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THE-ANNUAL TREASURY RE.
PORT.


OF this document, transmitted TO bolh
houses Of Congress on the first day OF the
session. we have thought our readers would
not be dissatisfied with an abridged ac'
count which we have arranged under Its
several natural divisions as follows:
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1850
The balance 10 the Treasury on the first
of January last was S26,749,8O3. The
receipts for 1886 are estimated at SAT v
898, of which the receipts for customs tor
the three first quarters have been Sl7,523,.
1851, and the receipts from lands $50 O48,
1929. The expenditures for 1886 are as
'certained and estimated at S3l ,435 o32'
of which the payments for the military
service (includng fortifcatons) during the
three first qarters, have amounted TO SIS
sOl0,O61.
Deducting the expenditures Of the year
sascertained and probable, from the receipts
the balance which will be in the Treasury
on the 1st of January. 1887, is estimated
ut 43,O05, 669. aud deductinG the "un-
VARIABLE funds raj .o80 600, leaving =. the
available balance S4l,925,66s. lTh!s
does not include the belance TO the credit
'of the Post Office Department at the end
Of the year. estimated at S5l3, o2o.]
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1887
The receipts are estimated as follows:
Customs, SIC 100000; Lands, 5000.
900: Bank Stock and Miscellaneous. 81,
100000 The expenditures, (including S.,
600 900, for usual excess OF appropriation
beyoud es mates) are estimated a,$26, 1855
83l.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
The Imports during year ending SUN
.September, 1886. are ascertalned and es-
timated at Sl73,540, 900. showing an IN
crease comnared wifi the preceding year.
OF 1885, 258.
The Exports during the same period are
ascer,ained and estimated at Sl2l, $4,000,
of which SOL los 900 were domestic pro-
ducts. and the residue foreign e%nln''lng
an aggregate increase. compared WIN Inc
preceding year, of S35 ,4s3. and an amount
exceeding the average of the last lhree
years by S5,829,l5o.
THE SURPLUS REVENUE.
The recommendations ofthe last ADualn
Report arc renewed. and reductions sug"
gested of duties on raw materials ct Tor
cign origin used in some o! orr important
manufactures, and next on articles OF com
fort and necessity for the people generally.
A prohibition of The sale Of the public do
main 10 any but actual settlers is also men.
toned as another mode Of curtailng the
revinuc.
THE PUBLIC MONEY.
An account il given Of the measures
adopted in pursuance Of The act OF June
23d, 1886. to regulate the deposic of the
ore made Of prospective provision on the
subject, such as authority to discontinue as
deposte banks, when no longer necessary,
those selected under the late act, u,
THE MINrs AND THE CURRENCY.
The coinage Of the Mint, from the LIST
of January to the LIST of November, 1886,
has been Of gold. S3,6i9,440, and of silver,
S2,377,000. The establishment of gold
coin of one dollar is again urged upon Con-
gress. The quantity o: gold now in the
country is estimated a, SIS 600 900. The
Secretary of the Treasury calculates the
whole specie in the country in October,
1888, at thirty millions vt dollars, and the
whole specie now in the country at seventy
three millions. Various speculalions on
the snbJec, occupy number OF pages IN
this part Of the report.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The report conc ludes with several sug-
gestions of miscellaneous character.
mong which the renewed recommendation
of the adoption Of measures for regulating
steamboat navigation must NEST with very
general appreciation from all those who
have as much horror as we have OF those
appalling catas,ropes which class themselves
under the head Of Steamboat disasters!