The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22
APPROPRIATIONS.
Official Statement of the Amount APP
proprinted by the Present Session
C0unrpsS

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 17.-Chair-
man Sayres, of the house committee on
appropriations, has completed official
statement of the amount app opriated by
the session OF congress just closing, as
compared with past sessions. The state
ment represents the views of the Demo-
cratic majority in the committee and in
the house the economy of government
expenses. Mr. Sayres' statement reads as
follows:
The appropriations made during the ex-
traordnary session and the first regular
session of the present congress, including
permanent appropriations show reduc
ton of SOS, 49,, 9S9, under the appropriations
made at the last session of the last con-
gress; and deducting the amount of the
river and barber bill, $11373,1SO which
should be done for the purpose of COM
parison, inasmuch as no river and harbor
bill was passed by the last congress at its
last session, the reduction is $40 300, 1863.
AS compared with the laws passed at the
last session of the last congress, the fol-
lowing reductions are shown i'll the table
Agricultural bills, S1o1 l7G; army bill. $685.
$50; legislative. etc, bill, which carries in
the main the great salary list of the gov
eminent, s557507; military academy BILL
1888; pension BILL sl4, 9i9, $50; sundry civil
hill, $685. account of deficiencies
$!G,4oG449; on account of permanent ap-
preparations including Sill 100000 for sugar
bounty which is abolished, and $i5O,0OO ex-
eeTiscs u9lcr election laws that are re-
reaiad Sill '92, 593. Total reductions, $4S-
G2l,1i9
The b,ss showing increases over the last
laws are Is follows:
Diplomatic and consular bill S. 473; Dis
trict CT Columbia bill, $13l $685. Notifications
bill, S126,9le: Indian BILL si475,40S; naval
81 same s., "23 o55; postoif;cc biE 81 232, 2S5;
" and harbor bill totah, $l1,473 1S0; mis-
eel anaous, $50 500 total increase, 49, 7Ss, 229.
1.s secretary OF tire treasury in submit
tnS the annual estimates to congress in
= .:s,lber asst stated that he had included
:,<:x:n no amount for the payment of the
r~any on sugar, but that il the law author
!,lng .tc payment should not be repealed
!. you'd DO necessary to add to the esti-
mates Cor 1895, fCr permanent anpropria-
ti1os, TIA sam Of ST. ,0G0 go. But in july last
the conn.ssi2n.r of internal revenue es
timatel taat the SUM required to paw this
bounty. IL not repealed, would be SIS 200. 900
for the fiscal year 1925, and ST. 500 900 for
1875. Tie expenditures made for bounty on
sugar rave been IS follows:
Fiscal year 1892, s7,55o,o2S; fiscal year 1898.
$9,169,532; fiscal year 1891, ST., O73 879
The postoffice bill makes the usual in
crease incident to the growth of the coun-
try and It's commercial interests, the num-
nef or postofces having increased during
the period between June 80 1890, and June
80, 1884. by 1,4oi; the number Of post routes
by 4oli; the miles of annual travel in
transportation of the mails by 74,615375;
the length of post routes by 26, 1877 miles;
the annual revenues from the service by
$l5,G9S 100 and the total annual expenditures
by M7,952,50
The sundry civil bill carries SIS, 400, 900 to-
ward payment under contracts for river
and harbor works authorized under laws
sod trrtr, f1,N
second congresses.
For river and harbor work there was
appropriated at this session, including the
amount carried by the river and harbor
bills, ST. 1880, and ss.4OOOOO for contracts
in the sundry civil bill, the total sum of
$1a, 81. 49,
During the first session of the last congress
there appropriated by the river and harbor
bill $2,905,35S more than was appropriated at
this session.
At the present session there has been appro-
prated the sum of 1890, 900 toward meeting the
river and harbor contracts authorized by the
Fifty-first congress. and 100000 toward such