Connecticut western news., 1879-12-10
United States Treasury.
1HE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.

HE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
 Secretary Sherman in his annual re port says :- | The ordinary revenues, from all sources fo the fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, were: from customs. .$137, 250, O37 7 | From internal revenue. ....... 113, ,561 ,61O 5 | From sales of public lands. 924, ,7S1 O. | From tax on circulation and deposts of National Banks... 6,747 500 8 From repayment of interest by Pacific Railway Companies. 2,7O7,2O1 8 | From customs fees, fines pen Y, alties, etc....... ............ 1,1OOs76 G | From fees consular, letters pa- tent, and lands. .......... 2,1S6 O51 4 | From proceeds of sales of Gov
 ernment property ... 1s1, ,12s 8 | From premium on sales of coin 8104 B | From premium on loans. .. 1,496 943 q | From profits on coinage, etc.. 2,924 93S 6 From revenues of the District
 of Columbia. bia............ 1,741.461 1, | From miscellaneous sources... 3,046, ,544 O. Total ordinary receipts. ... $273, ,827 1S4 A | The ordinary expenditures for the sam, period were:
 For civil expenses. ............ $16, ,4s9, 997 + For foreign intercourse. ...... 1888, ,836 1t For Indians. ............ 5,206, 109 Os For pensions including $5, ,373,- OOO arrears of pensions. ...k. S5, 121 ,482 3e For the Military establishment,
 including river and harbor
 improvements and arsenals.. 40, ,425, ,66O 7S For the Naval establishment in-
 cluding vessels, machinery
 and improvements at Navy Yards. .,:................... 15,125, ,126 s4 Formiscellaneous expenditures,
 including public buildings,
 light houses and collecting the revenue. ue...............: ss,S7o,2o 7s For expenditures on account of
 the District of Columbia. 3,597, ,516 Al For interest on the public debt. 1O5 ,327, ,949 OC For payment of Halifax Award 5,50O,O ,OOO OC
 Total ordinary expenditures $266, 947, ,983 s
 Leaving surplus revenue of $6,S79, 300 93, which was applied as follows: To the redemption of United
 States notes, etc.. $31 ,6l3 + To the redemption of fractional n currency -. ...;....:.:......... 7o5, ,1es ss To the redemption of per cent ,, bonds for the sinking fund.. 1s,5oo O( To increase of cash balance in
 the treasury. ry.................. 6,124, ,O24 ~
 Total. ......................$ $6, ,879, 300 9s The amount due the sinking fund for the year was $36, ,955, ,604 63, leaving a deficiency or this account of $3O, ,O76,3O3 70.
 Compared with the previous fiscal year, the receipts for 1879 have increased $16, I'll, 159.7O in the following items: In customs revenue, $7,O79, ,367. 50: in internal revenue, $2, 979, 995, ,84; in pre- mium on loans, $1, 496, 943. .25; in repay ment of interest by Pacific railroad con panies, $1, $40. .246. .67 in profits on coin- age, $1, ,234, ,l76 34 t: and in miscellane- ous items, $2, 58O, ,44O.1O. There was a decrease of $647, 853. 94, as follows: In sales of public lands, $154, 1862. .31: in premiums on sales of coin, $3O8, 997. 92 : n o1 Ao- ,Irc and in proceeds of sales of Government property, $6S, ,341.07, making net in- crease in the receipts from all sources for the year of SIG, ,O63, ,305.76.
 The expenditures show an increase over the previous year of $32, PA, 731. .26, as follows: In the War Department, $29l ,512.88; in the Interior Depart ment, $8, ,561, ,292. II; Indians, $576,- 828, ,9O7, and Pensions, $7,984, ,463. 31. In the interest on the public debt, $2, 927, ,074.35, and in the civil and mis- cellaneous, $12, ,563, ,951. .92. There was 8 decrease of $2, 24O, 174. 53 in the Navy Department, making 8 net increase in the expenditures of $29, ,9S3, ,556. 73.
 For the present fiscal year the reve- nue, actual and estimated, will be as follows:
 For the quarter For remaining
 ending Sept. three quarters
 30, 1879, ac- of the year, From customs. .$44, ,Oss ,497 9s $1o7 916, 5O2 o7 From internal
 revenue. ... 29,4O9, ,691 s1 s6, 59O, ,sos 10 From sales of
 public lands. 117,SS6 61 SSS 616 39 From tax on cir
 culation and
 deposits of Ma
 tional banks. s,369,56s 60 s,3es, ,4so 40 From repaym'nt
 of interest by
 Pacific railw'y
 companies.... 252, ,427 46 1,247, ,572 54 From customs
 fees, fines, pen
 alties, etc..... aa9,579 2s seo, APO "A From fees, con-
 sular, letters
 patent, and lands. s......... 5O6,s64 20 1,69s, 1855 71 From proceeds
 of sales Gov
 ernment prop
 erty.. ....... 55,SS1 Is 144118 go From profits on
 coinage etc. 469,4Se o9 1,o3o, ,51a e1 From revenues
 of the District of Columbia. 23s,S64 o6 1,461, ,1s5 94 From miscella-
 neous sources. 1,1O9S34 r 194O 665 93 Total receipts. ,$79, ,849,579 46 $2Os, ,156 APO 54 The expenditures for the same period. actual and estimated, will be:
 For the quarter For remaining
 ending Sept. three quarters
 3O, 1879, ac- of the year.
 tual. estimated Tor civil and miscellaneous expenses, in cluding public b'ldings, light houses and col lecting the rev enue.. $12, 1O5. .764 34 $39, ,256, ,269 56 | Or lndans.... 2,34s,7 0s 3,154, ,252 9s Or pensiOns-
 regular ....... 1o,8os,74s os so18o, ,257 o4 or arrears of pcnsions.... 10,S74.249 60 3252 75O do or military es- tablishment,in- cluding fortifi- cations, river and harbor inn proven ts and arsenals. ..:.;. 12,1e4, ,s97 as s1,o17,e9s 6s or naval estab- lishmcnt, in cludingvcss Is and machinery and improve