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from customs during the year ending on
Isl Of December, 1877, being the first year under
me operation OF the tariff OF 1876, was about thirty
one million five hundred thousand dollars being an IN
crease OF revenue tor the first year under the tariff OF
1876 OF more than eight million five hundred thousand
dollars over that OF the last year under the tariff OF 1872
The expenditures during the fiscal year ending on
the thrtieth OF June last were hty-nlne million tour
hundred and fittyonc thousand one hundred and sew
enys dollars and sixty five cents OF which three
million five hundred and twenty-five thousand and
eghty-two dollars and thirty seven cents was on ac-
count OF payment OF principal aud interest OF the pub
lie debt, including treasury notes redeemed and not
funded. The expenditures, exclusive OF public debt
were fitty-tive million nine hundred and twenty nine
thousand and ninety hive dollars and twenty eight
cents.
1t estimated that the receipts into the treasury for
Ne fiscal year ending the Both OF June, loS lnclu-
ding the balance in the treasury the ilrs OF July
last will amount to forty two million eight hundred
and eighty SIX thousand five hundred and foTty-
dollars and eighty cents, OF which thirty one million
It is estimated, will be derived from customs three
million five hundred thousand from the sale OF public
ands-tour thousand from incidental sources incud.
ing sales made by the Solicitor OF the Treasury, ana
SIX millions two hundred and eighty hive thousand TWO
hundred and ninety four dollars and hiy hive cents
from loans already authorized by law, which, togeih-
with the balance in the treasury on the ilTst oil Jul
y last make the sum estimated
The expenditures tor the same period, ii peace with
Mexico snail not be concluded, and the army shall be
increased proposed, will amount, including the
OF the public debt and treasury notes, to nifty eight mi
lion six hundred and fifteen thousand six hundred and
sixty dollars and seven cents.
On the first OF the present month the amount OF the
public debt actually incurred including treasury notes,
was forty five million six hundred and fifty nine dol
lars and forty The public debt due on the ilh
OF March, 1919, including treasury notes, was seven
teen million seven hundred and eighty eight thousand
seven hundred and ninety nine dollars and sixty Two
cents and consequently the addition made 10 the pub
lie debt since that time is twenty seven million e,ght
hundred and seventy thousand eight hundred and III
" nine dollars and seventy eight cents
OF the loa OF twenty three Millions authorized by
the act OF the twenty eighth OF January lsi7 the
OF five millions paid out To the public creditors, or
exchanged at par Tor specie the remaining eighteen
millions was offered for specie to the highest bidder not
below par by advertisement issued by the Secreta-
ry OF the Treasury, and published from the ninth OF
February until the tenth OF April 1917, when II was
awarded TO the several highest bidders, at premiums
varying from one eighth OF one per cent to two per
cent above par. The premium has been paid into the
treasury, and the sums awarded deposited III specie IN