Information for the People 
 
 | 8 Pages. 
 
 No. 0, 
 
 FINANCES AND CURRENCY; 
 
 RETRENCHMENT AND ECONOMY. 
 
 Contents: Page 
 
 General Remarks - -- -- -- -- -- -1 
 Net Receipts and Expenditures, fiscal year 1875 - 1 
 Sources of Internal Revenue, 1875 ------ 1 
 
 Total Paper Circulation, June 30, 1875 - - - - 1 
 
 Governm’t Receipts & Expenditures, 1855 to 1875 2 
 Reduction of the Public Expenditures - - - - 3 
 Reduction of Taxes by Acts of Congress - - - 3 
 
 ^Reduction of Public Debt - --------3 
 
 Reduction of Interest on Public Debt - - - - 3 
 
 Reduction of Interest on Debt by Funding - - 3 
 Reduction of Internal Revenue Taxes - - - 3 
 
 Reduction of Customs Taxes - -- -- -- - 3 
 
 Reduction of Int’l Rev. Officers and Employees 4 
 Direct Income Tax Abolished - -- -- -- 3 
 Cost of Assessing and Collecting Int’l Revenue 4 
 Imports and Customs Revenues ------ 4 
 
 Interest paid on Public Debt - -- -- -- 4 
 
 Expenditures : Rates per. Capita 1800 to 1875 - - 4 
 Yearly Paper Circulation, 1854 to 1875 - - - - 5 
 
 U. S. Currency Outstanding July 1, 1875 - - - 5 
 The Public Credit : Borrowing Power of Gov’t 5 
 Condition of National Banks June 30, 1875 - - 5 
 The People’s security against loss by Nat’l B’ks 5 
 The Public Domain : Lands Sold and Unsold - 6 
 
 international Postage Reduction, 1861 to 1875 - 6 
 Increase of Postal Facilities ------- 6 
 
 Preparing for Specie Payments—Coinage - - - 7 
 Expenses growing out of Democratic Rebellion 8 
 
 NET RECEIPTS FISCAL YEAR 1875. 
 
 Customs.$157,167,722. 35 
 
 Internal revenue. 110,007,493.58 
 
 Sales of public lands. 1,413,640.17 
 
 Miscellaneous sources. 19,411,195.00 
 
 Total net receipts.$288,000,051.10 
 
 NET EXPENDITURES. 
 
 Civil and miscellaneous.$ 71,070,702.98 
 
 War D ‘parlineut. 41,120,645.98 
 
 Navy Department. 21,497,626.27 
 
 Indians and pensions. 37,840,873.04 
 
 Intorest on the public debt. 103,093,544.57 
 
 Total ordinary expenditures..$274,623,392.84 
 
 The Internal revenue, for fiscal year 1875, 
 
 was collected upon the following articles : 
 
 Spirits. 
 
 Tobacco. 
 
 Fermented Liquors. 
 
 Banks and Bankers. 
 
 Adhesive Stamps. 
 
 Penalties, etc. 
 
 Articles and occupations formerly 
 taxed but now exempt. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Total receipts 
 from each source. 
 
 $52,081,978.62 
 37,303,670.06 
 9,144,391.66 
 4,096,860.8? 
 6,083,590.42 
 280,982.06 
 
 857,731.42 
 
 $109,849,205.11 
 
 Results of Republican Rule. 
 
 Under Republican Administration the rec¬ 
 ords of the Government Departments are 
 always open for inspection. Nothing is con¬ 
 cealed from the people. The tables in the 
 following pages are compiled from official 
 sources. Their accuracy can be tested by 
 reference to the original documents. They 
 are condensed here for convenience and ready 
 reference. 
 
 The first seven pages exhibit in brief, some 
 of the achievements of Republican effort. The 
 last page presents a painful contrast, in the 
 large annual tax upon the peoples’ earnings, 
 together with the long list of pensioned sol¬ 
 diers, widows and orphans—the direct result 
 of the Democratic rebellion. 
 
 The tables presented in these pages require 
 no comment from the compiler. They speak 
 for themselves, and show substantial results 
 of the most gratifying character. Among 
 these are: 
 
 A steady reduction of the public expenditures for 
 ten consecutive years, with only two exceptions; 
 
 A reduction of $540,951,641.74 In the public debt; 
 
 A reduction of $40,688,047.34 per annum of the In¬ 
 terest on the debt; 
 
 A reduction of $203,419,553-54 per annum In the In¬ 
 terna) revenue taxes ; 
 
 The abolishment of the direct or personal Income 
 
 tax ; 
 
 A reduction of $59,504,749.84 per anuum in the dia¬ 
 toms taxes; 
 
 A material reduction in the rates of International 
 Postage. 
 
 Tne sinking fund provided for ; 
 
 The expensed of the Government paid, and a sur¬ 
 plus from the year’s receipts In the Treasury, as 
 
 follows : 
 
 TOTAL PAPER CIRCULATION. 
 
 The total paper currency circulation at the 
 close of the fiscal year 1875 was as follows: 
 
 National bank notes.$351,869,008.00 
 
 Old demand and legal-tender 
 
 notes. 375,841,687.50 
 
 Fractional currency. 42,129,424.19 
 
 Total.$769,840,119.69 
 
 The recent large return of national bank 
 currency to the U. S. Treasury, especially 
 from the West, would seem to indicate that 
 the business of the country does not require 
 more paper currency. Since the passage of 
 ! the Act, January 14,1875, providing for new 
 banks and the increase of the capital of all 
 banks to any extent required, the following 
 is the result up to July 6, 1875 : 
 
 Circulation retired by old banks - - - -$25,523,057 
 Circulation called for by new and old banks 7,785,525 
 
 Actual decrease of circulation - - - 17,737,6*2 
 
 For paper money in circulation, since 1854 ; 
 the present condition of banks, and security 
 against losses, see page 5. The result of the 
 examination of the books, bonds and cash in 
 vaults and cash-room of the retiring U. S. 
 Treasurer, on page 7 ; also account of c oinage 
 and preparations for specie payments. 
 
 On the 1st of January, 1876, there will be 
 on hand subsidiary coin sufficient to make it 
 easy for the Secretary to begin the work of 
 cremating the fractional currency. 
 
 With confidence and co-operation on the 
 part of the people, there seems to be little 
 or no doubt of the ability of the Secretary 
 of the Treasury to resume specie payments 
 at the time specified iu the new finance bill. 
 
NET RECEIPTS OF THE GOVERNMENT FROM 1866 TO 1875—BY FISCAL YEARS. 
 
 2 
 
 Intebnai, Revenue.—A verage annual losses on collections do not exceed one-fiftieth of one per eent‘ 
 The CUSTOMS.—Losses on collections, one fifty-fifth of one percent., as shown by careful examination. 
 
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 Teeasubeb’S Bubeau.—L osses, 1))£ years, less than $1 in $1,000,000. The $47,097 stolen will be recovered. 
 
 er cent., as shown by actual returns. 
 
3 
 
 Reducing the Public Expenditures. 
 
 The expenditures of the Government for 
 the fiscal years from 1865 to 1875 inclusive, 
 were as follows : 
 
 1865... 
 
 
 1866... 
 
 520, 809.416. !)9 
 
 1867. . 
 
 ... 357,542,675.16 
 
 1868... 
 
 .. 377,340,284.86 
 
 1869. . 
 
 ... 322,865,277.80 
 
 1870... 
 
 309,653,56075 
 
 1871. . 
 
 ... 292,177,18825 
 
 1872... 
 
 .. 277.517,962 67 
 
 1873. . 
 
 ... 290,345,245.33 
 
 1874... 
 
 .. 287,133,873.17 
 
 1875. . 
 
 ... 274,623,392.84 
 
 Maximum. 
 
 Reduction. $776,745,807.42 
 Reduction. .163,266,741.83 
 Increase.. 10,797,609.70 
 Reduction. 54,475,007.06 
 Reduction. ..13,211,717. 05 
 Reduction . .17,476. 372.50 
 Reduction.. .14, 659,225.58 
 Increase .. 12,827,282.66 
 
 Reduction. 3,211,372.16 
 Reduction.. .12,510,480. 33 
 
 From 1865 to 1875—Reduction, $1,022,931,831.57 
 
 Public Debt Reduction. 
 
 Public debt July 1, 1866. 2,773,236,173.69 
 
 Public debt July 1, 1875. 2,232,284,531.95 
 
 Reduction. 540,951,641.74 
 
 Reduction of Interest on the 
 Reduction of interest in 1868 
 Further reduction in 1869.... 
 Further reduction in 1870.... 
 Further reduction in 1871.... 
 Further reduction in 1872..., 
 Further reduction in 1873.... 
 Further reduction in 1875. 
 
 Public Debt. 
 $3,357,546.20 
 9,729,802.91 
 1,458,744.80 
 3,658,932.07 
 8,218,726.21 
 12,607,151.28 
 4,026,270.64 
 
 Reduction ... 43,057,174.11 
 
 Less Increase in 1874 .2,369,126.77 
 
 Net reduction of Interest.. 40,668,047.34 
 
 Reduction of Interest on Debt by Funding. 
 Amount of 6 per cent, bonds 
 
 funded, at 5 per cent. $500,000,000 
 
 Saving of interest per annum 5,000,000 
 
 Reduction of Internal Revenue Taxes. 
 Internal revenue taxes 1866....$309,226,813.42 
 Internal revenue taxes 1875.... 110,007,493.58 
 
 Reduction. 199,219,319.84 
 
 Direct Income Taxes Abolished. 
 
 Collected on Incomes 1867.$4,200,233,70 
 
 Income taxes since 1871. Abolished 
 
 Total Reduction Internal Revenue and 
 Income Taxes. 
 
 Internal revenue taxes, 1866..$309,226,813.42 
 Direct income taxes, 1867. 4,200,233.70 
 
 313,427,047.12 
 
 Total Taxes in 1875. 110,007,493,58 
 
 Total Reduction. 203,419,553.54 
 
 Reduction of Customs Taxes. 
 
 Actual decrease, 1873.$28,208,774 07 
 
 Actual decrease, 1874. 24,985,689 01 
 
 Actual decrease, 1875. . 6,370.236 76 
 
 Aggregate Revenue Receipts. 
 
 The following shows the receipts from all 
 
 sources from June 30, 1861, to June 30, 
 1875, inclusive: 
 
 Customs. 
 
 $2,170,491,215.90 
 
 2,066,331,218.88 
 
 14,810,189.37 
 
 24,436,276.73 
 
 256,519,693.25 
 
 192,590,748.36 
 
 Internal Revenue. 
 
 Direct Tax. 
 
 Public Lands. 
 
 Miscellaneous. 
 
 Premiums. 
 
 Total. 
 
 $4,725,179,342.49 
 
 Reduction of Taxes by Acts of Congress. 
 
 The following exhibits the estimated re¬ 
 duction of annual internal taxation and cus¬ 
 
 toms duties under the laws mentioned : 
 
 Act of July 13, 1866 . 
 
 Act of March 2, 1867. 
 
 Act of February 3,1868. 
 
 Acts of March 1 and July 
 
 20, 1868. 
 
 Act of July 14, 1870. 
 
 Acts of May 1 and June 6, 
 1872. 
 
 $65,000,000.00 
 
 40,000,000.00 
 
 23,000,000.00 
 
 45,000,000.00 
 
 78,848,827.33 
 
 51,823,761.38 
 
 Net total reduction. 303,672,588.71 
 
 These were actual reductions based on the 
 receipts of previous years ; yet the revenues 
 did not fall off to the extent of the reduc¬ 
 tions for the following reasons : The impor¬ 
 tation of dutiable goods continued to in¬ 
 crease, and went up from $445,512,158,in 1866, 
 to $663,617,147, in 1873,* thus swelling the 
 revenues. So in internal revenue experience: 
 When whisky, f<ff example, paid a duty of $2 
 per gallon, the receipts were (1868) $13,419,- 
 092.74. In 1869 the tax was reduced to 50 
 cents per gallon, and in the following year the 
 collection of revenue on whisky alone 
 amounted to $38,633,184.13. This shows 
 how, after making a reduction of over three 
 hundred million dollars in the taxes, the 
 revenues amounted to $288,000,051 for the 
 last year. The reduction is stated above 
 at $303,672,588.71, based on evidence pro¬ 
 duced in Congress ; but a careful examina¬ 
 tion shows the actual aggregate reduction to 
 be $319,527,230 per annum. That this vast 
 reduction of taxation should be accomplished 
 since 1866, and the public debt in the same 
 time reduced $540,951,641.74, with an actual 
 reduction of $40,688,047.34 of the interest 
 on the debt, certainly evinces both good 
 statesmanship and careful economy. 
 
 Results in the Patent Office. 
 
 Patents issued in 1860,.4,775 
 
 Patents issued in 1874,.,.13,596 
 
 This great increase is due to important 
 modifications in the patent laws and the 
 rapid development of the country under Re¬ 
 publican administration. 
 
 * For Import* and Revenue, see page 4. 
 
 Actual total, three years.59,564,749.84 
 
4 
 
 
 
 Cost of Assessing and Collecting Internal 
 Revenue. 
 
 Imports and Customs Revenue. 
 
 The percentage cost of assessing and col¬ 
 lecting the revenues—adhesive stamps ex¬ 
 cepted—from 1863 to 1874, inclusive, as 
 deduced from the expenses allowed by the 
 Fifth Auditor, by whom the accounts of 
 internal revenue officers are adjusted, is as 
 follows: 
 
 TEAR. ! COST. 
 
 I YEAR. | COST. 
 
 1863.. 
 
 1864.. 
 
 1865.. 
 
 1866.. 
 
 1867.. 
 
 1868.. 
 
 6 per cent. 
 4 per cent. 
 2 4-10 per cent. 
 2 2-10 per cent.! 
 2 3-10 per cent. 
 44-10 per cent. 
 
 ■10 per cent’ 
 -10 per cent- 
 -10 per cent. 
 -10 per cent. 
 -10 per cent. 
 
 1869.. 
 
 1870.. 
 
 1871.. 
 
 1872.. 
 
 1873.. 
 
 1874.. 
 
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 42 
 41 
 
 Add to this, allowance or drawbacks, re¬ 
 funding taxes, cost of stamps, paper, and 
 
 Year. 
 
 Imports. 
 
 1861. 
 
 335,650,153 
 
 1862. 
 
 205,770,729 
 
 1863. 
 
 252,919,920 
 
 1864. 
 
 329,562,895 
 
 1865. 
 
 248,555,652 
 
 1866. 
 
 445,512,158 
 
 1867. 
 
 417,833,575 
 
 1868. 
 
 371,624,808 
 
 1869. 
 
 437,314,255 
 
 1870. 
 
 462,377,587 
 
 1871. 
 
 541,493,708 
 
 1^72. 
 
 640,338,766 
 
 1873. 
 
 663,617,147 
 
 1874. 
 
 595,861,248 
 
 1875. 
 
 553,906,253 
 
 Customs Revenue. 
 
 $39,582,125.64 
 
 49,056,397.62 
 
 69,059,642.40 
 
 102,316,152.99 
 
 84,928,260.60 
 
 179,046,651.58 
 
 176,417,810.88 
 
 164,464,599.56 
 
 180,048,426.63 
 
 194,538,374.44 
 
 206,270,408.05 
 
 216,370,286.77 
 
 188,089,522.70 
 
 163,103,833.69 
 
 157,167,722.35 
 
 Interest Paid on the Public Debt. 
 
 dies, and the expenses of the office at Wash¬ 
 ington—in all about 2 per cent, additional— 
 and we have the total cost of collecting the 
 internal revenue, showing an economy proba¬ 
 bly without a parallel. 
 
 Retrenchment in the Internal Revenue 
 Bureau. 
 
 Statement of the number of officials and 
 employees connected with the Bureau July 
 1, 1875, as compared with the number De¬ 
 
 cember 1, 1866 : 
 
 % 
 
 OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES. 
 
 Dec.!, 
 
 1866. 
 
 July 1, 
 1875. 
 
 Commissioner. 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 Deputy Commissioners. 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 Solicitor ($4,000 per annum). 
 
 1 
 
 None. 
 
 Heads of Divisions. 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 Fourth Class Clerks. 
 
 23 
 
 30 
 
 Third Class Clerks . 
 
 39 
 
 42 
 
 Second Class Clerks . 
 
 42 
 
 50 
 
 First Class Clerks. 
 
 15 
 
 18 
 
 CoDvists. . 
 
 51 
 
 70 
 
 
 Messengers, at $1,000. 
 
 4 
 
 None. 
 
 Messengers, at $840. 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 Laborers . 
 
 9 
 
 15 
 
 Collectors. 
 
 241 
 
 202 
 
 Deputy Collectors.. 
 
 1,850 
 
 933 
 
 Assessors . 
 
 241 
 
 None. 
 
 Assistant Assessors. 
 
 3,318 
 
 None. 
 
 Tobacco Inspectors*. 
 
 748 
 
 28 
 
 Revenue Inspectors. 
 
 178 
 
 None. 
 
 Inspectors of Coal Oil*. 
 
 106 
 
 None. 
 
 Inspectors of Spirits.. 
 
 1,309 
 
 None. 
 
 Gen. Inspectors of Distilleries*.. 
 
 393 
 
 None. 
 
 Special Agents. 
 
 10 
 
 None. 
 
 Revenue Agents. 
 
 12 
 
 25 
 
 Storekeepers. 
 
 
 1,149 
 
 Gaugers* . 
 
 
 1,023 
 
 Surveyors of Distilleries!. 
 
 
 Supervisors . 
 
 
 10 
 
 Total. 
 
 8,599 
 
 3,610 
 
 •Paid by fees. 
 
 fThere were 150 surveyors of distilleries in 1873. 
 Now distilleries are surveyed by deputy collectors, 
 designated for that duty. 
 
 FISCAL YEAR. 
 
 INTEREST. 
 
 1861. 
 
 $4,000,173.76 
 
 13,190,324.45 
 
 24,729,846.61 
 
 53,685,421.69 
 
 77,397,712.00 
 
 133,067,741.69 
 
 143,781,591.91 
 
 140,424,045.71 
 
 130,694,242.80 
 
 129,235,498.00 
 
 125,576,565.93 
 
 117,357,839.72 
 
 104,750,688.44 
 
 107,119,815.21 
 
 103,093,544.57 
 
 1862. 
 
 1863. 
 
 1864. 
 
 1865. 
 
 1866. 
 
 1867. 
 
 1868. 
 
 1869. 
 
 1870... 
 
 1871. 
 
 1872.. 
 
 1873 . 
 
 1874 . 
 
 1875. 
 
 Total. 
 
 $1,408,105,052.49 
 
 The interest paid on the public debt up 
 
 to June 30, 1875, amounts to $291,962,796.52 
 
 more than half of the debt at the same date. 
 The interest has always been promptly paid, 
 generally before it was due, without rebate. 
 
 Expenditures per Capita. 
 
 Table showing expenditures per capita 
 from the year 1800 to 1871, inclusive. 
 
 Y ear. 
 
 Population. 
 
 Expenditures. 
 
 Per 
 
 capita. 
 
 1800.... 
 
 5,305,925 
 
 $10,813,971 
 
 01 
 
 2.038 
 
 1810.... 
 
 7,239,814 
 
 8,474,753 
 
 37 
 
 1.171 
 
 1820.... 
 
 9,638,131 
 
 18,280,534 
 
 89 
 
 1.187 
 
 1830.... 
 
 12,866,020 
 
 15,142,108 
 
 26 
 
 1.176 
 
 1840.... 
 
 17,069,453 
 
 24,314,518 
 
 19 
 
 1.424 
 
 1850.... 
 
 23,191,876 
 
 40,948,383 
 
 12 
 
 1.766 
 
 I860.... 
 
 31,443,321 
 
 63,025,788 
 
 98 
 
 2.004 
 
 I860.... 
 
 31,443,321 
 
 *61,402,408 
 
 64 
 
 1.952 
 
 1870.. .. 
 
 1871.. .. 
 
 38,555,983 ) 
 38,911,616 j 
 
 169,042,838 
 
 18 
 
 ( 1.80 
 (1.77 
 
 1875.... 
 
 43,000,000 
 
 *73,950,991 
 
 .86 
 
 1.71 
 
 •Disbursements after deducting items not in real¬ 
 ity f<>r current expenditures, estimated. 
 
 fExpemlitures after deducting disbursements inci¬ 
 dent to the war, and not properly chargeable to the 
 current cost of Administration, estimated. 
 
5 
 
 \ 
 
 Circulation of Paper Currency, 
 1854 to 1876. 
 
 Year. 
 
 1854 .. 
 
 1855 .. 
 
 1856 .. 
 
 1857 .. 
 [858 .. 
 
 1859 .. 
 
 1860 .. 
 1861 .. 
 1862.. 
 
 1863 .. 
 
 1864 .. 
 
 1865 .. 
 
 1866 .. 
 1867.. 
 1868 .. 
 
 1869 .. 
 
 1870 .. 
 
 1871 .. 
 
 1872 .. 
 
 1873 .. 
 
 1874 .. 
 
 1875 .. 
 
 Bank 
 
 Notes. 
 
 204,689,000 
 186,952.000 
 195, 747,01)0 
 214,778,000 
 155 208,090 
 193, 806,000 
 207,102 00(1 
 202,205 000 
 183,794,000 
 25,000,000 
 47,000, 0i)0 
 171,000,000 
 280.000,000 
 293,001), 00)) 
 295,000,000 
 293,000,000 
 291,000. 090 
 315,000,000 
 333,000,000 
 340,000,000 
 339,000,000 
 351,869, 008 
 
 Legal Ten¬ 
 ders. 
 
 Fractional 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 149, 0(10,000 
 
 . 
 
 Total. 
 
 204,689, 000 
 186,952,000 
 195,747,000 
 214 778,000 
 155,208,000 
 193,306,000 
 207,102,000 
 202, 205, 000 
 332,794,000 
 297, 736, 000 
 502,1,72,000 
 628,692, OIK) 
 
 254,970,00" 17,766,000 
 434,178,000 22,894,000 
 432,687,000 25,005,000 
 400, 961,000 27,070,000 708,031,000 
 371,783,000! 28,307, 000 693,090,000 
 356,000,001)1 27,745,000 678,745,000 
 356,000,000! 27,508,0( ;0 676,5Q8,000 
 356,000,0001 36, 878,003,683, 878, 000 
 356,000,000 40,582,000 711,582, 000 
 357,500,000 40,855 000 731,355,000 
 
 o-r» iuu\ onn 4 4 t\fu\ nnn 
 
 356,000. 000 44, 799,000 
 382,000,000 46,538,000 
 375,841,6871 42,129,424 
 
 740, 799,001) 
 767,538,000 
 769,840,119 
 
 United States Currency. 
 
 The following is an official statement of 
 United States currency outstanding on 31st 
 
 July, 1875: 
 
 Old demand notes.$ 69,877 50 
 
 Legal-tender notes, new issue. 36,954,852 00 
 
 Legal-tender notes, series ol 1874- 55,388,311 00 
 
 Legal-tender notes, series of 1869 - 279,941,945 00 
 
 Legal-tender notes, series of 1875.... 2,470,000 00 
 
 One-year notes of 1863. 66,525 00 
 
 Two-year notes of 1863. • 20,850 00 
 
 Two-year coupon notes of 1863. 26,800 00 
 
 Compound interest notes. 371,470 00 
 
 Fractional currency, first issue. 4,328,265 16 
 
 Fractional currency, second issue.... 3,139,813 13 
 
 Fractional currency, third issue. 3,164,181 12 
 
 Fractional currency, fourth issue, first 
 
 series. 6,711,663 68 
 
 Fractional currency, fourth issue, 
 
 second series. 1,783,566 55 
 
 Fractional currency, fourth issue, 
 
 third series. 5,995,158 70 
 
 Fractional currency, fifth issue. 16,022,744 76 
 
 Total 
 
 $416,456,023 60 
 
 Public Credit—Borrowing Power of 
 the Government. 
 
 Under Democratic Rule.— In 1860, the 
 Buchanan administration borrowed $10,000,- 
 000, at 12 per cent, discount. See Finance 
 Reports for 1860, ’61 and ’62. 
 
 Under Republican Rule.— The following 
 are the rates of interest on government stocks: 
 
 Condition of the National Banks. 
 
 Below will he found an abstract of reports 
 made to the Comptroller of the Currency, 
 showing the condition of the 2.076 national 
 banks in the United States at the close of 
 business on Wednesday, the 30th day of 
 June, 1875, the end of the last fiscal year : 
 
 resources. 
 
 Loans and discounts. $968,509,871. 82 
 
 Overdrafts. 4,422,629.77 
 
 II 8. bonds to secure circulation- 375,127,900 00 
 
 U. S. bonds to secure deposits. 14,150,200.00 
 
 U. S. bonds on hand. 12,746,950.00 
 
 Other stocks, bonds and mortgages.. 32,008,380.34 
 
 Due from redeeming and reserve 
 
 agents. 89,788,903.73 
 
 Due from other Natioual hanks. 48.513,388.86 
 
 Due from State bunks and hankers.. 11,625,647.15 
 Heal estate, furniture and fixtures.. 10,968,755.55 
 
 Current expeuses. 4,992,309.28 
 
 Premiums paid. 8,742,393.83 
 
 Checks ana other cash items. 12,361.281.67 
 
 Exchanges for clearing-house. 88,994,961.08 
 
 Bills of other National banks. 24,261,961.00 
 
 Fractional currency. 2,62u.50l. 26 
 
 Specie. 18,959.482. 30 
 
 Legal-tender notes. 87,492,895.00 
 
 U. S. certificates of deposit for legal- 
 
 tender notes. 47,350,000.00 
 
 Five per cent, redemption fund with 
 
 Treasurer. 16,325,911.62 
 
 Due from Treasurer other than five 
 per cent, fund. 3,274,873.90 
 
 Total.$1,913,239,201. 16 
 
 LIABILITIES. 
 
 Capital stock paid in. $501,568,563.50 
 
 Surplus fund. 133,169,094.79 
 
 Undivided profits. 52,160,104.68 
 
 ^National bank notes outstanding.. 318,148,406 On 
 
 State bank notes outstanding. 786,844.00 
 
 Dividends unpaid. 6,106,519.34 
 
 Individual deposits. 686,478,630 48 
 
 U S. deposits. 6,714 328.70 
 
 Deposits of U. S. disbursing officers. 3,459 061.80 
 
 Due to National banks. 138,914,828 39 
 
 Due to State banks and bankers_ 55,714,055.18 
 
 Notes and bills rediscounted. 4,261,464.45 
 
 Bills payable. 5^758,299.86 
 
 Total.$1,913,239.201.16 
 
 •The amount of circulation outstanding on the 30th 
 of June, 1875. as shown by the books of the Comp¬ 
 troller's office, was .H6n,008, which amount In¬ 
 cludes the notes in circulation of hanks which have 
 failed, are In liquidation, and have deposited legal- 
 tender notes under the act of June 30, 1874. 
 
 From similar reports, showing the condition of the 
 national banks in the United StateB on the 1st of May 
 last, the aggregate resources appeared at $1,908,847,- 
 891.40. or $3,391,409.76 less than on Jnne 30 
 
 At the time the last report of the condiilon of all 
 the national banks was maoe in the fiscal year which 
 ended June 30, 1874, their resources were shown to be 
 $1 851,840,913.64. By this It will he perceived that 
 during the last fiscal year the resources of the na¬ 
 tional hanks Increased $61,398,287 52. There was, 
 however, an increase during the last fiscal year of 
 ninety-three hanks. 
 
 Per cent. 
 
 First four months of 1861, just prior 
 to the breaking out of the rebellion, 
 
 5 per cent, stocks. 8.14 
 
 March, 1868, commencement of third 
 year of .Johnson’s .Administration, 
 
 10-40s 5 per cent. 7.15 
 
 March, 1869, 10-40s, 5 per cent. 6.43 
 
 July 1, 1872, 10-40s, 5 per cent. 5.03 
 
 $500,000,000, 5-20s refunded, 1875, at. 5.00 
 
 The complete success that has attended the 
 funding of the $500,000,000 5-20 six per 
 cent, bonds at five per cent., is a pretty good 
 guarantee that when the Government is ready 
 to offer bonds, under the funding act of 1872, 
 at four and one-half per cent., there will be 
 a demand for them, as there has been for 
 the five percents, which have all been taken. 
 
 The People’s Protection Against National 
 Bank Losses. 
 
 The official report of the actual hank note circula¬ 
 tion on the 1st July, 1875, Is as follows : 
 
 Amount of circulation actually outstand¬ 
 ing, July 1, 1875,.$316,393,869 
 
 Amount, due hanks for mutilated circula¬ 
 tion returned. 5,475.139 
 
 National bank circulation.$351,809,009 
 
 This circulation Is secured by 
 
 1. U.8. bonds amuuutlng to $376,311.500— 
 
 IK) per cent, upon which circulation Is 
 
 Issued. equal to. 338,683,150 
 
 2. Legal-tenders deposited with theTn as- 
 urcr II. rt. for insolvent and liquidating 
 
 hanks. 6,319,652 
 
 And forBauks reducing thelrclrculatlon 18.340.015 
 
 Total,.$358,392,317 
 
 Making an excess of security of $6,523,809. beside* 
 the 10 percent, margin on $376,314,500 ll. S. bonds, 
 which is $37,631,400, and the premium which the same 
 bonds would bring In the market, ranging from 116 to 
 121 * • 
 
6 
 
 The Public Domain. 
 
 It was not until 1850 that the policy of 
 appropriating alternate portions of the pub¬ 
 lic domain for development was duly inaug¬ 
 urated. From 1850 to 1861 there were 
 
 granted : 
 
 Acres. 
 
 To States for railroad purposes..-. 20,971,226 
 
 To States for canals. 3,705,986 
 
 Total for railroads and canals. 33,677,212 
 
 From 1861 to 1870 inclusive : 
 
 To States lor railroads. 28,932,553 
 
 To States for canals. 700,000 
 
 To States for wagon roads. 3,225,413 
 
 Total for railroads, canals, and wagon 
 roads. 32,857,966 
 
 To railroad corporal ions, being for the 
 construction of the Continental lines, 
 the Atlantic and Pacific, the Central 
 and Union, and the Northern Pacific 
 
 lines estimated. 135,000,000 
 
 There have been granted to the States 
 about 60,000,000 acres of swamp lands on 
 the condition that the proceeds thereof, to 
 the extent necessary, should be devoted to 
 their reclamation. 
 
 RECAPITULATION. Acres. 
 
 Grants to States for railroads. 58,903,779 
 
 Grants to States for wagon toads. 3,225,413 
 
 Grants to States for canals. 4,405,986 
 
 Grants to States for swain p lands . . 60,000,000 
 
 Grants to Continental railroads. 135,000.000 
 
 Total for improvement and reclamation 261,535,178 
 
 In neither period, that under the control 
 of the Democracy, or that under the control 
 of the Republicans, were any of these grants 
 made by a partisan vote, both parties voting 
 for and against in about equal ratio, propor¬ 
 tioned to their strength, respectively, in 
 Congress. 
 
 After the grants were made to the Conti¬ 
 nental lines of railway, the House resolved 
 unanimously that “the policy of granting- 
 subsidies in public lands to railroad and 
 other corporations ought to be discontinued,” 
 and no grants for development have since 
 been made. 
 
 The area granted for educational purposes, 
 is about 22,000,000 acres, and the estimated 
 area to pass to the States yet to be admitted 
 under the system is 56,000,000 acres. 
 
 Total lands disposed of, and area yet re¬ 
 
 maining : 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Estimated extent of grants to States and 
 
 corporations for roads and canals. 261,000,600 
 
 Grants of swamp and overflowed lauds 
 
 for reclamation. 60,000,000 
 
 To States for educational purposes. 78,000,000 
 
 Grants for military service. 68,000,000 
 
 Estimated sold, disposed of under home¬ 
 
 stead law, donations to settlers, and to 
 satisfy private claims, deducting the 
 quantity granted for military service 
 
 Total disposed of or pledged. 767,000,000 
 
 Total area of the laud, States and Terri¬ 
 tories, excluding Alaska, is. 1,465,000 000 
 
 Total area undisposed of and unpledged 
 for any purpose.. 698,000,000 
 
 being about seventeen acres to each person 
 now inhabiting the country, and about 
 eighty-seven acres to each head of a family, 
 supposing the population to be divided into 
 families of five persons each. 
 
 International Postage Reform. 
 
 The following statement shows the reduc¬ 
 tions made in the rates of letter postage be¬ 
 tween the United States and foreign powers, 
 under the administration of the Republican 
 party. The first column of figures shows the 
 rates of postage on half ounce letters in 1861; 
 the second column gives the rates in 1875, and 
 the last column shows the amount of reduc¬ 
 tion : 
 
 COUNTRIES. 
 
 £ ounce. 
 
 a 
 
 *o 
 
 ® 
 
 Pi 
 
 1861 
 
 1875 
 
 
 Cts. 
 
 Cts. 
 
 Cts. 
 
 Argentine Republic. 
 
 33 
 
 18 
 
 15 
 
 Australia.. 
 
 33 
 
 12 
 
 21 
 
 Austria .. 
 
 30 
 
 5 
 
 25 
 
 Africa, (Spanish Possessions). 
 
 42 
 
 5 
 
 37 
 
 Azores. 
 
 42 
 
 5 
 
 37 
 
 Belgium. 
 
 42 
 
 5 
 
 37 
 
 Bolivia (via Fanama). 
 
 34 
 
 22 
 
 12 
 
 Brazil. 
 
 45 
 
 15 
 
 30 
 
 Balearic Islands. 
 
 42 
 
 5 
 
 37 
 
 Canada, Dominion of. 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 Chili (via Panama). 
 
 34 
 
 22 
 
 12 
 
 Canary Islands. 
 
 42 
 
 5 
 
 37 
 
 China. 
 
 45 
 
 10 
 
 35 
 
 Denmark. 
 
 24 
 
 5 
 
 19 
 
 East Indies. . 
 
 33 
 
 10 
 
 23 
 
 Ecuador (via Panama). 
 
 34 
 
 20 
 
 14 
 
 Egypt. 
 
 38 
 
 5 
 
 33 
 
 France . 
 
 30 
 
 *5 
 
 25 
 
 Finland. 
 
 29 
 
 5 
 
 24 
 
 Faroe Islands. 
 
 24 
 
 5 
 
 19 
 
 Great Britain. 
 
 24 
 
 5 
 
 19 
 
 Germany. . 
 
 30 
 
 5 
 
 25 
 
 Greece. 
 
 35 
 
 5 
 
 30 
 
 Hungary. 
 
 30 
 
 5 
 
 25 
 
 Holland. 
 
 27 
 
 5 
 
 22 
 
 Italy. 
 
 42 
 
 5 
 
 37 
 
 Iceland . 
 
 24 
 
 5 
 
 19 
 
 Japan . 
 
 45 
 
 10 
 
 35 
 
 Java (via Southampton). 
 
 45 
 
 28 
 
 17 
 
 Luxemburg . 
 
 30 
 
 5 
 
 25 
 
 Morocco, (Spanish Possess’ns). 
 
 42 
 
 5 
 
 37 
 
 Malta . 
 
 24 
 
 5 
 
 19 
 
 Madeira... . 
 
 37 
 
 5 
 
 32 
 
 New Zealand. 
 
 33 
 
 12 
 
 21 
 
 Norway... 
 
 46 
 
 5 
 
 41 
 
 Paraguay (via Panama). 
 
 34 
 
 22 
 
 12 
 
 Portugal. 
 
 37 
 
 5 
 
 32 
 
 Russia. 
 
 29 
 
 5 
 
 24 
 
 Roumania. . 
 
 29 
 
 5 
 
 24 
 
 Spain. 
 
 42 
 
 5 
 
 37 
 
 Sweden . 
 
 33 
 
 5 
 
 28 
 
 Switzerland . 
 
 42 
 
 . 5 
 
 37 
 
 Servia. 
 
 29 
 
 5 
 
 24 
 
 Sandwich Islands. 
 
 10 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 Turkey . 
 
 35 
 
 5 
 
 30 
 
 Uruguay . 
 
 25 
 
 18 
 
 7 
 
 *After January 1, 1876. 
 
 Postal Money Order System. 
 
 This is also a result of Republican rule. There 
 were 3,404 money order offices in the States in 1*74, 
 throuah which .$74,424,854 71 passed, leaving a profit 
 to the Government of $105,198.12. Exchanges of 
 money orders are made with Great Britain, Ger¬ 
 many, Switzerland and Canada. 
 
/ 
 
 Preparations for Resuming Specie 
 Payments. 
 
 The following is the full report of the op¬ 
 erations of the different mints throughout 
 the country for the fiscal year, completed 
 June 30,1875, in the office of the director of the 
 mints. The first table covers the coina'ge of 
 the mint of Philadelphia : 
 
 Gold. 
 
 Pieces. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Double eagles. 
 
 Eagles. 
 
 Half eagles.,. 
 
 Three dollars. 
 
 Quarter eagles. 
 
 Dollars. 
 
 238,910 
 
 38,060 
 
 348 
 
 20 
 
 900 
 
 20 
 
 $4,778,200 
 
 380,600 
 
 1,740 
 
 60 
 
 2,250 
 
 20 
 
 Totals. 
 
 278,258 
 
 $5,162,870 
 
 Silver. 
 
 Pieces. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Trade dollars. 
 
 Half dollars. 
 
 Quarter dollars. 
 
 Twenty cents. 
 
 Dimes . 
 
 476,800 
 
 4,415,000 
 
 2,003,800 
 
 11,000 
 
 4,580,600 
 
 $476,800 
 
 2,207,500 
 
 500,950 
 
 2,200 
 
 458,060 
 
 Totals. 
 
 11,487,200 
 
 $3,645,510 
 
 Minor. 
 
 Pieces. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Five cent . 
 
 Three cent. 
 
 One cent. 
 
 1,893,000 
 
 418,000 
 
 12,318,500 
 
 $94,650 
 
 12,540 
 
 123,185 
 
 Totals. 
 
 14,629,500 
 
 230,375 
 
 Total. 
 
 26,394,958 
 
 $9,038,755 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO MINT. 
 
 Gold. 
 
 Pieces. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Double eagles. 
 
 Eagles. 
 
 Half eagles. 
 
 1,300,000 
 
 10,000 
 
 20,000 
 
 $26,000,000 
 
 100,000 
 
 100,000 
 
 Total. 
 
 1,330,000 
 
 $26,200,000 
 
 Silver. [ Pieces. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Trade dollars. 
 
 Half dollars. 
 
 Quarter dollars. 
 
 Twenty cents. 
 
 Dimes . 
 
 3,379,000 
 
 958,000 
 
 492,000 
 
 15,000 
 
 3.430,000 
 
 $3,379,000 
 
 479,000 
 
 123,000 
 
 3,000 
 
 343,000 
 
 Total .. 
 
 8,274,000; $4,327,000 
 
 CARSON CITY MINT. 
 
 Gold. « Pieces. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Double eagles. 
 
 Eagles. 
 
 Half eagles. 
 
 98,497 
 
 11,924 
 
 20,383 
 
 $1,969,940 
 
 119,240 
 
 101,915 
 
 T otd 1 •••••••« •■•••••• 
 
 130,804 
 
 $2,191,095 
 
 Silver. 
 
 Pieces. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Trade dollars. 
 
 Half dollars . 
 
 Twenty cents... 
 
 Dimes. 
 
 1,841,700 
 
 334,000 
 
 1,316 
 
 885,000 
 
 $1,841,700 
 
 167,000 
 
 658 
 
 88,500 
 
 
 Total. 
 
 3,062,016 
 
 $2,097,858 
 
 Minor coinage pieces, 14,629,500; value, 
 $230,375. 
 
 Total of all coinage: pieces, 39,191,778; 
 value, $43,854,708. 
 
 The coinage of trade dollars for the fiscal 
 year ending June 30, 1875, amounting to 
 $5,697,500, exceeds that of the fiscal year 
 preceding by $2,180,600, and is more than 
 half the entire coinage of silver dollars from 
 1793 to 1874, a period of 81 years. Since 
 the passage of the finance bill, January 14, 
 1875, the coinage at the Philadelphia mint 
 has been largely of subsidiary silver coin, 
 the mints on the Pacific coast also furnishing 
 their quota, when not otherwise engaged in 
 coining gold and trade dollars. The opera¬ 
 tions in subsidiary silver coin represent the 
 workings of about seven months, as prior to 
 December last the coinage was confined main¬ 
 ly to gold and trade dollars. As compared 
 with last year’s operations the excess for 
 the fiscal year just ended, in subsidiary sil¬ 
 ver coin, is about $2,000,000. The opera¬ 
 tions in gold show a decrease at the Phila¬ 
 delphia mint, as compared with the last 
 fiscal year, which is attributed to the fact 
 that, during the year, which ended June 30, 
 
 1874, that institution was busily engaged in 
 the re-coinage of gold coin, under the provis¬ 
 ion of the coinage act of 1873. The gold coin¬ 
 age at San Francisco and Carson shows an in¬ 
 crease for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
 
 1875, of nearly $6,000,000. The coinage for 
 the month of July of this year is as follows: 
 
 Philadelphia.. 
 San Francisco. 
 Carson City.... 
 
 Total.. 
 
 Gold. 
 
 $172,000 
 
 1,780,000 
 
 $1,952,000 
 
 Subsidiary 
 silver coin. 
 
 $325,302 
 728,000 
 72,000 
 
 _ $1,125,302 
 
 The new refinery of the mint at San Fran¬ 
 cisco having been completed, and now in 
 successful operation, and the capacity of the 
 other mint refineries greatly increased, it is 
 estimated that nearly all the mixed bullion 
 produced in the United States can be advan¬ 
 tageously parted at the mints, and, with the 
 new machinery and appliances added to the 
 coinage mints, that the out-turn for the next 
 fiscal year will be more than doubled. 
 
 Total gold at the three mints: pieces, 
 
 Count of Cash, &c., in U. S. Treasury. 
 On the retirement of General Spinner, after four¬ 
 teen years olUclal service as U. S. Treasurer, and t he 
 appointment of his successor, John C. N.*w, the 
 bonds. coin and currency In the vaults and cash 
 room of the t reasurer were counted, ard the book* 
 of the Treasurer examined, by a committee ap¬ 
 pointed by the Secretary, consistliiK of Joho B. 
 Blake, (chairman,) S. E. Middleton, H. H. T. Let- 
 pold. J. l>. Patten, dr., Clias. H. Brown, T. C. 
 Dickinson and Will It. Hewey. The committee 
 ommenced on the 30th June, and closed the count 
 on the 16th July, when the examination of the hook, 
 was commenced, and completed iu two weeks more. 
 ~he committee in their report say : 
 
 “ With the exception of the deficiencies and ex- 
 
 • input Diml utiiloh „ X* Aft. 
 
 c i^ii< hi. nu tf / »»v iiiivc iiiuiMi iiit ujuurj oil nanci id 
 the Treasury proper to correspond with the amounts 
 called Jbr^ bj' the hooks, and the correctness of the 
 
8 
 
 How the People are Taxed to Pay the Cost of the Democratic Rebellion. 
 
 The following table exhibits , in detail , the items which make up the amount of the Democratic pro-slmery legacy 
 the American people for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875 : 
 
 Payment of judgments, Court of Claims. 
 
 Salaries and expenses of United States and British Claims Commission. 
 
 Salaries and expenses of Southern Claims Commission. 
 
 Salaries and expenses, Court of Commissioners of Alabama claims. 
 
 Examination of National Banks and hank note plates .. 
 
 Engrav’g and print’g, &c., $1,581,069.41 ; Refund’g nat’l debt $150,255.51 
 
 Expenses of national currency, $330,978.27 ; do of nat’l loan,$2,444.47. 
 
 Defending claims for cotton seized. 
 
 Repayment for lands sold for direct taxes. 
 
 Return of proceeds of captured and abandoned property. 
 
 Collect’n of capt’d and aband’d prop’ty, records and evidence of same. 
 
 Refunding taxes illegally collected... 
 
 Reissuing national currency (reimbursable). 
 
 Trust Fund interest for support of free schools in South Carolina. . 
 
 Refunding proceeds of cotton seized. . . 
 
 Refunding to National Banks excess of duty. . 
 
 Defending suits and claims for seizures of captured and abandoned property. 
 
 ‘Compensation of persons employed in insurrectionary States. 
 
 •Cost of assessing and collecting internal revenue... 
 
 Support of Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum, Washington, D. C. 
 
 National Association for the Relief of Colored Women and Children, D, C. 
 Prize money to captors, 479,982.22;.for destruct’n enemy’s vess’ls, 50,419.32 
 
 Payment to officers and crew of the United States steamer “Kearsage”. 
 
 Payment of shares in capt’s made by Adm. Farragut’s fleet on Miss, river... 
 
 Navy pension fund, $96,363.93 ; Pensions, $29,456,216.22. 
 
 Interest on debt,103,093,544.57; Bounty under Act July 28,’66, $277,111.44 
 
 Expenses under reconstruction acts. 
 
 Collection and payment of bounty, &c., to colored soldiers and sailors. 
 
 Keeping, transporting and supplying prisoners of war. 
 
 National Cemeteries, $168,869.59 ; Headstones on Graves, $134,989.17. 
 
 Medical and Surgical History of the War. 
 
 Traveling expenses of California and Nevada Vols. and 1st Mich. Cav. 
 
 Support of refugees, freedmen, $34,716.20; Horses lost in service, $83,720.68 
 Reimburs’g States for rais’g volunt’rs, and expenses insuppress’grebell’n.. 
 
 Claims of loyal citizens for supplies furnished during the rebellion. 
 
 Publication of official records of the rebellion. 
 
 Commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States. 
 
 Payment of stoppages or fines due National Home for disabled volunteers. 
 Awards to British claimants, $1,929,819.00; Relief Acts (various), 77,064.29 
 
 $516,531 35 
 2,093 25 
 51,800 00 
 84,374 70 
 705 75 
 $1,731,924 92 
 $333,422.74 
 14,290 75 
 23,920 00 
 880,619 34 
 630 50 
 893 00 
 64,244 76 
 3,900 00 
 36,938 72 
 258 40 
 26,124 00 
 4,068 65 
 5,188,513 31 
 50,000 00 
 10.000 00 
 530*401 54 
 2,040 87 
 362,600 00 
 29,552,580 15 
 103,370,656 01 
 240 04 
 80,000 00 
 2,195 35 
 303,858 76 
 40,000 00 
 12,185 15 
 118,436 88 
 186,667 93 
 . 1,265,170 40 
 20,000 00 
 4,000 00 
 911,505 12 
 2,006,883 29 
 
 Total.$147,794,675 63 
 
 The Nation’s Pensioners—Direct Results of the Democratic Rebellion. 
 
 [For total Expenses of tlie Bureau see page 2. j 
 
 Year. 
 
 Invalid Soldiers. 
 
 Widows and Dependent 
 Relatives. 
 
 Total. 
 
 
 Number 
 on Roll. 
 
 Amount Paid. 
 
 Number 
 on Roll. 
 
 Amount Paid. 
 
 Number 
 on roll. 
 
 Amount Paid. 
 
 1861... 
 
 5,215 
 
 $480,371 
 
 26 
 
 5,494 
 
 $608,847 
 
 49 
 
 10,709 
 
 $1,089,218 
 
 75 
 
 1862... 
 
 4,341 
 
 368,368 
 
 33 
 
 3,818 
 
 432,451 
 
 61 
 
 8,159 
 
 800,819 
 
 94 
 
 1863... 
 
 7.821 
 
 447,544 
 
 64 
 
 6,970 
 
 596,819 
 
 83 
 
 14,791 
 
 1,044,364 
 
 47 
 
 1864... 
 
 23,479 
 
 1,449,616 
 
 71 
 
 27,656 
 
 3,072,005 
 
 47 
 
 51,135 
 
 4,521,624 
 
 18 
 
 1865... 
 
 35,880 
 
 2,216,954 
 
 30 
 
 50,106 
 
 6,325,930 
 
 97 
 
 85,986 
 
 8,542,885 
 
 27 
 
 1866... 
 
 55,652 
 
 3,901,562 
 
 01 
 
 71,070 
 
 9,349,418 
 
 16 
 
 126,722 
 
 -13,250,980 
 
 17 
 
 1867... 
 
 69,565 
 
 6,548,151 
 
 32 
 
 83,618 
 
 12,133,560 
 
 47 
 
 153,183 
 
 18,681,711 
 
 79 
 
 1868... 
 
 75,957 
 
 7,627,394 
 
 13 
 
 93,686 
 
 16,452,009 
 
 05 
 
 169,643 
 
 24,079,403 
 
 18 
 
 1869... 
 
 82,859 
 
 9,525,058 
 
 17 
 
 105,104 
 
 18,920,030 
 
 92 
 
 187,963 
 
 28,445,089 
 
 09 
 
 1870... 
 
 87,521 
 
 9,137,362 
 
 43 
 
 111,165 
 
 18,643,449 
 
 38 
 
 198,686 
 
 27,780,811 
 
 81 
 
 1871... 
 
 93,394 
 
 12,497,631 
 
 78 
 
 114,101 
 
 20,579,751 
 
 85 
 
 207,495 
 
 33,077,383 
 
 63 
 
 1872... 
 
 113,954 
 
 12,272,004 
 
 18 
 
 118,275 
 
 17,897,336 
 
 82 
 
 232,229 
 
 30,162,341 
 
 00 
 
 1873... 
 
 119,500 
 
 12,804,404 
 
 47 
 
 118,911 
 
 16,380,885 
 
 15 
 
 238,411 
 
 29,185,289 
 
 62 
 
 1874... 
 
 121.628 
 
 12,616,386 
 
 17 
 
 114,613 
 
 17,977,363 
 
 39 
 
 236,241 
 
 30,593,749 
 
 56 
 
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