New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-03
THE MONTHLY DEBT STATEMENT
AN UNAVOIDABLE SHOWING OF THE GOVERN
MENT's FISCAL OPERATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER.

AN UNFAvoRABLE SHOWING OF THE GOVERN
MENT's FISCAL OPERATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER.
Washington. Oct . (SpecaD.-The monthly pub
lie debt statement and statement OF Government
receipts and expenditures put out from TN Treas
ury Department to-day presents an unftvorable
showing OF Government fiscal operations DUNG the
last month. The public debt during September In
creased about 100000. the gold reserve was lower
about S. 10000, and receipts from all sources COM
pared With September a year ago. fell or fully
81 100000 Receipts. however last month were about
100000 more than during the preceding Month
Of August. due mainly TO Increased internalrev-
enue receipts
The interest bearing debt during last montl in
creas a trine-slJO The NOTWITHSTANDING ebt
Increased st26 &c., and the surplus cash I'm the Tras
ury fell sl0 $3.50 September to $lO6s7633
to-day. a decrease for the month amounting to
sos ~ making In all increase in debt and o.
crease In cash, or net increase In the public Diet
for the month amounting to $sSi7s3.
The total debt to-day less the surplus cash
the Treasury, is s5i,5ll,l4l. or this amount $S5,
OA2sO is nterest-bearing debt, mainly per cent
bonds.
Treasury gold assets to-day aggregated sl73.S3s
99l, against which there is s79.75GSl9 in gold GER
tincates outstanding. leaving gold reserve Of $685.,
So. l72. or s.. 1851 less than month ago.
Silver assets to-day. including $4421 silver GER
tihcates and silver bullion Treasury notes In the
cash. aggregate sos 643, 2ej against which there is
outstanding $3.50 .2q In silver certificates and
$751; go in silver Treasury notes-issued under the
so-called Sherman act-leaving a silver reserve OF
s24 49, 49, about $4,000 more than month ago.
The Treasury gold assets comprise sl0l. O266iS in
bars. S2lS3.l23 In coin and 922O in gold certif-
Gates The silver assets made up OF $3.50 i99 $50
standard silver dollars, IS In silver bullion
and $siOi2ll In silver certificates and Sherman
act bullion notes The Treasury holds in its cash
to-day $l4l52.l09 greenbacks and Ss5.4s0 National
Lank notes. National bank deposits have changed
but little during the last month. and to-day, in
Guiding disbursing officers balances aggregate
s7.HS.27s
Government receipts during September aggre-
gated s2i,5s2 7JG-in round figures s2,5OOOoo from
customs 81 10000 from internal revenue and 500 900
from miscellaneous sources. Expenditures aggre-
gated s247SoO against $751; 1872 in September. 1897
Pension payments last month were slO,'SGSGi, against
N2.G5i.257 in September Il year ago.
Government receipts during the last three months.
or for the first quarter OF the current fiscal year,
which closed September 30. aggregated $19.39n7 or
nearly $20O00OO0 less than for the corresponding
months OF the preceding fiscal year. while ex-
pendures were SOS. 459l27. nearly $3.50 900 more
than for the first quarter OF the preceding fiscal
year. The pension charge for the quarter just
closed SG.sloGsi. or about $4,000 less than
for the first quarter OF the preceding year About
$l3.JOo.Wo OF the comparative loss In revenue for
the quarter Is due to decreased customs receipts
alone. and fully s6.oo0Oo to a falling Off in internal
revenue receipts
The National bank notes outstanding on Septem-
Der 30 were s2os,592.l72 increase for the month
OF t97l023l, and since September 30. 1892, of $685.
sll.25i.
During the month the percentage OF each kind of
money received for customs at New-York was as
follows Gold coin. ISL; silver coin. O.2 gold GER
tihcates. LIZ silver certificates l75; United States
notes. 1885, United States Treasury notes. So.
Receipts and expenditures in detail during the
quarter just closed, compared with the first quarter
OF the preceding year, are shown by the following
table: