I. Certain Figures useful in the study of the Monetary Questions....

II. Comparative table of Gold Coins....

7

9

III. Gold Coins proposed as universal money.

10

Exhibit B, by Mr. Ruau:

Diagram showing the quotations of Silver in the London market......

Journal of the second session (16th August).....

13

15-33

Exhibit A, by Mr. Goschen:

A statement of the currency systems of the United Kingdom, its colo-

nies and dependencies....

35-40

Exhibit B, by Mr. Mees:

A statement of the Monetary System of the Netherlands and colonies..

Exhibit C, by Mr. Fenton :

41

List of Documents and Treatises laid upon the table......................

Exhibit D, by Mr. Feer-Herzog:

42

Extract from the report and correspondence of John Jay Knox, Comp-

troller of the Currency, concerning the revision of the coinage laws

of the United States..

43

Exhibit E, by Mr. de Thoerner:

Statement of the causes which led the Russian Government to suspend

Statement of the Monetary System of Austria-Hungary.......

97

Statement of the Monetary System of the three Scandinavian King-

doms

101

Journal of the fourth session-Continued,

Exhibits D and E, by Mr. Horton:

Page.

D-Abstract of the Monetary Legislation of the United States-state-

ment of the circulation and of Coinage, 1792 to 1877.............

E-Extract from Alexander Hamilton's Report on the Mint

103-105

106

List of Legislative Documents concerning Monetary System of Italy...

Exhibits C, D, and E, by Mr. Groesbeck:

138

Letters of Mr. Sherman and of Dr. Linderman to Mr. Groesbeck....... 139-140

Exhibit F, by Mr. Fenton:

Statement of the Coinage of Gold and Silver in the United States for

the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878

141

2. Law concerning the fabrication and verification of Coins of the 7-17

Investigation into the Money circulation in France; amount, dates,

origin, &c., of Coins found in the 19,511 offices of account of the Finance

Department, on the evening of August 14, 1878......

171-178

Exhibit B, by Mr. Pirmez:

Investigation into the Coin circulation of Belgium by the National

Bank and by the Ministry of Finance, giving the proportions of Coin,

according to their origin and their date

179-184

Exhibit C, by Count Rusconi:

Upon the authorization of Mr. Vrolik. Address of the Netherlands

Society for the Progress of Industry, to the King of the Netherlands.. 185-189

Exhibit D, by Mr. Lardy:

Statement of the Monetary legislation and Coinage of Switzerland

Exhibit E, by Dr. Broch:

Statement of the Coinage and Fiduciary Circulation in the Scandinavian

Page.

Historical material for, and contributions to the study of monetary policy,

The monetary commission of 1790, De Fortbonnais aud Desrotours....

The Coinage system proposed by Mirabeau

268

297

Report of M. Gaudin, 1803....

300

Conclusions

England.....

Statutes establishing free and gratuitous Coinage of Gold and Silver,

1666-1763....

The debate and legislation of 1717, and the advice of Newton............

Extract from the writings of Sir James Steuart, illustrating the mone-

tary situation of England, 1759–1773 ..............

306

307-413

309

315

323

Measures for maintaining the Coin at standard weight, 1774

The amount of Silver coined in England in the eighteenth century....

The aim of England's monetary legislation, 1773-1799...

Prohibition of the Coinage of Silver (Statutes) 1798-99....

329

337

339

345

The Bullion Report of 1810, and the Silver question; Introductory..

Extracts from the report.......

351

364

The statute of 1816, which completed the Gold Standard............

373

The effects of resumption in Gold by contraction of paper issues 1818,

1822 ....

379

Extract from a speech of Hon. R. Lowe, August 6, 1869...

381

Extract from a report of the Association of the Chambers of Commerce

of the United Kingdom, 1870........

383

The rise in the value of Gold in England

385

Extract from an article by Prof. J. Thorold Rogers..............

387

Extract from a paper on the recent fall of prices of commodities by

Robert Giffen......

389

Extract from return East India Silver; the limitation of the Coinage of

rupees in India.........

409

415-697

417

417

The United States....

Statutes, Resolutions, and Reports concerning Metallic Money, 1775-1789.

Extracts from the Journal of the Continental Congress, 1775-1776....

Report of Committee to ascertain the value of the several species of

Gold and Silver current in the Colonies and their proportion to

Spanish milled dollars, 1776....................

Extracts from Journal of Congress, 1777-1782: Resolution concerning

rates of money exchange; prisoners' supplies; state of the finances;

rates of foreign coins.....

Coinage scheme proposed by Robert Morris, January 15, 1782.

Report of committee of Congress thereon.....

Ordinance proposed for the valuation of foreign coins by Robert Morris,

with reports and resolutions thereon, 1782-1785................

Mr. Jefferson's notes on the establishment of a Money Unit and of a

Coinage for the United States, with report of Grand Committee

thereon

Abstract of the Coinage Systems proposed by Samuel Osgood and Walter

Livingston, the Board of Treasury, in their report of April 8, 1786,

and resolution of Congress thereon, etc...............

Ordinance for the establishment of a Mint, October 16, 1786.....

421

423

425

432

433

437

449

452

Page.

Historical material contributed by Mr. Horton-Continued.

Report of Alexander Hamilton on the Establishment of a Mint, April 28,

1791

454

487

Extract from Report upon Weights and Measures, by John Quincy

Adams, 1821...

Discussions preliminary to the alteration of the ratio....

Memorandum of a report of a Committee of the House (Mr. Lowndes) on

the expediency of amending the coinage laws, January 26, 1819......

Report of William H. Crawford, the Secretary of the Treasury, on the

Currency, February 12, 1820..........

502-697

502

502

Report of the Committee on the Currency on the expediency of increas-

ing the relative value of Gold, February 2, 1821...............

554

Report of S. D. Ingham, the Secretary of the Treasury, respecting the

relative value of Gold and Silver, etc., May 4, 1830

558

Extracts from the reports of Mr. C. P. White, from the select committee

of the House on Coins, etc., 1831-32...

673

Extract from a report of Samuel Moore, Director of the Mint, on rela-

tive value of Gold and Silver....

678

Memorial to Congress of sundry banks of New York, 1834.

Motives for the adoption of the ratio of 16, 1834–37.

Mr. Benton on the revival of the Gold Currency.

Miscellaneous Papers......

679

685

691

699-735

The Rise of the Silver-price of Gold between 1770 and 1830, and its

causes

701

Free Coinage and Gratuitous Coinage in France and England......

The concurrent circulation of the two metals in France, ratios of 14§

and 15...

711

715

Monetary propositions of Sir James Steuart.....

719

The theory of Monometallism in 1802; extracts from the second Report

of Citizen Berenger ....

A Partial List of Modern Publications on the Subject of Money.

The Position of Law in the Doctrine of Money. (Note)..

Monetary Union....

737-773

741

775-801

A List of Monetary Treaties; Treaties for Interchangeable Currency..

The Origin of the Monetary Union, called "Latin"; Report of the

French Minister of Finance of 18th April, 1866........

The treaty constituting the Latin Union, December 23, 1865

Extract from the report of the Committee on Coinage, Weights and

Measures, by Jno. A. Kasson, 1866 .......

777

781

787

791

The invitations of France to the United States to accede to the Latin

Union, and to take part in the Conference of 1867......

Proceedings of the International Monetary Conference of 1867... .... 803-878

795

JOURNAL.

FIRST SESSION.

SATURDAY, August 10, 1878. The Delegates of Austria-Hungary, Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden and Norway, Switzerland, and of the United States of America, met at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, France, at 1.30 p. m. on the 10th of August.

There were present:*

For Austria-Hungary-Mr. VON HENGELMÜLLER.

For Belgium.-Mr. PIRMEZ.

Mr. GARNIER.

For France.-Mr. LÉON SAY.

Mr. CHARLES JAGERSCHMIDT.
Mr. RUAU.

For Italy.-COUNT RUSCONI.

Mr. BARALIS.

Mr. RESSMAN.

For the Netherlands.-Mr. MEES.

For Russia.-Mr. DE THOERNER.

For Sweden and Norway.-Dr. WAERN.

Dr. BROCH.

For Switzerland.—Mr. LARDY.

For the United States of America.-Mr. FENTON.

Mr. GROESBECK.

Mr. WALKER.

*Messrs. GOSCHEN, GIBBS, SECCOMBE, DELYANNI, FEER-HERZOG, HORTON, GURDON, were first present at the second session; Mr. VON KUEFSTEIN at the fourth session, and

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