0, ,000 and b5, 727, 900
hne ounces of silver, of the commercial value
Of SS644b COO and the coinage value OF e12 051 600
The estimated production OF these metals
throughout the world during the same period
was P,6s6,S2l fine ounces of gold, amounting to
5000 2s5, 200 In value and lG9 lSy, ,249 fine ounces
OF silver, Of the commercial value Of Sll0,054,-
600 and Of the coinage value OF s2ls7Ss, 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
s2S2, 70l ,43s in gold and 1921 996 2l9 In silver
The total coinage at the mints OF the United
States during the fiscal year ended June 30,
1893, amounted to 81 .lS8, ,46sb2 Of which $5s.-
s7S 400 was in gold coins and tl2 1909 ,97S52 In
standard silver dollars and miner coins.
National Banks.
The number Of national banks organized
from the time the law authorizing their crea
tion was passed up to October 81, 1895, was
b,0b1, and OF this number $3.50 were ut the date
last mentioned In active operation, having
authorized capital stock Of St500l4,e ,eQ5, held by
2SS, ,Q02 shareholders, and circulating notes
amounting to $2l1 ,4le620.
The total outstanding circulating notes OF
all national banks on the 3lst day Of October
1896, amounted to $234, 4,ba3,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,-
287, OF whom 3i04l8 were permitted to land
and 2,T09 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
brought n
There arrived from Japan during the year
only lilo immigrants, and 1t is the opinion OF
the immigration authorities that the appre-
hension heretofore existing to some extent OF
a large immigration from Japan 10 the United
States Is without any substantial founoation'
Tho Life-saving Service.
From the llfe-suving service II is reported
that the number Of disasters e, A(ylonns finT0
vessels within the liH.' 'rliese vessels had on
board 4.GtS persons, OF whom 4,595 we're saved
md is lost. The value Of such vessels Is esti-
mated at $3.50, ,140. and of their cargoes $780,
$50. making the total value Of property imper-
lied si2 7geh20 or this amount $ll ,2g2 ,7O7 was
saved and 81. .4S2, ,760 was lost. Sixty-seven OF
the vessels were totally wrecked. There were,
besides, 243 casualties to small undocumented
craft on board Of which there were 694 persons,
Of which 587 were saved and seven were lost
The Marine Hospital Service, Etc.
The operations Of the marine hospital serv-
ice. the revenue cutter service, the steamboat
service, the lighthouse service, the
hureau OF navigation, and other branches of
public work attached to the treasury depart
fnent, 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