The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-04
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WASHINGTON, November 3.--The annual
report of United States Treasurer Gilfllan,
showing the operations of the treasury for
the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1880, sub.
mitted to the secretary of the treasury to-
day shows that the transactions ofthe trens-
urer's Office for the ycarmay be summarized
rs follows, The departments of the gov
ernment show an increase over those of 1850
from every source. The increase ofreceipts
from customs is Sll ,G3L6ll; from internal
revenue Sll,25j,0ll; sales of public lands
81, lS5,350; miscellaneous, $3,l77 ,702; total
increase is $212, l55 $50, which added to the
net reduction in expenditures of $G9i0, ,O7O
makes an increase in surplus revenue ofa
total of SAl ,9jl, 1jl net revenues $500, 49,
~ and net expenditures 500 ~. .SS7; eX-
cess oireceipts soyer payments Sl00S09, ,435,
OF which $9DSl2,2 ,2Gl was expended in the
redemption of the public debt;receipts frcm m
postotlce were S39,750,GGl, expenditures
$3S, ,6ll ,035, Of which amount S2i7W. 1O3
were received and expended directly by
postmasters, During the year iily-iour
national banks were organized and twenty
went into voluntary liquidation leaving
| 3,l35 doing business at The close of the year.
| The ,emi-annuul duty aCcruing from IN.
| tlonnl hanks was #S,4a3, ,ij2 all
| of which has been collected and
paid into the reasury, making the total
amount collected by the treasurer since the
establishment o, tho national bank system
in 1860, $l0s,S5j,02l, The Unite, Statcs
currency outstanding at the close of the
year was S3G2530,432. There was redeemed
during the year $1l ,0G9,975, making total
redemption since the first issue of the cur.
rency of $500, III, ,073 United State.
bonds to the amount of IS $50, ,I50 were re
tired during the year. The aggregate
amount retired by purchase, redemption
conversion and exchange from March II
1869, to close of the fiscal year is 81 1883,
3il, 800
; Comparing the condition of the treasur,
September 30th, 1881, with its condi
ton of same date last wear the mos
striking changes are the increase in gol(
coin and bullion and standard silver dollars
on hand and in silver certificates outstand
ing More than 100000 In gold hay,
been deposited with the assistant treasurer
in New York, for the purpose of exchange
on the west and south, payable in silver
certificates during the last fifteen
months. The gross amount OF
gold and silver coin and bullion
| helu by the treasury III 1881 was
S2G9, 5000 the increase within the
last year has been S55,501,000, of which
twenty-nine millions was in gold. Fol.
loving are important recommendation
contained in the report of the treasurer
as regards the requirements of October
| 1870 that the public moneys shall he depo.
sltcd in the treasury without diminution' in
any way as most salutary and important
and believes there is not sufficient
reason for excepting from il
public money collected by the postoilice
department to correct this, and to secure
efficient control and uniform accountable.
| ity. lie here recommends change in
the statutes so MS to require
revenues of the .pos,oilicc department to be
deposited like all revenues TO the credit oI
he.treasury, and II regular account kept
aud TO be drawn out only on warrant o
secretary of the treasury, based upon the
requisition of the postmaster general.