Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-02
THE DEBT OF THE NATION
Less by Ne atIy Nine NEfIIfOhs Than
 ME0nfh on

Month Ago.
 WASHINGTON, July t.-Fhe reduction in
 the public debt during June as shown in the
 old debt statement issued from the Treasury
 department to-day is $s;994.99 and for the
 fiscal year ended yesterday $65, 494, 7o8,
 against $101 ,040, ,91 for the preceding year.
 The total cash in the treasury to-day is $48S,-
 612, ,429, with current liabilities amounting
 to $315, 811 ,570, leaving an available cash
 balance of $172, 800, ,851. By the new form
 of debt statement, which alone will be issued
 hereafter, the $64, 900, 900 of Pacific railroad
 bonds is included in the interest bearing debt
 column and the total interest bearing bebt
 increased by that amount The available
 cash balance reported in the new form state
 nent amounts to $40, gre; ;930, or about $132,-
 900, 900 less than in the old form. This diff
 ference is made up of the $1O0, ,00O 900 cash
 reserve held for the redemption of green
 backs and about $32, 100000 in fractional
 silver and minor coin which in the new form
 are not considered available cash The treas
 urer's statement shows nearly $127, ,000, 900
 in gold certificates outstanding, decrease
 Of nearly S2,0oo, OoO during June; of silver
 certificates about S101, ,530, 946 outstanding,
 a decrease of S3, 5000 since May 21.
 Gold assets have increased four million and
 quarter during the month and the gold
 balance now amounts to SEQ, S9S, ,8sj: Stan
 dard silver dollars are steadily accommodating
 and the treasury now holds $165, ,431, ,112 of
 that coin against $135, ,560 96O a year ago
 standing against $105, 5,000,000 a month
 ago. Silver assets have in
 creased during the month from
 $61 0O0, 900 to $68;oO0;g0o Customs re-
 ceipts for June amounted to SIS, 1858 and
 internal revenue receipts to S9, ,319. .998. The total receipts of the year from all sources
 were $322, ,590, 776, or about $7,5OO, GOO less
 than the estimates, against $34S, 519, ,969
 for the preceding Jeat. Customs re-
 ceipts were $751; 110, 780, against $195, 1000, ,000 during the preceding year; internal revenue receipts were SIP, 569, ,324 against $121 ,5S6, org the previous year; and receipts from miscellaneous sources amounted to $2S, ,910,
 6so, against s31. .S66, ,S07 the year before, This shows falling off compared with the preceding year of $14, ,00G, GOO in customs re- ceipts, $7,O00,000 in internal revenue and about $3,000, 900 in receipts from miscellaneous sources While the revenue has decreased $26, GOO, 900, the ex- penditures for the year were SIS, ,662, POS more than during the preceding year. This increase in expenditures is all found in the items of ordinary expenses of the govern ment, which, in the year just closed amount ed to s153, ,O05, ,194, against s134, ,11s,637 the previous year, and is partly due to large deficiencies for expenses of the preceding year and to several unusually heavy special appropriations and payments made this year Among these may be mentioned $3, ,OO0, COG paid to Alabama claims claimants; $4,O00,- 900 postal deficiencies and a million or more to the New Orleans exposition. The pension charge for the year just closed was $59,- 395, 738, which is $3,0OO,0O more than for the previous year. The interest charge on the public debt was $51 ,3S7 ,579 or $3.178, 169 less than the year previous. The surplus revenue for 18S4-85 will amount
 to $60, 1000, 900, against about $1O3, ,OOO, OOG
 surplus in 1983-84.