VALUE OF FOREIGN COINS IN UNITED STATES MONEY, AS PROCLAIMED BY THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

The above table exhibits the values in United States money of account, of the pure gold or silver representing, respectively, the monetary units and standard coins of foreign countries, in compliance with the Act of Congress of March 3, 1873, which provides "that the value of foreign coin, as expressed in the money of account of the United States, shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value," and that "the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the world shall be estimated annually by the Director of the Mint, and be proclaimed on the first day of January by the Secretary of the Treasury."

The estimate of values contained in the above table has been made by the Director of the Mint, and proclaimed in compliance with the above stated provisions of law.

VITAL STATISTICS OF FOREIGN CITIES.
[From the Reports of the Board of Health of the City of New York.]

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DEBTS OF AMERICAN CITIES.

NOTE.-In the American Almanac and Treasury of Facts for 1878, pp. 282-3, appeared a table of Municipal Debts in the United States, presenting a parallel view of the total debt, property valuation, and taxation in 127 cities in 1866 and 1876 comparatively. The following list of the principal cities in the United States exhibits their indebtedness at the latest attainable date, with the valuation of property for the purposes of taxation, and the rate per cent levied, wherever obtainable. In cases where a sinking-fund exists, to be applied to the reduction of debt, the net amount only is given.

PRICES OF BRITISH THREE PER CENT CONSOLS FOR EIGHTY-EIGHT YEARS, 1789-1879.

[From the London Economist's Commercial History and Review, 1879.]

Countries.

MERCHANT SHIPPING OF THE WORLD IN 1876.

[From the London Economist's Commercial History and Review, 1877.]

PAPER CURRENCY IN THE UNITED STATES-1860-1878. Statement showing the amount of State, National-Bank, and United States Notes, etc., outstanding at the close of each fiscal year, from 1860 to 1878, inclusive.

19,996,163 4,484,112 3,163,771 2,558,874

$

$

$

$

State-Bank Circulation.. 142,919,638

2,222,793 1,968,058

198,572 2,152,910 768,500 39,878,684 40,582,875

One and two-year Notes
of 1863..
Compound-interest Notes 193,756,080
Fractional Currency.... 25,005,829

...

Total am't in Currency 983,318,686

Value of the paper dollar
as compared with coin
July 1 of each year...
Value of currency in gold

281,479,908 298,625,379 299,762,855 299,929,624 299,766,984 318 261,241
272,162 208,432 141,723 123,739 106,256
400,619,206 371,783,597 356,000,000 356,000,000 356,000,000 356,000,000

3,454,230 1,123,630 555,492 347,772 248,272
159,012,140 122,394,480 28,161,810| 2,871,410

27,070,877 28,307,523 32,626,952 32,114,637

96,505

891,904,686 826,927,153 720,412,603 693,946,056 700,375,899 717,875,751

$0 66 $0 71.7 $0 70.1 $0 73.5 $0 85.6 $0 89 588,657,093 592,906,769 505,009,234 510,050,351 599,521,770 638,909,418

$0 70.4 692,256,355

Outstand-Outstanding Outstand- Outstand-
June 30, ing June
1873. 30, 1874.

ing June
30, 1875.

$ 1,700,935 337,664,795

$

Demand Notes

88,296

426,504

70,107

Legal-tender Notes.

357,500,000

347,267,061 351,981,032 354,408,008 332,998,336 317,048,872 324,514,284

79,968 356,000,000 382,000,000 375,771,580 369,772,284 359,764,332 346,681,016

66,918

65,963

62,297

One and two-year Notes of 1863.

167,522 593,520

Fractional Currency...

40,855,835

Compound-interest Notes

$0 86.4 $0 91 $0 87.2 $0 89.5 $0 94.7 $0 99.4 648,053,887 711,156,733 674,619,947 66C,846,999 661,189,978 684,465,691

142,105 127,625 90,485 479,400 415,210 367,390 328,760 296,630 274,920 44,799,365 45,881,296 42,129,424 34,446,595 20,403,137 16,547,769