Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-13
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
Report Of ODcratIouG For the LaES
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WASHINGTON. Nov. 13.-The treas uvcr of the United States, iu submitting to Secretary Gage the annual report on the. operations and condition of the treas ury, remarks that tine growth and pros p2rity Cf the country and the general ac- tiyity of business are reflected in the transactions of his office. The net ordi- uary revenues of the government for the fiscal year were $56I ,24O .S52. the largest ill the history Of the country, eI- ceediug thoso of 1866. the next highest, by SAT .20l .2SS. Tie increase of &1l,22S0,- 2;:5Z over the preceding year was contrib utCd to from all general sources, but chiefly. of course, from customs and in terual revenue. On the side of cXDendi- tUre$ there was q net decrease of SILL 3JS, ,3HS in comparison with lS00, sU that the deficiency of S99, 111,5GO for that year was converted into a surplus of $I9,- 12T eco iu 1900. The gross recepits un- der warrant, including those on account Of the public debt. were g .:}3T .299. .2G2 and the disbursements $l,f99.0f3,fI2, q large increase on both sides over the pre- Vious year.
 With the exception of July, 1S09. when there was . deticicEcy of S3,506,S32, surplus was realized for every month Of the year, the one fOr June being tho lar gest, at S17.899 .159. The largest receipts for single day were $0,130,513 on Feb. 2G, 1900. and tEe largest expenditures $4 ,SQ3, coo on July 3. 1900. The largest surplus on any one day was $i,041 .396 on Aus. -J and the largest deficiency s. 31S,02t on July ;. 1SG9
 Besides the reserve fund the trust funds consisting of gold coin. silver dol iars and bullion and United States notes l.eld for the redemption of certificates and treasury notes, amounted on the day the currency bill Of the last congress be came q law to SI23 .002.2223 and increas- cd by Nov. 1, 1909, to $T40,S65,aI9.
 Exclusive of the reserve fund the available cash balance of the treasury was greater on June 30, 1900. by $24.- SST. .103 than at the same date in 1899, but this gain WAS partly offset by Q de crease of $8 663, ,273 in the next ensuing quarter. The cash assets beyond liabili- ties were $49, 723, or on june 50, 1859; $50, ,32I, ,;j02 on June 30 1900, and $4l,- l23, ,1C0 on Oct. 1, 1900.
 The aggregate amount of money of all kinds in circulation on Oct. l, 1900, is cs- ti1aated at g., 113, ,204,y83, an increase of S1SQ, ,810, T44 in 1J months, of which $94,- ,440, ,930 was due to the enlarged use of gold and gold certificates. The increase per capita was from $23.3S to $270l. The per capita of gold at the latter date was '$10.60, which is greater than that of all the currency in 1862, wEile, to- tai Of gold is greater than all the cf.cula- tion at any time previous to July, 1879.
 The amount of paper currency stamp ed with the seal Of the department and prepared for issue during the year end ing with September, 1900, was $523,~ 192, eco against S362. 2.412, 600 in the year preceding The redemptions of worn material were S303.219,S24 in the latter perj,d and $255, OPT ,9s0 in the earlier. The increasing demand for notes of small denominations has been so heavy and so fully met by the department that, talk ing into account ths gold coiT f the es- | timated total circulation of S2.4 294,- 9S3 on Oct. l, only S4&S, ,045.022 wal in | denominations larger than SEQ.