Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1904 — GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES. [ARTICLE]

GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES.

Appropriations Required for Next Fiscal Year Stated to Congress. Estimate of appropriations required for the support of the government during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, were transmitted to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury. These estimates aggregate $019,009,852, against $014,548,937, the amount of the appropriations for the current fiscal year. Following is a recapitulation of the estimates by departments: 1900. 190.1. Legislative $ 12,314,015 $12,108,487 Kxecuttvc 383,540 313,367 State Department.. 3,028,842 3,107,970 Treasury Department 170,547,000 170,486,050 War Department .. 100,019,300 110,490,574 Navy Department .. 117,549,348 106,273,002 Interior Department 102,024,425 171,970,808 Postofflce Department 15,439,900 2,211,127 Department of Agriculture 0,419,810 5,812,870 Department of Commerce and Labor. 13,795,980 10,9^9,083 Department of Justice 8,248. iSO 8.024,927 Grand total $610,000,832 $014,348,937 The estimates for 1900, which are over $5,000,000 more than those for 1905, include $140,830,320 permanent annual appropriations already provided for by law.