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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



Open Policies are suoh upon which additional 

 insurances may be entered at different times. 



PUBLIC DEBT OF TfiE UNITED 

 STATES. 



OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF JUNE 30, 1901. 



INTEREST-BEARING DEBT. 



Consols of 1930, 2 per cent $445,940,750.00 



Loan of 1908-1918, 3 per cent 99,621,420.00 



Funded loan of 1907, 4 per cent 257,376,050.00 



Refunding certificates, 4 per cent 33,320.00 



Loan of 1925 4 per cent 162,315,400.00 



Loan of 1904, 5 per cent 21,854,100.00 



Aggregate of Interest Bearing Debt $987,141,040.00 



DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCE MA 



TURITY. 



Aggregate of Debt on which interest has 

 ceased since maturity $1,415,620.2< 



DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. 



United States notes $346,681,016.00 



Old demand notes 53,847.50 



National bank notes : 



Redemption account 29,404,309.50 



Fractional currency ... 6,876,411.63 



Aggregate of debt bearing no interest $383,015,584.63 



CERTIFICATES AND NOTES ISSUED ON DEPOSITS OF 

 COIN AND SILVER BULLION. 



Gold certificates $288,957,689.00 



Silver certificates 435,014,000.00 



Treasury notes of 1890 47,783,000.00 



Aggregate of certificates and Treasury 

 notes, offset by cash in the Treasury . . . .$771,754,689.00 



CLASSIFICATION OF DEBT JUNE 30, 1901. 



Interest-bearing debt $987,141,040.00 



Debt on which interest has ceased since 



maturity 1,415,620.26 



Debt bearing no interest 383,015,584.63 



Aggregate of interest and non-interest 

 Bearing debt $1,371,572,244.89 



Certificates and Treasury notes offset 

 by an equal amount of cash in the 

 Treasury 77 1,754,689.00 



Aggregate of debt, including certificates 

 and Treasury notes : $2,143,326,933.89 



CASH IN THE TREASURY. 



Gold certificates $288,957,689.00 



Silver certificates 415,014,000.00 



Treasury notes of 1890 47,783,000.00 



$77 1 ,754,689.00 



National bank 5 per cent, fund $13,267,236.27 



Outstanding checks and 

 drafts 5,207,095.08 



Disbursing officers' balances. 51,797,014.43 



Post office department ac- 

 count 9,531,120.63 



Miscellaneous items 3,478,630.77 



Wages and Cost of Living. 



From the report of the Secretary of State on the state 

 of labor in Europe, derived from facts reported by the 

 United States Consuls corrected to 1892, the following 

 tables are gleaned : 



COMPARATIVE RATES OF WEEKLY WAGES PAID 

 IN EUROPE AND IN THE UNITED STATES. 



Reserve fund 



Available cash balance . . . 



83,281,097.18 



$855,035,786.18 

 .$150,000.000.00 

 . 176,833,124.92 



326,833,124.92 



Total 81,181,868,911.10 



Cash balance in the Treasury June 30, 1901, 

 exclusive of reserve and truat funds 9176,833,124.92 



light and two roman candles, each throw- 

 ing six blue balls. 



Frencli Blue light forward, white light amidships, red 

 light aft simultaneously. 



Guion Blue lights, forward, aft, and on bridge simul- 

 taneously. 



Hamburg Tvro red, white, blue Coston lights at stern 

 of vessel in succession. 



Inman Blue light forward and aft, and red light on 

 bridge simultaneously. 



Monarch Green, white, green Coston light. 



National Blue light forward and aft, and red light on 

 bridge forming a triangle. 



North Herman Lloyd Two blue, red Coston lights, one 

 forward and one aft simultaneously. 



Red Star Red light forward, amidships, and aft, to- 

 gether. 



State Blue, red Coston lights. 



White Star Two green lights simultaneously. 



Designating Marks of Ocean 

 Steamship Lines. 



LINES. FUNNEL MARKS. 



American lavfer two thirds red, with white keystone, 



black top. 

 Anchor Black. 



Allan Red, with white ring under black top. 

 Cunard Red, with black top. 

 French Red, with black top. 

 Guion Lower two thirds black, a red band and black 



top. 



Hamburg Black. 

 Inman Lower two thirds black, white band and black 



top. 



Monarch French-grav and black top. 

 XitHunal White, with black top. 

 North German Lloyd Black. 



Red Star Cream color, with black top with red star. 

 Royal Netherlands Black, with band having green 



border. 



State Lower two thirds buff, red band under black top. 

 White Star Cream, black top. 



