DEPOSITS OF GOLD AT UNITED STATES MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES SINCE 1873.

Total. 1,721,658,636.52 63,607,701.79 452,640,504. 56 475,261,751.32 90,989,308.86 2,804,157,903.05

DEPOSITS OF SILVER AT UNITED STATES MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES SINCE 1885.

The mint at Philadelphia coined for the Government of Mexico 1,000,000 gold ten-peso pieces and 3,000,000 gold five-peso pieces; for Costa Rica, 300,000 silver ten-centimo pieces and 400,000 silver five-centimo pieces; for Panama, 1,000,000 silver half-balboa pieces. In addition to the above the mints at Philadelphia and San Francisco coined for the Philippines the following:

The Philippine coinage made by the mints of the United States from date of the act of March 3, 1903, authority for this coinage, to June 30, 1906, is as follows:

Of the subsidiary coinage made during the year $3,156,097.10 were from bullion received from the Treasury for recoinage and $860,271 from silver bullion purchased under the provision of section 3526 of the Revised Statutes.

The loss on the recoinage of $1,528,553 in worn and uncurrent gold coins was $14,261.81, and the net loss on the recoinage of $1,414,963.90 in worn and uncurrent silver coins was $92,129.63, for which the Treasury of the United States was reimbursed from the appropriation for that purpose. On the transfer from the Treasury of $5,311.75 in Hawaiian coin there was a gain of $73.25.

COINAGE OF GOLD AND SILVER AT THE MINTS OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1873, BY FISCAL YEAR.

1873.

1874.

Gold.

Silver

$1,968, 645, 50

2,440, 165

50,442,690.00

2,394, 701. 39

2,179, 833 4,558,526 7,650, 005 14, 228, 851 21, 239, 880 21,623, 702 21,059, 046 21,611,294 21, 383, 920 21, 488, 148 22, 266, 171 22, 220, 702 22,296, 827 23, 211, 226 26,525, 276 26, 331, 176 26,659, 493 28, 430, 092 29, 498.927 11,259, 863 9, 353, 787 4,358, 299 6,810, 196 8, 651, 384 18,659, 623 12, 426,024 20, 966, 979 23,464, 817 26,726, 641 22,756,781 19, 705, 162 13,396, 894 6,600, 068

$977, 150 3,588,900 5,697,500 6, 132, 050 9, 162, 900 19,951, 510 27,227,500 27,933, 750 27,637,955 27,772,075

3,956, 011 7,500, 822 21, 203, 701 10,002,780 18, 254, 709 18, 294, 984 24, 298, 850 19, 402, 800 17,972,785 10, 101, 650 310

4,372, 868.00 12,994, 452.50 19, 387, 035.00 8, 339, 311.50

382.50 8,687.50 12,011. 75 11, 313. 75 724, 351. 15

5, 113, 469. 60 3,939, 819. 20 3, 124, 085. 65 6, 482, 804. 00 9,466, 877. 65 12, 876, 849. 15 10,966, 648. 50 10,713, 569. 45

28, 111, 119
28,099, 930
28, 528, 552
29,838,905
33, 266, 831
32,718, 673
33,793, 860
35,923, 816
36, 232, 802

673, 457.80

2,039, 218. 35

320, 407. 65 183, 442.95 1,099, 652, 75 1, 417, 422. 25 721,686, 40 892, 020. 70

8,023, 751. 25

7,719, 231. 00

9, 123, 660. 60

4,016, 368. 10

Total..

93, 532,971 1,933,498,014. 50

589,599, 613

RECOINAGE OF STANDARD SILVER DOLLARS.

There were purchased as bullion 909 mutilated silver dollars during the fiscal year 1906, which were for use in the manufacture of subsidiary silver coins.

Mutilated and uncurrent silver dollars received and melted at the mints and at the assay offices since 1883:

RECOINAGE OF UNCURRENT COIN.

The following table shows the face value of abraded subsidiary coin transferred for recoinage, the amount of new coin made therefrom, and the loss since 1891:

The results of recoinage of Hawaiian silver coin to June 30, 1906, has been as follows:

During the fiscal year 1906 there were manufactured by the mints and assay offices of the United States gold and silver bars of the value of $124,795,691.44.

Tables will be found in the appendix showing in detail the character of bars manufactured at each institution during the year.

WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT REFINERIES.

There were received and operated upon by the refineries connected with the mints at Philadelphia, San Francisco, New Orleans, and Denver and the assay office at New York, during the fiscal year 1906,

gold bullion containing 3,820,944.542 standard ounces, and silver bullion containing 8,724,887.16 standard ounces, of the total coining value of $81,239,936.27, as shown by the following table:

SILVER BULLION ON WHICH CHARGES WERE COLLECTED.

In order to show the amount of the above-mentioned silver bullion treated by the Government refineries on which charges were received and the amount handled for parting purposes the following table is presented:

The figures given above represent the amount of silver received by the melter and refiner and charged to the refinery, but as it was used over and over it does not represent the whole amount of silver used or sent to the refinery.

PURCHASE OF SILVER.

The following table shows the amount and cost of silver bullion purchased for the subsidiary silver coinage during the fiscal year

1906:

SILVER PURCHASES FOR SUBSIDIARY COINAGE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, 1906.