Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1882 — PUBLIC DEBT. [ARTICLE]

PUBLIC DEBT.

The Official November S'a'emn . Following is the November statement of the public debt: ]nl crest-benrfntr debt— Three and one-half per cents $ t’4 31 ,7 0 Four and one-half percents 25>i. iin.i Four per cents 7:w.“40 70 Three per cents 280, 3'4.750 Refunding certificates *1.6; Navy pension fund 14,0e0.000 Principal..... 66 8)0 Interest 10,658,308 Matured debt — Principal 9,5'5,0 5 Interest 441,409 Debt bearing no interest — Old demand and legal-tender notes. 346,740,346 Certificates of deposit 9.815,'00 Gold anq silver certificates 108,501,20 Fractional currency 15,398,548 L ss amount e-timated lost or destroyed 7,022,614 Principal.... 47.’,112,160 Unclaimed Pacific railway interest.. 5,339 Total debt — Principal $1,899,721,' 15 Interest 11,100,058 Total $1,91 ,82 ,073 Cash in treasury ~ 287,867,173 Debt, less cash in treasury— Dec. 1, 1882 ...' 1,622,956,899 Nov. 1, 1882 1,628,491,0(2 Decrease of debt during month 5,5: 4.142 Decrease of debt since June 30,1882.. 65,957,561 Current liabilities — Interest due and unpaid 1,614,032 Debt on which interest has ceased... 9,515,055 Interest thereon 411,409 Gold and silver certificates 108/ 04,200 United States notes held for redemntlon of certificates of deposit.... 9,815,000 Cash balance available Dec. 1, 1882.. 157,887,476 Total $ 247,867,173 Available assets— Cash in treasury 287,867,173 Bonds issued to Pacific Railways— Principal outstanding 64.623,512 Interest accrued and not yet i>aid... 1,615,187 Interest paid by United States 55,344,682 Interest repaid by companies— By transportation service 15,409,850 By cash payments, 5 per cent, net earnings 655,198 Balance of interest paid by United States 39,350,632