New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
THE PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
AN INCREASE SHOWN FOR THE MONTH os
Observation-Disclosures OF THE FIGURES.

DFCFMBER-ANALYsI OF THE FIGURES.
Washington Jan 1.-The monthly public debt state
ment issued from the Treasury Department to-day
shows I'm the aggregate OF the debt durinR
the last month amounting t. S2.19i'iJ' there WHY
decrease of sl75-l4O in nonlnter,t bearing debt.
an Increase OF 500 in te bonded debt and decrease
of Al 50 in the surplus cash I'm the Treasury. The
total debt today less S34j74l25 net cash balance
or surplus and the 100000 OCJ gold res rye Is T84|-
,O- sis OF this amount Sjsj.02G910 is Interest,"
bearng debt made up 500 562 900 per cont bonds
and 80. ,}64. 800 per cent now 0ntstAhdIhs' i"s
prncpal OF the outstanding bonds has been renuced
s33 092.77O during the calendar year Insc cloSea'
ESQ 9O in As AMI 80 sl3 o1o In Is having been
rdeomed during twelve months. The net cash or
surps I'm the Treasury today exclusive Of the 9ioo-
OcO 600 gold reserve Is s:}i.J74.12S against S0'11'
81. on January 1 Il year ago. OF the surplus today.
National bank repositories bold S2o.25i,Oos agiinss
ga l9O.-72 Il year ago.
The Treasury gol coin and bullion assets today az
crcrot, s.,7ssi6.7i9. about $4,000 less than
month AGO and sI4.OOOOOO les than on January l.
1890 silver asset, have increased about Sf,OoooW
durjnc the last month and shont S-i.O)OOoo during
the wear Just clos d. and today aggregate SiioS'o'-
~ AGAINST the gold coin and bullion and silver
assets Their, are @1Gj.57s.-J in gold certificates ana
si02 O9g t2O I'm silver certiicat outstanding
Government receipts dining December aggreea'eo
go o3o os5 AGAINST S3l 370.O3o in December. 1870.
t,,ns ,acoipts during the la,t month $685.
DO or two and du,Iter millions l">s than IN Decd
her 500 and Internal revenue receipts were rl2f2''-
Ot6 or about half million le>, than IN Dremcf
veor ago Receipts from all sources from July 10
December 81 the first half Of the fiscal year. aggro-
GATED in round numbers SI7j74j 2o7 or S.E3.oOoOOO
loss than FOR the corie>. ondng six months cf lo9o.
This ,i loss Of mainly in customs recep'S
tho revenue from this for the last six months
agrrogatIng Ssj .4l against Sl2i.2iol9o from july
| to December 81 1880. OF this decrease In customs
receIpts amounting 10 S3-.00o.ooo, fully thirty
millions or five millions month. is chargeable to the
free sr provision, Of the Tariff law and the remainder
is accounted for by unusually heavy mportations In
August and September. 1850 in anticipation OF the
new Tariff law going into operation I'm October OF thas
wear Internal revenue receipts during the last SIX
months aggregated S71.0J1 ,2-1 AGAINST SI5O22,'oS
during the corresponding six month, o. 1890.
Government expenditures during the last SIX months
orcregated I'm round numbers Si76oI5,7 5l. or about
thirty five millions less than expenditures during the
CORES spending six months OF 1890. OF this decrease
I'm expenditures. compared with the first half OF the
preceding fiscal year. twenty millions due 10
naymcnt OF interest on bonds redeemed. ten millions
for premiums on bonds purchased, and about seven
millions for pension payments.
Government receipts and expenditures from al
sources and In detail during the las six months and the
-rres ronding months Of I,90 shown by the fol-
lowing tables: