Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
GOVERNMENT FINANCES.
Receipts and Expenditures for March
Public Debt ssatement-Corprro
OF Currency's Reuort-Coinage.

Washington, April 4-The NOR thly
comparative statement of the govern
ment receipts and expenditures shows
the following:
Total receipts for March, $50, 03o, 2S9, an in
;rease. compared with March. 1898. Of about
$4,000 600 The expenditures are shown to
have been s42, 97o.51, which leaves surplus
for the month of IA, O52 600 The receipts
aowever, include payment OF il.7es. 3i4. made
account of the Central Pacific rail-
:oad, exclusive of which the receipts
exceed the expenditures by a. Pa. 354
The receipts from customs during March
amounted to $50 9s3 43j: from internal reve-
nue. 2. CYL iG7. and from miscellaneous sources.
sl3. 425. sos This is an increase in customs. as
compared with March, 1898. of about 10. $40 600:
in in ernal revenue. g, 1873 OO0 and from miscel-
laneous sources Of nearly 10 600 600 The total
receipts during the nine months OF the fiscal
year were SS82. 4I4. 427. and the disbursements.
467 a02, 303 This is an increase in the receipts
compared with the same period last year of
nearly S75,00o,0 and increase in the dis
bursementS Of 1854 rs. 0Oa
The mon thly statement of the public
debt shows the following:
At the close OF business March 81 the debt,
less cash in the treasury, amou lted to IL. 149.
5d5.563 which is a decrease during the month
of s,3sS s2S This decrease is accounted for by
the net increase in the cash on hand The debt is
recapitulated as follows: Interest bearing debts
s1,0D 775, $50. debt on which interest has ceased
since maturity, Ai.SI9,4Zj. 0eDt bearing no IN
terest 1895, s54 016 total II, 435 54s.7,6 How
this amount does not include 1855 Co.'S 613 in
certificates and treasury notes outstanding
which are Offset by equal amount of cash in
the treasury. The cash in the treasury is clas-
sihed as follows: Gold, 1918 SOC, 355: silver
$500, 376 93l; paper. :4i,S51,6,7 bonds, deposits
in national bank repositories, disbursing off,
GERS balances. etc, $50 OH liz; total, 1918, 562
OS7. against which there are demand liabilities
outstanding amounting to 6'5.5ls.s!4. which
leaves net cash balance of SSS4 CAB l63
The total currency circulation of the
United States is shown in the follow
ing statement for March by Comp.
troller of the Currency Dawes:
Total circulation of national bank notes OF
March 81 1899, 243. 052. 3l7. increase for the
year of Is. 654 29s. and an increase for the
month of s149, $50 The circulation based or
in crease for the year of 18,314 3S9 and c
decrease for the month Of a1,229, OBS The
circulation secured by the lawful money
amounted to 80 1875 32S. increase for the
year OF 1888, 800 and an increase for the month
of 81, 37S. 978 The amount of United States
registered bonds and deposit to secure circu
lating notes was 1924. 433 800 and to secure pub
lie deposits, $40. 1874 740
The monthly statement of the di
rector of the mint shows the total
coinage during March was $t4, 572, O73
of which $12. 176.715 was silver, So. 346.
$50 gold. and $4s sol minor coins. The
coinage of standard silver dollars dur
ing the month amount ted to 81, 900, 301
The quarterly statement of the
value of standard coins of the world
shows that since January 1, 1899. the
value of silver has decreased from
SO. 60649 per ounce, to so. 60017, and the
value of the coins has decreased &C
cordingly.