SHOWING THE ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF GOLD, THE ANNUAL PRODUCTION Explanation. The names on the upper margin of the diagram are the authorit gold in particular years. The names stand directly over the amounts and the years to 1875, is drawn after the figures in the table of the Journal des Economists given I No. 1. OF SILVER, AND THE ANNUAL CONSUMPTION OF GOLD IN THE ARTS FOR EARS. s for the amounts given at irregular intervals in the line showing the production of o which they refer. The dotted line beginning in the year line 1852, and extending page 104. For full explanation see page 113. - Author's estimate. 150 131 Consumption of Gold in the Arts THE ERA OF DEBT. THE E following compilation of the national debts of all countries was made mainly to show the general increase of that class of indebtedness in the last twenty-five years. It is, however, impossible to ascertain in all cases the amounts for 1850. In most of the instances where no amount is given at as early a date as that there was no debt, and the amounts given for years subsequent to that are intended only to show the increase in the latter part of the period. The amounts are given in each case in their equivalent in United States money: + This includes all the non-interest-bearing debt and the Pacific Railroad bonds. |