The Commercial and financial chronicle . 000 Gain $8,313,000Loss 4,261,000 Gain $4,052,000 The following table indicates the amount of bullionin the principal European banks. Banks ol .. Spain Italy .SwitzlandNorway - - Tot. week|4 April 23 1908. Gold. 36 112 32 112 46 15 36 7 4 3 3 1 £ 970,999824,354687,000880,000545,000,534,000,325,000,696,900,061,333,898,000,360,000,458,000 , :40,586:88,827 SUver. 36,168 13,546 7,130 13,351 26,231 4,400 4,303 2,030 550,000,000,000,000,000800667 107,161,017106,241,297 Total. 36
The Commercial and financial chronicle . 000 Gain $8,313,000Loss 4,261,000 Gain $4,052,000 The following table indicates the amount of bullionin the principal European banks. Banks ol .. Spain Italy .SwitzlandNorway - - Tot. week|4 April 23 1908. Gold. 36 112 32 112 46 15 36 7 4 3 3 1 £ 970,999824,354687,000880,000545,000,534,000,325,000,696,900,061,333,898,000,360,000,458,000 , :40,586:88,827 SUver. 36,168 13,546 7,130 13,351 26,231 4,400 4,303 2,030 550,000,000,000,000,000800667 107,161,017106,241,297 Total. 36 148 46 120 59 41 40 12 6 3 3 1 £ ,904233,000010,000896,000,765,000,725,000000,700092,000898,000,360,000,458,0001 April 25 1907. Gold. 36 ur., 33 119 45 15 32 5 3 4 1 1 £,,569,057,725,000,527,000,460,000450,000422,000155,200,287,333152,,000 ,,124 401,903,894399,201,209 Silver. 39,223,491 13,376,000 5, 12,458,000 25,270,000 5, 5,615,500 1,643,667 ,,919 510,, THE BATTLE-SHIP LEGISLATION. The situation in what is commonly known as thebattle-ship legislation in Congress has reached astage which is interesting, and in many ways instruc-tive. The episode is somewhat peculiar. Earlierin the session President Roosevelt sent in a specialmessage, which was in the nature of a peremptorydemand, for the construction of four new the estimates which have been presented,the cost of these four ships would be something notfar below $15,000,000. The proposition to build four of such vessels en-countered wide remonstrance. This took the shape,first, of assertions that such additional armamentwas not needed by our navy under present conditions;second, that public finances were in no shape to admitlegitimately of so great a drain upon them for a fanciedneed; third, that construction of four of such ships,at a time when designs and theories of naval con-struction are rapidly ch
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