The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-08
FEDERAL FINANCES.
The National Debt Statement for
the Month of April.
Contents of the Treasury--Govern-
ment Receipts and Expenses.

The public debt statement for April was
prepared at the treasury department in both
the old and new forms. According to the
old form of statement, the reduction in
the public debt during April
amounted to S5,46i, 596.3S, while
in the new form the amount of reduction is
placed at 81, S37, 3397l. This discrepancy,
amounting to S627, ESQ 81, is due to the fact
that in the new form two items, accrued and
unpaid April interest on Pacific Railroad
bonds, amounting to S29S, 037 &C. and the
amount of increase during the month in
fractional and minor coins, aggregating
S329, 2l9. II, are treated, the first as liabli-
ties, and the latter as assets, unavail-
able for debt reduction. In the old form
the available cash in the treasury is shown to
be Sl55, SIG, Oi3 and in the new form the met
cash balance on hand" is placed at $23, 957,-
421. The difference here is accounted for by
adding to the met cash baancen reported in
the new form 800, 000, 900 reserve held for the
redemption of United States notes, regarded
In the new form as a liability and about
So, 100000 fractional silver and minor coin
treated in the new form as asstes "unavail-
able for the reduction of the debit
The treasury now holds 1925, OJO, 900 in gold
and about S1l0,O0 900 in silver for gold and
silver certificates outstanding, against S1l6,-
0O0,OOO gold and $4,000, 600 silver a month
ago. The customs receipts for April were
$l4,G40914, about half a million less than
during April year ago, and the internal
revenue receipts 50, 300 3}7 nearly a million
less than in April, 1884 The total receipts
of the government from all sources for
the ten months of the current fiscal
year amount, in round numbers, to S2G3,-
10000 against $3.50, 100000 for tho CORE
spending ten months of the preceding fiscal
year, while the expenditures for all purposes
for the ten months of this year foot up $751;
OO0,OOO, against S2lS0J0 900 for the ten
months of the preceding year.
Compared with the corresponding ten
months of the preceding fiscal year. there
has been falling off in customs revenue this
year amounting to about $4,000, 900, and in
internal revenue receipts of nearly $7000,-
600.
The payments made from the treasury by
warrants during April, 1885, were as fol-
lows:
On account of:
Civil and miscellaneous. ....... ST. 727, 53s 81
w '..................... 36SJ,16l 93
navy. .;;.................. 2,032, OBS 81
INFERIOR indian. SO ,39S OIL
Interior, pension. ............. 6,192, 81 80
Total. .............."..... $4,000 325 30
The above debt does not include payments
made on account of the interest or principal
of the public debt of the United States
The following is a statement of the coin
age executed at the minis of the United States
during April:
Denominations. Pieces. Value.
Double eagles. $1,000 s1,22O,OOG
Eag!es. .................... 4l,400 4lI,O0O
Han eagles 1850 357, 800
Total gold .............. $4,000 1891 sos
standard dollars .............24l0.00 241O,OOl
OImes. '.................... 100000 22,0O(
lotai silver. ............2, 63O0O0 $2,432,00
Total coinage ....."....2,s 800 s4,423, 500