Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1882 — THE NATIONAL DEBT. [ARTICLE]

THE NATIONAL DEBT.

Statement ot Its Condition at the Beginning of Deoembe'. Following is the November statement of the public debt: Interest.- benrtnir debt— Three and one-half per cents ,$ 134,31 r ,7ro Four and one-half per cents 250,'km.n0» Four per cents 738.940 7 0 Three per cents 280,394,750 Refunding certificates -tl t.OVi Navy pension fund ~. H,OiK),OOO Principal 1,418,'66,8(10 Interest 10,653,308 Matured debt— Principal 9,545,0-5 Interest... t 441,409 Debt bearing no interest— Old demand and legal-tender notes. 340,740,346 Certificates of deposit 9.845, 1 00 Gold and silver certificates 108.504,20 1 Fractional currency 15,393,548 Less amount estimated lost or destroyed 7,022,014 Principal 472,112,160 Unclaimed Pacific railway interest.. 5,339 Total debt— Principal $1,899,724/U5 Interest u,i00,058 Total SI,9P ,82 ,073 Cash in treasury 287,807,173 Debt, less cash In treasury— Dec. 1, 1882 1,022,950,899 Nov. 1, 1882 1,628,491,042 Decrease ol debt during month 6,524,142 Decrease ol debt since June 30,1885.. 65,957,561 Current liabilities— Interest due and unpaid 1,644,032 Debt on which interest has ceased... 9,545,055 Interest thereon v 441,409 Gold and silver certificates 108,504,200 United States notes held for redemption ol certificates of deposit.... 9,846,000 Cash balance available Dec. 1,1882.. 157,887,476 Total *.s 287,867,173 Available assets— Cash in treasury 287,867,173 Bonds issued to Pacific Railways— • Principal outstanding 64,623,512 Interest accrued and not yet paid... 1,615,587 Interest paid by United States 65,344,682 Interest repaid by companies— By transportation service 15,409,850 By cash payments, 5 per cent net earnings 655,198 Balance ot interest paid by United States 39,350,632