Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-07-06
THE TREASURY.
Report at the Close Of the Fiscal
Year.
Total Receipts and Observation-Disclosures
In the Post once Department-The
Gold Reserve and Other I'm
portant Items.
Treasury Report.

WASHINGTON, July 2.-The treasury
deficit for the fiscal year just closed
will be found by to-day's debt state.
ment to no approximately si3,25o, 600
This. added to last years deficit Of near
" $4,000. 900, makes the excess OF cS-
penditures over receipts since June 80,
lsga, about Sll3. 2jOO00 The total re-
ceipts of the government this fiscal
year exclusive of postal revenues,
amounts to nearly $4,000, 0o), and
the expenditures SjId 2jD, 900. of which
pensions took Sl4i3al, 5.3 Last year
the aggregate receipts, exclusive OF
postal revenues. were sag7722, 0l9, and
the expenditures s3j1. 525.a73. The re-
ceipts this year, therefore, were sl5,-
o1S. 00C greater than last. ana the cx-
penditures about II, 27'. 00l The postal
service deficit; is about Sll.0oO. 900.
which Is considerably in excess Of that
of any recent year.
The internal revenue department OF
the government has contributed this
year TO the receipts nearly Sl+3. 0O0, 900,
rs against a little more than slI7, OOO,-
O0O last year The customs this year
makes IL letter showing than last by
about sal.O)0,00l Last year the
receipts from this source amounted to
nearly sl3!, 000,01o. and this year they
approximate sl;3.OaO,G0l. Of this
amount sugar contributed about sl7,-
350.O1l.
To-day deb. statement shows IN
available cash balance of about $780,
COO. 00l, of which about SiO7, $1,000 is
gold reserve. This reserve will include
payment In full of the last bond issue,
but the statement will show counter
debt charge of only S3i, l57,700 In
bonds. or one-half OF the whole amount
issued. In explanation Of this seeming
error II Is said the formal transfer OF
the London half OF the bonds has not
yet been made. The expenditures for
July will be exceptionally heavy. Pen.
sions and interest alone are expected
10 amount to SoO,OOo.0on
During the fiscal year the number OF
national banks in existence has de-
creased from 3.77j to 3,72o. Forty-one
national banks have been organized
during the year. sixty have gone into
voluntary liquidation and thirty.
six have been placed in the
hands of receivers The national
bank circulation has increased
si.3ST, 70i from s2O7.35S.24i on July l,
1891, To s2il, G9i, 035 July I, 1898 From
July Is, 1894, TO May :, is05, the nearest
dates to the year obtainable, the loans
and discounts of national banks have
increased from sl.933, $50 352 TO $780,
Coz, AS, or about si3,0O1O0l During
the same time individual deposits have
increased from sl.677. sol, 200 10 81, Co.,
96l. 200, or about sI3,OO0,0O0 The law
full money reserve held by banks shows
a heavy increase from 1864. los, 757 TO
si3s. 03I, $40, or nearly S75,000,000
The reports of the operations of the
life saving service show that during
the last year the total number OF dis
asters to vessels ut sea and on the
great lakes was about $50 OF these
37s were on the Atlantic and gulf
coast, 10 on the great lakes and II on
the Pacific The value OF the property
involved is given approximately at 81
C35, COZ The property lost is estimated
ut sl,:5i.OO0 0f the i,6is persons on
board vessels In distress only twenty
three were lost us against sixty-eight
last year. The value Of the property
lost decreased during the year nearly
one.half. The total number of vessels
lost was fifty.tive as against ninety-one
last year.
The records Of the emigration bureau
show the number of emigraDts who
arrived in this country during the year
to he approximately 255,S25, decrease
for the year of 3O.30i. Of the whole
number Of arrivals about a,5o0 were
debarred from landing and deported
to the port whence they came.