The evening times., 1898-12-06
THE ANNUAL REPORT
OF SECRETARY GAGE
Receipts and Expenses During
the Last Fiscal Year.
I'M MENSE EXPORT TRADE
Illegal Admission Of Many Chinese
into the Country.
An Opinion Thnt the DtHg1ey Tariff
Law Has Not Yet Had
Ecir Test.

The annual report on finances of Sec
sress and given out for publication. In
addition to the money affairs Of the ma
ton. the document contains muc.i on 9th Z
subjects of especial interest this yea: be-
cause of the war with Spain and other
events
The report shows that the revenues Of
the Government from all sources fer the
fiscal year ended June 80. 1898. amounted
to a total of S4s4, ,S33 Ss333 $50 10 divided as fol-
lows:
From internal revenue. 10000, 64tt9;
from customs. sli9. .5f5 c62 s.; from profits
on coinage, bullion deposits, etc. Si,loS,-
459.7l; from District of Columbia. $685.
2S2 9S; from fees-consuiar, letters patent
and land, s., sS9. 750.54; from tax on national
banks. $i.s75. Is; from sale of public
lands, ST. 2i3, l29. AZ; from navy pension AMI
navy hospital funds, 81, ,146, ,590.il: FROM mis-
ccllaneous, 81, 1,G07, 352- 90; from mixing fuEd
for Pacific railways. $IS1 1868; from sale
of Indian lands, 5IG,6S7.t1 from customs
fees, fines. penalties, etc, s5,6.tSI5": from
payment of interest by Pacific railways
S526. $50 13: for immigrant fund sSG5. S92 SIS;
from sales of Government property, $424,
33l -; from deposits for surveying public
lands. $ll3. 3.0i90S; from Soliiers Home, per
manent fund. Sl01, 1929: from donations
s1e2. .39i 81: from sales OF lands and build
ings. $99 273.9j; from sales of ordnance ma
terial 9i62s.59: from reimbursement for
cost OF water supply, District of Columbia,
So. est. IS: from Gepredations on public
lands. s29 l5i3O: from sale Of Kansas Pa
cific Railroad. $685.. .e53; from sale ot
Union Pacific Railroad. $5S, rs, -. -, from
postal service. sS9. .3I2.6 $3.50.
The expenditures for the same period
were: For the civil establishment. includ-
ing foreign intercourse. public buildihs7-
collecting the revenues. District OF C0.um-
bia and other miscellaneous expenses,
SSG Gi6. AGA. 20. for the military establish
nent. including rivers and har50rs. forts,
arsenaIs. seacoast dsferses and expenses
of the Spanish war soI. .?e2. o-2s; for the
naval establishment. including constrnc-
ton of new vesselA machinery. arIn2-
meut. equipment, Improvement at navy
yards. and expenses of the Spanish wa,
SIS S2S. .9S4 Sl for Indian service. $lo.s9i.
Coz 70: for pensions. sl47. .l52 }6s.6l; for in
terest on the public debt $37DS5. .056.23: for
deficiency in postal revenues. SO 50i,oin42;
for postal service. SS9. .el2 6lS.55; total eX-
penditures. s5S2 81. -0I.35: showing a deficit
Of s3,.Dl7,24EtO
Revenues for the Year.
The revenues of the Government for the
current fiscal year are estimated. upon
the basis OF existing laws. as follows:
From customs, Sls50OO,oo from internal
revenue. s270, 10000; from miscellaneous
sources, $20, ,0oo eco; from postal service
| 500. .S74 64L37: total estimated revenues
| S517 s1lsi73..
| The expenditures for the same period
| are estimated as follOws:-For the
| civil establishment. s93 100000; for
| the military establishment, $500 o.
| 600: for the naval establishment So eco
| 0oO; for the Indian service, sl2 00J, coo; for
| pensions s141 600, COO: for interest on the
! public debt. s41 0o0, 900; for postal service
| $92. 46iL37.
| Total estimated expenditures s6S9 s74,-
! 647.$7; or deficit of s1l2, ,C00,o09.
1t is estimated that upon the basis OF
existing laws the revenues of the Govern
ment for the fiscal year 1909 Will be
From customs sos .000 0o0; from interna
!
sources. $50 ,0c0: from postal service
sos. .95S.ll2. Total estimated revenues
500 95S 1l2.
The estimates of appropriations requir.
ed for the same period. submitted by
the several executive departments and of
| fees. are as follows: Legislative estab,
lishment A,4I6, 1856; executive establish
| ment 81. 30S 112: divided as follows: Ex
ecutive proper S239, $50; State Departme Mt
| $151 $50 Treasury Department. S9.651 0i)
| War Department, g., ,S73 S56; Navy Depart
| ment, 500. $50; Interior Department 81,
| 500, ,2S4; Postoffice Department $3.50 ,19l
| Department of Agriculture, So 127 10; De
partment OF Justice. s231 .950; Department
of Labor, sI12. $50; judicial establishment
! S70I.620; foreign intercourse, S,S33 0-S I6
military establishment. $1i5. 119 45151
naval establishment. $50, III 652.CS: Indian
affairs, S7.069, 316.41 pensions, sl45, 23.5, $50
public works, $50, ,927 0S017; miscellaneous
SS1, 314, 203.S5: postal service. including S.,
2G5. SIS; deficiency in postal revenues, S1C5.
224.Go0: permanent annual appropriations
$15.61S. go; total, exclusive of sinking fund
S641 006 1864 or an estimated deficit o
$50 04S. 1864.
An interesting table is given in the re
port, showing the total coinage of gol,
and silver by the various countries of tn,
world. during the calendar year 1881, a.
| follows:
The total coinage of gold and silver b,
the various countries of the world durint
the calendar year 1897 was as follows
Gold, $491 719, ,345; silver $l61, ,76O, 297. Total
$6G5, ,479 642
The total metallic stock and uncovere,
paper in the world, as estimated on Janu
airy l, 1898, was: Gold, S46l9 00O. 900; ful
legal tender silver, So 276, 100, 600; limite,
tender silver, s701. .4O0 600; total metalh
stock, $S,5 100000; uncovered paper
81. .322, 800, 900. Grand total $40, ,919, 800 600.
The report recommends the discontinu
ance of the Carson mint and the ST
Louis assay office and suggests the erec
ton of a suitable building in Seattle TO
the assay Office there, to accommodate
the increased gold deposits there. Atten
ton is called to the deficit in the bullion
accounts in the mints in San Francisco
Philadelphia, New Orleans and Carson
amounting in the aggregate to $3.50, ,6S1. o.
During the existence of the nationa
banking system up to the close of tn
year ended October 81. 1885, 5,151 nationa
banks were organized. The number il
operation is 359S. OF the closed associa
tions ,19i We're placed in voluntary liQui
dation by the shareholders, and $50. insol
vent, in charge of receivers. On Octobe
81, 1897, there We're in active operation
3617 associations During the past yea
Sc were organized. 50 placed in voluntar
liquidation, and failed. including on
of the banks in liquidation, above refer
red to, making a net reduction during
that period of 10 banks.
Referring to loans and currency, the re
mort saws that the interest hearing deb