The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-28
FINANCIAL ITEMS.

PAYMENT of interest due on government
bonds April LIST, will begin az sub-treas-
nries on the 18th instant, without rebate.
The total OF the appropriation bills for
the next fiscal year is over $G6,O00,00O less
than The amount Of all appropriations made
last summer
There has been unprecedented demand
for nckels all over the country, which
would seem to show that the people of the
United States are learning economy.
The internal revenue receipts from July
/. lsS9, to March 81, 1883, are s., 100000 in
excess of the receipts for the corresponding
period the preceding year.
The French government has negotiated
with the Bank of France n sexennial obliga-
ton OF 100 OO0,0O0 francs, in preference to
issuing bonds.
The estimated expenditure of the Do
minion of Canada for the fiscal year ending
the 3Oth of June, 1884, is S45,002, li5. The
amount voted the present year, ending the
3Oth OF June next, was $d ST pa.
The earnings of the Vanderbilt proper
Ties continue enormous. For the first two
weeks in March the New York Central in
creased 500, 900, Lake Shore $205, 600, and
Michigan Central $4,000 the first ten
days.
The estimates laid before the Dominion
parliament for the ensuing year aggregate
Si5,OOOO 900, of which Sl3,250,OO0 is tor rail
ways. The debt of the Dominion govern
ment is Sl67, 100000.
THE length of railroads in Tennessee
amounts to 200 miles. The aggregate
stocks, bonds and floating Indebtedness
amount to over $ll5,000,U0, or over $50,-
600 to every mile of railroad in the state.
All the railroad property in the state is as
sessed for taxation for only S27 100000.
The Mexican government has employed
a coiner from the New Orleans mint to coin
190000000 pieces of nickel money. The
French government will soon issue nickel
coins. The German empire has nickel
coins worth fifth of a cent each, while
their 5.plennig pieces--worth l cent-are
about the size of our nickels.
The increased business of the trust COM
panies in New York has something to do
with the low state of the bank reserves
Within the past two years these compa-
mics have nearly tripled in resources, and
more than doubled in the amount of cur
rent deposits. On the first of this year
they held deposits to the amount of Sl07,-
4l6,4j3, or more than one-third of the de-
posts OF the associated banks.
For the fiscal year ending April 80, 1888,
special tax year, the total number of manu-
iaNN"iVio dlN III anu
hClured tobacco and snuff, cigars, cheroots
and cigarettes as estimated at the internal
revenue bureau, Is SS55,900. OF these 42O,-
UvO are dealers, $4,000 manufacturers of
cigars, and 800 manufacturers of snuff and
tobacco.
The telegraphis working its way to China
IN the face of no inconsiderable difficulty.
Permission was recently given for the CON
struction of line from Shanghai to Tient-
sin, and thence to Pekin, but, as the Chi
nese language, unfortunately, has no alpha
bet, the officials were in fix. Now, how
ever, II has been arranged that messages
shall be translated into English or French
and transmitted to their destination in that
shape, On arrival they are to be infinitely
examined by certain officials, who, with the
True red-tape instinct, must be satisfied
lhat the messages contain nothing danger
Gus to the state.