The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02
Financial Operations For the Month
of March.
AN EXCESS OF REVENUES
TOTAL RECEIPTS WE'RE FIFTY
SEVEN MILLIONS.
But Nearly Twelve Millions of This
Amount Came From the Central
Pacifc-Receipts For Nine Months
of Fiscal Year-Public Debt State
ment and Coinage.

Washington, April 1.-The monthly
comparative statement of the govern
ment receipts and expenditures shows
that the total receipts for March were
s57, 0SO, 299, an increase as compared with
March, 1898, of about $24,O00,0 900. The
expenditures are shown to have been
$40 1851. which leaves a surplus for
the month of S14,052, 900. The receipts,
however, include a payment of $11.19S,-
314 made on account of the Central Pa
cific railroad, exclusive of which the re-
ceipts exceed the expenditures by ST.
253,S54.
The receipts from customs during
March amounted to $40, 1913, 436; frCm in
ternal revenue, s22,671, 107 and from
miscellaneous sources $13, 425, SOS. This
is an increase in customs, as compared
with March, 1898, of about $780, 00; in
internal revenue, $9,7S3,000, and from
miscellaneous sources of nearly $780,
Gee.
The total receipts during the nine
months of the present fiscal year We're
$751;, 444, 427, and the disbursements
S467. 500, 303. This is an increase in the
receipts, as compared with the same
period last year, of nearly SIS, 100000,
and an increase in the disbursements
of 1854, 122,000.
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
The monthly statement of the comp
troller of the currency shows the total
circulation of national bank notes on
March 81, 1885, was s243, 052,317, an in
crease for the year of SIS, 654, 29S, and an
increase for the month of $149,05 The
circulation based on United States
bonds amounted to $209 ,925, 9S9, an in
crease for the year of $1S,314, $3.50, and a
decrease for the month of $1,229.O23.
The circulation secured by lawful
money amounted to 33,126,32S, an in
crease for the year of $339, 500, and an
increase for the month Of s1,37S,9IS. The
amount of United States registered
bonds on deposit to secure circulating
notes was 1924, 49,. $50, and to secure
public deposits, $79, 1874, 140.
The monthly statement of the director
of the mint shows the total coinage
during March was $14, So 073, of which
So, 176, us was silver, 50, SAG, 800 gold, and
S4S, sol minor coins.
The quarterly statement of the val
ues Of standard coins of the world
shows that since Jan, l, 1899, the value
OF silver has decreased from S0.60S43 per
ounce to $0.60017, and the value of the
coins has decreased accordingly.
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close of bust
ness March 81 the debt, less cash in
the treasury, amounted to 81, las, sos, 563,
which is a decrease during the month
of $S,39S,S2S. This decrease is account
ed for by the net increase in the cash
on hand.
The debt is recapitulated as follows:
Understanding debt, 81, 045, rs, 29O; debt
on which interest has ceased since ma
turity, $1,219, 420; debt bearing no inter-
est 1886, 554 Ole; total, SLAB, $50, 726. This
amount, however. does not include
$555 ,OO9,613 in certificates and treasury
notes outstanding, which are Offset by
an equal amount of cash in the treas
ury.
The cash in the treasury is classified
as follows: Gold, $27A, 500, $50; silver,
$500, 37S. sol; paper, s45, ,617; bonds de-
posted in national bank repositories,
disbursing officers balances, etc, $685.
OH 1872; total, 1913, 562,S 81, against which
there are demand liabilities outstanding
amounting to $685., sis, 1914 which leaves
a net cash balance Of 1884, O43, 1853