The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11

Prom sales Of Inalan lands.......... I.ssLss5 %
Prom payment Of Interest by PseiAc
raflwsys LIN. SEE a.
Prom misceIlansous. ss7s7s IS
From sales q government property. 7Is.sa Ts
From customs fees. anss. penalties, &c s75.7Os s5
From immigrant fund 81. .404 81
From deposits for surveying pgblie
lands s7a..E -
From sales OF ordasnes msterizl..s.-. 251, ,2s5 IS
From Soldiers HcHs. permanent fund si1.s2s g
Prom tax q seal skins. and rent OF
seal Islands. 9e5, ,e7s 81
From Ilesass fees, Territory Of Alaska I5I z1a 81
From trust funds. Department OF State I52, 7sl 5s
Prem depredstions on public lands. s6,s07 IS
Ffom Spanish Indemnity 5T.OOo 90
Prom sales Of lands ard buildings. 3.sl2. 7s7 ss
From part payment Central Pacific
Railroad indebtedness................ s.sss.s1s 4s
From dividend received for account Of
Kansas-Psciac RaIlwsy.............. SCI, ss7 70
From postal service lo2, 54.57s %
Total receipts f66s. .5s5. t3i Is
The expenditures for the same period
were:
For the civil establishment. including
foreign intercourse. public buildings
collecting the revenues, District OF
Columbia. and other miscellaneous
expenses s9s 59 all g
For the miitGry establishment In
oiuding rivers and hsrbors, forts.
arsenals. seacoast defenses, and ex-
penses Of the war vita Spain and
in the PhiIipPines.................. Isi77iTs7 IS
For the naval establishment. ineIud-
ing construction of new vessels
machinery, armament equipment
improvement at navy yards and ex-
penses Of the war with Spain and
in the Philippines. sss;sa or 7a
for lnalan Service. TO- los "a
for pensions. 140 sTTslg 0.
For interest on the public debt....,, 4OIso a2a %
For deficiency In postal revehues... 72D ;7s q
Fer Postal Service. Vce...-..--......... l02 @5l57s g
Total expenditures. 95s, sTl-OG
Showing surplus ot.....,,....... OF. s7s 5g7 o6o l;
In addition to the revenues collected
during the year and the amounts received
on the indebtedness of Pacific railroads,
the cash in the Treasury was increased
by the following sums: From subscrip-
tions to the per cent. ten-twenty bonds
Issued under authority of the act of June
is, 1888, for the Spanish war expenditures,
Sll3,S20, and from the issue of 4 per cent.
bonds In liquidation OF interest accrued on
refunding certificates converted during
the year. s.49O. making a total of sll5 41O.
AS compared with the fiscal year 1899
the receipts for 1900 increased s5S. .e13 426. So
There was a decrease of Sill, 1855, ,3SSI4 in
expenditures, as follows:
The total estimated revenues of the
government for the current fiscal year
are placed at s6S7, 773, 25392 @
The expenditures for the same period
are estimated as s607, Ia, ,253.s2, or surplus
of $50, 100000.
For the fiscal year 1862 II is estimated
that upon the basis OF existing laws the
revenues of the government will be STfe-
eS3, ,e42. The estimates of appropriations
required for the same period, as submit
ted by the several Executive Departments
and Offices, are exclusive of Sinking fund
$3.50. .374 S0424 or an estimated surplus oi
SZ6 25S. .237.76.
Comparison OF the state of the Treas
ury shows an increase of 81, ,Ss7. .093. 80 ir
the available cash balance, exclusive o.
the reserve of $50, 900, for the year
The cash actually in the vaults OF tht
Treasury, as distinguished from the de
pOsits in banks and other assets not cor
sisting of money, increased by s6621, ,39S II
The most notable increase was in the
smaller denominations of paper currency
which are in demand for moving the crops
OF these the Treasury held sl4,062,172 m Jr'
than last year The excess of assets Owe
current liabilities was on June 30 49,723,
01760 in 1899 and s50.S 5Ol76 in 1900
The receipts and deposits of bullion a
mints and assay Offices including re1e
pOsits, aggregated s23s. 755, 1854, Of whicl
S20S, $50, ,sl3.SS was gold and s95, ,20l, ,s22. 9
silver. The coinage executed during tn,
fiscal year was:
sl07 937 1l0 O
Silver dollars I,244 ss4 q
Subsidiary silver. l2,s76 $40 ]
Minor. ........................ 22l3 OH 8
IOJal slalt Jul 800 .
The expenditures necessary to maintain
the various institutions connected witt
! the mint service during the fiscal yea
were 81, ,703, ,49264 The earnings from al
sources during the same period wer
| $40, 81, ,940eO showing a surplus of earning
over expenditures of $S.93S, ,447S6
| The net exports of gold during the fsca
| year were S3,69S,575, as against the net i'm
ports of s5l. 9.099 for the fiscal year 1885,
The net silver exports We're s2l AS, ,S73. a
| against s25.5S4,Sl7 for the previous fsca
| year.
| The estimated production of the preciou
metals in the United States during tn
! calendar year 1883 was:
| Fine unces.................. 3fS7210 81 76i 81
Commercial ,sf 053 100 s32 SIS u
Coming ,053 400 $40 SOS G.
| The total coinage of gold and silver L,
/ the various countries OF the world durin,
| the calendar year 1853 was:
s4e6 il0, 81
Total. sS2 337. 81
The Director of the Mint reports tina
| probably by July next. certainly befor
! the close of the year 1901, the old min
/ building in Philadelphia will be vacated
/ There appears to be no present or pros
pectiye use for the premises On the par
| OF the government after the removal o
| the mint, and, unless Congress shoul
| otherwise determine. the Secretary of tn
| Treasury will in due course proceed 10 dis
/ pose Of the present United States min
| building in Philadelphia al private o
public sale, in accordance with the di
4 TectlOn OF Congress as expressed in tn
| act of March 8, 1891, authorizing the sal
| OF the old building upon the completion
OF the new mint.
The attention of Congress is called I
the inconvenience of handling the publ
! moneys in Hawaii and. prospectively, i
! Porto Rico, resulting from the provisio
| In section 5ls3, Revised Statutes, forbid
ding the deposit of receipts from custom
IN national bank depOsitaries. At pTesen
the collector of customs in Hawaii
Obliged 10 send all moneys collected l.
| him on account of duties on imports {
the sub-treasury AT San Francisco. Will
public moneys required for use IN Hawa
! may, as a consequence, have &c be trans
/ mitted by express or otherwise 10 "a
| islands. Thus a double expense, and IN
! creased risk and unnecessary delay in th
public business, may be and Is occasion
| ed. There seems 10 be good reason wh
| customs receipts of Hawaii and othe
| island points should be excepted frOr
| the provision of section 5l5S. Revise
/ Statutes which requires the deposit {
| customs receipts in a sue-treasury. LII
/ erty should be given 10 collectors OF Gus
toms at the places Indicated 10 depos
receipts with designated depositartes. a
is now permitted by law In the case {
| collectors of internal revenue.
During the existence OF the nations
banking system. san national banking a.
sociations have been organized, of While
l.2d have been placed in voluntary lqu
datiOn BY the shareholders. and 3l4. whic
failed, in charge of receivers. leaving s.s
1 1,npEr1 in apffNs uuarQ ff0u a the PfneR Z