The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-23
Receipts and Expenditures Of the Govern
menI for Year About Closing.
DEFICIT OF HUNDRED MILLION
Receipts Largely Excess of Those of
Under the of
Spanish and Philippine Wars-Yelow Fever the In.
n Santiago Quarantine Regulations
From Cuban Porto
Ports
Rican Ports.

Washington, June 21.-It is regarded
as a conservative estimate that the
treasury deficit for the fiscal year 1899,
which closes ten days hence, will be
less than 500, 100000. Already the re-
ceipts of the year aggregate over $685.,
100000, with the expenditures barely
$10O, 900, 900 more, with ten days, judg-
ing from past years, Of abnormally
heavy receipts yet to be accounted for.
During the year there have been two
heavy calls upon the treasury and one
large payment which could not have
been foreseen one year ago. In March
the government received $11, 1,798,314 on
account Of the settlement of it's claims
against the Central Pacific Railroad
Company. During the same month $3,-
900 was drawn out to pay off the
Cuban insurgent army, and in April
$20,00O,000 was paid to Spain in settle
ment of treaty obligations. Leaving
these three items out of the account,
the deficit this year would not have
exceeded $S9, ,OOO,O 900.
Up to this date the customs receipts
amount to over $500, 400 900; from inter-
nal revenue $263, ,55O,0OO was realized,
and from miscellaneous sources there
was received $35,500,O00. During the
whole of the fiscal year of 1898 the re-
ceipts from customs barely exceeded
$149, SOC, ,000 and from internal revenue
less than $171 900, 900. The total receipts
from all sources amounted to $405 ,321 :,
335, while the expenditures aggregated
$443, 1868, ,5S2, leaving a deficit of $3S,047,
247. This year the~expenditures will ex-
ceed those of last year by about $685.
O00, 900, while the deficit will be about
$62, 100000 greater than last year.
RECEIPTS FROM WAR REVENUE
ACT.
From the closest calculation that can
now be made, the war revenue act,
which, with the exception of a few
items, went into effect July 1, 1898, will
realize for the year d little less than
$100, ,000, 900. The receipts from tobacco
alone will probably show an increase
for the year of over $15,O 600; spirits,
an increase of $6,5OO,000 beer and 9TH
er fermented liquors, an increase Of
over $2S, 900 900; oleomargarine, an in
crease of about $5S5,OOO, and the re-
ceipts from special taxes, documentary
and proprietary stamps, for the year
will likely bring the increased receipts
on account of the war revenue act up
to nearly $1OO O0O, 900. The two items in
that act which have produced more
than ten times as much revenue as any
two others are those relating to docu-
mentary and proprietary stamps. On
April 30th last these items had pro-
duced over $36, 500 900, and it is not i'm
probable that by July 1st, that amount
will be increased to over $44, 900, 900. The
tax on legacies will produce not much
in excess of 81, 900, 900 while the special
tax collected from bankers will exceed
$3,500,000.
The receipts from customs show a
gratifying increase. For the month OF
November last year the customs yielded
1885, 900 and for the following five
months there was a gradual increase
until March, which produced nearly
$21,000O00. Of late there has been a
slight falling off.
EXPENDITURES.
The expenditures UP to this time ag-
gregate about 100000, 900. OF this
amount 1928 200, 900 was paid out on
acquisitions from the war department;
$64 900, 900 ON account of the navy; $780,
100000 on account of pensions, and
nearly $40.000,O00 of interest on the pub
lie debt; $12, 100000 was paid to the In
dians and $112, 900 was disbursed on
civil and miscellaneous account
COST OF THE TWO WARS.
At this time it is impossible to state
with any degree of certainty what the
war with Spain and the troubles in the
Philippines have cost during this year,
but an approximation has been made
of the actual cash payments on these
accounts, which places the amount at
$3.50, 900 900. This includes the payment
of $40, 600, 900 to Spain, the $3. 900, 900 now
being disbursed to the Cuban troops,
and the interest charge on the loan
do or-xy a
lation has been made at the treasury
which shows that leaving out of the ac-
count the $3.50, 900 900 expended this year
on account of the war, the $10O, ,0O0, 600
produced by the war revenue act, and
the $11,798, ,314 received from the Cen
trail Pacific railroad, the figures would
show surplus for the year approxi-
mating 2O,OOO,00
YELLOW FEVER IN HAVANA.
Surgeon General Wyman, of the ma
rine hospital service, today received a
cable from DR.. Park, the quarantine
officer at Santiago, reporting the ex-
istence ait that port of fourteen cases
OF yellow fever and four deaths from
that cause. This is not the first re-
port the marine hospital service has
received of the existence of the scourge
at Santiago. Five days ago came the
first report of the appearance Of the
fever. On that day five cases were
reported. There has not been time fol
a. mail report since the outbreak. In
addition ito the number of cases and
deaths DR.. Parks cable today con-
veyed the information that the Amer
lean troops had evacuated the barracks
and that their bedding and baggage
were being disinfected aboard the ma
rine hospital bark Rough Rider, which
is fitted with a complete disinfectine
nlant. The fact that the season had
advanced thus far with the appearance
only of a few sporadic cases of yellow
feyed led to the general hope that tbs