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150,998, equal to $26.94 per capita. It consisted 

 of $1,442,247,405 of currency of all descriptions and 

 $(512,903,593 of certificates against which an equiv- 

 alent of the appropriate kinds of money was held 

 in the Treasury for redemption on demand. The 

 total was made up of $010,806,472 of gold coin, 

 $200,733,019 of gold certificates, $65,889,346 of 

 standard silver dollars, $408,465,574 of silver cer- 

 tificates, $76,160,988 of subsidiary coin, $3,705.000 

 of currency certificates, $313,971,545 of United 

 States notes, $300,115,112 of national bank notes, 

 and $75,303,942 of fractional currency. The money 

 in the Treasury, exclusive of the sums against 

 which certificates had been issued, was $284,549,- 

 675, made up of $222,844,953 of gold coin and bul- 

 lion, $15,749,107 of standard silver dollars, $6,702,- 

 754 of subsidiary coin, $29,004,471 of United States 

 notes, $9,525,332 of national bank notes, and $723,- 

 058 of fractional currency. The amounts of the 

 vrrious kinds of money in the country w r ere $103,- 

 384,444 of gold, $408,465,574 of standard silver 

 dollars, $82,863,742 of subsidiary coin, $346,681,016 

 of U ted States notes, $309,640,444 of national 

 bank notes, and $76,027,000 of fractional currency. 

 The coinage of the United States mints in 1899 

 was $111,344,220 of gold, $26,061,519 of standard 

 silver dollars, and $1,837,451 of minor coins; total, 

 $139,243,191. 



There were 3,871 national banks doing business 

 on Sept. 5, 1900, having $3,281,000,000 of deposits 

 net, against which they held reserves amounting 

 to $983,300,000, or 29. 7 'per cent., the legal reserve 

 being $684,100,000, their reserves consisting of 

 $518,400,000 of lawful money, $450,700,000 due 

 from agents, and $14,200,000 redemption fund. 

 The resources and liabilities of the banks, accord- 

 ing to the report of the Comptroller of the Cur- 

 rency, were on that date as follow: 



Resources : 



Loans 82,709.900,000 



Bonds for circulation 294.900.000 



Other United States bonds 113,900.000 



Stocks and securities 367,300.000 



Due from banks 730.400.000 



Real estate 26,000,000 



Specie 373,300.000 



Legal tender notes 145.000,000 



National bank notes 25.400,000 



Clearing-house exchanges 124,500.000 



United States certificates 2,100,000 



Due from United States Treasurer 15,900,000 



Other resources 113.500.000 



Total resources $5,048,100,000 



Liabilities: 



Capital stock $630,300.000 



Surplus fund 261,900,000 



Undivided profits 127.600,000 



Circulation 283,900,000 



Due to depositors 2.508.200.000 



Due to banks 1,096,600.000 



' Other liabilities 139.600.000 



Total liabilities $5,048,100,000 



The specie and coin certificates held by the 

 national banks consisted of $103.752,172 of gold 

 coin. $115,018,140 of Treasury certificates, $93,- 

 390,000 of clearing-house certificates, $8,782,306 of 

 silver dollars. $7, 144,233 of fractional coin and$45,- 

 243.559 of silver certificates; total, $373,328.410. 



The resources and liabilities of 1,002 savings 

 banks were reported as follow: 



Resources : 



Loan s on real estate $91 4,066.51 8 



Loans on other securities 253,719.188 



United States bonds 111.118.450 



State and other stocks and bonds. 513.971.965 



Railroad bonds and stocks 230.488.662 



Bank stock 34.607.547 



Real estate 56.051.224 



Other investments 864.678.498 



Due from banks 113,562.042 



Cash 32,115,609 



Total resources $2,024,883,634 



Liabilities: 



Deposits $2,389,719,954 



Surplus fund 184,919,203 



Undivided profits 21,907,W>2 



Capital stock, etc 28,326,756 



Total liabilities 82,624,873,634 



There were 6,107,083 depositors having $2,449,- 

 547,885 of savings deposits, of which $939.790,300 

 were in the Eastern, $1,148,691,350 in the Mid- 

 dle, $14,840,199 in the Southern, $185,806,444 in 

 the Western, and $160,419,586 in the Pacific 

 States. 



Navigation. The tonnage of vessels entered 

 from foreign countries at the seaports of the 

 United States during the year ending June 30, 

 1900, was 23,533,597 tons, of which 3,974,239 tons 

 were American and 19,559,358 tons foreign. The 

 tonnage of sailing vessels entered was 3,245,874 

 tons, of which 923,561 tons were American and 

 2,322,313 tons foreign; the steam tonnage was 

 20,287,723 tons, of which 3,050,678 tons were 

 American and 17,237,045 tons foreign. The ton- 

 nage of vessels cleared for foreign countries dur- 

 ing the fiscal year 1900 was 23,617,658 tons, of 

 which 4,006,114 tons were American and 19,611,- 

 544 tons foreign. The tonnage of sailing vessels 

 cleared was 3,298,691 tons, of which 958,489 tons 

 were American and 2,340,202 tons foreign. The 

 steam tonnage cleared was 20,318,967 tons, of 

 which 3,047,625 tons were American and 17,271,- 

 342 tons foreign. During the year 783,375 tons 

 were entered from and 832,434 tons cleared for 

 Belgium, 642,654 tons entered from and 1,011,322 

 tons cleared for France, 2,334,042 tons entered 

 from and 2,706,337 tons cleared for Germany. 

 798,380 tons entered from and 538.957 tons cleared 

 for Italy, 868.657 tons entered from and 1,303.108 

 tons cleared for the Netherlands, 443,420 tons en- 

 tered from and 212,350 tons cleared for Spain, 

 7,015,528 tons entered from and 7,047,998 tons 

 cleared for the United Kingdom, 1,214,476 tons 

 entered from and 1,301,780 tons cleared for Nova 

 Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward 

 Island, 1,469,610 tons entered from and 1,465,052 

 tons cleared for British Columbia, 375,268 tons en- 

 tered from and 320,518 tons cleared for Central 

 American states, 638,675 tons entered from and 

 532,397 tons cleared for Mexico, 705,760 tons en- 

 tered from and 696,485 tons cleared for the British 

 West Indies and British Honduras, 1,341,928 tons 

 entered from and 1,247,752 tons cleared for Cuba, 

 73,658 tons entered from and 257.705 tons cleared 

 for the Argentine Republic, 500,595 tons entered 

 from and 245,574 tons cleared for Brazil, 336,366 

 tons entered from and 307,384 tons cleared for 

 Colombia, 132,465 tons entered from and 77,778 

 tons cleared for British India, 394,801 tons en- 

 tered from and 456,069 tons cleared for China. 

 272,491 tons entered from and 256,820 tons cleared 

 for Japan, 141,922 tons entered from and 29S.514 

 tons cleared for Australia and New Zealand, 367.- 

 686 tons entered from and 274,769 tons cleared 

 for Hawaii, 157,587 tons entered from and 281.897 

 tons cleared for British possessions in Africa and 

 adjacent islands, and 2,524.253 tons entered fro.n 

 and 1.944,538 tons cleared for all other countries. 

 Of the total tonnage of American and foreign 

 vessels in foreign commerce entered and cleared 

 8,176,761 tons were entered and 7,843,529 tons 

 cleared at the port of New York, 2,236,066 tons 

 entered and 1,909.121 tons cleared at Boston. 

 1.850.650 tons entered and 1,885,959 tons cleared 

 at Philadelphia, 1,077,385 tons entered and 1,775,- 

 209 tons cleared at Baltimore, 1,675,434 tons en- 

 tered and 1,729,008 tons cleared at New Orleans. 

 1,351,718 tons entered and 1.339,648 tons cleared 

 at San Francisco, 1,103,797 tons entered and 



