Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-02
GOVERNMENT REPORTS
Money in Circulation, Coinage and
Department Receints


WASHINGTON, Sept 1.-The montblv
CIRCULATION statement issued by the comp
troller of the currency shows that at the
close close Of the business August 81, 1906, the
total circulation of national bank notes
was $5l2 220, 1867; an increase for the year
OF SS7O$ @ 5S5 " ,,O and md an increase, for the
monfh m, In, OF SS'24S9I2 The circulation based
$4I9 IS6, ,165; an increase for the year of
S6i, 40 500, and an increase for the month
OF NllO,S94 The circulation secured by
the lawful money aggregated $33, ,434, ,202;
decrease for the year of $1,7022n, and
an increase for the month Of $1,07S,5T.
dne amount Of bonds on deposit to secure
secure public deposits $67,O97,SOo.
Government Coinage
The monthly statement issued by the
director of the mint shows that the coin
age executed at the mints of the United
states states, during August was as follows:
States silver, $193,000; Panama half ball
boas, 5H1 100000 pieces; Philippine pesos.
402, 900 pieces.
Department Receipts
The feature of the monthly report of
the government receipts and expenditures
for the month of August is the excep-
tional increase shown in customs re-
celpts, the excess over August, 1904, being
50 S76S,6OS The receipts from internal rev.
enue sources also show an increase for
the month of S79,T9i,
The total receipts Tor the month are
S47, 400 4S2, and the expenditures S52, ,15O 49s,
which leaves a deficit for the month of
%66O,0 06l Last month the deficit was
$13, S55 669 and for August, 1904, the deficit
was $6,34,2l2. The receipts from the sew
eral sources of revenue are given as
follows Customs, $26,1S1, PSI; internal rev.
enue, $19556,476; miscellaneous, S1,775673.
The civil and miscellaneous expenditures
We're a little over 81 100000 in excess Of
those for August, 1904 and those on ac-
count of the war department were nearly
$2OO0,OOO less than for August last year.
The navy shows slight Increase. Other
items show only slight increases or de-
creases.
Public Debt Statement
BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows that
at the close of business August 81, 1906
amounted to $1,OO5, 524 ,595 which is an in
crease as compared with last month of
50, ,475,594. This increase is accounted for
by q corresponding decrease in the
amount of cash on hand. The debt is
recapitulated as follows.
Interest-bearng debt ........... .$S95, 1853, 700
Debt on which interest has ceas-
ed since maturity ...,......... 1256, ,5S5
Debt bearing no intcrest....... 1856, 706, 704
This amount, however, does not include
81, ,002 96l ,969 in certificates and treasury
notes outstanding which are offset by an
equal amount of cash on hand which is
held as trust funds for their redemption.
The cash in the treasury is classified as
follows:
Gold reserve OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES $50, 900 900
Trust funds ...................... ,002 921 969
General fund ..................... 53,769561
In national bank repositories. 4.059,1 Ill
In Philippine treasury ......... 4.4s5.951
Iotdl .Sl,oio, e4Ol a4S
Against which there are demand lia-
bilities outstanding amounting to S1,097,-
643 3O94, which leaves a cash balance on
hand of $277, ,597, ,344