Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1894 — Was Swelled by $6,861,662. [ARTICLE]

Was Swelled by $6,861,662.

The public debt statement shows the net increase of the debt, less cash in the treasury, during the month of December to have been $6,861,662. The interest-bearing debt increased S9O, the debt on which interest has ceased ■since maturity decreased $25,850 and the debt bearing no interest increased $2,062,361., The reduction in the cash balance during the month was $4,824,061. The interest-bearing debt is $585,039,310, the debt on which interest has ceased since maturity is $1,913,530 and the debt bearing no' interest is $376,653,077, a total debt of $963,605,917. The certificates and treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury amount to $614.317,424, an increase "during ihe month of $5,088,122. The gold reserve is $80,891,600 and the net cash balance $9,483,955, a total available balance of $90,375,555, a decrease during the month of $4,824,061. The total cash In the treasury on the day the statement was issued was $737,614,701. The tots 1 amount of national bank notes outstanding Dec. 21, 1893, was $208,442,027, an increase in circulation since Dec. 31,1892, of $34,141,215 and a decrease in circulation since Nov. 30 o’ $408,761. The circulation outstanding against bonds Dec, 31 was 1185,087,705.