changed, act of Feb. 12, 1873, to 64 grams, or 96.45 grains. Total amount coined to June 30, 1911, $97,189,036.25. Legal tender, $10. Columbian Quarter-Dollar-Authorized to be coined, act of March 3, 1893; weight, 96.45 grains; fineness. .900. Total amount coined, $10,000. Legal tender, $10. Twenty-Cent Piece-Authorized to be coined, act of March 3, 1875; weight, 5 grams, or 77.16 grains; fineness, .900; coinage prohibited, act of May 2, 1878. Total amount coined, $271,000. Dime-Authorized to be coined, act of April 2, 1792; weight, 41.6 grains; fineness, .89.24; weight changed, act of Jan. 18, 1837, to 414 grains; fineness changed, act of Jan. 18, 1837, to .900; weight changed, act of Feb. 21, 1853, to 38.4 grains; weight changed, act of Feb. 12, 1873, to 2% grams, or 38.58 grains. Total amount coined to June 30, 1911, $62,110,837. Legal tender, $10. Half-Dime-Authorized to be coined, act of April 2, 1792; weight, 20.8 grains; fineness, .8924; weight changed, act of Jan. 18, 1837, to 20% grains; fineness changed, act of Jan. 18, 1837, to .900; weight changed, act of Feb. 21, 1853, to 19.2 grains; coinage discontinued, act of Feb. 12, 1873. Total amount coined, $4,880,219.40. Three-Cent Piece-Authorized to be coined, act of March 3, 1851; weight, 12% grains; fineness, .750; weight changed, act of March 3, 1853, to 11.52 grains; fineness changed, act of March 3, 1853, to .900; coinage discontinued, act of Feb. 12, 1873. Total amount coined, $1,282,087.20. of March 3, 1865; weight, 30 grains; composed of 75 per cent copper and 25 per cent nickel. Total amount coined, $941,349.48. Legal tender for 60 cents, but reduced to 25 cents by act of Feb. 12, 1873. Coinage discontinued, act of Sept. 26, 1890. Two-Cent (bronze)-Authorized to be coined, act of April 22, 1864; weight, 96 grains, composed of 95 per cent copper and 5 per cent tin and zinc. Coinage discontinued, act of Feb. 12, 1873. Total amount coined, $912,020. Cent (copper)-Authorized to be coined, act of April 2, 1792; weight, 264 grains; weight changed, act of Jan. 14, 1793, to 208 grains; weight changed by proclamation of the president, Jan. 26, 1796, in conformity with act of March 3, 1795, to 168 grains; coinage discontinued, act of Feb. 21, 1857. Total amount coined, $1,562,887.44. Cent (nickel)-Authorized to be coined, act of Feb. 21, 1857; weight, 72 grains; composed of 88 per cent copper and 12 per cent nickel. Coinage discontinued. act of April 22, 1864. Total amount coined, $2,007,720. Cent (bronze)-Authorized, act of April 22, 1864; weight, 48 grains; composed of 95 per cent copper and 5 per cent tin and zinc. Total amount coined to June 30, 1911, $19,913,369.88. Legal tender, 25 cents. Half-Cent (copper)-Authorized to be coined, act of April 2, 1792; weight, 132 grains; weight changed, act of Jan. 14, 1793, to 104 grains; weight changed by proclamation of the president, Jan. 26, 1796, in conformity with act of March 3, 1795, to 84 grains; coinage discontinued, act of Feb. 21, 1857. Total amount coined, $39,926.11. *TOTAL COINAGE. Gold Silver Minor 966,601,754.35 Silver 60,134,240.76 Minor COINAGE, 1911. $56,176,822.50 6,457,301.55 3,156,726.47 Total.... 4,294,869,178.11 Total. *To end of fiscal year, June 30, 1911. APPROXIMATE VALUE OF FOREIGN COINS. (c, copper; g, gold; s, silver.) 65,790,850.52 DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCE MATURITY. $5,000.00 Funded loan of 1891, matured Sept. 2, 1891.. 23.650.00 13.250.00 Funded loan of 1907, matured July 2, 1907.. Old debt matured at various dates prior to Jan. 1, 1861, and other items of debt matured at various dates subsequent to Jan. 1, 1861... 800.350.00 14,050.00 Aggregate of debt on which interest has ceased since maturity. 904,150.26 1,760,450.26 United States notes-Feb. 25, 1862; July 11, 1862; March 3, 1863... $346.681,016.00 53,282.50 National bank notes-Redemption account-July 14, 1890.. 24,710,831.50 Aggregate of debt bearing no interest CLASSIFICATION. CERTIFICATES AND NOTES ISSUED ON DEPOSITS OF COIN AND SILVER BULLION. Gold certificates-March 3, 1863; July 12, 1882; March 14, 1900. Aggregate of certificates and treasury notes offset by cash in the treasury. 6,856,154.90 .378,301,284.90 RECAPITULATION. Debt bearing no interest.... Aggregate of interest and noninterest bearing debt... Certificates and treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in treasury.. Balance in the treasury May 31, 1912, exclusive of reserve and trust funds. Increase during the month 39,266,249.90 1, Population of continental United States July 1912, estimated at 95,656,000; circulation per capita, $34.26. *A revised estimate by the director of the mint of the stock of gold coin was adopted in the statement for Aug. 1, 1907. There was a reduction of $135,000,000. **A revised estimate by the director of the mint of the stock of subsidiary silver coin was adopted in the statement of Sept. 1, 1910. There was a reduction of $9,700,000. For redemption of outstanding certificates an exact equivalent in amount of the appropriate kinds 39,938,688 363,621,008 3,276,786,613|3,228,627,002) 816,266,721 of money is held in the treasury, and is not included in the account of money held as assets of the government. This statement of money held in the treasury as assets of the government does not include deposits of public money in national bank depositaries to the credit of the treasurer of the United States, amounting to $37,574,507.28. For a full statement of assets see public debt statement. currency certificates, act $Includes $33,190,000 June 8, 1872. PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES. Outstanding principal on Jan. 1 of each year from 1791 to 1843, inclusive, and on July 1 of each year since Year. Amount. Year. $75,463,476.52 1816......$127,334,933.74 1841 77,227,924.66 1817.. 123,591,965.16 1842.. 1793... 80,358,634.04 1818..... 103,466,633.83 1843.. 95.529,648.28 1843.. 33.733.05 1859. Amount. Year. Amount. Year. Amount. 10,434,221.14 1863.... 1,119,772,138.63 1888... 1,692,858,984.58 ANALYSIS OF THE PUBLIC DEBT. 1,614,705.26 $924,465,218.53 62,947.714 $14.22 80.47 851,912,751.78 63,844,000 13.34 Outstanding Cash in the in treasury. $825,011,289.47 $1,552,140,204.73 $661,355,834.20 694,083,839.83 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 2,094,060.26 1894. 1,851,240.26 1895. 1.721,590.26 1896. 1897. 1,600,890.26 .37 841,526,463.60 65,086,000 12.93 .35 958.854,525.87 1,545,985,686.13 838,969,475.75 66,349,000 12.64 .35 995,360,506.42 1,632,253,636.68 899,313,380.55 67,632,000 13.30 .38 958.197,331.99 1,675,120,983.25 864.059.314.78 68,934.000 13.08 .42 920,839,543.14 1,769,840,323.40 915,934,687.89 70,254,000 13.60 .49 968,960,655.64 1,817,672,665.90 992,022,900.03 71,592.900 13.78 .48 1.262.680.00 947,901,845.64 1,796,531,995.90 769.446.503.76 1,027,085,492.14 72,947,000 14.08 .47 1,218.300.26 944,660,256.66 1,991,927,306.92 836,607,071.73 1,155,320,235.19 74.318,000 15.55 .54 1,176,320.26 1.112,305,911.41 2,136,961,091.67 1.029,249.833.78 1,107,711,257.89 75,994,575 14.58 .44 1,415,620.26 1.154.770,273.63 2,143,326,933.89 1,098,587,813.92 1,044,739,119.97 77,612,569 13.46 .38 1,280,860.26 1,226,259,245.63 2,158,610,445.89 1.189.153,204.85 969,457,241.04 79,230,563 12.24 .35 1,205,090.26 1,286,718.281.63 2,202,464,781.89 1,277,453,144.58 925,011,637.31 80,848,557 11.44 .82 1,970,920.26 1,366,875,224.88 2,264,003,585.14 1,296,771,811.39 967,231,773.75 82,466,551 11.73 1.370,245.26 1.378.086,478.58 2,274,615,063.84 1,365,467,439.06 909,147.624.78 84.084,545 11.77 1,128,135.26 1,440,874,563.78 2,337,161,839.04 1,372.726.152.25 964,435,686.79 85,702,539 11.25 1,086.815.26 1,561,266,966.00 2,457,188,061.54 1.578,591.306.51 878,596,755.03 87.320,533 10.06 4,130,015.26 1,725,172,266,28 2,626,806,271.54 1,688,673,862.16 938,132,409.38 88.938.527 10.55 .24 2,883.855.26 1,723,344,895.78 2,639,546,241.04 1,615,684,710.25 1,023,861,530.79 90,556,521 11.31 .23 2,124,895.26 1,737,223,452.78 2,652,665,838.04 1,606,216,652.79 1,046,449,185.25 92,174,515 11.35 1.879,830.26 1,848,367,586.43 2.765,600.606.69 1,749.816.268.23 1,015,884,338.46 93.792,509 10.83 .23 1,760.450.26 1,904,597.104.16) 2,868,373,874.16 1,946,293.662.72| 922,080,211.44 95,656,000] *Includes certificates issued against gold, silver and currency deposited in the treasury. NOTE-The years for which the revenues and expenditures are given are approximately, but not in all cases, the same as those for the debts. EARTHQUAKE IN ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN. Northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin and eastern Iowa were visited by a slight earthquake shock shortly after 10 o'clock Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1912. No damage was done. The quake was distinctly felt in Chicago at 10:21 a. m., the motion apparently being from east to west. Among the towns affected by the tremor were Chicago, Aurora, Elgin, Morris, Dixon, Galesburg, Rockford, Freeport, Stirling, Ot tawa, Waukegan, Joliet, DeKalb, Mendota and Lockport in Illinois; Milwaukee, Janesville and Kenosha in Wisconsin and Davenport in Iowa. |