The evening times., 1895-10-19


the District of Columbia.
The following statement shows the
amount uninvested OF the sinking fund for
the old funded debt and the 3.65 per cent.
loan at the close of the fiscal year 1894.
together with the amount available for
sinking funds from the appropriation for
interest and sinking funu for the fiscal
1 year ending June 80, 1895:
Sinking fund for old funded dcbt-bai-
ance uninvested July 1, 1894, $252, ,S16.-
/ 81; amount available for fiscal year, 1895,
/ $24O.1 $493 ,562.38.
Sinking fund for 3.65 per cent loan-bal-
ance uninvested July 1, 1894, 17,110.S7;
amount available for fiscal year 1895.
1924. .5OO.76-total, $311 ,671.63.
BONDS RETIRED.
By virtue of the act OF Congress approved
| March 3, 1891, providing for the issue of
1 3. 90 per cent ten-year funding bonds, the
| Treasurer, under date of September l.,
| 1894, called for redemption OF $556 100
| OF these bonds, payable October / 1894.
and on juno 1, 1895, issued second call
for $26! 900, payable July l. 1895.
| The following statement shows the bonds
retired for account of the sinking fund for
the old funded debt during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1895, and the rates paid
| therefor:
| Permanent Improvement 6 per cent bonds,
at par, 81 500; Tefsyear funding $50 per
| cent bonds, at par and interest, first caI,
| $243,0OO.
| These bonds. aggregating S244 800. cost
| $248. .643.73, leaving balance OF S246,-
| 81S.65 uninvested.
The following statement shows the bonds
retired for account OF the sinking fund for
the 1856 per cent loan during the fiscal
| year ending June 80, 1895:
Ten-year funding $50 per cent bonds,
at par and interest, first call, S3oo.ooo.
These bonds cost 1907 $1,000, leaving q
! balance of S3,9SO.94 uninvested.
The amount available for sinking fund
for the water stock bonds for the fiscal
yearending Ju ne 80, 1895. was S34, ,45s.15.
The balance uninvested at the close OF The
fiscal year 1894 was S12,04s.95. max
ing a total OF SAG. .5O7.70 for investment.
The following stateme Mt shows the bands
retired for account of this sinking fund
during the fiscal year, and the rates paid
therefor:
Water stock per cent. bonds-At 123.46
flat, Ss 900: at 124 flat, 81 600. Twenty
year funding per cent. bonds, at 1os
fiat, S2.4GO. Ten-year funding $50 per
cent. bonds, at par and interest, first call,
Ss,10O.
These bonds, aggregat;ng $4,000, cost
S2l .SsO26. leaving a balance of s24,-
627 Al uninvested.
The total Indebtedness of the District,
including the corporations or washington
and Georgetown on July !. 1878, when the
Treasurer OF the United States assumed
the duties OF the sin king fund commissioner,
was $22,1O6,65O.
The debt on June 80 last amounted to
SlI,772,7OO, showing a net reduction
in the debt of 81 1913 $50, and net reduc-
ton in interest charges of S334,4sl- the
total OF 365 bonds outstanding is Sl4,-
1s9, 800.
AMOUNT OF INTEREST.
The total sums appropriated 10 increase
the ater supply OF Washington, lnciuclhg
the payment OF Judgments rendered by
the Court OF Claims, aggregate S-,6Z4,-
6sSI7. There has been total OF SZ4!'-
64u.45 paid for interest On one-han the
sum advanced.
In addition 10 the instailments tu be re-
funded under the act OF July b, 1854,
under the provisions of the District aP-
priation act approved August Z, lsS4'
$500, 900 from thesurplus general revenues
of the District was applied to the pa ymeht
of this debt at the close of the fiscal year
year. 1894, and under the provisions of the
district appropriation act approved March
2 1895 like sum was applied at tne
close OF the fiscal year 1895.
The account with the principal sum TO be
refunded, was on June 80 last, Sl,ll4,-
346.92.
the forty-eight inch and ourteeDth street
water mains SEAS, ,566 .65. The amount
having been reduced Sl1 1865 during
the past fiscal year.
ESTIMATES SUBMITTED.
The estimates submitted TO the Commits
sioners of the District of Columbia OF the
amounts required by the Treasurer Tor
the sinking 1upd office for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1897, are as follows:
For interest and sinking fund ON the
funded Indebtedness. exclusive OF tue
water bonds, S1,2l3,94t 80; Tor current
expenscs OF the sink ing fund office, $500,
for interest and sinking fund on one-haH
of the amount advanced to increase the
water supply of Washington, ID. G., Slo,-
21O.24: for interest and sinking fund on
ope-haIf the cost of the 4S-inch main and
connections and Fourteenth street mann
and connections, S19,293ol.
The District of Columbia appropriation
act of March 2, 1895, under the heading
..Washington Aqueduct," appropriates US
follows: -s1
For raising the dam at Great Falls, etc,
S125. 900. for testing the tunnel conduit,
$4,000; for report upon the feasipihty,
ETC., of completing the tunnel conduit,
$40, 900; all of which are to be taken from q
the appropr iation ''fur increasing the water
supply of the city of-Wasbington, District
OF Columbia"
The officer in charge of this work esti
mates that the expenditures for the fiscal
wear 1896 on this account will be SS6, 900,
and for 1897, S65, 900, to each of which
sums is added $3.50 to pay watchman,
heretofore estimated for.
LONDON
The sum of S46 90 of 3.S5 bonds were
issued by the Secretary of the Treasury to
nav the principal and interest of the judg-
me Mt in favor of Samuel Strong, for
3,2SO.S3.
POLICE AND FIRE FUND.
The transactions in the police and fire
mems relief funds during the fiscal year
were as follows:
Receipts for account of Metropolitan po-
lice fund-Cash from Commissioners of
the District of Columbia, $9,693.T7.
Payments for account Metropolitan po-
lice fund-Paid for account of policemen,
$1O,1O3.96.
Receipt for account of firemens relief
fund-Cash from Commissioners of the
District of Columbia, $6,S95.S2; princi-
pal of bonds sold. $1,500. interest and pre-
MUM on bonds, $454.62; total $3.50. Al.
Payments for account of firemen's re-
lief fund: Paid for account of ftremen,
So, ,42O 80: principal of bonds purchased,
So 600; premium on bonds purcha sed,
$427 so. Total, So, S4S.30.
The treasurer held for account of these
funds at the close of the fiscal year 1896 the
following:
For the firemen's relief fund: District
of Columbia's 3 60 per cent bonds, Sc, 900;
United States per cent bonds, So 800;
cash, $3s .e7.