796 



rxr; rES, FIN OF Tin:. 



outstanding $a.886J7. besides $8^75.034 



...... Hid -':>. K ': .. ' 



*7D. There waa also a m-t in. n-n-M. in the 

 ordinary pavm. 



,ich W*.IW was fur an iiumw of the 



:-4>JMO for incrwu*.! U 

 and $1.840.** for an increased deficiency n. the 



no ftwrrr. 



law to be bald there has been little change during 

 the Tear except that the lmb.hu ,,f t ho Treasury 

 to the natfrnnnl bank redemption account was in- 

 ;nl-tcnler notes to meet 

 ,,f th.- liability in thisac.-ount. 

 ,i i received by the 



Trra-..r. fel 



rvnt dibursemi.:. and nny increase or 

 atemw in the ha* no special m. 



The several items of debt without n*on 

 and IBM are as below aho 



. ; 



lOf ttjK 



. . , 



TnUl. 



OcrrsTAxmxo Dcr. 81. 



ii 



, .... ,.. 

 I .' ' I ' 



M,3I7 



- tat 



RSSS 



4.VRDO 



46,681,016 



UBM.0M 





v changvn in the debt having a reserve dollar 

 1 hare no speoiul IM-.-U-JIIU' u|-.i the 

 oaadal condition of tlic r.,uutry. It will I.. 

 however, from the tahle hfivwith that 

 the fiacal year there wa> a decrease in tin- 



- awiry notea outstanding of $1^,468,000. and 

 an increaae in the amount of nl\.r -rtifi<.v 

 $!?.f.'."i. The decreaw ni-i.n..iir.l is |..-rina- 

 nenl. there Iwinp no authority f<>r an increased 

 ftame of Treasury notes. The decreaje in the 

 amount of these notes has been J.r..m;|,t aln.ut }>y 

 eoininc Ue ri\\<r l.ulh..n Uu^ht \\ith th(> notes 

 into lcr dollars, rvtinn^ the notes, and issuin- in 

 their place ailver certificates, and also issuing 

 orrtincatca on the doflan arising fr..n, the "pmiit 

 oocoinai. . iction. Hie < r-i-iiml issue 



of the Treasury notes was $lft54ttl.OO-J. l>ut tl, 

 ooinittf Ibe biill.Mn tc. ^v for whii-h they were 

 lamed at |r viih pAd. and redeeming tl 

 aaantifr as atated. the amount han I.. , ,. n<luced 

 t., IA4H.280. .ndth*r 

 and in tunr. ' ; .ped. the 



Trmsanr notes will hare disappeared, silver certifi- 

 eaustaiinf their pUoe, 



TfMMvrr "' 





Dw. 81. 



is-. 7. 



IK.ttt.140 



Sinn,. 



JKSSSt 



The ats and lUWlitir, >^ irr mre 



shown for the close of the calendar instead of the 



fbcal rear Available for that purpose, 



:1 be seen from the comparative tables below 



that no marked change in the item< of lialiililics 

 tk-n place. e\ |.l iii 

 ates, the which chanue lias al: 



man.. 



\\luch t! : an njuix- 



.11 actnal ca-li. 



Increased dnrin.i; th. 

 in ami linllion I. -uler- 



al.ly . also the lialalices hehl by lia 1 



batik ' *. The latter inc i- n^' to 



the t.-iii|.. il in the 1 



anoint: from the reimbursenienl to .incut 



of the indebtedness of t I ll'oad 



('..inpaiiy. ;,in.,nni in- in all l '. but 



the transaction did : until after t he close 



of |h- .I", heticc does Hot sh..\\ o|| t lie 



i-iirr.-iicy c-rt'i 



Treasury notes (18DO) 



Rederoptioa nati,,n. 



( Outstanding cheeks and druflH. . , 



NO DEC. 81, 



1807. 



$38.1 

 ,474,700 



T-.tal. 



f;,il,l coin or bullion. . . . 



United sun- 



:,al l>ank n< i 



-es in national bank deposi- 



tari.-s 



(I, ,1<1 .-.Tlilieates 



Silv.-r certilicntes 



Bonds and interest checKv paid.... 



Cnrrency e.-i tin- ., 



Miin'r e-.iiis and 



Subsidiary silver coins 



Total. 



11. 

 10,670,809 



1896. 



50^80,000 



10,150,168 



10^08 

 BOO 000 





The increase of the monetary circulation of the 



fou n try (.ul>id' of tin- TreaSOTT during the l;i-t 



liM-al year was *:<> ! which s-j'.i>-j:,.i:;i 



\\u- in" .-"Id coin. Th-n- \\;is al-n a (X>nsid( 



increase in silver fertifieate* and 



and a small increase in national lunik notes. 



total circulation at. t lie clos< of die Year was $1 



100,040. 



There was executed at the wversil mints during 

 the fi-al vear ending .Finn- :;<. 1^17. lt lar^.-ly in- 

 creased coinatre, of which that of the silver dollar 

 piece fhowH the increase over that of the 



prece- The (Million from \vhjch the i 



were- ,.- tlint pun-ha^eil un<ler the act of 



1890 in payment for which Treasury i 

 issued, and which ar n- retired as before 



stated. The coinage in detail is as follows : 



