Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-15
u. y. Treasurer's Report.
The following is the substance OF tho annual
,eysort NJ the Treasurer of the United States:

The following is the substance OF the annual
report or the Treasurer OF the United States:
crease over those Of ISL of Ss.a5i,O5 in the
revenue from customs 81. SSOs from the In
.ernal reysnue $685. from sales OF public
making total increase In the net revenue OF
sl2742s5z. The total net revenue was $4oS,-
80 ssh to nss reductions Of ron
53I, AT, which, added to the increase in re-
ceipts, makes an increase OF 50, 40, in the
the public debt
The expenditures on account of interest on
from So ,50S74l in 1881 to $7L07T,2nS in 1882
The excess of revenues over expenditure was
dnction of the debt e siss Isl. 5op 70 inc re-
The amount standing on the hooks of the
Treasury to the credit of discussing officers OF
was So, ,S72.
The receipts for the fiscal year on account of
the expenditures So. .2sa Of tbs Sc amounts
500, ssi, or about ONE half, was received aud
ing deposited in the Treasury ~''nou' oe-
The amount Q elected from National banks
on account of sem-annual duty accruinQ ON
the year was So, l50,6si. The total amount col.
lected on this account since the ernninr of
the Nation thanking system is siis.u0. 7O5
There was in custody of this Office at the
close of the fiscal year $376, zoo i'm Unit ID
States bonds held in trust for National banks,
circulation and Si5.g25,0CO to secure deposits
of public money with National bank .posi
were posted for these purnoss IN o S,aa
62S, O0 Withdrawn.
The amount of United States currency ont
standing at the close of the year was g. a. ia
5ss. There was redeemed during the yenr
81 5,113,7O6 in United States currency silver.
certincates and notes of failed, liqu dating and
reducing National Banks, making the total re-
demptions since the first issue of currency
81 405.9l4, ia. The issues OF silver certificates
dempt.o $40, Isi 290, leaving the amount nom
lnaily outstanding at the close of tho year $685.
GOLD AND SILVER COIN
commenting on the statement of assets and
liability of the Government on September 40
The most noteworthy chan re in the last wear
Is the decrease of the gold coin and bullion
held by the Treasury from SI76. 791 58s to $l53,-
dollars from $65, 949 279 to 500. OBS, $50; a de-
crease In the gold of $23 743 60s and an increase
In the silver dollars Of S2d,O76,01l. Deducting
the amount held for the redemption of vOid
certihcates, the gold belong ing to the Govern
ment In the Treasury on the 3Oth of September
7is in ISL and i sis Tiosv n IN 1 IsS N@
outstanding the decrease in the last year the
gold owned by the Government is nearly 500
OOO,WO more than TWO years ago, the amount
held last year having been swelled by the de-
post OF gold coin for exchange en- the West
and South.
Deducting in like manner the silver certif-
Gates actually outstand Sg, the standard silver
dollars owned by the Government were $780,
same date in 1880. SIS i1s, $50 in 1851, and $2S-
6y9.g70 in 1882. ~ Ut3'
The gross assets of the Treasury increased
during the year from $23l, e8I,2lU TO $3i6552.-
$50, although the balance remain ng after de-
Quoting the moneys held for the redemption
of gold silver and currency certtcateS and
for the payment of the matlred debt and in.
terest, and the amount to the credit of special
or trust funds, ran down from Sl5l, 30, ll6 to
$1i3,96i,Ss3.
THE RESERVE
Inc excess or the cash assets of the Gov
ernment over its net demand liabilities on the
LIST day of November was $l3l,1 1,SoS. The re-
serve is computed by deductng from the
cash in tho Treasury the aggregate of the cur
rent liabilities other than United States notes.
The remainder of sl35, Isl ,6SS ia considered 10
be the reserve available for the redemption
OF United States notes; The reserve has ap-
1881. This reduction is accounted for by the
fact that 10y direction of the Secretary pay
ment has been anticipated on $12, O6&7li in
called bonds not yet matured
UNITED STATES NOTES.
During the year here has been an increase
of 5000, l9 In the one-dollar notes outstand-
hfty-dollar notes, $l,5H,730 in one-hundred-
dollar notes, S3eO,OO0 in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
nof @sS SSil ooo IN onetnousanddoiar notes,
decrease of $2,226,5S in ive-dollar notes,
$4,2O5.62l in ten-dolar notes, $J,6l4.I26 i'm
dollar notes, and $35,OOO in five-thou-
The number of notes outstanding at the close
OF the fiscal year was $63,0s3,U47. as against
smount of ones and twos outstanding has in
creased Sl4,O40,9i5 in three years.
The amount of United States notes received
In payment of duties on imports during the
yesr lust ended Is $4, $685. as against So
O19,753 in the year ending October 81. 1851.
STANDARD SILVER DOLLARS.
The amount of standard silver dollars coined
from February 20, 1879, the date of the act re-
curing their coinage. to October 81, 1882, is
$l2s, 3D. $50, of which $50 0d6,3Ss remains in the
cent is in circulation.
The amount of silver certificates outstanding
increased during the fiscal year from S5I ,lG8,-
$50 to $66,O96,7lO. THIS increase was emf, rely in
certificates of the denominations OF ten and
twenty dollars. The amount nominally out
standing at this date is S73,6 no. of which So.
9S7, ECO is held by the Treasury.
CLEARINGHOUSE CERrIFICATEs
During the fiscal year Sic, el0,00) in Clearing
redeemed, leaving the amount outstanding
$l3, 900, at close of the last fiscal year. The
amount now actually outstanding is S9.e3sOOO
of any fiscal year was $59O45, OO0 on June 30
1876. The use of these certificates has great
ments.
MINOR AND FRACTIONAL SILVER COIN
The denominations of the minor coin in tho
Treasury on September ], 1882, were as fol-
lows:
EIve-cent nickel. ........ $1,000
Three-cent nickel -. .............. l5h376
Iwo-cent bronze -. ............ 4,S34
One-cent bronze, nickel and copper. 19S15a
The supply Of f1ve-cent nickel coins I'm the
Treasury, which three years ago reached the
sum or x1,lS,25 was exhausted during the
year, and their coinage was resumed by the
mint. - -
The amount of fractional currency re-
deemed during the fiscal year was only $5s 7O5,
against $S3434 in the preceding year The
amount outstanding at the close Of the year
was $l5 420, 1856.
MUTILATKD STOLEN AND CoUNTERPKTT CUR
REECY.
There was detected by this ONCE in remit
tances OF currency received for redemp tiop
during the year $5,438 In counterfeit United
states notes. 1870 in counterfeit fractional
currency, $3429 In counterfeit Natiopal-bank
notes, and $7I5 In stolen Newfoundland
notes. The number OF the counterfeit United
states notes was 2S6, and or the counterfeit
National-bank notes 49,
DUTY ASSESSED ON NATIONAL BANKS
The semi-annual duty assessed upon and cob
lected from the National Banks bv the Treas
urer or the United States for the fiscal year Il
as follows:
On circulation. .s31m.esI