The times., 1898-12-07
SECRETARY CAGES REPORT.
Receipts and Expenditures During
the Last Fiscal Year

ana printed at much length In the even
ing edition of The Times.
The report shows that the revenues OF
the Government from all sources for the
fiscal year ended June 60 1898. amounted
to a total of sis4, ,Sss s5s. 20. divided as fol-
lows:
From internal revenue. Sl7O90O. .s4l 40;
from customs, Sl49 SIS. 052.35: from profits
on coinage. bullion deposits. etc, Sl.756.-
1871: from District of Columbia, $685.
2S2.9S from fees-consular. letters patent
and land s., $50 150.54; from tax on national
banks, l.975, ,S49.2s; from sale of public
lands. 81 .243, 129 42; from navy pension and
navy hospital funds. 81, Ia, $780, Il: from mis-
cellaneous. s1.OJ7, ,3529s; from sinking fund
for Pacific railways. 1881, ,9s6.s3: from sale
of Indian lands, SS7s, ,eS7.41; from customs
fees, fines, penalties. etc. 576iS7.5O; from
payment of interest by Pacific railways
S526. .l3; for immigrant fund, SS06, ,992- Sc,
from sales Of Government property, S22i.-
331.32; from deposits for surveying public
lands. S113, 0i9.OS; from Soldiers Home. per-
manent fund, SoT.6l2-I9; from donations
$1O2 394.s7: from sales of lands and build
ings. s99, 273.95; from sales of ordnance ma
terial. Se4. SIS. 80; from reimbursement for
cost Of water supply. District Of Columbia.
Ses. OSs.SS; from depredations on public
lands. SO. .l5i.3O; from sale of Kansas Pa
cific Railroad, s5,303.090; from sale cf
Union Pacific Railroad, S5s. ils, ,2212:.75; from
postal service, sS9.0l2. $3.50.
The expenditures for the same period
were: For the civil establishment, includ-
ing foreign intercourse. public buildings.
collecting the revenues. District OF Column
bia, and other miscellaneous expenses.
Sss. .O1G, 4s475: for the military establish
ment. including rivers and harbors forts.
arsenals. seacoast defenses. and expenses
of the Spanish war. S9l, ,s92 00O.29; for the
naval establishment. including cOnstruc-
tion of new vessels. machinery, arma-
ment. equipment, Improvement at navy
yards and expenses OF the Spanish war.
SIS. So. $3.50; for Indian service. Sl0.99i,
667.T0; for pensions, $ifI. i52,3 ,36S6l; for in
terest on the public debt. S57,5S5. .G56 %; for
deficiency in postal revenues. Sl05oi. 90. q:
for postal service SS9,0l2. .61S-55; total ex-
penditures. $5S2 Isl, ,20l. 35; showing a deficit
of SsS. O47.24L6o.
The revenues of the Government for the
current fiscal year are estimated, upon
the basis of existing laws as follows:
From customs Sl95.O01GG1 from internal
revenue. 270.0I0 000: from miscellaneous
sources, s20,0O0,Ocd; from postal service.
So, ,SIi. 64I37; total estimated revenues.
S557i1. 7i1.Sl4s47.3I.
The expenditures for the same period
are estimated as foIIows:-For the
civil establishment. Sg3-GlO,0.0; for
the military establishment. $1,000
600: for the naval establishment So co.,
900: for the Indian service. S12 0Oe. 600; for
pensions. S11.c00.000: for interest on the
public debt 81 .OO0. 600; for postal service,
ss2 S7i. .6i7.37.
Total estimated expenditures. $3.50 S74-
5I7-37: or a deficit of s1l2.COJ.OOO
II Is estimated that upon the basis Of
existing laws the revenues of the Cover
nent for the fiscal year 1900 will be
From customs. $4,000 90; from Internal
revenue $40 DOo coo: from miscellaneous
sources. s2J0e1.O0; from postal service.
si09. J5S.l12. Total estimated revenues.
S610, ,95S 1l2.
The total coinage Of gold and silver by
the various countries of the world during
the calendar year 1897 was as follows:
Gold. Si3I. .345; silver. S1s1 Is9, ,2s7. Total
1866 i79,6l2
Referring to loans and currency. the re-
port says that the interest bearing debt
July l, 1897, included unmatured United
States bonds outstanding in the amount
of SSiT. .32J COO No material change ap-
peared in the debt statement in the fiscal
year ended June go 1895 but on June IS.
a circular was published inviting public
subscriptions for s200. .00J,0o0 5 per cent
1885
The finances OF the District of Columbia
are referred to as follows:
The net expenditures on account Of the
District eff Columbia for the fiscal year
1895 We're S6.31s, 525.S -. The net revenues de
posted in the Treasury on this account
for the same period were sS.727,SSl1o.
Under the operations of the sinking
funds. the net reduction OF the bonded
Vk nd of
the annual interest charge, 81. ~
The District appropriation act approved
June go 1895 authorizes and directs the
Secretary of War to resume work on the
Aqueduct tunnel, and reappropriates the
balance remaining Of the appropriations
for increasing the water supply. TO be ad
vanced out OF the revenues Of the United
/ States. and not subject to the conditions
of the capital account created by the act
of July %. lSS2, and also appropriates an
equal sum out of the surplus general rev.
enues of the District of Columbia These
appropriations were made Immediately
available.
The immigration question is referred 10
at some length. The report says:
The report of>the commissioner general
of immigration shows that DO 299 immi-
4 grants arrived during the year. a de-
crease. compared with the preceding fis-
Z cal wear OF l.Isi. 1 Ne NUMBER OL lllbzt UE-
barred and refused landing was 3-229. as
/ compared with 1.SS0 for the preceding
/ year. and was composed of ~ I,ieu-cou-
1 tract laborers. 2,261 paupers. Is diseased
persons l idiot i insane. > cOnvicts. &
I assisted immigrants. and 1876 who were re-
! turned within one year after their ar
( rival. having become public charges
/ The total number of Chinese persons ad-
mitted to the United States in the last
| fiscal year is shown by the report 10
| have been 7.1e5 OF this number 5-273 were
| of the exempt class, principally mer-
! chants. students. etc; rs We're sO-called
| artists. actors artisans. and Iaborers. ad-
mitted for the Trans Mississippi and In
\ ternational Exposition at Omaha. and
! l,491 Were returning registered laborers
/ The number of Chinese persons arrested
| for deportation because unlawfully in the
! United States was 75e. OF this number
30 were deported, by due process of law
at a total expense of S24.l32si. The sg-
gregate expense incurred in the enforce
ment of the Chinese exclusion laws was
$4. .i5s74
The report shows that smallpox ap
peared during the year in twenty-foul
States and the District of Columbia. Tht
! Marine Hospital Service. By special re
| quest, took complete charge of the epi
demic at birmingham. Ala. and at Mid
diesboro. Ky. causing the disease to dis
appear in those localities. and giving ad
visory aid, through competent officers. Il
4 number of other infected points
Secretary Gage calls attention to III,
fact that. as stated in his previous rs
port. by direction of the President, wv,
skilled psychologists in the marine hos
pital service, were specially detailed I,
| investigate in Havana the cause Of Ell
low fever.
Extended references are made in the re
port to the war with Spain. tine necessity