The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-02
SHIPMENTS DISCONTINUED.
Special Notice as to Movements of
Notes is Revoked,


Washington, Sept. 1.-Acting United
States Treasurer Meline has revoked the
special notice issued June IS, 1894, under
which small notes have been sent by ex-
press from the treasury here at govern
ment contract rates, for deposits of gold
and gold certificates, and shipment of the
notes from the United States treasury
here under its provisions are discon-
tinued.
Small notes, hereafter, may be fur
nished by sub-treasurers at their coun-
ters to the extent that such notes are on
hand in excess of the requirements of the
current business of their Offices, in ex-
change for gold and gold certificates, and
large denominations of legal tender notes.
Small notes will be shipped from here on
sub-treasurers' orders to the extent that
they can be spared This order, in effect,
prevents shippers from obtaining the
beneht of the governments contract
rates. Its issue shows that the treasury
has no further concern about being able
to replete the gold reserve.
PACKING OF TOBACCO.
Internal Revenue Commissio ner Miller
to-day issued n circular TO collectors Of
internal revenue, setting forth the new
regulations adopted by the treasury de-
partment to govern the packing of leaf
tobacco. The regulations provide that
'All persons selling leaf tobacco, except
farmers and raisers who sell their own
products, must qualify as manufacturers
of tobaccoein the manner prescribed in
section 1885 of the revised statutes, as
ammended by section ID of the act of
March /, 1879, and in subsequent sections
relating TO the manufacture Of tobacco,
and must conform TO the regulations es-
taollshed January 1892, concerning taxes
on tobacco.
And such leaf tobacco. so regarded as
manufactured tobacco, must be put up in
packages such as are prescribed in sec
tlon 3, 362, revised statutes. as amended by
section IA, of the act of March /, 1879, and
by the act of Jan. 9, 1888, for fine cut
chewing tobacco, and all other kinds of
tobacco not otherwise provided for, to-
wit: In packages containing one, two,
three, four, eight and sixteen ounces, or
IN wooden packages containing ten,
twenty, forty or sixty pounds each
marked as prescribed for such wooden
packages in said section as amended, and
with the caution notice prescribed
by section 5, act of March
3, 1888, amending section 1894
revised statutes; and when such
tobacco, so packed and marked, is sold or
removed for use, it shall be sube to the
tax of cents per pound, and stamps
Uherelor shall be affixed and cancelled in
the manner prescribed for like packages
OF tnecut chewing tobacco"
DEBT STATEMENT.
The debt statement issued this after
afternoon shows a net decrease in the
public debt, less cash in the treasury dur
ing August, of S, ,l74 ,642.
The interest bearing debt increased
$50; the non-interest bearing debt de-
creased SOL ,977 and the cash in the treas
ury increased S. 500, ,745. The balances
OF the several classes of debt at the close
Of business Aug. 81 were
Interest bearing debt, $685., ,042, $40.
Debt on which interest has ceased since
maturity. 81, ,S31, $50.
Debt bearing no interest, g370. .S67. .593.
Total, 81 ,016, ,742,013.
The certificates and treasury notes
Offset by an equal amount of cash in the
treasury outstanding at the end of the
month were: $6l5, ,350,572, a decrease Of
81, ,62l, ,757.
The total cash in the treasury was
$7S1 ,073, ,357
The gold reserve was s55, 1915, 300. Net
cash balance $40, ,93l, 1917. In the month
there was an increase in gold coined bars
of S963. .053, the total at the close being
Sl20, 1856, 1863.
OF the surplus there was in national
bank repositories Sl7 1886, ,S97 against Sl7,-
466, l56 at the end Of the previous month.