Telegram-herald., 1891-12-10
SECRETARY FOSTERS REPORT.

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SECRETARY FOSTERS REPORT.
Secretary OK the Treasury Foster
shows IN ais report that the total reve-
noes of the government for the last
fiscal year were si5s .5i4, ,233. .08, and the
total expenditures S4z1 ,So4, ,407. .46, leav-
ing surplus of s37 .239. .762.57. To this
sum was added s4, ,2o7 ,s75.75. deposited
IN the treasury under the act of July
Ia, 1890. for the redemption of national
bank notes, 50, 9,563, ,7l5 deposited during
the year Oh the same account; $3.50 re.
ceived for per cent. bon Is issued for
interest accrued Oh refunding certf.
Gates converted during the year, and
s34, i32, ,312.l6 taken from the cash bal
ance in .he treasury, making total of
sl34, 914,655.4S. which was applied to
the public debt. Ascompared with the
fiscal year 1890, the receipts for
1891 have fallen off $5,4ls,sl7.52,
while there was an increase of $751;.
6S6, 1854 IN the ordinary expenditures.
The amount OF money per capita in
circulation July /, 1891, was $23. but
the return of gold to the United States
and various other causes have creased
the amount slnce then to S243S. The
entire amount now in circulation IL
sl,577 ,262 ,0.o. OF which S.. .697 ,204 are
IN silver dollars Including the bullion
IN the t-easury.) The coinage of the
mints during the last fiscal year Was the
largest in the history of the mint in
this country, aggregating 1881 ,s77
pieces. The profit on the subsidiary
silver coinage of the year was S92, ,434. 4S.
The price of silver fuctrated from
so.soi to $l.2l per fine ounce,
the average price being $l.045.
It's believed that owing to the large
exports of breadstuffs and other mater.
ials from the United States, this fall
aud winter, the return movement ol
geld TO this country will continue fol
some months, and in increasing
amounts. Eighteen million dollari
worth of gold and 50 ,0o0. 900 worth OF
silver were used IN the industrial art,
during the last year in the United
States. The net gam in the number OF
national banks organized during the
year was l27, with capital Of sl2.553,-
600. Under the operations OF the new
tariff Law, during the 12 months end
ing Sept. 80, 1891, Che first five days OF
October being under the old tariff the
value OF imports Ss merchandise was
sSai,7l6, ,507. an increase of Gil ,247 ,ll6
over TIE value of imports OF the CORE.
spending months of the preceding year.
: OF this total the value of free goods
was s397 .s52, ,l07, an increase of
sils,092, 1876 over the value OF
free imports the previous year.
The proportion of free merchaniise
was ISIS per cent of the total importi-
ton, as agaInss 1892 per cent for the
preceding year. The articles now ad-
mrtted free are chiefly the necessarles
of life. aud which are not largely pro
duccd in this country, and therefore
do not successfully compete with our
domestic productions The care OF
J foreign merchandise at the Worlds
Far will require = large temporary
: customs force, for Witch an additional
appropriation must be made. The
total receipts from the taxes
ON tobacco, cigars, etc, we're
So. .195. 1907. The total receipts from
all sources of internal revenue, $l46,-
0ss, ,4l5.sT. The vslue OF foreign COM
, merce amounted to 81 ,7a9 .s0- eNs. The
vaiae of imports was s - lee
the value of exports, Ssss, sse, $40.
The total ARRIVAL II emigrants IN the
/. United States from foreign countries
other than British North America and
Mexico. amounted to sso.3is. an in
, rress. OF Io5,oiT over the preceding
, year. of these the greatest nunees
. came from Germany. Tne percentag'
OF exports and imports carried IN Amer
lcsn vessels has fallen from 1871 PEI
cent IA 1853 to l7ss per cent in 1891
rhe number OF light stations was IN
. creased from sss to asa. At the close
. of the vesr ass hfe-savins sra
; tors we're in operation. sx hav-
/ iHg h-en put IN commission, ard
: one discontinued during the yess
/ The bonded ashs IA y l. 1871, wss fls.
|, 5ol. go. Of ~hsch there ~ss due sad pay
. shle on that date sz.tss. 30 per cent
; bonds and s27s,7es per cent hsnds