RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES.
[From Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States.]

It is estimated that there are 1,900 miles of railroad track, in double, treble or quadruple tracks, sidings, etc., making the total length in single track, January 1, 1878, 98,208 miles. The mileage of 1878 is about equal to 1877.

1-71..

44,614

1872..

57,327

1873..

66,233

1874..

1875.

1876..

1877.

$2,664,627,645 $403,329,208 $141,746,404 $56,456,681 3,159,423,057 466,241,055 3,784,543,084 526,419,935 69,273 4,221,763,594 520,466,016 189,570,958 67,042,942 71,757 4,415,631,630 503,065,505 185,506,438 74,294,298 73,508 4,468,591,935 497,257,959 186,452,752 68,039.668 74.112 4,568,597,248 472,909,272 170,976,697 68,556,312

DAIRY PRODUCTS-Exports of Butter and Cheese.

165,754,373 64,418,157 183,810,562 67,120,709

Statement of Imports and Exports of Gold and Silver during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1878, made up from monthly returns of the Bureau of Statistics.

IMPORTS.

Total imports........

$3,512,521

$1,972.662 $11,358,053 $6.971.849 $9,518,750|| $29.821,314 Lxports (Foreign) f'm New-York $2,556,673 | Exports (Domestic) f'm N. Y. $11,759,370 San Francisco 3,115.724

Total...

all other perts

5,843

$6,678,240

"San Francisco..
"all other ports.

Total....

14,455,663 839,952 $27,054,985

Weekly fluctuations in the Gold Value of Fine Bar-Silver, etc., during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1878, prepared fron quotations furnished by Fixley & Abell, London.

STATEMENT of the actual Coin and Bullion held by the Government at the close of business, October 31, 1878, after deducting all demand coin obligations and the interest due and unpaid on the public debt. Gold and Silver Co n and Bullion on hand. Less Demand Coia Obligat ons outstanding.

Net Coin and Bullion

$212,085,439 80 73,375,030 59 $138,710,409 21

The Values in United States Money of the Pure Gold or Silver Representing, respectively, the Monetary Units and Standard Coins of Foreign Countries.

The Present Average Annual Production of Gold and Silver from the Mines

.118

[FROM THE Report of the COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, 1878.]

TABLE exhibiting by States the Issue and Retirement of Circulation during the year end. ing November 1, 1878, and the total amount Issued and Retired since June 20, 1871.

Surrendered to this office and retired...

Total for year ending Nov. 1. 1878. Add totals f'm June 20, 74.to Nov.1,'77 Surrendr'd to this office bet. same dates

Total issued and retired from June 20, 1874, to Nov. 1, 1878....................

$55,412.570 $61.002.608'$13,093,357 $84,314.957 TABLE showing, by Geographical Divisions, total average Capital and Deposits of all State and Savings Banks, Banks and private Bankers, for six months ending May 31, '78.

54,000

45,000

1,088,885

$16,291.685 $8,301.692 $2,684.424 $12,075.001 39,120,885 52,700,916 10,403,933 63,109,849 9.130.107

TABLE showing aggregate average Cap'tal and Deposits of all Banks, other than Na. tional, for the period named, together with the Capital and Deposits on June 29, 1878.

United States..... 4.400 205.38 1.242 79 2.055 470.39 677.16 6,456 675.77 1.919.95 TABLE showing the Amount of United States Taxes Collected from National Banks from the beginning of the system to July 1, 1878.

TABLE exhibiting the Resources and Liabilities of the National Banks in operation at

RESOURCES.

Loans

Bonds for circulation
Other U. s. bonds.

corresponding dates for the last nine years.

Oct. 8, Oct. 2, Oct. 3, Sep. 12 Oct. 2, Oct. 1, Oct. 2, Oct. 1, Oct. 1,
1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878.

1,617 1.767 1,919 1.976 2,004 2,087 2,089 2,080
Banks Banks Banks Banks Banks Banks Banks Banks Banks.
2.053

Millions Millions Millions Millions Millions Millions Millions Millions Millions
$716.0 $831.6 $877 2 $944.2 $954.4 $984.7 $931.3 $891.9 $834.0
340.6 364.5 382.0 389.3 383.3 370.3 337.2 336.8
45.8 27.6
28.1 47.8 45.0

847.6

Other stocks, b'ds, &c

37.7
23.6

23.6 28.0

94.7

24.5

23.5

23.7 27.8

33.5 34.4 34.5

36.9

Due from oth'r banks
Real estate......... . . . .

138.9

27.5

30.1

46.7

Specie..

80.7

Legal-tender notes...

4.4

16.9

125.0
6.7

82.4

20.6

55.9 41.2 25.2 17.

20.3 19.6 16.7 16.0
18.3 19.1 19.1 28.7

32.7

16.5

24.9

National Bank notes
Clearing-house exch.
U.S. certif. of deposit
Due f'm U. S. Treas'r
Other resources..

430.4 458.3 479.6 491.0 493.8 504.8 499.8 479.5 406.2
94.1 101.1
38.6 42.0
293.9 817.4

110.3

120.3 129.0

46.6

335.1

134.4 54.5 51.5 53.0 340.3 334.2 319.1

132.2 122.8

116.9

46.4

44.5

40.9

292.2

291.9

301.9

515.3 631.4 628.9 640.0 683.8 679.4 666.2

630.4

608.4

130.0

8-4

8.5

171.9 143.8
11.5

173.0 175.8 179.7 179.8 161.6 165.1 11.5

9.1 11.8 10.6 10.4

7.9

(1,510.71,730.61.755.81,830.61,877.21,882.21,827.21,741.1 1.767.3