Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1886 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The following is a recapitulation of the debt statement issued on the Ist inst, cents omitted: INTEREST-BEARING DEBT. Bonds at percent % 250,000,000 Bonds at 4 per cent 737,779,900 Bonds at 3 per cent. 71, 0 Refunding certificates at 4 per cent. 19l’7;0 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent.... 14,00/,0)0 Pacific railroad bonds at 0 per cent. 64,623,512 Principal $1,137,749,362 Interest 11,493,039 Total $1,149,242,401 DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCE MATURITY. Principal $ 9,239,365 Interest 218,497 Total $ 9,5.7,862 DEBT BEARING NO INTBUEST. Old demand and legal-tender notes.B 346,738,391 Certificates of deposit 7,025,000 Gold certificates oo 520,633 Silver certificates 105,519 817 Fractional currency (less $8,3/5,931 estimated as lost or destroyed)... 6,953,702 Principal $ 556,757,543 TOTAL DEBT. Principal $1,703,796,270 Interest. 11,711,537 Total 81,715,517,808 Less cash items available for reduction of the debt 8 221,071,553 L©93 reserve held for redemption of United States notes 100,000,000 Total debt, less available cash itenw 81,391,436,251 Not cash in the Treasury 41,093,556 Debt, less cash in Treasury, , .. Dec - 1( 1856 $1,351,342,693 Debt, less cash in Treasury, Nov. 1, 188(5 1,354,347,947 Decrease of debt during the month - $ 3,005,249 CASH IN THE TREASURY. Available for reduction of debt: Gold held for gold certificates actually outstanding $ 90,520,633 Silver held for silver certificates actual I y outstanding. 105,510,817 United States notes held for certificates of deposit actually outstanding 7,125,000 Cash held for matured debt and interest unpaid 21,001,902 Fractional currency 4,201 Total available for reduction of the debt $ 224,071,553 Reserve fund held for redemption of United States notes, acts Jan.l4, 1875, and July 12, 1882 100,000,000 Unavailable for reduction of the debt: Fractional silver coin $ 25,808,067 Minor coin $ 163,584 „ T? tal • • $ 25,207,651 Certificates held as cash 48,886,979 Net cash balance on hand 50,093,556 Total cash in the Treasury as shown by Treasurer’s general account $ 430,023,740 Mrs. John Davis, daughter of the late Secretary of State Freliughuvsen, and well known in Washington soc al circles, has become a hopeless paralytic.