The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-12-28
RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES.


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| Washington, Dec. 23.--Secretary Co
te]you has repo ted to congress the re
ceipts from customs from Oregon durin
the past fiscal year to be 81 1862, G
which there was collected in Portlan'
N,123, 291; Astoria, $l7,s19 and va
quina, $1.36.
The total for Washington, all ports
was II, 622, 1888. From sntsfnal reve
nue. the collections were in Oregon
$378,428; Washington, 81, 046, 238
and California, 1888, 1876.
The immense lead Of New York state
in both items is shown: Customs re-
csipts, 1928, 1877 ,065; internal revenue,
$32, 1858, 1877.
The reports OF receipts from sales OF
public lands gives Oregon 1881, 287 (,
OF which there was collected at Port
land, 1888, 796; The Dalles. 1914, 276;
Roseburg, $416 ,004; La Grande, $43b,.
208; Burns, t91 ,952; Lakeview, TIM
048;. In Washington the receipts we're
1850, IA; California, 1887, 270. Total
receipts from land sales In the country
we're $7,878,811.
The territorial government OF Alaska
cost $6l ,472 In salaries, and $4,9l9 in
expenses.
The fine custom house at Portland
cpst In Improvements only $770.42, and
tEe Baker City postoffice only $50, and
the Salem public building 1928.
During the year the government ex-
pended $2,201 on its exhibit which was
1t the Lewis and Clark exposition, and
81 1882 on the exposition government
On harbor Improvements the dis
oursements were: Entrance to Coos
Day, Oregon, $4,000; dredge for Oregon
md Washington harbors, $1,000;
3rays harbor, Washington, 10000;
trays harbor and Chehals river, 49,
80.
River improvements cost: Columbia |
md lower Willamette, below Portland,
~, 1858; Columbia, at Cascades, 1870; |
between Wenatchee and |
bridgeport, $1,000; Columbia, Wash.
ngton. 1880; gauging waters of the
Columbia, 1878, $3.50; upper Columbia
nd Snake rivers, SIS, 200; Coos river,
800; Coquille river, $4,4O0; Tilla-
nook, 1880; Willamette and Yam
I'll, $23, 900.
The surveyor generals Office at Port
md cost in salaries, IS, $50; at Seattle,
$3.50.
Crater lake cost The government 3d.
30.
Oregon's five per cent of the public
md sales amounted to $22, 4S9, Wash
lgton's, $20,011.
Pacific Northwest Indians cost, for
lpport Umatillas, Cayuses and
'alla Wallas, $2,713; Yakimas. 49,
II; Ney pesces, 1887; Warm Springs.
RECON, $3,397; Klamath Indians, So
~. besides administration expenses at 8
] reservations.
10 maintain the Columbia river t
shtvessel, $74 ,496 was the expense. I
The summary of the nations expenses 0
ows the cost of the war department a
the year was 1923, 200, 800; navyI
partment, $95, 1905, 1914; treasury de- k
rtment. $72,174 $3.50; state DEPART o
ant, $2,066,S94; executive depart n
ant, proper, 500, 407 interior DEPART
ant, 1855, 048,6 1857; postoffice DEPART "
ant, $40, 097, III; agricultural depart t
mt, 80, 5l,714; commerce and labor. ii
.s2s, 1881; judicial department, 81 O.
1895. - n
1t Is an interesting fact that although W
department OF commerce and labor 81
been organized only few wears.
expenses equal those of the depart W
mt of agriculture. es
The grand total Of the governmental hs
,artment expense was 1852, 488. 1853 th
ich did not include many millions W
appropriations and some items
lch bring the actual outlay close to 81,
900, 100000 W