The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-17
Government Invites Subscription.
Treasury Department, office of Secretary
Washington, ID. C., June l3, 1893


Tho Secretary of the Treasury invites
subscription from The people Of the Uuited
Stat es for s3C0 COZ, ,00J Of tho bond Of the 8
per cent. loan authorized by tho act of Con.
gress to provide ways and means to meet
war expenditures. Subscriptions will be
received at par for period Of thirty.two
days, The subscription being open from this
date to O'clock p III. on the l4th day of
July. 1898. The bonds will be issued in
both coupon and registered form, he cou.
pom bonds IN denomination, of SEQ, SlOJ
$500, and 81 ,OOo, and the registered bonds
in denominations Of $50. FOO. 800, $1,000,
5000, aud $4,000. They will be dated
Auguit /, 1895 and. by their terms, will
bn .rdcemablo In coin at tho pleasure Of
tic United States after ten years from the
dale Of their ISSUE and due and payable
August !. 1913
The bonds will bear in crest Mt 3per cent
Per annun, payable quartz ly tho interest
Oh the coupon bonds will b paid b. means
of coupons, to be detached from tho bond,
as the interest becomes due, and tho in
terest on the regis cred bonds will Be paid
by checks Drawn to the order of the pay
ees, and mailed TO their addresses.
The law authorizing this issue of bonds
provides tlnt in allot.ins said bonds tho
several subscr ptions of individuals shall
be first accepted, and the subscriptions of
lnt lONtSJ ulDOullo sltl.i d. llFSG uilDlUhl.
In accOrlauc4 With tIut Hllotmcuts to all
individual subscribers will bo made b.
fore any bonds will b. allotted 0 ocher in-
dividual5. All indy dual ubscrip ions 10"
$500 or loss will be allUt!c | in full as they
are received, and such subscription must
be aih in full at En time til, sub ;crlp.
tion, made. Ii the total sum subscribed for
il rn,runts of ;GOJ ,r less should exceed
$50 l,OOOO 600 he allOtmnnts will be made
tI,f,I.
the subscriptions.
AllU.ments on subscriptions for over
S5Uj will not bo made until after the sub.
scription closes, July llth, and will then
bo made invcrselY acIordilg to the size of
tho subscription The smallest sub Grip
@tiun being frs allotted. then the next in
Size next, and SO on. prefurunc1 being Civ
Ell 10 Individual sub, ,criptoAs. Persons
subscribing for more than tJJ) MUST send
in cash Or certified checks to the amount
of 2 per cent OF the sum subscribed for,
such deposit to constitute IL partial pay
ment, and to be forfeited 10 Tho United
States in the event Of failure on tho sub.
scribrr's tart to make full payment for
bis subscription, according to the terms of
the circular. Aiotments TO subscribers
for more han 800 viii be made us suou
rs possible at,cg the subscription closes.
1t order to avoid IL too rapid absorption
u II
bic consequent evil effect on Industry and
commerce, any subscriber for more than
$3.50 will be permit tea to take his ullott-
ment OF bonds in instalmcntS of 20 per cent,
taking the ii's. ms alnicnl within ten days
after tho Notice of he allotment and the
balance NJ four equal Intervals of forty
days each, in four inslalment5 each of -
per cent. Uf tho bonds allotted Delivery
CT bonds will be made in instaliucnts as
npt fpr thntn js and
mtnr must in all caso5 be made in full as
the bends are taken.
Tine 2 per cent deposit will apply on tho
final inStalmeni. Any subscriber may pay
for tho whole amount allotted him within
ton days from tho date of tho notice of his
allotment. Interest will Le adjus cd from
the time of the actual payment, whether
paid in one sum or in instalncnts rs per-
mitteG. Separate sub criptions from ono
individual, although made from time to
time, will be aggregated and con >iderod as
one subscription for this issue Of b)nd'.
The Secretary of tho Treasury will re-
ccivn IN payment for tho bonds post Office
money oraers payable Mt Washington, d.
c., and checks, bank drafts, and express
money orders col!ectiblo in the cities of
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Bati-
more, Washington, Chicago st. Louis
New o. leans, and San Francisco All
money orders and bank drafts must bo
drawn in favor Of the Treasurer of the
United States. The money orders and
bunk checks so received will be forwarded
for culIection hv tho Department, and IL;
soon rs r1turns are obtained the subscriber
will be credited with The amount of his
suhsci iption rs Of tho date of collection.
The Secretary will also receive in payment
for the bonds certiil ,atcs of deposit is ued
b. the Assistant Ireasurers of the United
Stntns in the allowed named eli tieS
These certificates Of deposit may DO OBJ
trined from any Assistant Treasurer in
exchange for gold coin gold certificates,
standard silver dollars, silver certificates,
Uni oil : ates notes, Treasury notes of
1890, and uutional bank no'es; and the
subscribor Will be credited with tho
amount of his subscription as Of the dato
OF the certificate Of deposit. The Secretary
will receive currency sent by registered
mail or by express direct to tho Treasury
Department
For the mu ual convenience of the sub
sctibvrs and the Department a blank form
of letter to accompany remittances has
been prepared, and it may be obtained At
the offices Of national and state banks
generally, at the several subtreasurics of
tho United States, at nny money order
post-otlico, and at any express office
Tho bonds will be dated August |, 1893,
and they will be forwarded to subscribers
at tho address designated by them free of
expense for transpOi IatlOn as soon aftei
that date as possible. The bonds will be
accompanied by check for tho amount
of interest lu? the subs criber at the rate
OF per cont from tho date OF his payment
to August |, 1888
All romtiance5 and other communica-
tiOns relative to this loan should be ad-
dressed to the Secretary of the Treasury,
Division of Loans and Currency, Washing
ton, d. G,
All subscriptions must he received Mt
the Treasury Department, Washington, D.
G., not later than o'clock pm, Thursday,
July a, 1895 No subscriptions received af.
ter that date and hour will be con ,dered