National Republican., 1877-12-04

The ordinary revenues, from all sources, for
the fiscal year ending June 30 1877, were
From customs. .slo 9S6 4o3 o.
From internal eyenue............... Is,6304O7 s3
From sales Of public lands ........... N6253 6S
From tax on circulation and deposits
Prom repayment Of interest by Pacific
railway companies. es................. 1861 e98 o.
Prom customs fees, fines, penalties,
From iees.eonsuiaI. ietterspaieni. - "
property. y. Observation-Disclosures. sss.a6t %
From profits on coinage, &c.......... a,27s23o os
From miscellaneous sources...-.... 8,O677S2 u
Total ordinary receipts. s............ 2soOoo.6s6 90
The ordinary expenses for the same period
For civil expenses. sis,7ei,1ss 81
For foreign intercourse ...........,. 1229,75S 70
kST asssasa s z z
For the military establishment IN
ments, anjerscnals. s7oS2,7s5 90
Fer the naval establishment includ-
ing vessels machinery, and improve y
meats at navy-yards. .......... A959.935 90
For miscellaneous expenditures, In
Guiding public buildings. light
For interest on the public debt. N,i245ii IS
Total Inary,expenditures. =. 2os,66O,oos %
Leayinsa surplus revenue ef......... 3o,3io.5s7 90
Which was applied US follows:
To redemption Of United States notcx,
70 sssd:as:a Il fractional :arl..:; asSIss ~ g g
To redemption OF six per cent bonds
for the sinking. .fund................ 47,50o 90
To increase OF cash balance In the
Treasury.......,........ b,77s,0o2 "a
soo,siO,577 50
The amount due tho sinking fund for the
year was $33, ,729, ,S33.20, leaving deficiency
on this account of $3,3S0, ,255.51.
Comparcd with the Dreyious year the receipts
for 1877 have decreased as follows: In customs
revenue, $17,1l5, ,4915; in proceeds Of sales Of
public lands, $l53,2l327; in sales of coin,
S3,473, 3,96502; In semi-annual tax on banks,
$3.50 022.33; in prize. e.money, 1921 ,370.92; in
sales Of public property, 81 2ss, ,2l2,73; and in
miscellaneous items, S93i,512.s1. There was
an increase in the following items: In internal
revenue, 81, ,92O, 1850; In profits on coinage,
81 ,532, ,l2i27; and In miscellaneous items,
81 ,593 $50. .0l-making net decrease in the
receipts from oil sources for the year of Sls,-
A5l ,452.54. -
Tho expenditures show q decrease as fol.
lows: In the War Department., $9SS, 1874 !;
in the Navy Department, "a, ,003. .374.46; in
the Interior Department, 1888, ,109,37; in civil
md miscellaneous, i0,706, ,307 10; and in tho
interest on the public debt, $3,lls,7 ,759.65-due
TO the funding of six per cent. bonds in new
dves aud four-and-a-half per cent. bonds
making total reduction IN all of the Depart
ments of $l9,799, ,7s84O.
The large apparent reduction in the expenses
OF the Navy Department, however, is not real ;
for, by reason Of insufficient appropriations TO
pay the current liabilities Of that Department.
Congress has, by deficiency bill, during the re.
cent session, appropriated the sum of 81, ,OO3,-
s6l.27, which Is properly clsrgeable to the ex-
penditurcs Of the last year, but, including such
deficiency the reduction in receipts has been
nearly met by the reduction Of expenditures.
II will also be noticed that more than one
half Of this reduction has been made In the
sivil and miscellaneous expenditures, and Is In
CART due to the reduction of the salaries and