TABLE 4.-Transactions of New York clearing house for forty-four years.
[Report Comptroller of the Currency, 1897, p. 550.]

4, 756, 664, 386 6, 448, 005, 956, 7, 231, 143, 057 5,915,742, 758 6, 871, 443, 591 14, 867, 597, 849

314, 238, 911|

15, 393, 736

1,016, 954

6.7

363, 984, 683

20, 867, 333

1, 177, 944

5.6

380, 693, 438
353, 383, 944

23, 401, 757

1, 232, 018

5.3

19, 269, 520

1, 151, 088

6.0

415, 530, 331

22, 237, 682

1, 344, 758

6.0

24, 097, 196, 656
26, 032, 384, 342
28, 717, 146, 914"
28, 675, 159, 472
28, 484, 288, 637
37, 407, 028, 987
27, 804, 539, 406
29, 300, 986, 682
33, 844, 369, 568
35, 461, 052, 826
22, 855, 927, 636
25,061, 237, 902
21, 597, 274, 247
23, 289, 243, 701
22, 508, 438, 442
25, 178, 770, 691
37, 182, 128, 621

1,035, 765, 108
1,066, 135, 106
1, 144, 963, 451
1, 125, 455, 237
1, 120, 318, 328
1, 036, 484, 822
1, 209, 721, 029
1,428, 582, 707 109, 884, 317
1,474, 508, 025 115, 885, 794
1,286, 753, 176
1,408, 608, 777
1, 295, 042, 029
1,373, 996, 302
1, 307, 843, 857
1,400, 111, 063
1,516, 538, 631 121, 510, 224
1,776, 018, 162 159, 232, 191
1,595, 000, 245 151, 637, 935
1, 568, 983, 196 132, 543, 307
1,524, 930, 994:11, 048, 982
1, 295, 355, 252 82, 789, 480
1,519, 565, 385 109, 067, 589
1,569, 626, 325 114, 337, 209
1,570, 198, 528 101, 192, 415
1,757, 637, 473 114, 839, 820
1, 753, 040, 145 123, 074, 139
1, 584, 635, 500 111, 651, 471
1,861, 500, 575 118, 561, 782
1,696, 207, 176 113, 978, 082
1, 585, 241, 634, 79, 704, 426
1,896, 574, 349 92, 670, 095
1,843, 289, 239 96, 232, 442 6, 043, 571
1,908, 901, 898 103, 424, 954 6, 300, 006

Total....

267, 467, 40031, 134, 201, 773, 780 353, 215, 844, 719 284, 127, 11623, 947, 177

4.69

1 The capital is for various dates, the amounts at a uniform date in each year not being obtainable. 2 Yearly average for forty-four years.

3 Totals for forty-four years.

TABLE 5.-Clearing-house exchanges for years ending September 30, 1882–1897.

$61, 054, 353, 584 53, 536, 061, 332 47, 387, 408, 275 37, 770, 110, 819 48, 211, 643, 771 52, 126, 704, 488 48, 651, 654, 957 53, 501, 411, 510 58,845, 279, 505 57, 181, 347, 284 61, 017, 839, 067 58,880, 682, 455 45, 028, 496, 746 51, 111, 591, 928 51, 977, 799, 114 54, 030, 253, 695

TABLE 6.-Extent to which banks in different sections issue currency in excess of that corresponding to the minimum bond deposit permitted by law.

TABLE 7.— Value in gold of $100 in currency in the New York market, 1862–1878, aver

aged by months.

[Bureau of Statistics, "Finance, Commerce, and Immigration," October, 1895, page 518.]

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

97.6 68.9 64.3 46.3 71.4 74.3 72.2 73.7 82.4 90.3 91.7 88.7 89.7 88.9 88.6 94.0 97.9 96.6 62.3 63. 1 48.7 72.3 72.8 70.7 74.4 83.7 89.7 90.7 87.6 89.1 87.3 88.2 94.8 98.0 98.2 64.7 61.4 57.5 76.6 74. 1 71.7 76.2 88.8 90.1 90.8 86.6 89.2 86.6 87.5 95.4 98.8 98.5 66.0 57.9 67.3 78.6 73.7 72.1 75.2 88.4 90. 4 90.0 84.9 88.2 87.1 88.5 94.2 99.4 96.8 67.2 56.7 73.7 75.9 73.0 71.6 71.8 87.2 89.7 88.0 85.0 89.9 86.3 88.8 93.5 99.3 93.9 69.2 47.5 71.4 67.2 72.7 71.4 72.4 88.6 89.0 87.8 85.8 90.0 85.5 88.9 94.9 99.2 86.6 76.6138.7 70.4 66.0 71.7 70.1 73.5 85.6 89.0 87.5 86.4 91.0 87.1 89.3 94.9 99.5 87.3 79.5 39.4 69.7 67.2 71.0 68.7 74.5 84.8 89.0 87.4 86.7 91.2 88.1 89.9 95.2 99.5 84.4 74.5 44.9 69.5 68.7 69.7 69.6 73. 1 87.1 87.3 88.1 88.7 91.2 86.4 90.9 96.8 99.6 77.8 67.7 48.3 68.7 67.4 69.7 72.9 76.8 88.7 88.3 88.3 91.8 91.0 85.9 91.2 97.3 99.5 76.3 67.6 42.8 68.0 69.5 71.6 74.4 79.2 89.8 89.9 88.6 92.1 90. 2 87.2 91.7 97.3 99.8 75.6 66.2 44.0 68.4 73.2 74.2 74.0 82.3 90.3 91.5 89.1 90.9 89 6 87.8 92.6 97.3 99.9

1On July 11, 1864, $100 in greenbacks was worth only $35.09 in gold.
TABLE 8.-Paper currency of each denomination outstanding May 31, 1898.'

Net.

397, 732, 504 1, 112, 577, 318 1, 000, 000

346, 681, 016 101, 981, 280 227, 696, 369 37, 486, 149 397, 732, 504 1, 111, 577, 318

12, 320, 000

30, 691

12, 330, 000 30, 691

TABLE 9.-Items of national bank statements, 1863–1897.

370, 321, 700
337, 170, 400
336, 810, 950
347, 556, 650
357, 313, 300
357,789, 350
363, 385, 500
357, 631, 750

23, 629, 850
28, 005, 250
28,087, 150
47, 840, 150
44, 991, 700
94,722, 450
71, 146, 750
43, 620, 400

19, 868, 469
21, 240, 945
8,050, 330
21, 360, 767
22,658, 820
30, 688, 607
42, 173, 731

113, 132, 663

640, 015, 999

944, 220, 116

122, 846, 946

683, 815, 255

954, 394, 792

125, 268, 734

679, 361, 881

984, 691, 434

113, 420, 847

666, 237, 499

931, 304, 714

95, 966, 696

109, 346, 509

64, 295, 458

56, 406, 750

114, 334, 736

59, 898, 441
71, 958, 517
80, 642, 997
91, 244, 659
88,538, 119
68, 667, 322
79, 941, 255
90,054, 461
99, 697, 093
86, 759, 731
113, 335, 608
118, 262, 945
121, 729, 352
165, 644, 028
143, 866, 685
142, 334, 730
149, 494, 929

736, 884, 369
887, 883, 067
1,086, 942, 370
1, 138, 071, 777
1,066, 830, 383

993, 001, 670
1, 120, 147, 797
1, 191, 759, 420
1, 277, 196, 205
1,408, 833, 600
1, 525, 592, 874
1,597, 070, 082
1,610, 039, 150
1,783, 184, 728
1, 468, 321, 602
1,744, 736, 512
1,716, 865, 788
1. 614, 728, 109
1,871, 274, 362

891, 920, 594
833, 988, 451
878, 503, 097
1,040, 977, 268
1, 173, 796, 083
1, 243, 203, 210
1,309, 244, 782
1, 245, 294, 093
1, 306, 143, 990
1, 450, 957, 055
1, 587, 549, 134
1,684, 180, 624
1,817,257, 703
1, 986, 058, 320
2, 005, 463, 206
2, 171, 041, 088
1,843, 634, 168
2, 007, 122, 191
2,059, 408, 402
893, 268, 839
2,066, 776, 114

TABLE 10.-Increase of note-issuing power under proposed law—Continued.
[Computed by the actuary of the Treasury Department.]

United States 4 per cent bonds of 1907, at 110 net, are taken as a basis.