News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-06
THE g. s. TREASURY.
The Annual Report of the TreRsurer-Fe.
ceipts and Expenditures.

The annual report of the Treasurer of the
United States has been submitted to the Serra~
tarv of the Treasury.
There has been decrease during the past
fiscal year from the figures for the preceding
year in the receipts from customs Of $, 704 233.
from internal revenue of 81, III, 226 and from
miscellaneous sources Of 1868 1872. and an in
crease in the receipts from the sales of public
lands Of 3, 202, 724. The total net revenue il
ccived during the wear 1898 287 ,55l, which
is 10 237, Sos less than the amount received last
year.
The net expenditures amounted to S265, 408,
1877, an increase over those of 1882 of 81 ,426.
697, and this increase added to the am mt Of
the decrease i'll receipts makes a reduction III
the amount of srrplusr venue applicable t" tie
reduction of the public debt OF Sl2.t64365.
The principal increase i'll the expenditures was
on account of civil and miscellaneous expenses
which amounted to $1I,45S,27l, the eXpcudi-
lures on account of interest on the public debt
falling 1I,9l7,O75 below those for the same
purpose during the preceding year.
The collections on account OF seml-annuaI
duty Oh the capital circulation and deposits of
national banks amounted to S4,6ll, 252 i'll tie
first half Of the fiscal year, and tie collections
on account of duty on circulation in the second
half to 81 564 521. Since the national banking
system went INTO operation the collections on
this account have been 1924. 1Sl, 40
The amount of United States currency out
standing at the close Of the year was $780,.
4O3, 315 and the redemptions during the year
amounted to $3.50 1S). 759. The redcmptionS
since the first issue of currency aggregate
81. 407, $50 sos.
There were issued during the year silver GER
tifcates amounting to 49,, O4O, 600 and gold GER
tiicatcs of the issue authorized by the Act Of
July u, 1882, amounting to $50, 10000. Tue
redemption of silver certificates aggregated
S125l9, $40 and of gold certificates 81, S34, 900
at clio of
the year SS8.6l6,S3 in silver certificates and
S82,378, GAO in gold certificates.
Circulating notes of national banks amount
ing to $102, 500, 677 were received for rcdemp-
ton during the year, of which 1913, 552, 279 were
in notes of failed. iquidating and reducing
banks The aggregate of bank notes received
for redemption from the passage of the redemp-
ton Act Of 1874 to the close of the Year
s51,Z7S, 27S, 1913.
The amount of the national bank notes as
sorted during the year was $99 90i, 518, at a
cost of 5147.592. which is equivalent to an
average cost of Sl.55 634-10O0 per 81 900 as
sorted.
The generalbala in the Treasury increased
from Sl43, 964, S93 on September 80, 1882, to
Sl63, 1872. 1853 on September 80, 1888, the i'll
crease having been made up as follows An iu-
crease Of 1884, 069 in the amount of gold coin
and bullion; Of 81, 4i6,2i3 in the amount of
standard silver doliars of S1,3G9,2l in the
amount of silver bullion, ami of 50, 691, S66 in
vidiug for outstanding certificates, from which
amounts was deducted decrease Of s., C58. 404
in the funds for the redemption Of national
bank notes.
The fractional silver coin in the Treasury
was decreased during the wear by 1886, 72i and
the amount Of gold-and silver coin and bullion
was increased by 1886, $50, this increase
being chiefly due to the new issue of gold Ger
tificatcs and the increase in the amount of out
standing silver certificates.
The gross assets were increased by 800. $50,
827 during the year. and the Xcess of the cash
assets of the government over its liabilities on
November ]. 1888 was SI6O, SD. 545, as COM
pared with S135,15l,688 on the same date
III 1882.
ing at the close of the year was 1886, 654, an
increase of 2, 903. 6O7 over the number uutstand-
ing last wear. The increase was of S2,Ol5.5U3
in one dollar notes. $90l, 100 in twos. 81, S07.
5i5 in fives, 1922, 500 in five hundreds, and
81 1913. 600 in one thousands, from which was
deducted decrease Of Sol. $50 in tens, 5i.3lO,
$50 in twentics, sos S75 in tftirs. ! $1,000 in
one hundreds. 100000 i'll five thousands and
s.. 100000 in ten thousands. Tie amount of
ones and twos outstanding has increased So
95S.217 in the past four wears. The number Of
United States notes redeemed during tie year
was 20,339, 1911 representing a face value of
S7T.76t. ia. These figures include S32. $4,000
Of So 900 and - 10000 notes reported a. issued
and redeemed, which We're only pas ed from
the reserve fund of unissUgd notes through the
accounts for the purpose Of destruction.
There were received during the year i'll P@y-
mcut of duties Oh imports United States notes
to the amount of S27.937, PIG, the aggregate Of
such receipts from the resumption Of specie
payments 10 September 80, 1888, being 92lO,-
4O5. 4O4
The deduct ons from the face value Of United
States notes It deemed during the year on ac-
count of mutilations. obtained by dIscomting
the face value OF the notes in proportion to the