The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-29
UNCLE SANS FINANCES
The Annual Report of DaalsI Aarsss. llls|
Treasurer Of tha United States
A LOSS OF FIFTY MILLIONS IS sHeas|
fhe Figures diyen In the ReHert Ias.s
'iicate that the To,st amount S.;
Money ~ shat Much Less Thaia Ia:
Was One Year Ago2-The RepatS
STcrs an Expianatiop.

O,Hhe Ohe hear Ago2-ThestE Eepaf3
Shers an Expsanatfon. ss
washington. D. G., Nov. Is. Ii.e aiss;5 s..S|
sta ;aat ~ .eRort lr. OF Daniel Morgan. Unitee
SHOWS the total receipts from All ~, Is 4
curing the fiscal year ended lima SaI1I 81
as. .as TO TO have nay been 1926, ,s7es 200 as agafnSs
SSSl5.Sso,oI6 for the fiscal year 1896. xffss
euse ol fis6S6 l25. The receipts ffoit
customs aggregated $3.50. .02l, Isl. as & AN
si SI - saS63,ls 1 from Internal reyafss,,ess
Slio. .f62S SU4, "a gain of $3341. .192. from III a
sa1 sale so OF public lands. s10o5, ,62s, q ioss "a
SIs.'Ss3; ~ from miscellaneous sources Sfs "a
lSo0Go, gain of $2.479, ,622. AZ. 3 S
The total expenditures for the yaa y I
were 1862 179.446. as against 1869 1s5 ~
LOT LOT 1888, q decrease of f$4O1E, $50 sfsia ~
nc, s,icieney for the year is Ss5, ,203. .2s5 OPT
Si1;Sol'oH 10, less than for last year, y, Is
=, me ne net receipts from the $262, aib. .4uQss
ol e.o. ponas sold In 1894, 1885, and 1885 ware,
S294, ,164 2s5. Continuing the reporS se 81 81 s
IN Ordinary times and under ordin 4 Il, Z. 4
circumstances there Is natural 2fiovg ae +
Sold toward the treasury which offan VI l
n,rr.eu s,,r,. only Dy the capacity OF the trea-s
satS 70 carry the specie. The pfndflfcf i
OF our mines finds It's way to In q n, ia ss
Where 1t is paid for by checks. and III. esf. 4
are presented at the counters of the ami
treaSuries or through the clearing siu,9 IS y
irho rr NeM .,,i hork as currency ooiigaticns.
me result is an increase of the a1IN
reserve and the dlminuton OF tha ays1i vi
apie balance of notes and silver deY.tst Ss.st
tliicates Gold imported in buliion 81 !
III ioreign coin takes usually the sarlte
or1i,, uIrse, -, hesides, these two sources III
u,ruinary VI gam TO the gold reserve, there y
Is hnother In the direct exchange az a. ~
per currency for the coin Where tsfie "a 49,
per Is preferred for It's greater G,nHas
nience fortunate indeed has 1T bseis 8os Il
I .iI treasusyS tifat during the most III TIL q
cal periods during which tho sconT HI X Il
y mas recentl y passed tllese ciirrcn s.S{ M
lioW nave not been ai.ogeth her Checked "a
and that where their volume shas 5bstiY,5 siys
materially diminished the loss yvi he :
fmr'rg nnn NY, made good by the
months ending with September last sfJlHs
withdrawals of gold from the Urea siirSsf (;
IN redemption OF United States moi eS :
anu treasury notes amounts to the In *,
llehse sum OF S192 972, ,205, While the nest
gains OF gold from all sources attatriafi rs
total of SOS, las, ,902." AZ s7s is
The outstanding public debt June Sy III
lS?6, aggregated sl,796, ,B4O, ,32Ss. as COM
1895. IS. N ~ !, ss'ft,sss n ss 4
THE STOCK or MONEY sslS 3Sis
According tosa revised estimate Of ftS 4
department the composition and d isf 49,
button of the monetary stock f0rs Si,essi issi
ilscai year 1895 Is as felloWs:
In Trea- 4 sssS ~ Ss
urys and i II, ofr if3S
Kind. Miiits. ss VI s Iaii5 ssSs s;S74aa
Gold coin .t..,.s 1859, ,s74 Isl, ,90S .6i5 !
Gold bullion. !, 32;1 ,sa6 n; lS9
Silver dollars 3. e. 87g. .6f3. 1877 ss 54a tssS5
Fractional silver S IL Ss!|
coin ......s, ,767 O5S SIS ass M { <fsfss
Silver bullion 1870, S3s, ,s2S ose Hit
1,o;aa1 Total meta9lIs $500 ,oSi 81.
Trsa notes s;,r: e 1aa
of 1890 ...is. ~, 81 f3S 033 g5 f,4S q q
National bank va Is fss 9
cn1a notes s.a.;;, 5; 1882. sss I:.;
5 w r certifi- d 2ss
Currency certi- esssi
ficates 100000 81 .eas )
Total paper siso, ,sas,sss D AS noe st4sii b
Aggregate 81, ,o4o 81 10. 8
The grand aggregate lis $e,a48 s3S 67fsf9
as compared with $2,399, ,704 BSSi for st5 &
fiscal year 1895. While III 1ese Il Il aires 81
show an apparent loss of nj ore than sd sasI III
~ millions oftmoney, the depar rtmsnt Of 81
icers say that as a mat ter OF ast sti,a Il,
loss does not now exist. S.
GOLD wENr ABROAD. Il 4, ,ss
Many millions OF gold went aErs,a d II
prior oatnss Ieiesing OF he. last "a
ance, butitis cIaimed that since Shel lssls s.
How of gold has occurred and the isssssf
tations have grown this moiiaFs MI fEs Ssssg
considerably la ad tipn t hereto has CONS
back to the United States. sSSS
The netzproeeeds of the rational ba {fse 3
notes redeemed during the yeas sgFefe Z S
$l0f ,S91 OPS. the largest amount 5f6E ii YH
IKE penousln ten years aylt1sS klls t1SsS&,