The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-12-13

our representatives in Japan and China
have to depend for interpreters and
trapslators upon the natives of those
countries who know our language i'm.
perfectly, or procure for the occasion the
services of employees in foreign business
houses, or the Interpreters to other for
eign ministers.
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
1 renew the recommendation made
on previous occasion, OF the transfer
to the Department of the Interior, to
which they seem more appropriately to
belong, of all the powers and duties In
relation to the Territories with which
the Department of State is now charged
by law or by custom.
CITIZENS IN DISTRESS ABROAD.
Congress, from the beginning of the
Government, has wisely made provision
for the relief of distressed scamen in
foreign counties. No similar provision,
however, has hitherto been made for
the relief of citizens In distress abroad
other than seamen. 1t Is understood to
be customary with other governments
to authorize consuis to extend such re
lief to their citizens or subjects In cer-
tain cases. A similar authority and an
appropriation to carry 1t Into effect are
commended in the case of citizens of the
United States destitute or sick under
such circumstances. 1t Ia we'll known
that such citizens resort to foreign coun
ties in great numbers. Though most of
them are able to bear the expenses In.
cident to locomotion, there are some
who, through accident or otherwise, be.
come penniles5, and have no friends at
home able to succor them. Persons in
this situation must either perish, cast
themselves upon the charity OF for
eigners, or be relieved at the private
charge of our own officers, who usually,
even with the most benevolent dispo
sitions, have nothing to spare for such
purposes. Should the authority and ap.
preparation asked for be granted, care
will be taken to carry the beneficence OF
Congress into effect, that it shall not be
unnecessarily or uuworthily bestowed.
REVENUE RECEIPTS AND ExPENDI-
TURES.
The money received and covered into the
Treasury during the fiscal year ending June a,
| 1872, we're:
From custom
From sales on public iands............ 25757I4l9
From internal revenue.."........"..l3O l3O Ool2i7172
| From the tax on national bank clicu- ,oo ~, oo
From paeilc railway companies, ?iesela
From customs fines, &c.."............. llS64U4
nj,
| From miscellaneous sources s......... 4,4l225i7l
Total ordinary recei 1884 69t 229 9l
From premium on sales uf coln..... Vilzo5'o'
Total net receipts 1874, LOG S6r68
| Balance in Treasury June ~, 1871,
including SIS 2S.35 received rom ,oo oo- -o- N
"unavailab e" N9s5''ooo'
Total available ist 0i2, ,573. .l5
| The net expenditures by warrants during the
For civil Vii @ expense ........... sles9 G5g2O
For foreign inteic ,urse ........ 59,369
For lnulans. .3 90
For pensions -ooos,foI''o
| For military establishment, in.
| cluding fertilization, liver ana
| harbor improvem, nts, ana arse oo-o, M
For ts Naval 6isnmen, inciud:
| ding vessels and machinery and - -,
| improvements at navy ards. 2l,2ls,sV5,sv
| For miscellaneous civil, including
public buildings, lighthouses o-, o,o oo
Interest on the public debt........ II7,a57 sss.79
premmiam on The he public debt. sa7o $50 Golsl
Premium on bonds purchased ...... S69S,2t1. 90
| Redemption OF the public debt... ss,SU,2o3o %
To.aI ............................ sIC90ls $40 80
Total net disburseme .......... sS7,41s,2 ,2Ie2l
| Balance In Treasury, June30 ls12 is'ooi.5o'si
s4S4Oi2,5 ,573 Is
the net reduction OF the principal OF the debt,
during the fiscal year ending June ", 1917, was
500 ,96D,2b3.d The source or thls reduction 10 as
follows
receipts ' 1851 issI go sl
Net ordinary expenditures includ- 1880 ,.- =,
| ing interest Oh the public debt g1O,55o,6eo vi
Baacne. t9ilSi 5SLO9
Add amount received from pre-
MUM on sales OF gold in excess
of the pre- MUM paid on bonds o,.,
puichaS ed 1fpi'o'"c'
Add the amount of the reduction
of the cash balance at the close
of the year accompanied with 40 =.
the o0l,ofoo-
Total ......................... $99,9e0,253 81
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