CONGRESS. (THE PEBIDBXT'S MESSAGE.) 



Beporei received from our agents at Apia do not 

 justifytlM bettef that the peace thus brought .1- ut 

 will be of long duration. Itls their con vfctk.,Mht 

 the native* arr .t 



mem ; that sue* of them as profess loyalt \ t 

 so front fear of the powaifi erf* that it nuld speedily 

 go IB nieeea if the war ships were withdrs 



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j-iii'l IIJM.M tin- 



kl ) -ar u;i> jj. 



tit-u . 



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hardly to be 



peace will be lasting 



The lesson given by firm* -n Atua wa* not 



harp end IncWve to leave a la> 

 on the forgetful Samoan tempcraii 

 litiona are existing ml thnt peeoe 



last end la not seriously intended. M.. 



and his chiefs ere convinced that the de- 



will not la 



. 



parture of the war ships will be a signal for a renewal 

 of war. The cirrumstai.. , that the represen 

 of tbe villagv* of all the districta which were opposed 

 tn the Government have already withdrawn to Atua 

 to Hold meeting*, and that l-th Atua and Anna have 

 fUhiililsn inhabitants of those distn. t> which fought 

 on the aide of UM Government to return to their vil- 

 lages end have already partly burned down the lat- 

 . irate* that a real conciliation of the parties is 

 till far on*.** 



And in a note of the 10th ultimo, inclosing a copy 

 of that report for the information of this Government. 

 Ike German ambassador said : 



contents of the report awakened the Imperial 

 ' eak>n that ui. _' cir- 



COncludcd with the rcl-cls Will 



of the lasting restoration of tran- 



TUe pm*nt Government has utterly failed to cor- 

 rect, if indeed it haa not aggravated, the very . 



ded to prevent It has not stimulated our 

 with the island*. Our participation in its 

 linat the wishes of the natives waa 

 of the conservative teachings and 

 of UM wise and patriotic men who laid the 

 ns of oar free institutions, end I invite an 

 n of the judgment of Congress on the pro- 



with the 

 not prejudi- 

 ces! to any of oar existing righto. 



The 8ecretary of the treeaury reports that the re- 

 eeipto of th Government from all sources of revenue 

 during the fiscal year ending June 80, 1894, amounted 

 to $ttSjm.498.*9. and its expenditures to $442,605,- 

 : - -: ...,.., . i ,... 



e Jiennii of $15^62,<74.W In the ordinary expenses of 



UJMssion of UM judgment of Congreas on UK 



; '-:- ' ' : ' -' "' 

 bW to UM withdrawal from its engagements wil 

 odftar power, on aome_ reasonable farms not pr 



.-.. ..... .- " ..-<.-.. -..: :- 



Than was collected from customs $181^18,680.62, 



$147.168,449.70. The bal- 

 ance of the income for the year, amounting to $98,- 



.-...: ...--..... 



The value of oar total dutiable imports amounted 

 t $*71J9UM*, being $14.tt7.*5 ICM than 

 UM preeeSnTysaTTand theimportationsfree of <lu,v 



the importatioos free o; 



,;.;-.. ,..-....'. 



and from internal rev 





year. The receipts from cus- 

 11 leaa, and fh 



K eollectrd from disUlled spiritu was 

 on manufartored tobacco, $28,617,- 



, ;:.>Hj$| 

 of mrrchaodV domestic and foreign, 



- , u . ;, 



fiscal 



MMOMed during the rear to $891 



, . ... 



veer was $:/>**/xi. a* againet $1 



the iseal year 18M. The amount import*^! was $72,- 



449.119. M rain.t 121.174,981 during the previous 



The inipnru -f .ilver were $l$ 1 S8 f 562, and the ex- 

 ports were $60<461.St& 



Tin 



in llu- 1 



208.8W. being an increase of * 



iurinc tin- pn-ortlinir \ amount 



i, .lul\ 1. l"'..|.f Au- 



time whin furtlu-r puvtni'iit ocuwi-il l-\ ) ration of 

 law, was $J66,18:. ;..-n-i > HUM.: 



the naVMK'iit "f tin- IKUMIIV UIM Mi^ar ilurin^ tin- 

 n^ai year was $180,140.86. 



..t.-.l thiit njM.n thr lui!.'^ of tin i 



nit nt (hiring 

 tin- nirr. lit ti>'al \\ill IT 



. \j.. n-litun-h *! ; 

 ivMiltinir in a iU ti.-it of $20,000,000. 



<>n tin- Ut <lav <.f N..VI-III!.. i. 1894, tl 

 of money of all k'in<l- in tin oiintrv \va- 

 888, as against $8.904,661,000 on tl',.. \-- 

 \.-n.l.. i. 189$; an.! tin- iniii,-\ of all kinds in < 

 ti-'ii. or not incliKli.l in tin- Tn-aMin hoKlings, WM 



2, or $24,27/Mroopto, u]xn 



nopolnttoo of 68,887,000. At the WIIIM- .late tlu-re was 

 held in tin- Tri-a-nry pll liullion mnonntini: ' 



616,1 77.6ft, and silver bollioo N\lii-h \va pnrchaaed at 

 acodtof $127.77'.MH. Tin- \ liver bullion 



undrr tin- ad of .July 1 ; D tin- l.-t <lay 



< in I xT, 1898, and u\> to that tin.. ti< 

 been pur'liuM-l lurin^ tin- ti.-<-al \rar ll.'.'l, 

 fine ounces :. 



of $0.7818 pc-r tine ounce. Tlir total amount of silver 

 purclia^i-l t'roni tin- tinit- tliat law to-.k i-Hi-ct until the- 

 repeal of ito purclia>in^ rlaiiM-, on tli- i: 



..74,682-68 fine ounce*, whi.-h -ot 

 $155,981,002.25, the average i>ri<-e pi-r tin. .!;: 

 in- $0.9844, 



total amount of>tanlanl filvt-r <lollan- 

 at the mint>ofthe l'nitt>d States since the pa.ssageof 

 the act of Kd,. -J8, 1878, is *4-Jl.. \Oii.-h 



$878,166,798 were coined umler the ]inivi.-.'mnh of that 

 -,581,148 un.ler the pr,\ i-.i.,n* of the act of 

 July 14, IWMI. ami $:>.i7vt7'-' uii.ler the act pnivilinf 

 for the coinage of trade-dollar bullion. 



The total coinage of all metals at our mints during 

 the lant fiscal year consisted of 68.486,2'^' 

 ued at $106,216,780.06, of which there were * 

 912.50 in gold coined. $::.*> in -tan. lard hilvrr dollars, 

 $6,024,140.30 in subsidiary silver coin, and $716,- 

 919.26 in minor coin. 



During the calendar year 1893 the production of 

 precious metal* in tin- United States wax intimated at 

 1,789,828 flnc ounces of ^ohl, of the commercial and 

 coinage value of $85,956,000, and 60,000,000 fine 

 ounces of silver, of the bullion or market value of 

 $46,800,000 and of the coinn. 



It is estimated that on the M lay of .Inly. 1 *'.'!. the 

 stock of metallic money in the United S* 

 ing of coin and bullion, amounted to $1,251,640,968, 

 of which *027,928,201 was gold and $624,847,757 waa 



Fifty national banks were organized dun 

 year ending Oct. 31, 1894, with a capital of . T 

 000, and 79, with a capital of $10,475.000. went into 

 voluntary liquidation. Twenty one banks, with a 

 capital of $2,770,000, were placed in the Imn-i 

 celvers. The total numl>er <>f national hanks m e\- 

 istence on the 31tt -la\ -f < .:-. i..-r la-t -.-. 



.-40 less than ..n tl of October, I 



; itjil Mwk paid in wa* ff,7j 

 491 less than at the same time in ti 



and the surplus fund and und'md. . 



penses and taxes paid, amounted to $884^121,082.10, 



which was $16,089,780 le.^ than >.n ' - The 



circulation wasdecreased f 1.7 41. :;:{. The ol,! : 



of the banks to each other wen- increased *l 



884, and the individual (1 



than at the eorreepooding <i 



Loans and diicouritK were $1- luon- than at 



the sme time the previous year, and check* arid other 



cash items were t90^49,96S more, The total p 



-anks at the date mentioned amounted to $3,- 

 478,922.055, as against 



From the report of the .Secretary of War it appears 



