INTERDECENNIAL STATE CENSUSES.

Since the United States census of 1900 twelve states have made and published enumerations of population-namely, Michigan in 1904, and Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming in 1905. A federal census was taken in the new State of Oklahoma in 1907. Results of these censuses were:

Population by Censuses, with Increase or Decrease.

*In 1904. †For census of New York by counties see under "New York State" in this volume. Total for Oklahoma and Indian Territory. In 1907.

Iowa's population has been stationary for a decade and is now slightly decreasing. The four years' growth of Michigan, 1900 to 1904, shows a rate of only 4 per cent, the rural population having increased only 1.5 per cent and the cities 8 per cent, the latter containing a little more than half the people of the state. The rate of increase for the six years 1894 to 1900 was 8 per cent.

Wisconsin has increased in population 8 per cent-a rate slightly greater than the rate between 1895 and 1900, which was 7 per cent. Its rural element increased 6 per cent, and its cities of over one thousand inhabitants, which, taken collectively, constitute 44 per cent of the population, increased 10 per cent. Minnesota increased at a still more rapid rate-13 per cent. Its rate of growth from 1900 to 1905 was even more rapid than in the preceding five-year period, which was 11 per cent. The rural element, which constitutes 55 per cent of the entire population, increased 8 per cent between 1900 and 1905, and the cities 20 per cent.

South Dakota increased at the same rate as Minnesota-13 per cent-a rate much less than that of the preceding five years-namely, 21 per cent. The rural population, which comprised four-fifths of the total population in 1905, increased 10 per cent, and the urban element 27 per cent.

Of all the states taking censuses, North Dakota had the most rapid growth, its per cent of increase in the five years being 37. The rural element, about five-sixths of the whole population, gained 35 per cent, and the urban element 45 per cent.

Kansas, which from 1895 to 1900 gained 10 per cent in population, made a gain of only 5 per cent between 1900 and 1905. This gain was entirely in the cities, which formed a little more than one-third of the population. They increased at the rate of 25 per cent, while the rural districts lost nearly 10,000 inhabitants, or at the rate of 1 per cent.

For a frontier state, Wyoming is having very slow growth. Between 1890 and 1900 it added only 31,826 to its population, or at the rate of 49 per cent.

New York increased in the five years at the rate of 11 per cent. As there was no state census in 1895, this can only be compared with the decennial increase from 1890 to 1900, which was 21 per cent, showing the rate to be maintained. Practically all of this increase was in the cities and towns, since the rural population increased only 0.6 per cent, while the towns and cities of over 1,000 inhabitants gained 14 per cent. New Jersey showed a good rate of growth-14 per cent-slightly greater than in the five years from 1895 to 1900, which was 13 per cent. This growth was mainly in the cities and towns, which contain more than three-fourths of the entire population. The urban growth was at the rate of 16 per cent, and the rural element 7 per cent only. Massachusetts increased only 7 per cent between 1900 and 1905, as compared with 12 per cent in the preceding five-year pericd.

Rhode Island made the notable increase of 14 per cent, which may be compared with the increase in the preceding five years (1895 to 1900) of 11 per cent.

Title of loan.

Consols of 1930.

Loan of 1908-1918.

Loan of 1925..

STATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC DEBT AND OF THE CASH IN THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES, NOVEMBER 1, 1909.

Panama Canal loan:

Aggregate of interest bearing debt..

Debt on Which Interest Has Ceased Since Maturity. Funded loan of 1891, continued at 2 per cent, called for redemption May

[$1,093,990,190

$913,319,490

18, 1900; interest ceased August 18, 1900. Funded loan of 1891, matured September 2, 1891. Loan of 1904, matured February 2, 1904...

$32,000.00 23,750.00 18,750.00

Funded loan of 1907, matured July 2, 1907..
Refunding certificates, matured July 1, 1907.

1,685,700.00 17,540.00

Old debt matured at various dates prior to January 1, 1861, and other items of debt matured at various dates subsequent to January 1, 1861

909,155.26

Aggregate of debt on which interest has ceased since maturity...... $2,686,895.26
Debt Bearing No Interest.

United States notes (February 25, 1862; July 11, 1862; March 3, 1863)...$346,681,016.00
Old demand notes (July 17, 1861; February 12, 1862).
National bank notes, redemption account (July 14, 1890).

Fractional currency (July 17, 1862; March 3, 1863; June 30, 1864; less
$8,375,934 estimated as lost or destroyed, Act of June 21, 1879).

Aggregate of debt bearing no interest...

53,282.50 25,549,036.00

6,859,712.28 .$379,143,046.78

Certificates and Notes Issued on Deposits of Coin and Silver Bullion. Classification.

Gold certificates..
Silver certificates..

Treasury notes of 1890.

Aggregate of certificates and
Treasury notes, offset by

In Treasury. $795,205,489.00 481,794,889.00

4,021,535.00

1,366,277,869.00

1,353,059,869.00 Inc. 13,218,000.00|

2,661,425,301.04
Cash in the Treasury (Credit).

2,648,602,845.54 Inc. 12,822,455.50

Reserve fund-Gold coin and bullion.
Trust funds-Gold coin....

.$ 150,000,000 00

Silver dollars

Silver dollars of 1890..

General fund-Gold coin and bullion... $25,284,086 85

Gold certificates

1,366,277,869 00

79,451,380 00

5,792,111 00

2,271,862 00

4,049,656 78

4,501,054 00

12,465 00

17,944,644 00

17,952,453 31

124 93

1,519,742 67

Total

$1,730,676,804.34

Cash balance in the Treasury September 30, 1909, exclusive of reserve and trust funds

Cash balance in the Treasury October 31, 1909, exclusive of reserve and trust funds

$94,206,113 58

89,103,078 30

$5,103,035 28

Decrease during the month Memorandum showing the amounts due the United States from Pacific railroads on account of bonds issued in aid of their construction:

Principal.
.$1,600,000 00

Interest.
$2,063,953 62

Total. $3,663,953 62

703,940,756

Subsidiary silver...

Treasury notes

1890

U. S. notes..

Nat'l bank notes...

Totals

17,944,644

342,179,962

685,996,112

342,994,056 $310,288,511 643,202,001 314,339,398

$3,427,889,113 | $303,210,056 | $3,124,679,057 $3,098,498, 021 | $816,266,721

Population of the United States November 1, 1909, estimated at 89,404,000; circulation per capita, $34 95.

A revised estimate by the Director of the Mint of the stock of gold coin was adopted in the statement for August 1, 1907. There was a reduction of $135,000,000. †For redemption of outstanding certificates an exact equivalent in amount of the ap propriate kinds of money is held in the Treasury, and is not included in the account of money held as assets of the government. This statement of money held in the Treasury as assets of the government does not include deposits of public money in national bank depositaries to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, amounting to $36,414,319 09. For a full statement of assets see public debt statement. $33,190,000 currency certificates, act of June 8, 1872.

Includes

COIN AND PAPER CIRCULATION OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1886 TO 1909, INCLUSIVE, WITH AMOUNT OF CIRCULATION PER CAPITA.

Year.

Coin, incl.
bullion

U.S. notes,

in Treasury. bank notes.

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893 1894

1895

In
Treasury,
as assets.
Dollars.

Dollars.

Total Circulation. Popula- Per money. tion. cap. Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. Dols. 903,027,304 658,380,470 1,561,407,774 308,707,249 1,252,700,525 57,404,000 21.82 1,007,513,901 625,898,804 1,633,412,705 315,873,562 1,317,539,143 58,680,000 22 45 1,092,391,690 599,049,337 1,691,441,027 319,270,157 1,372,170,870 59,974,000 22 88 1,100,612,434 558,059,979 1,658,672,413 278,310,764 1,380,361,649 61,289,000 22 52 1,152,471,638 532,651,791 1,685,123,429 255,872,159 1,429,251,270 62,622,250 22 82 1,112,956,637 564,837,407 1,677,794,044 180,353,337 1,497,440,707 63,947,000 23 42 1,131,142,260 621,076,937 1,752,219,197 150,872,010 1,601,347,187 65,191,000 24 56 1,066,223,357 672,585,115 1,738,808,472 142,107,227 1,596,701,245 66,456,000 24 03 1,098,958,741 706,120,220 1,805,078,961 | 144,270,253 1,660,808,708 67,740,000 24 52 1,114,899,106 704,460,451 1,819,359,557 217,391,084 1,601,968,473 69.043,000 23 20 1,097,610,190 702,364,843 1,799,975,033 293,540,067 1,506,434,966 70,365,000 21 41 1,213,780,289 692,216,330 1,905,996,619 265,787,100 1,640,209,519 71,704,000 22 87 1,397,785,969 675,788,473 2,073,574,442 235,714,547 1,837,859,895 73,060,000 25 15 1,508,543,738 681,550,167 2,190,093,905 286,022,024 1,904,071,881 74,433,000 25 58 1,607,352,213 732,348,460 2,339,700,673 284,549,675 2,055,150,998 76,295,220 26 94 1,734,861,774 748,285,518 2,483,147,292 307,760,015 2,175,387,277 77,754,000 27 08 1,829,913,551 733,353,107 2,563,266,658 313,876,107 2,249,390,55179,117,000 28 43 1,958,083,786 784,215,995 2,742,299,781 293,131,363 2,449,168,418 81,061,000 30 21 2,032,717,414 815,575,516 2,848,292,930 264,816,269 2,583,476,661 82,329,000 31 38 2,079,848,586 879,710,265 2,959,558,851 306,427,273 2,653,131,578 83,726,000 31 69 2,241,743,960 936,765,001 3,178,508,961 321,626,175 2,866,882,786 85,131,000 33 68 11907.12,260,619,846 1,008,445,212 3,269,065, 058 260,823,475 3,008,241,583 86,666,000 34 71 21908 .12,363,453,526 1,017,230,208 3,381,079,734 282,581,713 3,098,498,021 87,971,000 35 22 |2,373,233,341 1,054,655,772| 303,210,056 3,124,679,057 89,404,000 34 95

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900 1901

1902

11903

21904 21905

21906

21909

Totals

Unknown, destroyed

1,000,000

Net

45,991

$347,681,016 $4,034,000 $703,940,756 $874,656,869 $487,587,000 $2,417,899,641

1,000,000

$346,681,016 $4,034,000 $703,940,756) $874,656,869] $487,587,000 $2,416,899,641 BONDS ON DEPOSIT IN TREASURY AND DENOMINATIONS OF NATIONAL BANK NOTES OUTSTANDING OCTOBER 31, 1999.