The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-03
TREASURER WORRIES REPORT:

The State Treasurer's Report for the
two fiscal years closed November Both,
1898. now In press, will show that the
Treasury had at the BEGINNING of the
period IN pracad in the Report a bal
area $88 353 % to the credit OF the
Public fund. The Receipts were for
the two years 50 646 pa 81. and the
disburst menCe 50 SAC .3l7 80 leaving a
balance November BOO, 1898 OF $l85,
279 81, an inc OF 500 926 SO.
The sccOunts have been divided into
two cla~ssi3cations; first, the funGs re-
Ieived to be disoursed on specific &C
counts raised received for certain Bpeci-
fc purposes, and 10 be used for no
other purposes, SUCH as Tonnege Tax
on Fertilizers, which can Only be used
by the Department Of Agriculture,
tho P5ni5entiary Earnings which go
only to the Penitentiary, the divi
dends from stock in the n. Q. 4 4.
90 which go only to pay the interest
JA tlAE y pCE CC0gs OOAN6a IA IN "
8. appropriation to the Experiment
Station and the a & ID College. Thaee
c)nstitute the specific accounts. WhIle
the funds raised for the purpose Of
meeting the general ordinary expenses
OF Cne State government, interest on
the 4 per cent. bonds, Pensions and ap-
preparations, is called the ordinary
fund. Toe Report sho VS. that the or
binary receipts for the two years were
81 S28 32I 46, while the ordinary Dis
bursements were 81 807. Sos 70. shO wing
net receipts above expenditures OF this
account of only $50. us 73, while in
1897 the receipts we're less than the ex
penditures by $17. 557 81 Re3eipts
were in EXCESS in 1898 by $38 273 81
leaving the net balance 80 above.
Funds received on the specific &C.
counts for the two years were, Total
$8I7. 922 rs, and Disbursements $741,-
I'll 80. leaving a balance gained dur
iug the period Of SIC, 211 Is t the
credit of the specific objects.
The principle item Of the ordinary"
during the two years, other
than expenses of State government
proper, were: Pensions 1924 5O7 SO
Interest on 4 per cent. bond 1914.
GIL "a Permanent improvements:
School for the Deaf and Dumb, at Nor.
canton, $50, 600 Institution for the
DEAF, D Imb and blind at Raleigh $57,
900. Capitol Square g 500. Cost OF
General Assembly Of 1897 $40. $50, 70, !
and supplemental appropriation to
public echools $40 $50 70, making q
total of $64O 526 SO Deducting this
amount from toe total expenditures OF !
the ordinary fund 81, 8U7 COS IS leaves
81, 1877 O79 81, and average OF 1888 $50. |
per year for all ordinary eXpendi- !
lures. Covered in this however are ire |
appropriations to the various
Institutions, for maintenance as fol
lows: Iosane Asylum $55 $50, State
Hospital 800. 600, Eastern Hospital
S4O, 600, Criminal Insane So. 900, Ok |
ford Orphanage $500, University Of !
N Q SOS. coo, Geological Survey &c.
300 Toe sum of these items is 1894,
i5). which deducyed from the 1888,
$50 % the annual expenditures for all
ordinary purposes leaves $I99 O89, to
cover all the expenses OF the State
government, including the Judiciary
Department, which ali L e cost $62, |.
SAC SO.
These are interesting figures, and
Notwithstanding the fact that so much
has been said about the extravaganza
the present administration, it will
be seen that every dollar appropriated
0y the General Assembly Of 1892 has
been paid and the Treasurer holds q
Get increase in available balance of
b96 926 SO, which is a matter Of con.
graduation and constrains US to say to
excellent Treasurer: "Well done,
jhcu good and faishful servant"
The daily papers for several days
3ack have been full of the news of