McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-11

sent of the senate to fix, from time to time the
diplomatic grade of the representatives of this
provision being definitely made however, as
now, for the amount of salary attached to the
respective stations.
The Budget.
The condition of our finance and the opera
tons of the various branches of the public
service which are connected with the Treasury
department are very fully discussed in the re-
port of the Secretary 1t appears that the or
binary revenues for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1884, were from CUSTOMS S195 067, 4S9 76;
from internal revenue, S121, $50. O92 81: from
all other sources, S31 $3.50 307 IS: total ordinary
revenue of $34S, 519. $50. 81.
The public expenditures during the same
period were for civil expenses 1912, 907.1:
for foreign intercourse $1,260, 1861; for
Indians, Sc, AS 1929; for pensions, $50, 429,-
22S Sc; for the military establishment, includ-
ing river and harbor improvements, and arse
nails, S39, 429, 6033 Sc: for the naval establish
ment, including vessels, machinery and i'm
provements at the navy yards, S17, 292, COL A;
for miscellaneous expenditures, including pub
lie buildings, lighthouses and collecting the
revenues, S43, 939, 1000.
For expenditures on account of the District
of Columbus, So, 407, 049.62; for interest on the
public debt, s34, AIS, 37S.4S; for the sinking
fund, $40, 100, 229.50; the total ordinary eX-
penditures were 1920, GIG, 1888, leaving sur
plus of $50, 500, $4,000. AS compared with the
preceding fiscal year there was a net decrease
of over sd 900, 600 in the amount of expendi-
lures. The aggregate receipts were less than
those of the year previous by about S54, 000, 000
the falling off of revenue from customs made
up nearly S20,000,00O of this deficiency and
about S23, 900, 900 of the remainder was due to
the diminished receipts from internal taxation.
The secretary estimates the total receipts for
the fiscal year which will end Jnne Goth 1885,
at $3.50, 600, 900 and the total expenditure at
900, 600, POI ,16 in which are included the inter-
ests on the debt and the amount payable to the
sinking fund. This would leave surplus for
the entire year of about 500, 000,000. The value
of exports from the United States to foreign
countries during the year ending June so. 1884
was as follows-domestic merchandise STA
merchandise $40, 593, 500; specie S67, 133, 1853,
total exports of merchandise and specie $780,
GAG, 992.
The cotton and cotton manufactures includ-
ed in this statement were valued at S20S, 600
Ais. The breadstuffs at S162, 544, 715. The
provisions at STA, 649, SIT and the mineral oils
S47, liz, 34S During the same period the i'm
ports were as folloWs,-merchandis 1861. 697,-
$685. gold and silver S37, 1926 1862, total sos, 1885,
953.
More than 63 percent of the entire value
of imported merchandise consisted of
the following articles; sugar and mo-
features $50. $40, 1872 silk and its manufactures
$40, 94S, lbs, coffee $40, $50 705 iron and steel
and manufactures thereof Sal, 464 500, chem
icals S3S, 464, 965, flax hemp and jute and like
substances and manufactures thereof $50, 463-
1893, cotton and manufactures of cotton $780,
454, 476, hides and skins, other than fur SKINS
So, $50 BOG.