CREDIT INSTRUMENTS.

PERCENTAGE OF CREDIT INSTRUMENTS IN TOTAL RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL BANKS ON VARIOUS DATES.

[Compiled from Reports of the Comptroller of Currency.]

The above table summarizes the results of an investigation made by the Comptroller of the Currency in 1894. They indicate the relative amounts of cash and credit instruments respectively in the deposits in National banks, by retail merchants throughout the United States.

GOLD.

CURRENCY VALUE OF GOLD.

Table showing the Value in Currency of One Hundred Dollars in Gold in the New York Market, by Months, Quarter Years, Half Years, Calendar Years and Fiscal Years, January 1, 1862, to December 31, 1878, both inclusive.

[Bureau of Statistics Quarterly Reports, 1878-9, p. 116.]

PERIODS. 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878

Jan Feb. Mar. Apr

June..

May

July
Aug
Sept.

Oct

102.5 145.1 155.5 216.2 140.1 134.6 138.5 135.6 121.3 110.7 109.1 112.7 111.4 112.5 112.8 106.3 102.1 103.5 160.5 158.6 205.5 138.4 137.4 141.4 134.4 119.5 111.5 110.3 114.1 112.3 114.5 113.4 105.4 102 101.8 154. 162.9 173.8 130.5 135 139.5 131.3 112.6 111 110.1 115.5 112.1 115.5 113.3 104.8 101.2 101 5 151.5 172.7 149.5 127.3 135.6 138.7 132.9 113.1 110.6 111.1 117.8 113.4 114.8 113 106.2 100.6 103.3 148.9 176.3 135.6 131.8 137 139.6 139.2 114.7 111.5 113.7 117.7 112.4 115.8 112.6 106.9 100.7 106.5 144.5 210.7 140.1 148.7 137.5 140.1 138.1 112.9 112.4 113.9 116.5 111.3 117 112.5 105.4 100.8 115.5 130.6 258.1 142.1 151.6 139.4 142.7 136.1 116.8 112.4 114.3 115.7 110 114.8 111.9 105.4 100.5 114.5 125.8254.1 143.5 148.7 140.S 145.5 134.2 117.9 112.4 114.4 115.4 109.7 113.5 111.2 105 100.5 118.5 134.2 222.5 143.9 145.5 143.4 143.6 136.8 114.8 114.5 113.5 112.7 109.7 115.8 110 103.3 100.4 128.5 147.7 207.2 145.5 148.3 143.5 137.1 180.2 112.8 113.2 113.2 108.9 110 116.4 109.7 102.8 100.5 Nov...... 131.1 148 233.5 147 143.8 139.6 134.4 126.2 111.4 111.2 112.9 108.6 110.9 114.7 109.1 102.8 100.2 Dec....... 132.3 151.1 227.5 146.2 136.7 134.8 135.2 121.5 110.7 109.3 112.2 110 111.7 113.9 107.9 102.8 100.1 1st qr. yr. 102.6 153.4 159 198.5 136.3 135.7 139.8 123.8 117.8 111.1 109.8 114.1 111.9 114.2 113.5 105.5 101.7 2d qr. yr.. 103.8 148.3 186.6 141.4 135.9 136.7 139.5 136.7 113.6 111.5 112.9 117.8 112.4 115.9 112.7 106.2 100.7 2d qr. yr.. 116.2 130.2244.9 143.2 148.6 141.2 143.9 135.7 116.5 118.1 114.1 114.6 109.8 114.7 111 104.6 100.5 4th qr. yr. 130.6 148.9222.7, 146.2 142.9 139.3 135.6 126 111.6 111.2 112.8 109.2 110.9 115 108.9 102.8 100.3 1st half yr 103.2 150.8 172.8 169.9 136.1 136.2 139.6 135.8 115.7 111.3 111.4 115.7 112.2 115.1 113.1 105.9 101.2 2d half yr 3.4 139.6 233.8 144.7 145.8:40.3 139.8 130.8 114 121.1 113.4 111.9 110.3 114.8 109.9.103.7 100.4 Cal. yr... 113.3 145.2 203.3 157.3 140.9 138.2 139.7 133 114.9 111.7 112.4 113.8 111.2 114.9 111.5 104.3 100.8 Fiscal yr.

ended

June 30. 101.6 137.1 156.2 201.9 140.4 141 189.9 137.5 123.8 112.7 111.8 114.6 112

112.7 113.9 107.9102.5 NOTE. The monthly figures are averages of daily quotations, each of which is the mean of four : the opening, highest, lowest and closing prices in New York.

For Gold Par Equivalents in the coinage of the chief nations see "The World's Currencies" (Sound Currency, vol. ii, No. 4); or Norman's "The World's Metal Monetary Systems."

For the Premium on Gold over silver in France from 1820 to 1847, see Giffin's "The Case against Bimetallism " (1895), pp. 225-34.

Table showing total and net amount of GOLD COIN and BULLION in the Treasury from latest returns received at the end of each month; together with monthly receipts from CUSTOMS at New York, and percentage of each kind of money received.

figures.

NOTE.-The figures above quoted for years prior to 1891 are averages of the corresponding monthly

Chart Showing Average Yearly Net Gold Reserve, 1879-1895.

Net Gold Reserve, Monthly, for the Past Five Years.

1886

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1892

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