Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-02-09
MESSAGE
ANDREW G. CURTIN,
GoyBRNoR or Pennsylvania.
no the Les,slature, Jannary sOth. 1856.
ExEcuTryE CHAMBER.


10 the Senate aud House Of Representatives
Of the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
GENTIEMEN-We have cause to be thank
full to Divine Providence for the blessings Of
peace within our borders, abundant crops
unanimity among our people, and that thus
this Commonwealth has been enabled to do
her full duty to the country, to herself and
toposterity.
| apprised you in message Of the 27th
Of November, 1865, and delivered to you at
the beginning of your session, of the neces-
sity under the pressure of which was COM
PEELED, for the restoration of my health, to
soiourn for time in a warmer climate /
returned from Cuba refreshed and invigora-
ted, and have resumed the discharge of my
public duties / cannot omit to acknowl-
edge. with profound gratitude, the kind,
considerate and affectionate course which
you pursued during my constrained absence.
A heavy addition has been thus made to the
debt which already owed to the people of
the Commonwealth and their Representa-
tiyes.
The balance in the Treasury,
November 80, Is 64....,.... 81, ,942, ,203 SO
Receipts during fiscal year,
ending November 80, 1865 6,2l9, ,989 81
Total in Treasury for fiscal
year, ending November
30, 1S65........................ 8,l62, 1913 30
The payments for the same
period have been .......... ), ,7SS, 525 l6
Balance in Treasury, Novem-
ber 80, IS65................. 2,373, ,668 IA
The operations of the sinking fund, dur
the y-aar aDdI0o oy1 fha first Monday pf
September last, as stated in my proclama-
ton were as follows
Amount of debt reduced s745,Sll %, as
follows, viz
Five per 1896, ,S24 62
Coupon loan.......................... 900 90
War loan 400 90
Interest certificates. 009 Ga
Domestic creditors. ors........................ 57S 90
The discrepancy between the reduction Of
the public debt, az shown by the statement
at the close of the fsca! year, and that in
my proclamation at the close of the sinking
fund year. arises from the fact that the one
closes on the first Monday of September,
and the other on the 30th day of Novem-
ber
Amount of the public debt of Pennsylya-
MIA, as it stood on the first day Of December
1864, $40, 379, ,603 o.
Amount redeemed at the State Treasury
during the fiscal year ending with Novem-
her 80, 1865, viz:
Five per cent stocks .........".Sl ,703, SIT SO
Gt stocEs.......................... w - 10000 90
Domestic creditor certificates, SIS 90
Military loan, act of May Is,
1861. I79, $50 90
81, 9o3, 845 88
Public debt, December /,
S3i no. zoo 70
Assets in the Treasury
Bonds Pennsylvania railroad
company. ny........................ So, tOO,OOO w
Bonds Philadelphia & Erie
rairoad mpany............... 3, ,500,0 900 60
Interest on bonds Philadel
phia and Erie railroadcom
pauy.. y.......................... 1,050,00 90
Cash in Treasury. y................ 2,373,6 Cos 90
s13, 629, ,66S IA
Liabilities in excess of as
sets ...................,......,.. 23,S52, $50 %
Liabilities in excess of assets,
Nov. 80, $50, 408, los 94
Liabilities in excess of assets,
Nov 50, lS65...........-.... %, S52, ,5S9 %
Improvements in condition of
Treasury, since Nov. 30,
1860. -, ,000,0fS w