Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-12-21


port OF the Secretary of the Treasury is
much longer document than the Presi-
dents Message, occupying over eight COL
umns, in small type, of the official Gazette
at Washington. The IntelIigencer Of
Thursday, gives the following abstract of
its contents -
Receipts and expenditures for 1885,
The balance in the Treasury on the LIST Of
January last was S26,749,6O3. The re-
ceipts for 1886 are estimated at S47 ,69l,-
s98, Of which the receigts from Customs
for the first three quarters have been
Sl7, 523, Isl, and the receipts from Lands
S2O,04S,026. The expenditures for 1886
are ascertained and estimated at S3l,435,-
032, Of which the payment for the militia
ry service, Including forti6cations) during
the three first quarters, have amounted to
Sl3,OlO,06l.
| Deducting the expenditures ofthe year,
ascertained and probable, from the receipts,
the balance which will be in the Treasury
on the lst Of January, 1887, is estimated
at S43,0O4,669, and deducting the una
valuable funds of Sl,OSO,OOO, leaving
the available balance Sal 1895, 669-
This does not include the balance to the
credit ofthe POST Office Department at the
end Of the year, estimated at $5l3,92Ol
Rcrcnuc and expenditures for 1877
The receipts 9EsSG estimated 81 pa as follows
Customs, SI6,500,O00; Lands, $4,000,
600; Bank Stock and Miscellaneous,
S2,5OO,OOO. The expenditures Including
100000 for usual excess of appropria-
tons beyond estimates) are estimated at
S26,755,e3l.
Imports and erports.-The Imports du-
ring the year ending 3Oth September,
1886, are ascertained and estimated at
Sl37, $4,000, showing an increase CON-
pared with the preceding year, Of S23,-
645,258. The exports during the same
period are ascertained and estimated al
SI2I,78OOOO of which SlOl,lO5, 900
were domestic products, and the residue
foreign, exhibiting an aggregate increase,
compared with the preceding year, of S35,-
423, and an amount exceeding the average
of the last three years by S5,829,l5O.
The Surplus Rerenue.-The recon.
mendations of the last Annual Report are
renewed, and reductions suggested Of du-
ties on raw materials of foreign origin
used in some of our important manufac-
lures, and next on articles Of comfort and
necessity for the people generally. A
prohlbition of the sale Of the public do
main to any but actual settlers is also men
toned as another mode Of curtailing the
revenue.
The Public Money-An account is
given of the measures adopted in pursu
ance Of the act of June 23d, 1886, to regu
late the deposites ofthe public money, and
some recommendations are made Of pro-
spective provisions on the subject, such as
authority to discontinue as deposit banks
when no longer necessary, those selected
under the late act, sc.
The Mint and the Currencg-Tht
coinage Of the Mint, from the lst of Janu
airy to the LIST of November, 1886, ha
been Of gold, S3,6l9,446, and Of silver
S2,877,0OO. The establishment of golC
: coin OF one dollar is again urged upor
Congress. The quantity Of gold coin nov
in the country is estimated at 3 100000
The Secretary OF the Treasury calculate
) the whole specie in the country in Octo
: Der, 1888, at thirty millions Of dollars, an
the whole specie now in the country a
seventy three millions. Various specula
tons on the subject occupy number c
e pages in this part Of the report.
; MisceAaaeOms-The report conclude
> with several suggestions Of miscellane
0 Gus character, among which the renewe
y recommendation of the adoption of meas
uses for regulating steamboat navigatlo
5 must meet with very general approbatio
e from all those who have as much horro
j as we have of those appalling catastrophe
: which class themselves under the head {
Steamboat disastersp