The Arkansas advocate., 1835-01-09

usage oi former years, or from ~ '. 'he sion t would remain uncalled fo, fn 'mpres- ney had been specifically set as's 'no mo- any charge made to the expected m aS Dor ttre Of the year. Besides these unepaa psi1' ed calls during the present year. the sas spse'- prations in money, by new acts of fPpr0' d gross, and by former permanent ae,. 0on, Tn n force. have been comnnted sc b, 's''ll I $2l,ooo,ooo. These constituted aO0u bnrthen in addition to h balance If 7 ..'P', afs debt which remained to be paid, amo,Ia..' ruol'c to about six millions, and baiapce ss''ls se appropriations liable to be cahed Ud amounting to about five millions no,s " The whole appropriations thus charsa1'-,- fer expenditures to the year, did n6, asaOls ' much from tfiriy-one millions of dolla,. money, besides number of grants of F l.aa a of considerable extent and value. that aaa ,alia voted by Congress. ' ss's
 Having presented this explanation oe ;, principal expenditures which have a'c charged to the present year, and decss' sss, !, to the extent required, basis has been \ ~ for showing the reasons upon wb;eb' @s a.u department has proceeded to oredGce i,s 'a.s, @'s mates for new appropriations for exns,sT sr ture the ensuing year to the extent of ahsai sS', six and a third millions of dollars hsl. su' those of last year. This Is about ona sy s.s q third of a million less, independen, Sa at the amount then estimated to be nss6l towards the discharge of the public dds h that sum ofnew appropriations, ano,a
 ing to about 2ls0o0,000 of dollars tbss, was no permanent charge that has bass deemed likely to be much lesseDed fa, x" ensuing year, such as ihe arnlpo of ,b' ~ militia and the gradual improvement or. hs Navy. Nor, in the opinion of this deuar,
 ment, will the great objects for exppndilrs of d character general and somewhat fysd' f.' \ such as those usually connected with asg
 and foreign purposes, the Navy and lrnr
 including works chased as internal in
 provenents, Indians and pensions. ad@a
 immediately. of so great d.aisfatior, in pnm E Der or amount, as might be desired apd s & hereafter expected; but as large a redne, z ton as practicable without injury to jbs k public interests and neglect of iuDortan duties, has been made in the estimated ~. pendiIures for each of them, being iu all after allowing a small increase in some about one and third millions oi doIlas
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 From the views before taken of the pro. babie wants during the ensuing year, for ex. penditures, and of the probable receipts to 3 meet them, il has been stated that on the lst of January, 1886, 1t was estimatpd that there will remain a surplus of ayalIabe funds of about S5,900,690. This result has been attained by considering fhe una. vailable portion of our funds then and now on hand at the reduced sum of abnu S1,l5o.00o, instead Of SI,4G0,000, as heretofore reported. But t may be desira. ble to Congress to know that there isa prospect, during the ensuing year, of col leciing some further portion of these funds. This will be accomplished, 1t is anficIpaiedr by the appointment of some more active agents-by new compromises-ant by more rigorous requirements III collections where the property exists, so as to reduce farther the whole amount from iiliy thou sand to one hundred thousand, and If fms hope be realized, he above named asafa- bic balance will to that extent be increased A minute analysis and examination q these unavailable funds have recently been completed, and will be submitted in fe supplemental report soon to be lad before Congress, on the present mode ot keepng and disbursing the public revenue.
 But on the other hand, enlarged some. what as this balance may happen to De from any causes, 1t should be remembered tbat on the 3lst day of December, loSo' another reduction of 10 per cent musl' Dy existing laws, be made from a part ol lne present tariff, and if the surplus n the la, req, sory. by a year from next January, sa0ua prove to be increased to two nhllons' Y could not with safety be regarded as 'eq great for meeting, with reduced ra'f v Imposts on importations, the probable waas of A. D. 1896. At all events, such s'u0 uncertainty on that subject at thls dlsaa.' of time, that though something unusua, a U he latter part of A. D. 1886, may' M ,s as way of final dividends on our portion ol U. capital of the bank stock, be feeelveo ls t Is not now possible to foresee the cOn'' gencies that may check either the p'e'sa' s arge importations of merchandise or H,S s sales of land. and consequently reouee " evenue derived from them, or that may luire an increase in oar army or nasys ,enditures. arising from those ualo''apI ups .oliislons to which all nations are aa n"s 4 hat feel disposed to sustain the ,'' la'a 'ssaa reates, vindicate their public rs''ss' ss'. ss ,rotect efficiently their commerce a's ,s,lfH. sens. No further reduction ol '1 'l, .lass 4.l Al l<.If for1 Wv