National bank notes are not legal tender, but both classes of certificates are receivable for all public dues, while National bank notes are receivable for all public dues except duties on imports, and may be paid out by the Government for all salaries and other debts and demands owing by the United States to individuals, corporations and associations within the United States, except interest on the public debt, and in redemption of the National currency. All National banks are required by law to receive the notes of other National banks at par. The minor coins of nickel and copper are legal tender to the extent of 25 cents. or The coinage of legal-tender gold was authorized by the first coinage act, passed by Congress April 2, 1792. The gold unit of value is the dollar, which contains 25.8 grains of standard gold 900 fine. The amount of fine gold in the dollar is 23.22 grains, and the remainder of the weight is an alloy of copper. The total coinage of gold by the mints of the United States from 1792 to June 30, 1897, was $1,886,338,958, of which it is estimated that $671,676,250 is still in existence as coin in the United States, while the remainder has been exported consumed in the arts. The silver unit is the dollar, which contains 4121⁄2 grains of standard silver 900 fine. The amount of fine silver in the dollar is 3714 grains, and there are 414 grains of copper alloy. The standard silver dollar was first authorized by the Act of April 2, 1792. The coinage of the standard silver dollar was discontinued by the Act of February 12, 1873, and it was restored by the Act of February 28, 1878. The total amount coined from 1792 to 1873 coined was $8,031,238, and the amount from 1878 to June 30, 1897, was $451,993,742. The coinage ratio between gold and silver under the Act of 1792 was 15 to 1, but by the Act of 1837 it was changed to 15.988 to 1 (commonly called 16 to 1). Centiare (square metre).... 10.764299 Are 1076.429934 Hectare (10,000 sq. met.)... 2,471 acres OCEAN MAIL SERVICE. An act of the Congress of 1890-91 provides that vessels employed in the mail service under the provisions of the act shall be American built steamships, owned and officered by American citizens, in conformity with the existing laws, and upon each departure from the United States the following proportion of the crew shall be citizens of the United States, to wit: During the first two years of such contract for carrying the mails, one-fourth thereof; three succeeding years, during the next cne-third thereof, and during the remain-ing time of the continuance of such contract at least one-half thereof; and said vessels must be constructed after the latest and most approved types, with all the modern improvements and appliances for ocean steamers. Said vessels shall take, as cadets or apprentices, one Americanborn boy under twenty-one years of age, for each 1,000 tons gross register, and one for each majority fraction thereof, who shall be educated in the duties of seamanship, rank as petty officers, and receive such pay for their services as may be reasonable. 1Of the thirteen original States. 2 Purchased from Russia. 3 According to nearest census. 4Less sinking fund. POPULAR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT, 1888, 1892, 1896. 1888. -1892. -1896. Soc. Pro. Rep. Dem.-Pop. Nat. Dem. Pro. Harri- Cleve Lab. Lev'ring Match Fisk. son. land. Weaver. Bidwell. McKinley. Bryan. Palmer. &B'ntl'y. ett. Alabama. 57,197 117,320 593 9,197 138,138 85,181 239 54,737 *131,226 6,462 2,147 Arkansas. 58,752 85,962 10,613 614 46,974 87,834 11,831 113 37,512 101,103 1,732 California. 124,816 117,729 5,761 118,149 118,293 25,352 8,129 146,688 *144,766 2,006 3,620 1,611 Colorado. 50,774 37,567 1,266 2,191 38,620 53,584 1,687 26,279 *161,269 1 2,103 160 Connecticut. 74,584 74,920 240 4,234 77,032 82,395 809 4,026 110,285 56,740 4,336 1,806 1,223 Delaware... 12,973 16,414 400 18,077 18,581 564 20,452 16,615 966 602 Florida. 26,659 39,561 403 30,143 4,843 569 11,257 *31,958 1,772 644 Georgia. 40,446 100,449 48,305 129,386 42,939 988 60,091 *94,672 2,708 5,716 Idaho. 8,599 2 10,520 288 6,314 23,135 172 25,870 607,130 *464,523 6,390 10,611 1,147 9,881 255,615 262,740 22,208 13,050 323,748 306,206 2,146 5,241 343 3,550 219,795 196,367 20,595 6,402 289,293 223,741 4,516 3,544 453 Kansas. 182,904 102,745 37,788 6,779 157,241 163,111 4,553 159,345 *172,854 1,209 2,318 Kentucky 155,134 183,800 5,225 135,441 175,461 23,500 6,423 218,171 217,890 5,114 4,781 Louisiana. 30,701 85,026 39 127 13,331 87,622 13,332 22,037 77,175 1,915 Maine. 73,734 50,482 1,345 2,690 62,876 48,049 2,396 3,066 80,461 *34,587 1,870 1,589 92,736 113,866 796 5,877 136,978 104,746 2,507 6,058 588 Massachusetts. 183,892 151,855 8,701 202,914 176,813 236,387 213,469 4,555 20,945 222,708 202,296 Minnesota.. Mississippi.. 142,492 104,385 1,097 15,311 122,823 100.920 3,210 7,539 19,931 29,313 278,976 *105,711 11,749 2,998 2,114 20,857 293,327 237,251 6,930 6,777 292 14,182 193,503 30,096 85,471 222 218 1,406 40,237 10,256 910 5,123 139,735 3,216 *63,793 1,071 Harri- ..... Dem. Un. Lab. Streeter. Pro. Harri- Cleve Rep. Dem. Pop. Pro. Rep. Dem.-Pop. Nat. Dem. Soc.Pro. Lab. Lev'ring Match son. land. Weaver. Bidwell. McKinley. Bryan. Palmer. &B'ntl'y. ett. 268,400 41,204 4,333 304,940 363,667 2,365 2,462 599 Montana.. 18,838 17,534 7,259 Nebraska........ 108,425 80,552 4,220 9,420 87,227 24,943 83,134 517 10,494 42,537 186 103,064 115,999 2,885 2,040 186 Nevada. 7,238 5,326 41 2,811 714 7,264 89 1.938 *8,377 New-Hampshire. 45,728 43,456 42 1,593 45,658 42,081 292 1,297 57,444 *21,650 3,520 825 223 New-Jersey. 144,360 151,508 7,933 156,068 171,042 969 8,131 221,367 133,675 6,373 5,614 3,985 New-York. 650,338 635,965 626 30,231 609,350 654,868 10,429 38,190 819,838 551,369 18,950 16,052 17,667 North Carolina. 134,784 147,902 47 2,789 100,346 132,951 44,732 2,543 155,222 174,488 578 635 North Dakota.. 17,159 17,700 899 26,335 20,686 358 Ohio.. 416,054 396,455 3,496 24,356 405,909 404,115 14,850 26,012 525,991 *477,497 1,858 7,784 1,167 Oregon. 33,291 26,522 363 1,677 35,002 12,242 26,965 1,892 48,779 46,739 977 919 Pennsylvania... 523,585 444,327 3,877 20,708 516,011 452,264 8,714 25,123 728,300 $433,230 11,000 20,144 1,683 Rhode Island. 21,969 17,530 1,251 26,975 24,356 228 1,654 36,437 14,459 1,166 1,165 558 South Carolina.. 13,740 65,825 13,384 54,698 2,410 9,313 58,801 824 South Dakota.. 34,888 9,081 26,544 41,042 41,225 683 Tennessee. 138,988 158,779 5,969 99,851 136,594 23,780 4,776 148,773 *168,176 1,951 Texas... 88,280 234,883 29,459 3,098 4,749 81,444 239,148 99,688 2,165 158,811 *361,224 4,853 1,722 Utah.. 13,491 64,607 21 Vermont. 45,192 16,788 1,459 37,992 16,325 44 1,424 50,991 *10,607 1,329 728 Virginia. 150,438 151,977 1,678 113,262 163,977 12,275 2,738 135,388 154,985 2,127 2,341 115 Washington. 36,460 29,802 19,165 2,542 39,153 51,646 1,668 1,116 West Virginia. 78,171 78,677 1,508 1,084 80,293 84,467 4,166 2,141 104,414 92,927 677 1,203 Wisconsin. 176,553 155,232 8,552 14,277 171,101 177,325 10,019 13,136 268, 135 165,523 4,584 7,853 1,314 Wyoming. 8,454 7,722 530 10,072 10,375 159 The figures in the table are the highest cast for any one elector on each ticket. 1888--Cowdrey, United Labor, 3,073; Curtis, Am., 1,591; Soc., 2,068; scat., 7,777. All, over Harrison, 506,544. 1892 In the |