AMOUNT AND COST OF TRADE DOLLARS REDEEMED UNDER ACT OF MARCH 3, 1887, ETC.-Continued.

AMOUNT AND COST OF SILVER BULLION PURCHASED UNDER ACT OF JULY 14, 1890, AND USED IN THE COINAGE OF STANDARD SILVER DOLLARS AND SUBSIDIARY SILVER COIN, WASTED AND SOLD IN SWEEPS, AND SEIGNIORAGE, FROM AUGUST 13, 1890, TO JUNE 30, 1905.

MOVEMENT OF GOLD FROM THE PORT OF NEW YORK.

The superintendent of the United States assay office at New York has prepared the following tables, giving exports of gold through the port of New York:

STATEMENT OF UNITED STATES GOLD COIN AND GOLD BULLION EXPORTED FROM THE PORT OF NEW YORK TO EUROPE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, 1906.

During the same period there were shipped to West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America, and Cuba, the following, viz:

United States coin.

Foreign coin...

Total gold exports to other ports.

Grand total of gold exports...

The imports during the same period were as follows:

From Europe:

United States coin..

$5,337, 461
1,232,976

$6,570, 437

7,713, 906

Foreign coin..

Bullion..

.....

Total gold from Europe.

$24, 121, 842
5, 214, 850
20,749,916

50,086, 608

From other ports (West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America, and

Cuba):

Grand total of gold imports..

55, 126, 242

During the same period there was exported to England copper matte containing 80 ounces fine gold and 2,000 ounces fine silver.

NET EXPORTS UNITED STATES GOLD COIN.

The net exports of United States gold coin from January 1, 1870,. to June 30, 1906, was $668,758,997, as shown by the following table:

Imports. Exports.

1877.

21,274,565

STOCK OF MONEY IN THE UNITED STATES.

It has been the custom to present in the reports of this Bureau an estimate of the stock of domestic gold and silver coin in the United States at the end of each calendar and fiscal year.

OFFICIAL TABLE OF STOCK OF COIN IN THE UNITED STATES JUNE 30, 1906.

1906.

Total..

315,729,281

Net exports..

3,311, 105 3,870, 320 1,519,756 5,780, 607 2,236,399 35, 251, 921

30,674, 511

8,425,947 9,370,841 18,041, 660 15, 682, 424 54, 409, 014 20,573,572

984, 488,278

668,758,997

OFFICIAL TABLE OF STOCK OF COIN IN THE UNITED STATES JUNE 30, 1906-Cont'd.

NOTE. The number of standard silver dollars coined to June 30, 1906, was 570,270,610, which, added to the Hawaiian dollar coinage of 500,000 plus the number imported from the Philippine Islands150,000-and the number returned in Government transports from the Philippine Islands-462,730equals 571,385,340. Since July 1, 1898, the number of standard silver dollars exported in transports has been 2,495,000, and since 1883 the number melted has been 183,992 (see page 286), and the number of Hawaiian dollars melted to June 30, 1906, has been 454,818, a total disposition of 3,133,810, leaving in the United States on June 30, 1906, 568,251,530 standard silver dollars and $118,224,920 in subsidiary silver coin. BULLION IN MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES JUNE 30, 1906.

OWNERSHIP OF GOLD AND SILVER IN THE UNITED STATES JUNE 30, 1906.

$287,778,286 $19,730, 108 $6,595, 416 $1,482, 470 $27,807,994 $315, 867, 280

1,472,995, 209 568,251,530 118, 224, 920 1, 482, 470 687,958,920 2,160, 954, 129

LOCATION OF MONEYS OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 30, 1906.

a Includes $69,197,000 gold clearing-house certificates.
Includes $5,756,759 of their own notes held by different national banks.

$104, 383, 158

1,482, 470 1,368,612,051 568, 251,530 118,224,920 2, 160, 954, 129

346,681,016 7,386.000 560,839, 160

914,906, 176

LOCATION OF MONEYS OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 30, 1906-Continued.

ESTIMATED STOCK OF GOLD AND SILVER IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE AMOUNT PER CAPITA AT THE CLOSE OF EACH FISCAL YEAR SINCE 1873.

UNITED STATES GOLD COIN IN CANADA.

The holdings of United States gold coin in the Dominion of Canada treasury on the 30th of December, 1905, was $29,494,298; the holdings of the charterbanks (34 in number) on the same date aggregated $11,320,323, or 57.56 per cent, of their specie holdings. The total amount of United States gold coin in sight in Canadian reserves on the foregoing date was, therefore, $40,814,621.

WORLD'S STOCK OF MONEY.

The monetary systems and an estimate of the approximate stock of gold, silver, and uncovered paper money in the different countries of the world at the close of the calendar year 1905, are shown in the following table compiled from official and unofficial sources, the latter being used only in the absence of official information:

MONETARY SYSTEMS AND APPROXIMATE STOCKS OF MONEY, IN THE AGGREGATE

a In United States Treasury and national banks.

b Official information furnished through United States representatives.

c No information.

d Estimate, Bureau of the Mint.

The figures of the total stock of gold in India are for the net imports since 1893-94 plus the production of the country. The amount in the government treasury is from official advices. The net imports of gold since 1835-36-when the records begin-amount to $817,374,610, and the production recorded to $103,209,754. The tide of gold and silver has been flowing into India for centuries.