Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1896 — FINANCES OF THE GOVERNMENT. [ARTICLE]

FINANCES OF THE GOVERNMENT.

StatemenA of the Public Debt and Other Fiscal Matters of Interest, The statement of the public debt, issued Tuesday, shows that on Nov/30, the debt, Jej? S * n t^Je treasu ry, amounted to $995, <69,159, an increase for the month of $8,270,203. This increase is accounted for by the corresponding decrease in the amount of cash on hand. The debt is recapitulated as follows: Interest-bearing debt, $847,364,520. Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, $1,591,620. Debt bearing no interest, $372,170,117. Total, $1,221,126,257. „ This does not include $567,523,923 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding, which are offset by an equal amount of cash In the treasury. The c£sh in the treasury is recapitulated as follows, cents omitted: Gold, $169,527,101. ... Paper, $109,616,155. , Bonds, disbursing officers, balances, etc., $17,137,872. Total, $835,961,529, against which there are demand liabilities amounting to $610,604,481, which leaves a cash balance in the treasury of $225,357,098. The comparative statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States shows that--during' November, 1896, the total receipts were $25,210,696, c and the expenditures $32,260,720. Tho receipts for the fivWmonths of the fiscal year amount to $131,650,489, and the expenditures $171,597,335. The deficit for the month of November, therefore, is $7,050,024, auditor the five months $39,946,846, as compared with $15,869,337 for the corresponding five months of last year. The receipts from customs during November amounted to $9,930,385; from internal revenue, $13,104,828, and from miscellaneous soruces, $2,175,482. This is a loss in customs, as compared with November, 1895, of $1,524,929; a gain from internal revenue of $64,744, and a gain of $684,379 from iscellaneous sources. . ’ The monthly statement of the Comptroller of # the Currency shows that on Nov. 30 the amount of national bank notes in circulation was $235,312,103, an increase for the month of $414,446, and for the last twelve moot Its of $21,440,907. The amount of circulation based on United States bonds was $216,609,684, an increase for the month of $99*470, and for the last twelve months ■of $26,140,158. The amount of circulation secured by lawfql money was $18,702,410, an increase for the month of .$314,776, and a decrease for the last twelve months of $4,699,351. The amount of United States registered bonds oh deposit to secure circulating notes was $241,272,150, arid to secure public deposits $15,903,000. The statement’ of the director of the mint shows that during the month of November, 1896, the total coinage at the mints of the United States was $7,458,722, of which $5,064,700 was gold, $2,305,022 silver and $89,000 minor coins. The coinage of standard silver dollars during the month Was $1,914,000.