OF THE

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

ON THE

STATE OF THE FINANCES

FOR

THE YEAR 1896.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

49.93 (ε 1,240)

Total metallic stock and uncovered paper in the world..

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TABLE A.-Statement of the outstanding principal of the public debt June

30, 1896..

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TABLE B.-Statement of the outstanding principal of the public debt each

year from 1791 to 1896....

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TABLE C.-Analysis of the principal of the public debt from July 1, 1856,

to July 1, 1896.

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TABLE D.-Statement of the issue and redemption of loans and Treasury

notes during the fiscal year 1896.....

TABLE E.-Statement showing the purchase and redemption of bonds on

account of the sinking fund during each fiscal year from its

institution in May, 1869, to June 30, 1896..

TABLE F.-Sinking-fund account for the fiscal year 1896..

TABLE G.-Statement of thirty-year 6 per cent bonds issued to the several

Pacific railway companies...

TABLE H.-Statement showing the amounts of money in the United States,

in the Treasury, and in circulation, from July, 1860, to July

1, 1896...

Diagram: Cash balances in the Treasury, in circulation, etc., cach month,

from 1878 to 1896..

TABLE I.-Population, net revenue, and net expenditures of the Govern-

ment from 1837 to June 30, 1896, and per capita of the revenues

and per capita of expenditures.

TABLE J.-Statement of the annual appropriations made by Congress for

each fiscal year from 1889 to 1897....

TABLE K.-Statement of the net receipts during the fiscal year 1896.

TABLE L.-Statement of the net disbursements during the fiscal year 1896.

TABLE M.—Statement of the net receipts and disbursements for the quarter

ending September 30, 1896......

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TABLE N.-Statement of the receipts of the United States from March 4,

1789, to June 30, 1896....

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TABLE O.-Statement of the expenditures of the United States from March

4, 1789, to June 30, 1896....

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TABLE P.-Statement of receipts and disbursements by United States assist-

ant treasurers during the fiscal year 1896 ...

TABLE Q.-Statement showing the present liabilities of the United States

to Indian tribes under treaty stipulations....

TABLE R.-Statement of United States bonds and other obligations received

and issued by the office of the Secretary of the Treasury from

November 1, 1895, to October 31, 1896, inclusive......

TABLE S.-Penal duties remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury since

January 1, 1896, under sections 5292 and 5293, Revised Statutes,

as amended by sections 17, 18, and 19 of the act of June 22,

1874..

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APPENDIX TO THE REPORT.

REPORTS OF HEADS OF BUREAUS AND OTHER OFFICERS.

Index to contents of appendix.-Reports: Treasurer, 3; Director of Mint, 169; Comp-

troller of Currency, 400; Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 508; Chief of Bureau

of Engraving and Printing, 567; Register, 582; Comptroller of the Treasury, 673;

Auditor for the Treasury Department, 679; Auditor for the War Department, 699;

Auditor for the Interior Department, 708; Auditor for the Navy Department, 730;

Auditor for State and other Departments, 749; Auditor for Post-Office Department,

787; Chief of Division of Special Agents, 795; Chief of Secret Service Division, 810;

Board of United States General Appraisers, 820.

No. 1.-Receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year 1896, as shown by

warrants issued

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No. 2.-Net ordinary receipts and expenditures for each quarter of the

fiscal year 1896, as shown by warrants issued....

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No. 3.-Comparative state of balances in the Treasury at the close of

the fiscal years 1895 and 1896

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No. 4.-Receipts and expenditures on account of the Post-Office Depart-

ment for the fiscal year 1896, as shown by warrants issued.......

No. 5.-Assets and liabilities of the Treasury offices, June 30, 1896

No. 6.-Assets of the Treasury in the custody of mints and assay offices,

Juno 30, 1896 ....

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No. 7.-General distribution of the assets and liabilities of the Treasury.

No. 8.-Distribution of the General Treasury balance

No. 9.-Available assets and liabilities, June 30, 1895 and 1896

No. 10.-Assets and liabilities of the Treasury, September 30, 1895 and

1896.....

Department....

No. 11.-Unavailable funds of the General Treasury and of the Post-Office

No. 12.-Gold coin and bullion in the Treasury at the end of each month,

from June, 1878...

No. 13.-Silver coin and bullion in the Treasury at the end of each month,

from June, 1878.

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