The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-20
FINANCIAL.


Advance sheets Of the annual report of
the Fifth Auditor Of the Treasury, Alex
snder, have been issued, showing the dis
kursements on account of the Diplomatic
Service and Post-oflioe and Interior Depart
ments. The accounts of Ministers show
that 1924, 550.7i were paid for salaries, 49,.
1869 for contingent expenses, and 81, 5749S
for loss by exchange, making q total of
1923, lS2.42. Official and passport fees were
received to the amount of 50, 1924, which,
deducted from the total expenses, shows the
actual cost of this branch of the foreign SER
vice to have been 1914 1907.
In the internal revenue service the total
amount of cash deposited was 1927 ,S66, 755. 10
exclusive of deposit of 1887 ,46S.2l, de-
rived from sales of adhesive stamps and
collected by stamp agents. The whole cost
of collecting the internal revenue, or four
per cent on the amount collected, was
$5,137, 1851. For the year ending June 80
1880, $l16,S77, 1897 was collected at cost
of 81, 463, $685..
BY the last report, the Secretary of the
Treasury had on deposit TO his credit, on
account of " fines penalties, and forfcitures, Z"
balance of S2l9, 39l GO. During the year
deposits have been made to the amount of
$751;, S9i63, and disbursements made to
the amount of 5000, 2l7.4. leaving Il bal
ance to his credit, January, 1881, of $62,-
g0S.55. An account has also been rendered
by him on account Of "ohers in comprO-
mise from December | 1879, to De, ember
81, 1850, showing an amount denositcd Ia
his credit of $lsl ,075 "A, and Businessmen rs
amounting to Sli6, l0307, leaving a balance
on dcposll to his credit, January /, 1881, OF
$S,S73.67,
.ae following sums were, refunded
Taxes enormously assessed and collected
$3i,55907; drawbacks on merchandise ex.
ported, $@,5ll,03, and money refunded
under private acts of Congress, $2l,-
32l.12.
The accounts adjusted for the discussing
clerk OF the Iost-oillce DEPARTMENT amount
to S65,076.
The debt Of Virginia in all its miscel-
laneous forms aggregates about $i5OU0O0O
The party of reputation which has cap
tnred the government proposes to reduce the
debt to $50 ,O0O,0 90 and to convert the whole
into ~ three per cent. consolidated loan.
Tho consol bonds issued in 1879 were at
three. four and five per cent, at different
periods, but the greater part Of the debt
was not converted.
There will be sold in the Dominion of
canada for the year 1881, about $20O0,000
worth OF postage stamps. Of these, Toronto
will be credited with about $4,000.
The Treasurer of North Carolina reports
that over $S,0O0,000 of old North Carolina
bonds have been funded into per cents,
under the compromise act of March, 1870.
The time within which the act operates is
now drawing TO u close, and all operations
OF exchange will cease January l. There
are about $4,000000 of the old debt still un.
presented, the holders not having ayailed
themselves of the act.
From May 10 to June 50, last, there were
S226UO, 900 worth of five per cent. bonds
received for redemption and continuance at
three and half per cent. This is the
largest amount of bonds ever handled in
such brief period by the United States
government.
A biz monopoly in New York appears in
the consolidation of the three elevated rail.
roads of that city. They represent CAPT
tai OF $26,000,0OO.
The Treasury Department to-day pu,-
chased 250,0 900 ounces of fine silver for deliv-
cry at the Philadelphia, New Orleans and
San Francisco MINIS.
The imports of dry goods at Now York for
the week ending November 10Th were ST.
G3,S0, and the amount marketed 81, 7S5,.
U.s.. The total imports of dry goods at the
port since January LIST are Sll0,ST ~, and
the total marketed $lO7 1857 sos
A New York exchange says the Novem.
Der disbursements this year are very large.
including $5,I0O,000 by the city OF New
York ON account of interest and principal
OF the debt, So, 100000 by the United States
treasury for interest on the extended tivus,
ana an enormous sum IN the az
rail
tons of the country, the principal of the
May and November bonds on the Stock
Exchange list show total capital of nearly
S2oO,OOoOOO. The payments on all these
accounts were large during the last half of
the week, which explains the returning
ease in money. Nearly all the incoming
European steamers since Saturday last,
brought some gold, but the amounts were
not important. After the close of business
on Friday the acting Secretary of the Treas
ury announced that the Government will
purchase at the New York office on each
wednesday of the month, 81, 000, 900 of any
of the extended bonds at par and accrued
interest to date Of presentation.
DALLAS EXCHANGE AND COIN.
New York Exchange .I Buying f Falling
Ss Louis OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
SSnIvnkv. Observation-Disclosures"
NcW VIichns Observation-Disclosures"
Galveston and Houston .,..k
,, Commercial exchange upon all points Kto Y
Sterling sight 81 IS.
Francs 5@D5 10.
Marks 25.
~ Gold silver, other than trade dollars, par
Maxicem 10 cents
Mexican halves, ,,,,,,.,,.','; an an
Me1lcan quarters. .....".......,,,,l Is