No. 92.-ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE FIVE PER CENT REDEMPTION FUND OF NATIONAL BANKS AT THE END OF EACH MONTH, FROM JULY, 1874-Continued.

No. 92.-ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE FIVE PER CENT REDEMPTION FUND OF NATIONAL BANKS AT THE END OF EACH MONTH, FROM JULY, 1874—Continued.

No. 93.-CHANGES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1896 IN THE FORCE EMPLOYED IN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE.

No. 94.-APPROPRIATIONS MADE FOR THE FORCE EMPLOYED IN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE AND SALARIES PAID DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1896.

(No. 2.)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

BUREAU OF THE MINT,

Washington, D. C., December 4, 1896.

SIR: I have the honor to submit, in compliance with section 345, Revised Statutes of the United States, the twenty-fourth annual report of the Director of the Mint, covering the operations of the mints and assay offices of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896.

DEPOSITS OF GOLD.

The original deposits of gold during the fiscal year at the several mints and assay offices of the United States, including the gold contained in silver deposits, aggregated 3,696,354.381 standard ounces of the value of $68,769,383.81, an increase, as compared with the previous fiscal year, of 193,947.013 standard ounces of the value of $3,608,316.53. During the fiscal year 1896 the redeposits of gold amounted to $34,541,741.92, showing an increase of $12,220,719.64 as compared with the same for the previous fiscal year, making an aggregate of $103,311,125.73 in the total amount deposited during the year.

The redeposits of gold consisted of fine and unparted bars transferred from the mint at Denver, Colo., and assay offices at Charlotte, N. C., St. Louis, Mo., Helena, Mont., and Boise, Idaho, to the mint at Philadelphia, Pa., and from the mint at Carson, Nev., to the mint at San Francisco, Cal., transferred for conversion into coin.

The classification and weight in standard ounces (900 fine) of the original deposits and redeposits of gold bullion at the mints and assay offices of the United States during the fiscal years 1895 and 1896, and the increase or decrease, are shown in the table following.

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WEIGHT OF THE ORIGINAL DEPOSITS AND REDEPOSITS OF GOLD BULLION AT THE MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE FISCAL YEARS 1895 AND 1896, AND THE INCREASE OR DECREASE OF THE SAME DURING THE LATTER YEAR.

The classification and value of the original deposits and redeposits of gold bullion at the mints and assay offices of the United States during the fiscal years 1895 and 1896, and the increase or decrease, are fully shown in the following table:

VALUE OF THE ORIGINAL DEPOSITS AND REDEPOSITS OF GOLD BULLION AT THE MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE FISCAL YEARS 1895 AND 1896, AND THE INCREASE OR DECREASE OF THE SAME DURING THE LATTER YEAR.

Uncurrent United States gold coins of the face value of $1,683,880.50 were received and melted at the mints and assay offices during the