A.-Countries with fixed currencies.

The following official (United States Treasury) valuations of foreign coins do not include “rates of exchange."

Gold-escudo ($1.25), doubloon ($3.65), and condor ($7.30); silver-peso and divisions. Gold -2, 5, 10, and 20 colons; silver-5, 10, 25, and 50 centisimos. Gold-doubloon ($5.01,7); sil

ver-peso.

Gold-10 and 20 crowns.

Gold-10, 20, 50, and 100 piasters; silver-1, 2, 10, and 20 piasters.

Gold-10 and 20 marks ($1.93 and $3.85,9).

Gold-5, 10, 20, 50, and 100
francs; silver-5 francs.

Gold-5, 10, and 20 marks.
Gold-sovereign (pound ster-
ling) and half sovereign.
Gold-5, 10, 20, 50, and 100drach-
mas; silver-5 drachmas.
Silver-gourde.

* In 1874 and 1875, the gold standard prevailed in the Argentine Republic. + On reference to the table of "fluctuating currencies," it will be seen that Austria had the silver standard up to and including the quarter ended July 1, 1892. The next quarter (October 1) inaugurated the gold standard (see note under table of "fluctuating currencies").

For particulars as to the change from silver to the gold standard, see Consular Reports No. 201, P. 259.

§ The Netherlands florin, as will be seen in the "fluctuating" table, became fixed in value (40.2 cents) in 1880.

Russia: Gold the nominal standard; silver the actual standard.-Note by the United States Treasury. See, also, review of Russian industries and commerce by the Russian Minister of Finance in "Review of the world's commerce," Commercial Relations of the United States for 1895-96, p. 230.

*The silver standard prevailed in Austria-Hungary up to 1892. The law of August 2 of that year (see CONSULAR REPORTS, NO. 147, p. 623) established the gold standard.

+ The Egyptian pound became fixed in value at $4.94.3 in 1887.

The Netherlands florin fluctuated up to the year 1880, when it became fixed at 40.2 cents

C.-Quarterly valuations of fluctuating currencies.

Countries.

Monetary unit.

Bolivia..

Silver boliviano. So.45,5 $0.44,1 $0.48,6 $0.48,6 $0.49,1 $0.49,3 $0.49,7 | $0.49

Bolivia

Central America

Silver peso......................

Amoy tael.......

.47.4
.76,7 1

Jan. 1. April 1. July 1. Oct. 1. Jan. 1. April 1.

Silver boliviano. $0.47,4 $0.46,8 $0.44,3 $0.41,2 $0.42,4 $0.40,9
.46,5 .44.3
.75.7 .71,7 .66,4 .68,5

.41,2

.41,4

.40,9

.66,2

FOREIGN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

The following table embraces only such weights and measures as are given from time to time in CONSULAR REPORTS and in Commercial Relations:

Foreign weights and measures, with American equivalents.

Foreign weights and measures, with American equivalents—Continued.