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[Prepared from report of the Director of the Mint, 1899.]

TABLE NO. 2.-Approximate stocks of money in the aggregate and per capita in thirteen principal countries of the world, 1873.

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Population of the States and Territories on June 1, 1899; the aggregate capital, surplus,un. divided profits, and individual deposits of national banks, etc.. on or about June 30, 1899; the average of these items per capita, and the per capita averages in each class of banks and in all banks.

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Total New England States 5,465.000 1.721,281.992 314.96 104.40 2.57 33.84 174.15

New York

7,175,000 2,664,243,526)

371.32 118.95 44.761 78.67|128.65 $0.29 107.26 50.50 6.19 20.28 30.29

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6,115,000

188,000

1,275,000

District of Columbia.

Total Eastern States...

Virginia...
West Virginia.

North Carolina.

South Carolina.

300,000

1,890,000 202,736,505
887,857,875 145.20 77.49 13.83 34.83 17.45 1.60
21,765,375 115.77 48.21 11.88 27.77 27.91
146,226,944 114.69 55.72 6.99 5.95 45.62
41,195,757 137.32 83.34

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16,943,000 3.964,025.982)

233.96 90.18 25.30 49.86 67.89

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Georgia

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Alabama
Mississippi.
Louisiana

Texas

Arkansas

Kentucky.

520,000

48.156,150
11,012,541

21.50 6.54 14.96

21.18 14.82 6.36

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Tennessee

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Number of national-bank applications for $25,000 and $50,000 or more capital filed from December 1, 1899, to March 12, 1900.

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[Prepared from Report of Director of the Mint for 1899.]

TABLE NO. 3.—Approximate stock of gold, silver, and uncovered paper in the 13 principal countries of the world in 1873 and January 1, 1899, and changes between those dates, expressed in millions.

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PORTO RICAN TARIFF BILL.

OUTLINING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAND.

The Porto Rican Tariff Bill (so called) became a law April 12, 1900. Following is a summary of the provisions of the bill:

It applies to the island of Porto Rico and all the islands east of the seventy-fourth meridian, which are designated as Porto Rico.

The tariff section of the bill relative to the duties between the United States and Porto Rico is as follows:

"That on and after the passage of this act all merchandise coming into the United States from Porto Rico and coming into Porto Rico from the United States shall be entered at the several ports of entry upon payment of 15 per cent. of the duties which are required to be levied, collected and paid upon like articles of merchandise imported from foreign countries; and in addition thereto upon articles of merchandise of Porto Rican manufacture coming into the United States and withdrawn for consumption or sale upon payment of a tax equal to the internal revenue tax imposed in the United States upon the like articles of merchandise of domestic manufacture, such tax to be paid by internal revenue stamp or stamps to be purchased and provided by the commissioner of internal revenue to be procured from the collector of internal revenue at or most convenient to the port of entry of said merchandise in the United States and to be affixed under such regulations as the commissioner of internal revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe; and on all articles of merchandise of United States manufacture coming into Porto Rico in addition to the duty above provided upon payment of a tax equal in rate and amount to the internal revenue tax imposed in Porto Rico upon the like articles of Porto Rican manufacture.

TIME LIMIT ON MEASURE.

"Provided, that on and after the date when this act shall take effect all merchandise and articles except coffee, not dutiable under the tariff laws of the United States and all merchandise and articles entered in Porto Rico free of duty under force heretofore made by the secretary of war shall be admitted into the several ports thereof, when imported from the United States, free of duty, all laws or parts of laws to the contrary notwithstanding; and

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