The record-union., 1896-12-08
TREASURY STATISTICS.
Expenses Twenty-Five Millions in
Excess of the Revenues.

! The Secretary of the Treasury re-
ports that during the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1896, the receipts of the Gov
ernment from all sources amounted to
S4O9, 5,40S 1S. During the same Pc
ROD its expenditures We're S434 .67S.-
6o4 4S, the excess of expenditures over
receipts thus amounting to so, ,203,
40 ~. The ordinary expenditures
during the year were 81 ,O15,S52 p less
than during the preceding fiscal year.
or the receipts mentioned, there was
derived from customs the sum of $3.50,
O2l,'.i 61, and from internal revenue
STAT, ,S30,615 66. The receipts from Gus
toms show an increase of 81, ,S63. 1874 %
| lover those from the same source for the
| fiscal year ending June 80, 1895. and
the receipts from internal revenue an
increase of So, 5S4, ,537 81.
| IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
The value of our imported dutiable
merchandise during the last fiscal year
was S369, ,757, 40, and the value of free
| goods imported S409, ,967, 40, being an
increase of Sc, 523. .675 in the value of
| free goods over the preceding year. Our
exports of merchandise. foreign and do
mestic, amounted in value to $SS2, COG, :
93S, being an increase over the preced-
ing year of $75,06S.7 773 The average
ad valorem duty paid on dutiable goods
| imported during the year was 1894
per cent, and on free and dutiable
goods, taken together. 2055 per cent.
| INTERNAL REVENUES.
| The cost of collecting our internal
revenues was 2.1S per cent, as against
Isl per cent. for the fiscal year ending
| June 80, 1895. The total production of
distilled spirits exclusive of fruit BRAN
| dies. was So, ,5SS, ,703 taxable gallons.
being an increase of 6,639, los gallons
| over the preceding year There was
also an increase of 1,443 ,676 gallons of
spirits produced from fruit as compared
with the preceding year. The number
of barrels of beer produced was 35.SO9.-
2oO, as against 33,5S9,7S4 produced in
the preceding fiscal year, being an in
crease of 2,269. 446 barrels
PRECIOUS METALS.
The total amount of gold exported
| during the last fiscal year was S112.-
409, ,947 and of silver $50, ,341 go. being
an increase of 5,941, ,466 of gold and
S13. 246,3 3S4 of silver over the exporta-
| tions of the preceding fiscal year. The
| imports of gold were S333, ,5525, ,065, and of
silver sos, III, 1856, being 81, S59, ,695 less
of gold and $S,566007 more of silver
than during the preceding year
| The total stock of metallic money in
| the United States at the close of the
| last fiscal year ended on the Both day
of June, 1896, was 81, DDS, 326. .o35, Of
which $500, ,:597, ,964 was in gold and
| S62S. .72S. OIL in silver.
| On the 1st day of November, 1896, the
total stock of money of all kinds in the
country was S22S5, ,410590. and the
amount in circulation. not including
that in the treasury holdings, was
81 ,627 ,055, ,641, being 22.63 per capita
upon an estimated population of H.
502 600
The production of the precious metals
in the United States during the calen-
dar year 1895 is estimated to have
been 2.254, ,760 fine ounces of gold. of
the value of S46.610.000 and 55. 10, :
900 fine ounces of silver, of the COM
mercial value of S36, AS 900. and the
coinage value of S72.051, 900.
The estimated production of these
metals throughout the world during
the same period was 9,4SS, ,S21 fine
ounces of gold, amounting to 5000, ,2S5,-
700 in value, and 160, ,1S9, ,294 fine
| ounces of silver of the commercial VAL
ue of $110,654. 900. and of the coinage
value of $21S. .73S. 100, according to our
ratio. The coinage Of these metals in