GOLD AND SILVER OF DOMESTIC PRODUCTION—(Continued.) Statement of unrefined Gold and Silver of Domestic Production, its distribution by States and Territories. Also refined Domestic Bullion (not distributed) deposited at the Mints and Assay Offices, from their organization to the close of the fiscal year ended June 30th, 1896. PRODUCTION OF GOLD AND SILVER IN THE UNITED STATES. Statement exhibiting the production of Gold and Silver in the United_States, from 1792 to 1844, and annually since. of the Mint. YEAR. April 2, 1792-July 31, 1834,. From the Report of the Director July 31, 1834-December 31, 1844,. OPERATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES ASSAY OFFICE, NEW-YORK. Statement exhibiting the amount of Bullion Deposits, the amount of Silver parted from Gold, and the amount of Silver and Gold Bars manufactured at the United States Assay Office in New-York, from its organization, October 10, 1854, to the year ended December 31, 1896. Bullion transmitted from the Assay Office in New-York to the United States Mint, Philadelphia, for Coinage, from October 10, 1854, to December 31, 1896. Gold Bars exchanged for Gold Coin, pursuant to Act of Congress of May 26, TRANSACTIONS OF THE NEW-YORK CLEARING HOUSE, Prepared by direction of Mr. WILLIAM SHERER, Manager. THE New-York Clearing-House has been in operation forty-three and a quarter years. Its aggregate transactions during that period, ended December 31, 1896, amount to $1,162,597,785,521.70. It was organized on the 11th of October, 1853, and at the present time consists of sixty-five banks and the Assistant Treasurer of the United States. The aggregate yearly transactions since its organization to January 1, 1897, are as follows: The average exchanges per day during the years 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896, were as follows: Ended October 1st, 1891,. 470,233,647 97 $51,777,176,469 46 Statement showing the Clearing House Transactions for each month, from January 1st to December 31st, 1896, with the Loans, Specie, Legal Tenders and Liabilities of the Associated Banks, and the Per Centage of Specie and Legal Tenders to Net Liabilities, on the first Saturday in each month. Total Exchanges for the year ended December 31, 1896, Total Transactions for the year ended Dec. 31, 1896, 31, 1896, $28,870,775,056 20 1,792,686,480 97 $30,663,461,537 17 |