People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1894 — INCREASE OF THE DEBT. [ARTICLE]

INCREASE OF THE DEBT.

During the/Montli of December the Total Wai Swelled by 86,861,663. Washington, Jan. 4.—The publicdebt shows the net increase of the de|t, less cash in the treasury, during the month of December to have been $6,86i,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 $2,063,301. The reduction in the cash balance during the month was $4,824,001. The interest bearing debt is $585,089,810, the debt on which interest has ceased since maturity is $1,913,53 ), and ' the debt bearing no interest is $370,053,077, a total debt of $903,605,917. The certificates and treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury amount to $004,317,424, an increase during the 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 is $737,614,701. The total amount of national bank notes outstanding December 31, 1893, was $208,442,027, an increase in circulation since December 81, 1892, of $34,141,215 and a decrease in circulation since November 30 of $408,761. The circulation outstanding against bonds December 31 was $185,087,705.