The Shasta courier., 1854-01-14
Go.ernor Bisler,. Annual Message.

The following synopsis, however-for which
we are indebted to the industry of the Calitor.
MIA Chroacle-will be found to embrace the
greater number of the varied topics of which the
Message treats:-
The Message commences with an acknowl-
edgment OF the protecting care and guidance oi
Divine Goodness, and suggests gratitude for past
and fervent supplications for the future
Governor Bigler declares his determination
to discharge his public duties in accordance
with his :" convictions of III ght and justice; and
in strict compliance with the Constitution and
laws" He speaks congratuatory of the health,
plenty, mineral wealth, agricultural productions,
commerce, and all other sources OF wealth OF
the State
The total debt of the State, exclusive of the
school fund.- is $3,00l .455 20, and including
Si63 1860 received for school warrants, So, 1884,
Sl5 20.
The adjusted Indebtedness on the 3lst Decem-
Der, was 81 ,242, ,339 "A.
Amount of Indebtedness incurred PRIOR but
not audited until after Jan. l, 1852, (the COM
mencement of the Governors first term,) ST.
052. $50 80.
Amount of actual debt Oh 1st January, 1852,
So ,294, 800 Sc.
Amount appropriated by the Legislatures of
1852 and 1853 for special objects unconnected
with the administration Of the State Government.
$436.350 rs.
Amount of actual debt on the st of January.
1852, and special appropriations by the Legisla-
lures of 1852 and 1853, S2,73l,1sI A
Since the lst of January, 1852, of the then dd-
justed debt, in the shape of three per cent.
Bonds. redeemed, including interest, there has
been paid i'll c0i,s, $272.97S Al.
In seven per cent. bonds due in l855 and re-
deemed, there has been paid IN coin since Jan.
/, 1852, 81 900. Total amount of COIN paid III
the redemption of three and seven per cents OF
1850 and 1851 $349,97S Al. The whole amt.
OF three per cent bonds riginally issued was
$500. .060 upon which interest to the amount OF
S1S2,26S 50 has been paid, exclusive of the $5,-
sol 25, due on the $4,075, still outstanding
The receipts and expenditures for the ensuing
fiscal year, are estimated by the Comptroller,
as follows: Receipts, $7SO,U00; expenditures;
$3.50, 900.
Amount of real and personal property III
twenty-seyen counties returned, S9l 1888, l75.
Estimated for the other counties sufficient to
increase the same to the sum of $l00,000,000.
Estimated cash receipts from Dec. 27, 1853 to
April 10, 1884, $4,000.
From sales OF property in San Francisco, $780,
100.
The scheme of extending the Water Front of
San Francisco is again urged upon the Legsla-
ture. The right of the State TO this property is
argued atSsome length. A Board of Comlnls-
sioners is recommended for carrying out the
plan. in the law shall be passed TO extend
the front of the city. The practcabiity and adj
vantages ofthe sheme are also dwelt upon. The
reservation of slips is also recommended.
The amount due the State for the sale of her
right in the Reserves, and i'll property released
to the city by the sale of Dec. 26, is $29S,437,
and from sale of property by State Commission
ers $173 d75. fntal G771 QJO Of This amon nt
the Governor thinks that $650,000 can be ap-
piled as received in part payment OF the civil
debt of the State
From all these sources the amount which will
be realized it is confidently believed, cannot be
less than seven millions of dollars an amount
sufficient to pay the entire debt of the State.
civil and war, and leave in the Treasury bal
ance of more than three and half millions.
Before diSmissing the subject | would re-
mark, that it may not be necessary, advisa-
Bile, to sell Immediately the whole of the prop
erty within the proposed extension, but only so
much as may be required to liquidate the exis-
ting State debt; leaving the surplus to be dis
posed of as the future wants of the State may
demand.
II, however, the prosperity of the city, and
her rapidly increasing commerce, should de-
mand the immediate sale of the whole of the
property, | would respectfully suggest that the
lie Debt, be invested in the United States Six
Per Cent Bonds. The annual interest on the
surplus of three-and-a-half millions estimated,
would be six per cent, amount to $2l0, 900.
This sum judiciousy expended annually for
necessary public works at San Francisco-in re-
moving obstacles to the safe naviea ion of our
rivers above ports of entry, and in improving
public highways and building bridges where
necessary for the public convenience through
out the State, in few years. would effect u
mighty change in the condition of California
Judicious legislation is now wanting to secure
all that is claimed, and i'll the premises more
than realize the expectations of our common
constituents.
To meet the accruing interest on the Civil
Debt, the sum of one hundred and sixty five
thousand, eight hundred and fifty five dollars
and twenty cents must each year. until the
debt shall have been paid, be collected IN cash
from the people of the State.
The amout OF interest accruing annually on
the War Debt is S67 ,495 GO which, added to the
interest on the Civil Debt amounts to the sum
of S233, $50 S9.''
The receipts into the Treasury for the fiscal
year ending June seth, 1854, are estimated at
S7S0,000, being an excess of 226,000 over the
average annual expenditures, as exhibited by
statement c.
His Excellency recommends efficient effort to
obtain from the General Government the entire
amount of the Civil Fund which amounts to
more than million of dollars.
speedy liquidation of the State Debt is urg-
ed, and also the assumption Oh the part of the
General Government OF our war debt, amounting
TO S924.259 65. Says the Message:
:" The important fact that California contri-
butes annually more TO the National Treasury, in
proportion 10 population, than any other State in
the confederacy certainly entities her to ipcreas-
ed consideration in making disbursements from
the national Golfers.
The amount of revenue collected at the sew
eral ports within the State during the fiscal year
ending June 3Gth, 1853 exceeds two millions.
three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, an
ar,1nunf euual reenih of the whole sum