THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES. Debt Bearing Interest in Coin. 23,625 00 March 2, '61 Bds (Oregon)'81 5 per ct. '61 945,000 00 July 17 and Bonds, 1861.... 6 per ct. 189,317,600 00 Feb. 25, Coupons due not presented for payment.. Authorizing Acts. July 17,1861, Feb. 12, 1862 Feb. 25, 1862, July 11, 1862, March 3, 1863.) July 17, 1862, March 3, 1863, June 30, 1864.. March 3, 1863.... Redeem'e 20 years from July 1, 1861. aft. 20 yrs. fm. June 30,'61 Pay'e at option of Gov't Red'le after 5 and pay'le 20 years fm. May 1, '62 Payable after June 30, 1881.. 4,732,940 00 2,573,858 00 1,875,000 00 19,412 50 627,806 50 Red'le after 10 and pay'e 40 yrs. fm. March 1, '64 2,432,091 25 Red'le after 5 and pay'le 20 yrs. fm. Nov. 1, '64. Red'le after 5 and pay'le 20 yrs. fm. Nov. 1, '64. Red'le after 5 and pay'le 20 yrs. fm. Nov. 1, 65. Red'le after 5 and pay'le 20 yrs. fm. July 1, '65. Red'le after 5 and pay'le 20 yrs. fm. July 1, '67. Red'le after 5 and pay'le 20 yrs. fm. July 1, '68. 1,016,636 25 8,324,973 75 9,489,753 75 1,063,483 75 33,202,914 09 8,067,572 00 .$41,270,486 09 Amt. Outstanding. $113,258 50 New iss. $350,960,000 00 Certif. Gold deposit. No interest Aggregate of Debt bearing no interest...... 38,885,564 68 36,862,940 00 $431,861,763 18 Debt Bearing Interest in Lawtul Money. 3 per ct. $47,195,000 00 Aggreg. of debt bear. currency int., $61,195,000 00 Character of Issue. On demand (interest es- Accrued Inter' $943,900 00 175,000 00 Interest only applicable Recapitulation. Bonds at 5 per cent. $221,589,300 00 Amt. Outstanding. Debt bear, coin int. Bonds at 6 per cent. 1,886,348,700 00 $2,107,938,000 00 Debt bearing interest in lawful money: Debt bearing no interest; Interest. $41,270,486 09 47,195,000 00 Navy Pension Fund at 3 per cent..... 14,000,000 00 including coupons due and not presented for payment. Amount in Treasury: Coin... Currency. Sinking Fund in U. S. coin, int. on bonds, and ac. int.... Debt, less amount in the Treasury on the 1st ult........... Decrease of the debt since March 1, 1869.. Bonds Issued to the Pacific R.R.'s, Int. Payable in Lawful Money. Authorizing Acts $1,536,205 04 $4,984,822 54 $1,836,730 04 $3,148,092 50 The foregoing is a correct statement of the Public Debt, as appears from the books and Treasurer's returns in the Department at the close of business on the last day of November, 1869. (Signed,) GEORGE S. BOUTWELL, Secretary of the Treasury. 18,375 64 46,606 03 METRICAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 2. The tables in the schedules hereto annexed shall be recognized in the construction of contracts, and in all legal proceedings, as establishing, in terms of the weights and measures now in use in the United States, the equivalents of the weights and measures expressed therein in terms of the Metric system; and said tables may be lawfully used for computing, determining, and expressing in customary weights and measures, the weights and measures of the Metric The following enactment by Congress is of interest to all who would place our weights and measures upon the common-sense decimal system that so simplifies calculations in our currency: 1. It shall be lawful, throughout the United States of America, to employ the weights and measures of the Metric system; and no contract or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection, because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein, are weights or measures of the Metric system. system. The kilometer answers the purpose of the English mile in stating ordinary road distances; its length is 3,280 feet and 10 inches, or 1,093 yards, 1 foot, and 10 inches. Cubic Measure. 1 cubic meter. Dry Measure Liquid or Wine Measure 66 66 METRIC NAME AND VALUE. .1.308 cubic yards....264.17 gallons. ..1-10th .2 bushels, 3.35 pecks. 26.417 10 cubic decimeters...9 08 quarts. 2.6417 ...0 908 ...6.1022 cubic inches... 10 cubic centimeters..0 6102 .1-100th.. 1 66 .1-10th...1-10th 66 66 COINAGE OF THE UNITED STATES MINT. Gold. Silver. Copper. Total. Pieces. 14 204 462 Value. 51 333 775.0 296,821 890 463.00 .464,935 244 8 410,270 17,725,917 21.025 675 00 17,725,917.00 34.919,298.91 Total Gold.........$54 427,453 $444 904,786.61 4,649,352.44 39,926.12 Total Copper...$622,210,217 $10,407,603.55 Total Coinage.$1,068,513,209 $555,488,772.08 PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD.-POPULATION, AREA, RELIGION, AND RULERS, States. China...... Russia France United States Austria & Hungary Japan. North Germany. Italy. Brazil Turkey. Population. Sq.Miles. Capitals. ..477,500,000..4,695,334.. Pekin Population Prevailing Religion. Form of Government. 1837 King (Prussia) 1861 1865 1843 50 .. 45 1858.. 68 1859 .. 44 1848 50 35 1864 1861 IN ASIA-Anam (Cochin China)-9,000,000 pop.; 200,000 sq. m.; 8,600,000 Buddhists. Arabia-4,000,000 pop.; 1,000,000 sq. m.; nearly all Mohammedans. British India-192,000,000 pop.; 1,550,000 sq. m.; mostly Buddhists. Burmah-4,000,000 pop.; 190,000 sq. miles. Ceylon-2,000,000 pop.; 25,000 sq. m. Java-14,200,000 pop.; 52,000 sq. m.; (a province of the Netherlands). Siam-6,300,000 pop.: 310,000 sq. mn. Tartary-7,800,000 pop.; 640,000 sq, m. AFRICA-Abyssinia-3,000,000 pop. 160,000 sq.m. Algeria-2,900,000 pop.; 260,000 sq.m. Good Hope Colony-500,000 pop.; 190,000 sq.m. Egypt (belongs to Turkey)-7,465,000 pop., 660,000 sq. m. Madagascar-5,000,000 pop. ; 233,000 sq.m. Natal-156,000 pop., 19,350 sq.m. IN AUSTRALIA AND POLYNESIA-AUStralia-1,360,000 pop. ; 2,945,000 sq.m. Tasmania-95,200 pop. ; 26,200 sq. m. New Zealand-202,000 pop.; 106,000 sq.m. French Islands-75,000 pop.; 11,000 sq.m. 1864 1863 1842 44 1867 1869 1869 1848 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 73 52 25 1846 1868 1868 1867 1867 1868 1869 :::: 1869 1863. 42 Total.. 12. 8 Per cent. Majorities.. 114 40 174.. 180 72 59 213 21.. 214 80 72 28 254. 86.. .Pierce,211. Buch'n, 52. Lincoln, over al', 67. Lincoln, 192. Grant, 134. *States marked with a star did not vote in 1864 and 1868. In 1856, Maryland gave 8 votes for Fillmore. In 1860, Missouri gave her votes for Douglas, and New Jersey gave him three of hers, making 12 in all. Lincoln's vote in 1864 is one short, in consequence of the death of one of the electors of Nevada. We put in the full number, 214. |