The Two Money Metals

The followirig figures give the amount of gold and silver held by the different nations of the world: Gold. Silver. United States S 0fil,000,000 $ 624,000,000 France 800,000,000 500,000,000 Germany 618,000 000 215,000,000 England - 540,000,r:00 112,000,000 Russla 422,000100 41,000,000 Austria 121,000,000 83,1)00,000 Egypt 120,(100,1)00 15,000,000 Spain 40,000,000 155,000,000 India 950,000,000 China 725,000.000 Japan 80,700,000 81,300,000 Australia 105,000,000 7,' 00,000 Mexico 5,000,000 50,000,000 Canada 14,000,000 5 000.000 Holland 19,000,000 56,000,000 Belgium 54,000,000 54,900,000 Italy - 96,000,000 16,500,000 Portugal 40.000.000 10,000,000 Switzerland 15.000 000 15,000.000 Sweden and Norway- 28,000,000 12,000,000 Turkey 50,000,000 44,000,000 Central Araerica 8,000,000 South America 45,000,000 30,000,000 Cuba. Hayli, etc 21,000,000 4,400,000 TheStraits - 110,00000 Greece 500,000 3,000,000 Total $3.898,-200,000 $3,986,200,000 The world's product of both rnetals since 1492 has been: Gold $8,397,395,000; silver, $9,908,247,000. For the year 1894 the world's product of gold and silver was as follows: Gold. Silver. United States $ 39,500,000 ? 64,000,000 Australia 41,760,800 23.367,700 Mexico _. 4,500,000 60,817,300 Russia 24,133,000 356,600 África 4d,-71,000 Germany 1,498,000 8.240,100 Austria 1,684,000 2,548,400 Italy 117,000 1.200,500 Spain 2,643 400 Greece 1,472,700 France 185.300 4,076,100 Canada 1,042 100 1,096,000 Argeutine Republic 95,000 1,551.600 Columbia 2,892,800 2,182,400 Bolivia 67,000 28.444,400 Chili 464.400 3,685.500 Brazll 2,219,00 Britlsh Guiana 2,310,100 FrenchlGuiana 1,329,000 Peru 74.400 i,171,s(Ni Central America 470,500 2,000,000 Japan 489,800 2,529,700 China 8,556,800 India 3,986.900 Including countries producing less than $1,000,000 each, the total is : Gold $179,965,600 and silver $215,404,600. The output for 1895 shows the product of gold about equal to silver.