Of this there was paid for expenses of distributing silver coin $35,059.03, and reimbursed for wastage and loss on sale of sweeps $20,294.88.
The seignorage on the coinage of silver at the mints of the United States from July 1, 1878, to the close of the fiscal year ended June 30, 1887, has amounted to $39,057,566.90.
Tabulated Statement of Expenditures of the Mint at Philadelphia, for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 1887.
| Items. | Amount. |
|---|---|
| Acids | $7,149.28 |
| Belting | 315.07 |
| Charcoal | 1,873.42 |
| Chemicals | 832.58 |
| Coal | 16,332.20 |
| Copper | 13,585.00 |
| Crucibles, covers, stirrers, and dippers | 3,712.72 |
| Dry goods | 1,198.97 |
| Fluxes | 3,560.91 |
| Freight and drayage | 252.12 |
| Gas | 4,098.78 |
| Gloves and gauntlets | 5,930.40 |
| Hardware | 957.01 |
| Ice | 613.45 |
| Iron and steel | 205.91 |
| Labor and repairs | 3,417.82 |
| Loss on sale of sweeps | 1,301.15 |
| Lumber | 2,109.74 |
| Machinery and appliances | 2,617.49 |
| Metal work and castings | 1,697.61 |
| Oil | 1,047.12 |
| Salt | 117.56 |
| Stationery, printing and binding | 773.42 |
| Sundries | 6,230.61 |
| Telegraphing | 28.87 |
| Washing | 42.67 |
| Wood | 5,432.62 |
| Zinc | 935.57 |
| Steam-power plant | 11,464.27 |
| Manufacture of 5-cent nickel blank | 19,498.50 |
| Total | 117,332.84 |
| Salaries | 40,665.69 |
| Wages of workmen | 426,593.93 |
| Aggregate | 581,597.46 |
Value of the Foreign Gold Coins Deposited at the United States Assay Office at New York during the Year ended June 30, 1887.
| Countries of Coinage. | Denominations of coin. | Total of each denomination of coin. | Total by countries of coinage. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | Mixed | 257.56 | $257.56 |
| France | 20 francs | 1,219,351.02 | 1,219,351.02 |
| Germany | 20 marks | 179,121.67 | 179,121.67 |
| Great Britain | Sovereigns | 1,018,036.21 | 1,018,036.21 |
| Japan | Yens | 18,608.37 | 18,608.37 |
| Mexico | 20 pesos | 388,668.88 | |
| ” | 10 pesos | 1,341.64 | |
| ” | Doubloons | 1,178.60 | 391,189.12 |
| Russia | 5 roubles | 155,237.39 | |
| ” | Roubles | 2,596.80 | |
| ” | ½ imperials | 577,223.34 | 735,057.53 |
| Peru | 20 soles | 999.82 | 999.82 |
| Spain | Doubloons | 3,101,388.08 | |
| ” | Isabellines | 98,151.58 | |
| ” | 25 pesetas | 957,276.17 | |
| ” | Mixed | 179,863.62 | 4,336,679.45 |
| U. S. Colombia | Cinco pesos | 709.76 | 709.76 |
| Total | $7,900,010.51 | $7,900,010.51 |
The total value of both gold and silver deposited and purchased at the mints of the United States during the fiscal year 1887, not including redeposits, was $115,979,991.62, and including redeposits, $131,635,811.34.
The value of the gold and silver received at the mints and assay offices during the fiscal year 1887, was greater than any previous year since 1881.