The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-08
GROWTH Of G0LD9RESERVE
Report Of Charles i. Treat, United
States Treasurer.
Total, 1885, S8-Treasury Sur
plus For 1906 $25,669,ss2-
Available Cash Balance Big.

washington, D. G. - Charles II.
Treat, Treasurer of the United States,
submitted his annual report to the
Secretary of the Treasury, and in
reference to the more noticeable
transactions said in part:
The net result of the ordinary rev.
|enues and expenditures for the fiscal
year 1906 was a surplus of $25 $685.
322, as compared with a deficit of
S23,004,228 for the preceding year.
A continuation of. these favorable
conditions is reflected in the trans
actions for the first quarter of the
current fiscal year, in which the rev..
enues were $5,S71,314 in excess OF
the expenditures.
The available cash balance on June
so, 1906, was $1S0,689,354, an in
crease of $35,211,862 as compared
with that of twelve months earlier.
The monetary stock of the country
took on a growth during the year of
1856, S66,727, of which Sis, 050,777
was in gold, $5.45O,396 in silver and
SOS ,392,554 in national bank notes,
while the Treasury notes decreased
2,027,000. The aggregate stock of
money at the close of the year was
3,O69 ,976,591, of which $2,736,646,-.
628 was in circulation.
The national bank depositaries
have been utilized during the year as
a medium through which the exces-
sive accumulation of money in the
Treasury was restored to the chan
nels of trade. About April 1 an unu-
sual stringency in the money market
was relieved by the temporary in
crease of public deposits with depos-
itary banks, to enable them to i'm
port gold. Through this aid more
than $49,00O,OOO in gold was i'm
ported. The balance in banks to the
credit of the general fund on May 5
reached during the fiscal year.
The national bank notes presented
for redemption during the year
amounted to ~$296,292,8 1856, as against
$~30S,298,760 in 1905; the national
banks have not issued So notes to the
limit allowed by law, and thereby
have forced upon the Treasury the
burden of supplying the smaller de-
nominations required by the business
interests of the country. However,
in response to the appeal of the Sec
rotary of the Treasury, the banks
have increased the volume of their
So notes.
The Treasury holding OF gold con
tinues to attract the attention of
1inanciers both at home and abroad.
1t is apparent from the continued
accumulation that a large share
of the product of the gold mines of
the world is brought to the United
States. The gold coin and bullion in
the Treasury on June 80, 1905,
amounted to $706,592,399. At the
close of the fiscal year 1906 it had
advanced to $500, 1851, $50. BY Octo-
Der 26 it attained a maximum of
$S77,296,23S.
The United States paper currency
issued amounted to $629,S9G,O0O and
redemptions were 100, a
net increase in the volume outstand-
ing of $52,450,9OO.
The pressure from bankers and
others for larger and more regular
supply of small denominations of
currency continues undated, while
the Treasury is without resources for
the issue of small bills to comply
with their urgent requests. 1t is to
be expected that Congress will ulti-
mately enact legislation hal it has
under consideration, which will bring
full relief from the existing condi-
lions.