Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-02-01
From the National Intclligenccr.

ANNUAL TREASURY REPORT.
OF this document, transmitted to both
houses of Congress on the first day of the
session, we have thought our readers would
not be dissatisfied, for the present, with an
abridged account, which we have arranged
under its several natural divisions, as fol-
lows - ca
Receipts and Expenditures for 1896.
: The balance in the Treasury, on the LIST
of January last, was S26,749,603. The
receipts for 1886 are estimated at $47 ,09l,-
e6s, of which the receipts from customs for
the three first quarters have been 81, 523,-
Isl, and the receipts from lands, $20,O4S,-
O29. The expenditures for 1886 are as
certained and estimated at $3l, 435, 032, OF
which the payments Cor the military service,
(including fortifications) during the three
first quarters, have amounted to $4,000
06l.
Dcducting the expenses Of the year, as.
certained and probable, from the receipts,
the balance which will be in the Treasury
on the LIST of January, 1887, is estimated at
e43,OO5, 500, and deducting the unavailable
funds of 81, OeO,0O0, leaving the available
balance Of Gal, 1876 $500.
fThis does not include the balance to the
credit of the Post Office Department at the
end of the year, estimated at $5l3,920.]
Revenue and Expenditures for 1887.
The receipts are estimated as follows
Customs, $I5,5OO,OOO; Land, $4,000 900;
Bank Stock a. Miscellaneous, $2,50O,O00.
The expenditures (ncluding $l,O0O,O00
for useful excess of appropriations estimate)
are estimated at $26, 755,s3l.
- Imports and Exports.
The imports during the year ending 30th
Sept. 1886, are ascertaincd and estimated
at&l73,540,O00, showing an increase COM
pared with the preceding year, of $23, 644,-
25e. The Exports during the same period
are ascertained and estimated at $l21, 1885,
900, of which $l01, Joe, 900 were domes-
tic products, and the residue foreign, ex.
hibiting an aggregate increase, compared
with the preceding year, of 5,423, aud
an amount exceeding the average of the
last three years Of $5,e29,l5O.
The Surplus Revenue
The recommendations Of the last annual
report are renewed, and reduction suggest
ed Of duties on raw materials of foreign
origin used in some Of our important manu.
features, 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 mention
ed as another mode of curiailing the re.
venue.
The Public Money.
Al account is given of the measures
adapted in pursuance of the act of June
Odd, 1896, TO regulate the depostes Of the
public money, and some recommendations
are made Of prospective provisions on the
subject, such as authority to discontinue as
deposi.c banks, when no longer necessary,
those selected under the late act, &c.
The Mint and the Currency.
The coinage of the Mint, from the lst OF
January to the LIST of November, 1886, has
been, of gold, S3,6l9,44O, and Of silver,
&2,S77,OOO. The establishment of gold
com, of one dollar, is again urged upon
Congress. The quantity of gold in the
country is estimated at Sl6,OO0,OOO. The
Secretary of the Treasury calculates the
whole specie in the country in October
1885, at thirty millions Of dollars, and the
whole specie now in the country, at seven.
fy.three millions. Various speculations or
the subject occupy number Of pages in
this part Of the report.
9s Miscellaneous.
The report concludes with several sug'
gcstions Of a miscellaneous character
among whicht the renewed recommendation
of the adoption of measures for regulating
steamboat navigation, must meet with very
general appreciation from all those who have
10 much horror as we have Of those appal
ing catastrophes which class themselves un