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Show Hll.t KK IIOI.I.AHS. Olllclat Comparative Nlatement ltegarilln Their Coinage. W'AMMSfi-ros, July 3. -The director of the mint has prepared a comparative statement iu regard lo tho purchase and coinage of silver, from w hich lho following lignres are taken: The amount of silver purchased under the last administration (that is, from March 1, 181-5, lo March i, 1H!,) was :.! I'l,-i):;n I'l,-i):;n worth, an average of 2,(M I.O'.MJ worth per monlli. The number of silver sil-ver dollars coined was I2.M7.4'. or an average of 2,(W.,li.i, per month. During thu fifteen months of President Ilan-ihoti's administration the amount of silver pureliaod has been 12.702, ;i22, an average of $.'.1M.N21 worth per mouth, and thu number of silver dollar coined has been .',42,77rt, or uu average aver-age of 3,02H,C.-2 per month. Since the present director of the mint look charge of the purchase and coinage of silver (that i. from OotoUr I, W.t, to June 1. 1 1:90 1, the number of silver dollar coined wa 2",iis1.61, or a monthly average of 3,2l,077. |