Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-08
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
Deficit of Twenty-Five Millions Dur
ing the Last Fiscal Year.


ing the Last Fiscal Year.
The secretary OF the treasury reports that
during the fiscal year ending June 80, 1896,
the receipts of the government from all
sources amounted to $4O9 475 4OS7S. Dur
ing the same period its expenditures were
Si34 ,67S G544S, the excess of expenditures
over receipts thus amounting to 5,203,
245I0. The ordinary expenditures during
The year were S4015 S52.21 less than during
the preceding fiscal year. OF the receipts
mentioned. there was derived from customs
the sum of O2l,75l67, and from in
ternal revenue STAG $50 615.6G. The receipts
from customs show an increase of 81 $685.
1922 over these from the same source
for the itcCal year ending June 30, 1895, and
the receipts from internal revenue an iu-
crease Of S35Si,5 ,537.9 81. The value OF our
imported dutiable merchandise during the
last fiscal year was 1869, 1851 ,47O and the
value of free goods imported Si00 ,067 40,
being an increase of So 523, ,675 in the value
of dutiIble goods and $i1,231,O ,O3I in the
value of free goods over the preceding year.
Our imports of merchandise, foreign ana
domestic, amounted N value to $SS2 sos ,93S,
being an increase over the preceding year
Of SI5,O6S,I7S The average ad valorem
duty paid on dutiable goods imported dur
ing tho year was 1924 per cent and on free
and dutiable goods taken together 2O55
per cent.
The cost OF collecting our Internal rev.
cnuG was 2.7S per cent. as against 2.Sl per
cent for the fiscal year ending June 30 1885
The total production of distilled spirits exclu-
svc OF fruit hrandies, was SS,5SS703 taxable
gallons, being an increase of 6,G39, los gal
Ions over the preceding year. There was
also az Increase OF 1.ii3,G76 gallons of
spirits produced from fruit. as compared
with the preceding year The number of
barrels Of beer produced was 35SO9, ,250, as
against 23 $50 7Si produced in the preceding
fiscal year. being an Increase of 2269 400
barrels
Gold and Silver Exchanges.
The total amount of gold exported
durag the last fiscal year was $ll2, 400
9i7 and of silver $50 $40, being an in
crease OF A59il, 46d OF gold and $l3,2lG,3Si
OF silver over the expectations of the pre-
cedlng fiscal year. The imports of gold
were $50 5?5 ,O65 and OF silver s2S.777'iSG
being S2Sj9G95 less OF gold and IS 5G6 .OO7
more OF silver than during the preceding
year.
The total stock Of metallic money in the
United States at the close of the last fiacal
year ended on the 30th day OF June. 1896, was
gold and Sj2s72S07l in silver. On the
hrst day OF November 1896, the total stock
OF money of all kinds in the country was
S2.2S5, $50, and the amount In circulation
not including the treasury holdings, was /
l.G27 Oj5,6il, being $22.G3 ger clpisa upon
IN estimated population Of n .9O2 900
The production nf the precious metals In
the United States during tie calendar year
1895 is estimated to have been 2,254 $50 fine
ouncoa Of gold Of the total value OF sac &c.
900, and h5,727.000 fine ounces OF
silver OF the commercial value OF
s3i, $1,000 and the coinage value of S72 051-
900. The estimated production OF these
metals throughout the world during the same
period was 0,6SS S2l fine ounces Of gold,