States and Territories. ANNUAL INTEREST CHARGE ON BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.-Continued. South Central division y$118.698.525 $118,377,427 $6,408,062 1884. $7,139,441 Kentucky z21,474,998 19,112,153 1,213,009 1,249,259 5.65 6.54 0 65 0 76 Tennessee aa26,199,476 28,338,282 1,106,757 1,698,704 4.37 5.98 0 63 1 10 Alabama 15,683,641 14,517,445 685,920 548,930 4.37 3.78 045 0 43 Mississippi bb8,229,785 1,719,241 193,400 86.662 5.99 5.04 0 15 0 08 Louisiana.... 28,133,222 38,643,462 1,728,859 2,460,400 6.15 6.37 155 2.62 Texas 20,490,673 11,001,228 1,270,339 775,884 6.20 7.05 0 57 0 49 Oklahoma ........... Arkansas........ 3,486,730 5,045,616 209,778 324,602 6.02 6.43 0 19 040 Amounts bearing no interest: p $94,448; q $6,665; r $16,615; s $19,500; t $31,993; u $2,500; v $2,554; w $14,621; y $856,831; z $6,- VALUES OF FOREIGN COINS, OCTOBER 1, 1894. 34,641 5.53 7.55 0 26 0 20 5.83 6.81 0 83 1 29 Gold: former system-4 florins $1.929), 8 florins ($3,858), Gold: 10 and 20 francs. Silver: 5 francs. Brazil Gold Milreis... .546 Gold: 5, 10 and 20 milreis. Silver: 1⁄2, 1 and 2 milreis. Gold Dollar 1.00 Chill ..... Gold and silver. Peso .912 Gold: escudo ($1.824), doubloon ($4.561), and condor Denmark. Gold. Crown .268 Ecuador. Silver Sucre .464 Egypt.. Gold Pound (100 piasters). 4.943 Gold: condor ($9.647) and double-condor. Gold: condor ($9,647) and d'ble-condor. Silver: sucre and div's. Gold: 20 marks ($3.859), 10 marks ($1.93). .238 Gold: 5, 10 and 20 marks. 4.8662 Gold: sovereign (pound sterling) and 1⁄2 sovereign. .193 Gold: 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 drachmas. Silver: 5 drachmas. Silver: peso. Silver: peso. Silver: 5 francs. Hayti. Gold and silver. Gourde .965 India.. Silver ..... Rupee .22 Italy Gold and silver. Lire Gold: mohur ($7.105). Silver: rupee and divisions. Japan Gold and silver* Yen.... Silver .50 Gold: dollar ($0.983), 22, 5, 10 and 20 dollars. Silver: Norway...... Gold. Crown .268 Peru Silver Sol .464 Portugal Gold Milreis Russia Silvert. Ruble.. Silver .371 Gold: imperial ($7.718), and 1⁄2 imperialt ($3.86). Spain Gold and silver. Peseta .193 Gold: 25 pesetas. Silver: 5 pesetas. Sweden Gold Crown .268 Switzerland Gold and silver. Franc Tripoli Silver .... Turkey Gold ... Mahbub of 20 piasters. Plaster Venezuela Gold and silver. Boliver "Gold the nominal standard. Silver practically the standard. Gold: 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 francs. Silver: 5 francs. Silver: 5 bolivars. †Coined since January 1, 1886. Old half imperial equals $3,986. 1811ver the nominal standard. Paper the actual currency, the depreciation of which is measured by the gold standard. Russia. 350,000 uncivilized Indians. Bank in 1892 for payment of indemnity to the Tobacco being equal to only five cents in value); nor including the arrears of interest on English loans of 1870 and 1872, amounting to $111,773,443. j Includes $579,000 five per cent consolidated debt due the United States. k Including £32,000,000 war indemnity to Inclusive of $25,702,384 paper money. Co. Including about i Not including $78,722,180 paper money (the paper sale g Borrowed from Imperial UNITED STATES DEBT STATEMENT, OCTOBER 31, 1894. Total 54,847 50 28,163,475 50 6,897,137 42 50,000,000 00 $635,042,860 00 Total $381,796,476 42 Increase since Mar. 1, 1893 $50,008,600 00 Increase since Nov,30, 1893| $7,207,360 55 CERTIFICATES AND NOTES ISSUED ON DEPOSITS OF COIN AND LEGAL TENDER NOTES AND PURCHASES OF SILVER BULLION. Railway. Central Pacific. Cent. Branch, U. P. Totals |$64,623,512 $101,873,611 38 $27,882,235 40|$73,991,375 98 $19,838,958 57 Accrued interest not yet paid, $1,292,470 24. PRICES OF COTTON AND MANUFACTURES. Annual average prices, in cents, in the New-York markets, of middling cotton and of the staple manufactures of cotton for each year from 1860 to 1892 inclusive: a Including 1881 and since, the prices of standard drillings are net; raw cotton prices are also net for the entire period. IRON AND STEEL The annual report of the American Iron and Steel Association gives the following information of the production, etc., of iron and steel in the United States in 1893: The production of iron ore was 11,587,629 gross tons, against 16,296,668 tons in 1892, a decrease of 4,709,036 tons. The shipments of iron ore from the Lake Superior mines in 1893 amounted to 6,060,492 tons, against 9,069,556 tons in 1892. a decrease of 3,009,064 tons. Our imports of iron ore in 1893 amounted to 526,951 gross tons, against 806,585 tons in 1892. The imports in 1893 were the smallest since 1885. The production of pig iron was 7.124.502 gross tons, against 0,157,000 tons in TRADE IN 1893. 1892, a decrease of 2,032,498 tons. This decrease was almost entirely in the second half of 1893, the production in the first half being 4,562,918 tons and in the second half only 2,531,584 tons. The production of pig iron in the first half of 1894 was 2,717,983 tons, which was but slightly in excess of that in the second half of 1893. The production of Bessemer steel ingots was 3,215,686 gross tons; in 1892, 4,168,435 tons. The production of all kinds of rails in 1893 was 1,135,458 gross tons against 1,551,844 tons in 1892. Tin plates and terne plates to the amount of 123,606,707 pounds were produced in 1893, compared with 42,119,192 pounds in the preceding year. |