V. TABLE SHOWING THE AGGREGATE SALES OF MERCHANDISE (including liquors), in the United States during the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1868, deduced from the receipts of Internal Revenue. for this work, by EDWARD YOUNG]. [Prepared expressly On the following page, in the statement of the Public Debt of the United States, the amount from 1791 to 1842, is given for January 1; from 1843 to 1847, and for 1853, 1854, and from 1857 to 1860, for July 1; for 1849 and 1850, December 1; 1851, November 20; 1852, December 30; and from 1861 to 1869 at different dates as given in the table compiled from the Treasury statement. *This amount includes all kinds of merchandise, including liquors sold by retail liquor dealers, cigars, tobacco, groceries, &c. No official return of the retail sales of liquors alone, is made; but the following estimate is nearly accurate. The receipts from licenses indicate that there were at least 129,716 retail liquor dealers in the United States, whose annual sales of liquors may be estimated at about $5,000 each, making the aggregate sales of liquor $648,580,000 in the year ending June 30, 1868. 1791. PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1791 To 1860. 4,857,660.46 11,983,737.53 123,491,965.16 1840.. 5,125,077.63 6,737,398.00 1842.. 15,028,486.37 27,203,450.69 1844. 24,748,188.23 17,093,794.80 PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1861 To 1869. Since the commencement of the war, the amount of the Debt at different dates, and the amount deducting cash in the Treasury, has been as follows: UNITED STATES BONDS. The Bonds of the United States are of different kinds, and have been issued at different times as follows: Sixes of 1881. Dated 1861, and redeemable in Twenty Years from January 1st and July 1st of that year. Interest six per cent. in gold, payable semi-annually, January 1st and July 1st. These Bonds were issued in three series: Under Act February 8, 1861, $18,415,000; dated variously in 1861. Under Act July 17 and August 5, 1861, $50,000,000; dated November 16, 1861. Under Act July 17, and August 5, 1861, in exchange for 7-30s, $139,317,150; dated November 16, 1861. Under Act March 3, 1863, and principal made especially payable in gold coin, $75,000,000; dated June 15, 1864. Total issue, $282,732,150. Five-Twenties of 1862. Commonly termed OLD Five-Twenties, dated May 1, 1862. Redeemable after Five Years, and payable in Twenty Years from date. Interest six per cent. in gold, payable the 1st of May and November. Issued under Act of February 25, 1862, $514,771,600. Five-Twenties of 1864. Dated November 1, 1864. Redeemable after Five, and payable in Twenty Years. Interest six per cent. in gold, payable 1st of May and November. Issued under Act March 3, 1864, (principal specified as payable in gold), $3,882,500. Issued under Act of June 30, 1864, $125,561,300. Total issue, $129,443,800. Five-Twenties of 1865. Dated November 1, 1865. Redeemable after Five, and payable in Twenty Years. Interest six per cent. in gold, payable 1st of May and November. under Act of March 3, 1865, $197,777,250. Issued Five-Twenties of 1865. Dated July 1, 1865. Interest six per cent. in gold, payable January and July. They are redeemable in Five Years, and payable in Twenty Years. Issued under Act of March 3, 1865, in exchange for 7-30 notes converted, and amount August 1, 1868, to $332,928,950. Five-Twenties of 1867. Dated July 1, 1867. Redeemable in Five, and payable in Twenty Years. Interest, six per cent. in gold, payable 1st of January and July. Issued under Act March 3, 1865, in exchange for 7-30 notes, and amount August 1, 1868, to $371,346,350. Five-Twenties of 1868. Dated July 1, 1868. Redeemable in Five Years, and payable in Twenty Years. Interest six per cent. in gold, payable January and July 1st. Issued under Act of March 3, 1865, in exchange for 7-30 notes, and amount August 1, 1868, to $39,000,000. Ten-Forties. Dated March 1, 1864. Redeemable in Ten, and payable in Forty Years. Interest five per cent. in gold, payable 1st of March and September, on all Registered Bonds, and on all Coupon Bonds of the denomination of $500 and $1,000. On the $50 and $100 Bonds, interest is paid annually, March 1st. Issued under act of March 3, 1863, and supplement March 3, 1864, principal payable in gold, $194,291,500. U. S. Pacific Railroad Currency Sixes. Dated January 16, 1865, and variously thereafter. These Bonds are issued by the Government, under Acts of July 1, 1862, and July 2, 1864, to Companies receiving their charter from Congress, which gives them the right to construct Railroads to and from the Pacific Coast, and on the completion of each twenty miles of track, to receive at the rate of $16,000, $22,000 or $48,000 per mile, according to the difficulty of constructing the same. They are payable thirty years from date of issue, and are registered in Bonds of $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000. Amount issued up to January 1, 1869, $50,097,000. All of the Government Bonds are issued "Coupon" or "Registered." Coupon Bonds can be changed into Registered Bonds, but Registered Bonds cannot be changed into Coupons. Coupon Bonds are in denominations of $50, $100, $500, and $1,000; the Registered Bonds the same, with addition of $5,000 and $10,000. LEGAL TENDER NOTES. Amount of Legal Tender Notes outstanding at different dates since the beginning of June, 1865: June 1, 1865.. $659,160,569 December 1, 1866.. $532,823,929 .525,398,682 66 678,126,948 April 1, .514,445,879 620,290,438 May 1. .509,022,127 January 1, 1866. .614,780,430 June 1, .503,289,997 TABLE EXHIBITING THE NUMBER OF BANKS, with the amount of capital, bonds deposited, and circulation in each State and Territory, September 30, 1868. The amount of National Bank Notes in circulation at various periods since June 1865, was as follows: STATEMENT, showing the amount and rate of Taxation (United States and State), of the National Banking Associations, for the year ending December 31, 1867. Total... 100,000.00 $422,804,666.00 $9,525,607.31 24 $8.813,126.92 2.082 $18,338,734.23 4.332 LEGAL TENDER NOTES ISSUED, REDEEMED AND OUTSTANDING. The following statement exhibits the number and amount of Legal Tender Notes issued, redeemed, and outstanding October 5, 1868: Amount. 478.65 .0047 1,405.36 .014 1,884.01 .0187 254.754 .8,641,822 $8.896,576 One Hundreds-Issued...267,350 $26.735,000 1,558,300 $25,176,700 $5,956,320 Outstanding. Fires-Issued Redeemed. Outstanding.. Tens-Issued.. Redeemed. Outstanding.. Twenties-Issued.. Redeemed.. 73.176 .7.915,914 $79,159,140 1,423,590 $77,735,550 142,359 7,773,555 .2,219,322 $44,386,440 36.355 .2,182,967 727,100 $43,659,340 Outstanding.. Total of all denominations out- Add for fragments of notes out- Total....... 146,352 2,410,660 Redeemed $299,806,110 455 $299,806,565 |