Birmingham state herald., 1896-05-02
GOLD GOES 4 GL|MMER|NG A Million anda Half Goes Abroad
 Today. MORE W0ULDS HAVE GONE
 -S- Except for the P00Fs 'aIity of the Coin of-
 feref9 Shippers
THE GOLD RTss sE IS SLOWLY SINKING
The Governr $ t Deficit for the Last Ten Months Is @23, ,455, ,leo-The Pension Payments Decreased Nearly
 $2,ooo,ooo Over Last Year.

New York, May 1.-Lazard Freres will ship $O0000 in gold and Von Hoffman & O. and Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Go. each $500,000 to Europe by tomorrow.s steamer. Lazard Freres have ordered thelr gold at the assay office.
 Ladenburg, Thalman & Co ordered szoo'ooo in bars from the assay office and Von Hoffman withdrew $25O,OOO in coin from the treasury. Afterwards Laden burg, Thalman & Co. cancelled their or der and Won Hoffman returned to the sub-treasury the $25O00O in coin.
 u IS understood that the coin furnished consisted entirely of half eagles and of quality not far from within the limit of tolerance. It was found more advan- tageous to ship bars, even though a pre- mum Of 3-16 per cent must be paid. If IS certain that except for the poor quality or the gold coin which is offered to shin pers the exports tomorrow would he Ihuch larger This leaves the proposed shipments by tomorrow's steamers at $1, FOG, ,000.
 washington, May 1.-Official treasury hgures made public today make the goy- ernment deficit for the ten months of the hscal year to date $23, ,455,19O The re- ceipts for the period named were $274.- o9Z,I33 and the expenditures $29S 347 g23 AS compared with the correspondinp months of 1895 the receipts show an in. crease of $14,000,O00 and the expenditures decrease of nearly $7,000, 900. The re- oea oe1pts Tor April just passed were $24, ,2S2,- osS ana the expenditures $28, ,9S7 3S1, or a oeiicit for the month of $4 7O4 4SS As compared with April, 1895, the receipts TOT thls year show an increase of only $55,000, but the expenditures are $4 GOO GOO less, nearly $2,000,000 of this decrease be- ing In pension payments and $1, ,0OO. 900 in public improvements under the war de- partment. Interest charges show an in- crease over April, 1885, of $3, 3,500. 900. and since July l, 1895, $32, los, ,364, have been paid on this account or 1h per cent of the gross receipts of the United States since that date
 The treasury gold reserve today at thu close of business stood at $123 7S9.771. The days withdrawals were $1, ,539. 700. all ey- cept $S6, 700 of which was for export.
 Ihe uept statement issued this after noon shows net increase in the public dept, less cash in the treasury during April of $5,945, 41662 The interest hear. ing debt increased $513. .671. and cash in the treasury decreased $1 ,551 ,0S7 .62. The balances of the several classes of debt at the close of business April 30 were: In- terest bearing debt $442. .312 140; debt on which interest has ceased since maturity. $l,651, ,790; debt bearing no interest s374, 4l4,4O Total, S,21s, ,37S, ,33O The certif- cates and treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury outstanding al the end of the month were $56O, bs4,263 decrease of s2,315, ,00O. The total cash in the treasury was $S6S 799 558 The gold reserve was $100 000 Net cash balance. s170, ,660. In the month there was decrease in gold coin and bars Of s3, ,250, the total at the close being $16S, ,446,459. Of silver there was an increase of $1, ,655,372. Of the surplus there was Tn the national bank Repositories $26,6ss,59O, against s27O10,9 993 at the end of the preceding month.