Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1836-12-30
TREASURY REPORT.

| TREASURY REPORT.
| The annual report of the Secretary Of the
Treasury is much longer document than the
Presidents Message, occupying over eight
columns, in small type, of the Official Ga
zette at Washington The National Intelli-
gencer gives the following abstract Of its con-
tents:
Receipts and Expenditures for ls36--The
balance in the Treasury on the LIST Of Jan.
uary last was $26,749.S03. The receipts
for 1886 are estimated at @47, go ,S99, hl
which the receipts from Customs Cor the
three first quarters have been Sl7,523, i5l,
and the receipts from Lands S20,04S, O29.-
| The expenditures for 1886 are ascertained
and estimated at S3I, 435,032, OF which the
payments for the military service, (includ-
| ing fort6cations,) during the three first
quarters, have amounted TO Sl3,0lO,O6l
Deducting the expenditures Of the year,
ascertained and probable, from the receipts,
the balance which will be in the Treasury
on the LIST Of January, 1887. is estimated at
S43, 005, 500, and, deducting the "unavail-
able funds" of Sl,OsO.0O0, leaving "he
available balance" Gal ,925,6G9. This does
not include the balance to the credit of the
Post Office Department at the end OF the
year. estimated at S5l3.920l
Rerenue and Expenditures for 1897
The receipts are estimated as follows: Gus
toms, Sl6,500,000 Lands, 5000. 900 -
Bank Stock and Miscellaneous. $4,000, 600
The expenditures Including sl.00O,OO0 for
usual exercise Of appropriations beyond es-
timatesj are estimated at S26,755,s3l.
Imports and Erporfs-The Imports dur
ing the year ending S0th September, 1886,
are asceriained and estimated at Sl73,.
$4,000, showing an increase, compared
with the preceding year. Of S23,644. 25st-
The Exports during the same period are as.
certained and estimated at Sl2l, 7S9, 900, OF
which Sl0l,l05,000 were domestic pro-
ducts and the residue foreign. exhibiting an
aggregate increase, compared with the pre-
ceding year, Of $35,423, and an amount ex-
ceeding the average Of the last three years
by S5,s29,l50.
The Surplus Rercnus-The recommen.
dations Of the last Annual Report are re-
newed, and reductions suggested of duties
on raw materials OF foreign origin used in
some Of our important manufactures, and
next on articles Of comfort and necessity for
the people generally. A prohibition OF the
sale of the public domain to any but actual
settlers is also mentioned as another mode OF
curtailing the revenue.
The Public Money--An account is given
Of the measures adopted in pursuance Of the
act Of June 23d. 1886, to regulate the de.
posites Of the public money, and some re.
concentrations are made of prospective pro-
visions on the subject. such as authority 70
discontinue as deposite banks. when no lon
ger necessary, those selected under the late
act, &c.
The Mint aad The Carreney-The coin
age Of the Mint, from the LIST Of January TO
the LIST Of November, 1886, has been, OF
gold, S3,6l9,440, and of silver, $2,s77, 600.
The establishment Of gold coin OF enc
dollar is again urged upon Congress. The
quantity of gold coin now in the country is
estimated at Sl5,00O,00O. The Secretary
OF the Treasury calculates the whole specie
in the country in October, 1888, at thirty
millions of dollars, and the whole specie
now In the country at seventy-three millions.
Various speculations on the subject occupy
number of pages in this par, of the re-
port.
Miseellaneons.-The report concludes
with several suggestions of miscellaneous
character, among which the renewed recon-
mendation of the adoption Of measures for
regulating Steamboat Navigation must meet
with very general appreciation from all those
who have as much horror as we have of
those appalling catastrophes which class
themselves under the head of Steamboat
Disastersl"