The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-01-27
NATIONAL FINANCES.

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Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury
mont Before the Ways and Means Com
mittee.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 95 The ways and
means committee held special meet
ing Saturday morning to hear Assist
ant Secretary Spaulding, of the treas
ury department, who appeared by re-
quest to inform the committee concern
ing the financial condition of the gov
ernment Chairman Springer in call
ing the meeting TO order said that AS
sistant Secretary Spaulding appeared
in place of Secretary Foster, who was
i'll The assistant secretary said that
he had prepared a statement giving the
receipts for the first half of the fiscal
year and also for twenty days in jan
uary.
In order to present figures for COM
parison he first gave the receipts for
1890. The custom receipts for the first
six months ending December 81. 1889,
were S109, 629, 900 and for the twenty
days in January in 1890, Sl3,6l3, 900;
total for the six months and twenty
days S12S, 2I9, 900, and the total for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1890. was
S920, COS, 900. The internal revenue re-
ceipts for the first six months ending
December 81, 1889, were S3s,52l, 900 and
for the first twenty days in January,
1892 So, 25l 600; total for the six months
and twenty days, S74772, 900; total for
the fiscal year ending June 50, 1890,
Sl42, 6O6, 900.
The miscellaneous receipts for the six
manths ending December 81 1882 were
Sl4,747, ,0OJ and for the twenty days in
January, 1890, Sl,301, 600 making n
total for the six months and twenty
days Sl6 SO, OjO, and for the fiscal year
ending June 20, 1890, $50, SDj. 900 Total
for fiscal year 1899 $50, Sj5, 900, com
pared with total estimated for current
fiscal year S25, 900, 900
The receipts for customs and internal
revenue for the corresponding period OF
$50! was then given. For the six
months ending December 81, 1891, the
customs receipts were SSj, ~, 900, and
for the twenty days in January, 1872,
| Stl, 0J6, 900, making total for the six
months and twenty days of SG7,7lS 600
The internal revenue receipts for the
six months ending December 81, 1891,
were S77, 057, 900 and for the first TWEEN.
ty days in January, 1892, S7,5OS, 600;
total for the six months and twenty
| DAYS SS4. jG5, 600, and total for the year
1872 as estimated Sl52, 900. 900; the mis-
cellaneous receipts for the above period
were Sl2. dD7, ,OOO The total receipts for
six months OF the current fiscal year
were STA, 15l.0 900, against Sl92, s97, 900
first six months two years ago; first
twenty days Of present month 1884,
001. against S3l, 7j6, 900 two years ago;
total revenue estimated for current
fiscal year S3G2, ,OOO.OOO, against siO3,-
OTg, OOD two years ago These actual
reccints Of Sl74 l5l, 900 for the first six
months of tAu current fiscal year were
about 81 00), ,OO1 more than the expend'
iturcs for the corresponding six months,
the expenditures being sls7, O74, 900. The
expenditures estimated for the current
fiscal year were $3.50, OJO, 900. or about
s.40DO. 900 less than the estimated re-
ceipts of SSG9, OOO OoO
incidentally Mr. spaolding stated
that the estimate of the river aad har-
Dor improvements next year was s46,.
0OJ. 00J. lie Also stated that at the close
OF last month the treasury had paid up
wards OF one million dollars in silver
bonds. Mr.. Spallding said be believed
the treasury would come out about siN
million dollars ahead-that is. il would
have that amount OF surplus-at thc enc
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