ABSTRACT OF REPORTS MADE TO CONTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY AS TO THE CONDITION OF THE (3,610) NATIONAL BANKS, JULY 23, 1897: Loans and discounts.....$1,966,891,500 75||Capital.stock paid in....... Overdrafts U. S. bonds to secure circulation 10,662,210 20] Surplus fund.. 228,439,400 00 $632,153,042 00 246,403,782 15 Undivided profits, less 83,863,440 17 196,590,790 00 U. S. bonds to secure U. U. S. bonds on hand. and bankers. Due from reserve agents. items Exchanges for Clearing 60,381 50 388,117,906 89 208,876,900 43 1,800,659 07 1,770,480,563 13 12,922,506 63 3,468,352 66 house Bills of other Nat. banks. ] 89,457,189 73 5,450,428 38 Bills payable 9,625,115 06 981.780 73 240,922,601 61 126,511,020 00 46,085,000 00 Liabilities other than 3,594,185 87 10,003,629 39 $3,563,408,053 94 RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES OF STATE BANKS, LOAN AND TRUST COMPANIES, SAVINGS AND PRIVATE BANKS, 1896-'97. Classification. Resources. Loans on real estate. U. S. bonds. $50,077,294 $63,643,137] $822,012,228 $8,652,6261 $944,385, 285 92.694,108 236,044,125| 527,202,154 145,942,463) 48,413,410] 9.527,8001 196,082,0481 30,721,869] 3.86,679,443 899,948,531 206,032 7,410,742 205,000, 19S 466,137,050) 533,469| 477,727,702 R. R. bonds and st'ks| 525,812 8,706,430 121,864,076 Bank stocks.. 42,193,627 Other st'ks, b'ds, etc. [ 391,824,080 Due from other banks and bankers... Real estate, furniture] and fixtures.. Current expenses, etc. 635,213 404,917 3,918,333 $1,138,185,402 $843,713,745 $2.198,824,474|$77,953,444|$4,258,877,065 18,204,744) 71,022,139 $1,138,185,402 $843,713,745 $2,198,824,4741 $77,953,444184,258,677,065 GOLD, ETC., HELD BY NATIONAL AND OTHER BANKS, JULY 23, 1897: Classification. National banks (3,610). $119,467,606 All other banks (5,847). $48,666,406 944,823 $228,677,088|$106,968, 253 77,408,570| 159,954,756| 68.825,967 24,950,454 20,199,300 716,025 723,640,795 99.146) 566,922,205 64,587,726 9,676,735 $380,090,778 311,221,907 71,215,083 27,641 842,812 Totals VARIOUS MONEYS There are ten different kinds of money in circulation in the United States, namely: Gold coins, standard silver doliars, subsidiary silver, gold certificates, silver certificates, Treasury notes issued under the Act of July 14, 1890; United States notes (also called greenbacks and legal tenders), National bank notes, and nickel and bronze coins. These forms of money are all available as circulation. Gold coin is legal tender at its nominal or face value for all debts, public and private, when not below the standard weight and limit of tolerance prescribed by law; and when below such standard of tolerance it is legal tender in proportion to its weight. OF National bank notes are not legal tender, but both classes of certificates are receivable for all public dues, while National bank notes are receivable for all public dues except duties on imports, and may be paid out by the Government for all salaries and other debts and demands owing by the United States to individuals, corporations and associations within the United States, except interest on the public debt, and in redemption of the National currency. All National banks are required by law to receive the notes of other National banks at par. was The minor coins of nickel and copper are legal tender to the extent of 25 cents. The coinage of legal-tender gold authorized by the first coinage act, passed by Congress April 2, 1792. The gold unit of value is the dollar, which contains 25.8 grains of standard gold 900 fine. The amount of fine gold in the dollar is 23.22 grains, and the remainder of the weight is an alloy of copper. The total coinage of gold by the mints of the United States from 1792 to June 30, 1897, was $1,886. 338,958, of which it is estimated that $671,676,250 is still in existence as coin in the United States, while the remainder has been exported or consumed in arts. the The silver unit is the dollar, which contains 4121⁄2 grains of standard silver 900 fine. The amount of fine silver in the dollar is 371% grains, and there are 411⁄4 grains of copper alloy. The standard silver dollar was first authorized by the Act of April 2, 1792. The coinage of the standard silver dollar was discontinued by the Act of February 12, 1873, and it was restored by the Act of February 28, 1878. The total amount coined from 1792 to 1873 was $8,031,238, and the amount coined from 1878 to June 30, 1897, was $451,993.742. The coinage ratio between gold and silver under the Act of 1792 was 15 to 1. but by the Act of 1837 it was changed to 15.988 to 1 (commonly called 16 to 1). Centiare (square metre).... Are Hectare (10,000 sq. met.)... 1076.429934 2,471 acres OCEAN MAIL SERVICE. An act of the Congress of 1890-91 provides that vessels employed in the mail service under the provisions of the act shall be American built steamships, owned and officered by American citizens, in conformity with the existing laws, and upon each departure from the United States the following proportion of the crew shall be citizens of the United States, to wit: During the first two years of such contract for carrying the mails, one-fourth thereof; during the next three succeeding years, cne-third thereof, and during the remain ing time of the continuance of such con tract at least one-half thereof; and sa.d vessels must be constructed after the latest and most approved types, with all the modern improvements and appliances for ocean steamers. Said vessels shall take. as cadets or apprentices, one Americanborn boy under twenty-one years of age, for each 1.000 tons gross register, and one for each majority fraction thereof. who shall be educated in the duties of seamanship, rank as petty officers, and receive such pay for their services as may be reasonable. 6,857 42.491 62,266 1,058,910 New-Hampshire. 141.885 183,858 214,460 244,022 269,328 184,139 211,149 245,562 277,426 320,823 61,547 93,516 91,874 119,565 376,530 5,997,853 581,295 753,410 869,039 992,622 1,070,361 1,399,750 1,980,329 2,339,511 2,665,260 3,198,062 3,672,316 61,834 ORIGIN, DATE OF SETTLEMENT, INDEBTEDNESS, ETC., OF STATES AND 3Time of! Census, 4Indebted Alabama. French.. 1713 Dec. 14, 1819.. Cotton 127,901 | 1890. nese. Alaska Territory. 2July 27, 1868. 38,000 Arizona Territory Spanish.. 1590 Feb. 24, 1863.. 9,658 59,620 Arkansas. California.... Colorado.... 1 Connecticut. 1Delaware. District of Columbia. Florida..... 1Georgia. French.. 1685 June 15, 1836. Bear 52,240 1,128,179 10.828,809 Spanish. 1769 Sept. 9, 1850.. French. 1540 March 3, 1875. Idaho... Emigrants. Illinois. French. Indian Territory. Spanish. 1832 March 3, 1845. Jan. 2, 1788.. 1842 July 3, 1890.. 1720 Dec. 3, 1818.. June 30, 1884.. March 3, 1791. 15,569,459 150,000 412,198 8,411,027 237,946 746,258 23,703,478 59,096 168,493 2,919,084 14,093 230,392 19,781,050 58 680 391,422 82,548 1,837,353 Gem of the M't's. 84,385 84,385 Sucker and Pr'rie 1 Indiana. French. 1730 Dec. 11, 1816.. Hoosier 63,805 2,192,404 81,920 1,911,896 107,206 1,427,096 40,629,022 Em. from Virginia.. 1775 Feb. 4. 1791.. Bluegrass 73,677 1,858,635 19 432,885 French. 1699 April 8, 1812.. Creole 76,536 1,118,587 33.335.497 English. 1630 March 3, 1820. Pine Tree. 298,269 English.. 1634 April 28, 1788. Monumental 319,728 661,086 1,043,390 English Puritans. 1620 Feb. 6. 1788.. Bay 378.787 2 238,943 French. 1670 Jan. 26, 1837.. Wo'rine and Lake 212,267 2,093,889 15,600,777 42,175,408 New-England Em. 1819 May 11, 1858.. North Star... 172,023 1,301,826 26,050,929 French... 1716 Dec. 10, 1817.. Eagle 75,512 1,289,600 6,001,347 Missouri.. French..... 1755 March 2, 1821.. Puke ... 66.586 2,679,184 51,557,568 Montar.a. Em. from South. 1852 Feb. 22, 1889.. Stubtoe Granite 131,769 132,159 2,918,893 Dutch and Danes.. 1627 Dec. 18, 1787.. Blue 184,139 1.444.933 49,333,589 New-Mexico Territory. 1New-York.............. Spanish. 1582 Sept. 9, 1850.. Vermin 153,593 2,831,538 July 26, 1788.. Empire 340,120 5,997,853 201,763.217 | 1585 | Nov. 21, 1789.. Old North.. 393,751 1,617,947 11,117,445 1859 1768 Feb. 22. 1889.. 2 April 30, 1802. Flickertail 182,425 182,719 3,842,790 Buckeye 45,365 3,672,316 71,065,386 May 2, 1890.. 2,479,860 71,041,675 |