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UNITED STATES
In gold bullion there was an increase of $71,116,954, and in gold coin a decrease of 846,178.493. In silver bullion there was a decrease of �7,136,407, and in silver dollars an increase of $4,969,089. On July 1, 1898, the metallic stock in the national banks was $280,- 761,777, as against $189,502,987 on the same date for the previous year, or an increase in 1898 of $91,258,790. The increase in gold coin for 1898 was $89,570,431, that in silver dollars being $1,110,312. The amount of paper money held in the national banks July 1, 1898, was less by $36,132,342 than on July 1, 1897. The total increase in metallic and paper money held in the national banks on July 1, 1898, over that of July 1, 1897, was $55,126,448. The total metallic stock in other than national banks and in general circulation on July 1, 1898, was $498,358,854, and in paper currency $840,553,651, as against $430,850,317 and $758,888,556, respectively, on July 1, 1897 — an increase in the former of $58,508,537, and in the latter of $81,665,095. The increase in gold coin over the previous fiscal year was $50,735,346, and in standard silver dollars $3,923,379. The increase in the total metallic stock on July 1, 1898, over that of July 1, 1897, was $168,407,200. The increase in gold coin was $94,127,- 284, and in standard silver dollars $10,002,780. There was a decrease during 1898 of $31,151,529 in the total stock of paper currency and an increase of $137,255,671 in the total stock of metallic and paper currency. The stock of gold and silver and the amount per capita, various years, from 1873 to 1898, in the United States, is exhibited in the following table, compiled from the reports of the Director of the Mint :
• Total Coin and Bullion Per Capita Fiscal Year ending June 30 — Population Gold Silver Gold Silver Total Metallic 1873 .... 41,677.000 $135,000,000 $6,149,305 $3.23 $0.15 $3.38 1880 . 50,155,78^3 351,841,206 148,522,678 7.01 2.96 9.97 1890 . 62,622,250 695,563,029 4():3.211.919 11.10 7.39 18.49 1894 . 68,397,000 627,293,201 624,347.757 9.18 9.13 18.31 1895 . 69,878,000 636,229,825 (V.'5.srv4.949 9.10 8.97 18.07 1896 . 71,390,000 599,597,964 628,728,071 8.40 8.81 17.21 1897 . 72.937,000 696,270,.542 (>:34,509,7S1 9.55 8.70 18.25 1898 . 74,522,000 861,514,780 637,672,743 11.56 8.56 20.12
VALUE OF THE GOLD AND SILVER (NOT INCLUDING EEDEPOSITS) RECEIVED AT THE MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES, VARIOUS YEARS, 1880 TO 189S
Fiscal Year.s Gold Silver (Coining Value) Total Value 1880 . 1890 . 1894 . 1895 . 1896 . 1897 . 1898 . $9S,&35,096 42,6(>3,095 71,909,513 65,161,067 68,769,384 87,003,338 147,693,195 $34,640,522 42,644,719 28,697,031 15.234.700 11,672,078 9,470,623 13,261,600 $133,475,618 85,307,814 100,606,544 80,395,767 80,441,462 96,473,961 160,9r>4,795
