New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-02
MONTHLY DEBT STATEMENT
A NET INCREASE IN THE PUBLIC DEBT
DURING APRIL OF NEARLY 100000.

THE REVENUE DEFICIT s47JOo oO-TREASURY
GOLD RESERVE REDUCED ABoUT ssoooooo-
HEAVY WITHDRAWALS OF wHIsKEY.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
Washington. May 1.-The Treasury Departments
monthly public debt and revenue statements TOT
April. issued to-day shows a considerable decrease
last month In the gold reserve. big dencit or eN-
OF expenditures over receipts and CORE
spondingly large Increase in the public DEBT April
financial operations resulted in an increase or ABOUT
s. 10000 In the bonded Indebtedness OF the country
due to the continuance OF funding operations under
the last bond issue In revenue the deficit In April
amounted to abou, S. 10000 and for the ten months
OF the fiscal year It aggregated about w.
10000 During April the bonded indebtedness was
increased S.9Os 900. the Treasury cash balance de-
creased 81 Os7 while the misunderstanding debt
decreased S5l307l, making in all net increase IN
the public debt last month OF S. AS The total
debt to-day less $40 600 cash balance In the
Treasury, Is 4S.2s7610. CT this amount $423lZlW
is bonded debt made up In round numbers Of $780,
900 900 Old per cents. N000oo.OO new per cents,
81 10000 per 100000 syndicate per cents
and SO 200 far funded OF the latest so-called
popular 4 per cent loan.
Treasury gold assets to-day amount to Sl69'2ub9.
against which there outstanding A3Sl7469 In gold
certificates leaving gold reserve OF slZo.395yU.
against S2S Gi6 100 a month ago Silver assets to-day
aggregated S54.3l2.462. which includes store OF
1iiSI,j54 standard silver III
silver and s5 $50 CC2 in subsidiary CON- and against
th,, there Is outstanding s4s3 4si7A in silver cert
Gates and silver Treasury notes. leaving silver
serve OF so sc067s or $4,000 more than 1t was a
month ago. The Treasury to-day holds *lo9o@o5o
In United States notes. against which there Is out
standing 49, 90 In currency certificates, leaving
a greenback reserve or $io,Wl,o5o, or ABOUT >Sp'VW
less than month ago
Government receipts from all sources last month
amounted to s2 80 &c., while expenditures were VS.
ss7 3si making the deficit for the month H7HfSS
Customs receipts last month were light amounting
to only 81 5.73 about $4,000 less than IN April
1896 and this with the aid OF heavy duty
revenues last month which amounted to about "a
5000 while in April 1895 sugar duties. owing to the
lower price OF the raw commodity and lighter I'M
portations. did not exceed $4,000. On the other
hand. internal revenue receipts. owing mainly 10
the fact tina, Withdrawals OF whlskey heavier
than a year ago. were about NV"o more than IN
April 1896 and 80 on the whole receipts last month
were about the same as In April a year ago.
Government receipts from all sources for the ten
1875, ~ April 80. 1885, aggregated NHGiS. while
expenditures f2ss. 3i y23. deficit In the fiscal
year up date OF 81. 1910.
Receipts and expenditures In detail during the
zen months OF the fiscal year ending yesterday are
shown In the following tabls.
RECEIPTS SINCE JULY l. 1895.
Customs ....si3s 49, o3l Miscellaneous 1880 0st
Total ........ .S27f s92 1873
EXPENDITURES.
Cvn and mlscel- Pensions 1l532p 200
laneous .. k73 $50 rs Interest g. lOS3H
Navy ~ y vi oet Total ........s SOS as7 s23
Indians ......... lV59s9l9