New-York tribune., 1896-01-03
THE TREASURY STATEMENT.
LOSS OF sloc"oo GOLD ~ THE MoNTh-Ihh
RESERVE NOW SLIGHTLY ABOVE fo
fpy TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNE

Washington. Jan. 2-Ciovernment financial opera
.ons FOR the FIRST half of the current hscaI year'
or from July 10 December l. 1885. as shown by
tho monthly Treasury statements ISSUED to-day.
emphasize the need for moro rcvenu" ana inc mn
billy OF the new tar.n 20 produce what Is needed.
covarnuert eypend.trrcs for the period mentioned
exceeded receipts nearly f55D1',-a deficit Tor me
first half OF me year only million and h'ii
shor, or Secretary Carisle's latest estimate OF u
probable deficit FOR the entire fiscal year ana h"H
the Department not resorted 20 iis chrome 'tl'h
., deferrlne settlement o. liabilities and payment
OF debts due in one month to some subsequent
month the deficit for the last six months "o"''
have run UP TO- " rot beyond the S"cre'arys = est
mated deficit OF slT.Co0o0 FOR ;he entire year Inc
last sx months have also played havoc win the
gold reserve decreasing Il fully $h1r.icD since me
first OF last July when Il stood at &"''z@'- LAST
month a.onc the Treasury lost NtVo"p IN Po'''
and the reserve to-day stands at %i2622''' ana -
lower than on any date since feprua'I =" '''''
when II stood at SCI 253.iN.
Last month there was no change Whatever III ''
interest bearing debt the non-lnterest bearing debt
was decreased '5js52j and the cash ba.ance IN
creased s;g S4 making in all net decrease IN inc
debt OF 81 1888 The total debt now. iess Sl'SV--o
cash balance In the Treasury Is S9i7.2s2G2 and OF
his amount ;7s7 3Gi go IL interest bearing debt made
ND in round numbers Of sc22W0o per cent N"'""
: ner cent (svndlcatc loan) and f25.0,rD per cent
bonds Treasury gold assets to-day amounted 10
sll3 1862 l57 against which there are outstanding ~
Oa In gold certificates; leaving gold reserve "i
os 2 2Gs Silver assets to-day aggregated SlloS'+lo
which with ss5 7o2 50i in silver certificates ana Si5'-
II, go In silver Treasury notes outstanding leaves
a silver reserve OF s27.62626. or a million more thah
a month ago The Treasury to-day holds ll5s21li3
in United Sta ;es notes. against which there Is Gi4'-
OcO In currency certificates outstanding. leaving the
greenback reserve 3 375f3. or slS3h62i more than
on November 80.
Government receipts last month from all sources
aggregated s26 83 or 1902 &3& than during
the preceding month OF November. Customs re-
ceipts S2.l6Sl72. about three-quarters OF
million more than in November while internal rev.
enue receipts were N2750.77l. a quarter OF a million
less than In the preceding month. Expenditures
during the month were 25.sli37. which shows
surplus OF A7;62O for hs month. To obtain THIS
rare and meagre surplus sxhsnaIres xhsrruI were u'
million and ha.f less than IN the preceding tnoh'h
of from in m scuress for @ the first ha Of
m o6 ,1''o or fuy SGooCo less than one haf OF Sec
retorv Carlises estimate OF receipts for the entire
year. while expenditure Tor the iast SIX months
were slSCoocc or 10000 more than one.haif OF
entire year That his guess In this direction was
not wider than &eYgD VII be UNDERSTOOD , wnen
az they must be later on. or by the close Of the
year. -, o.... rro
rated IS! 900 Olo which is s4,C0clo less than onehaf
Of the Secretarys estimate Cl1a9oen Tor the en-
brTnnd TSm inii s eS5! % Sugar duties under an ad vao
rc1 tay and owing to the ow price of the imported
raw commodity as well to essened importations.
have been extremely light argresa;ing for the last
six months only about $9,JoooO. when twelve or
dfteen millions OF revenue was expected from this
source. ,,,- ,,
tween six and seven millions month and ior the
six months @ g has al maze he nR Ss
Collected during that period This. of course does