156 



CONGRESS. (TitE PRESIDENT'S MESSAOB.) 



$8,859,695 less of gold and $8,566,007 more of sil- 

 ver than during the preceding year. 



.I stock of metallic m.-iu-y in tin- I'nited 



: cloM' of the liiwt (foal Veal ended on 



which $599.697,964 was in gold and $62*.7->.o:i in 

 silver. 



(he M >'.>. the 



,11 kind- in the country was 



$2.885.410,590. ami the am--unt in circulation, n-i 

 in. -1 ii. i in- that in the Treasury holdings was 

 U-ing $28.68 per capita upon an 

 estimated population f 71.902,000. 



in. -lion of thi- ' lh in the 



fi.it.-l State* dun; .iendar year 1H95 is 



estimated to have been 2,254.7'. line ounces of 

 gold. line of $4fl.filO.<*H>. and 55.727.000 



fine ounces of silver, of tin- commercial value of 

 $36.445.000 an.l th,- coinage value of $7'J.'51.ooo. 

 i rod net ion of these metal- thr.'inrli- 

 ut the world during tin- same period was 9.688,821 

 line ounces of -..;.!. amounting to $200.285,700 in 

 value, and 109.189.24!) I'm.- ounces of silver, of the 

 nercial value of $110,654,000 and of the coin- 

 age value of $-j according to our ratio. 

 The coinage of these metals in tin- various coun- 



rld during the same calendar 

 :itcd to $232.701,488 in gold and $121,996,819 

 in sii, 

 The total coinage at the mints ,f the f nited 



the ti-eal y.-ar end.-d Jin. 



amounted to $71, 188,468.52. of which $58,878,490 

 was in go 118,809,978 Q standard 



-uli-idiary coins, and minor coins 



The numhvr of national hanks orirani/ed from 



tin- tune the law authori/ini; their creation was 



passed up to Oct. :i:. 5.051, and of this 



mi m her 8,769 were at the date la-t mentioned in 



oiK-ration, having authorized capital stock 



of $T, . and 



- amounting to $211.H'J .' 



The total outstanding circulating not.-s of all 

 national banks tlsl day of October, l s '.'>. 



amounted to $234.553,807, including unredeemed 

 Init fully secured notes of hanks insolvent and in 

 process of liquidation. The increase in national- 

 Iwnk circulation during the year ending on that 

 -MM $21.9,429. On (tot & 189ft, when the 

 condition of national hanks was last reported, the 

 total resources of the 3.679 active institutions was 

 $8.268,685,813.83, which inch, 

 in loans and discounts and $302 in money 



of all kinds on hand, of their liabilities $1,097,- 

 891.058.73. was due to individual depositors, and 

 $209,944,019 consisted of outstanding circulating 

 DOtet, 



There were organ i/.-d during th. ding 



ite last mentioned 2H national banks, located 

 iii 15 States, of which 1: >d in the 



Eastern States with a capital of $1.1*0.000. <; in 

 the Western States with a capital of $875.(KKI. and 

 10 in the Suit hern States with a capital of $1.1 !'<.- 

 000. During the year, however. :',7 hanks volun- 

 tarily abandoned their franchises under the na- 

 tional law, and in the case of 27 others it was 

 found necessary to appoint receivers. Th. i 

 as compared with the year pn < -din-, there was a 

 decrease of 36 in the number of active banks 

 The number of existing banks organized under 



laws is 5.708. 



The numUr of immigrants arriving in the United 

 ing the fiscal year was 34:'.. 'J*;:. of whom 

 340,468 were permitted to land, and 2.?.W wer 

 barred, on various ground- pre*criliod by law. and 

 returned to the countries whence they came at the 

 expense of the steam- -.:,:- l>y which they 



were brought in. The increase in immigration 



.mounted to SJ.7:11. It is 



ion> the immi_ 



of th.' pa-' of a hardy laboring cla- 



UHtom.-d .irn a 'support for them- 



selves, and il isc-iimated that the money lir.-uuht 

 with them amounted to at lea-t $5,000,000. though 

 II ). rol.al.lv much in excess <.f that >um. since 

 only thost- having less than $:{<> are required t<> di>- 

 close the exact amount, and it i- kno\\n that many 

 brought .-..n-idcralile MUM- "f money to l.uv land 

 and Imiid home-. In.-ludini: all tlie imrni. 



M- \\h" w.-r.- o\-,-r fouri. i -js-r;i 



ii againsl 



of tliose of that age arriving during th. 

 The numlier .f nnmiLM 



\ -ars old. the countn*-- from which they . 

 and the percentage of illi: 

 as follow: Italy. 57.515. with 

 land. th 7 per pent.; K'u with 



ll'll per cent.; .\utria-lliin':ai-\ and pro\ 

 57.05!), wr : with 



2-96 per cent.: Sweden. l\v,>i.\viih 1'16 percent.; 

 while from Portugal tin-re came 2.1MJ7, "f who-n 



1 per cent, were illiterate. There arrived from 



:i during the year only 1.1 10 immigrant 

 it is the opinion of the immigration autli 

 that the a]ipreheiision heretofore existing to 



1 'f a large immigration from Japan to the 

 f nited States is without any -iil>-tantial founda- 

 tion. 



From the Lif.-Savini: Service it i- reported that 

 the numlicrof <! documented vessels w Uli- 



in the limits of its operations durinir the year was 

 j:',7. Th.-e eeSSelfl had on l.oard 4,6 OS, of 



whon. -aved and lo lo>t. Theva. 



such vessels is estimated at $8.880,140, and of their 

 Cargoes $8,846,880, making the total value of prop- 



::uperiled | >. Of this amount $11.- 



- -av.-d and si ,- lost. - 



seven of the vessels were totally wrecked. There 

 \\eiv l..-ides 243 casualties to small undocumented 

 craft, on hoard of which there w.-iv .V.i| p. rsons, ..f 

 whom 5s 7 were sived and 7 were lo-t. The value 

 of the pro|crty involved in th. 

 c-timated at $119,265, of which $114.'.M5 was 

 and^i lost The life-saving crews daring 



the year also rescued or assisted numerous other 



Is and warned many from danger 1 

 ooth by day and eight, The Dumber of d is 

 during the year exceeded that of any previou- 

 in the history of the service. Imt the saving of both 

 life and property wa than ever before in 



proportion to the value of the property in\ 

 and to the number of persons imperiled. 



The operation- of the .Marine- Hospital S< : 

 the Revenue-Cutter Service, the Steaml- 



tioll S-rviec. the Ll'^lltll 



of Navigation, and other I. ranches of public work 

 attached to the Treasury Department, together with 

 "ininendation- cone. -rnini: their support 

 and improvement, are fully -tated in the report of 

 the s.-iTi-iary of the Treasury, to which the atten- 

 tion of the Congreei i" especiallT invited. 



The report of the Secretary of Wai exhibit- 

 factory conditions in the several branches of the 

 pobUo terrioi intrusted to his charge. 



The limit of our militarx force, as fixed b\ 

 is constantly an-l r.-adily maintained. The pi 

 discipline and tnnrnli- of our army are excellent, 

 and marked progress and efliejency are app 

 throughout its entire organixatiotL 



With the exception of delica'e duties in the sup- 

 pression of slight Indian disturbances along our 

 southwestern boundary, in which the .Mexican 

 troops co-operated, and the compulsory but peaceful 

 return. with the consent of (Jreat Britain, of a band 

 of Cree Indians from Montana to the Briti-h j 



