The report of the Secretary of the Treasury gives a full and interesting exhibit of the financial condition of the country.
It shows that the ordinary revenues from all sources for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1883, amounted to $398,287,581.95, whereof there was received—
From customs
$214,706,496.93
From internal revenue
144,720,368.98
From sales of public lands
7,955,864.42
From tax on circulation and deposits of national
banks 9,111,008.85
From profits on coinage, bullion deposits, and assays
4,460,205.17
From other sources
17,333,637.60
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Total
398,287,581.95
For the same period the ordinary expenditures were:
For civil expenses
$22,343,285.76
For foreign intercourse
2,419,275.24
For Indians
7,362,590.34
For pensions
$66,012,573.64
For the military establishment, including river
and
harbor improvements and arsenals
48,911,382.93
For the naval establishment, including vessels,
machinery, and improvements at navy-yards
15,283,437.17
For miscellaneous expenditures, including public
buildings, light-houses, and collecting the revenue
40,098,432.73
For expenditures on account of the District of Columbia
3,817,028.48
For interest on the public debt
59,160,131.25
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Total
265,408,137.54
Leaving a surplus revenue of $132,879,444.41, which, with an amount drawn from the cash balance in the Treasury of $1,299,312.55, making $134,178,756.96, was applied to the redemption—
Of bonds for the sinking fund
$44,850,700.00
Of fractional currency for the sinking fund
46,556.96
Of funded loan of 1881, continued at 3-1/2 per cent.
65,380,250.00
Of loan of July and August, 1861,
continued at 3-1/2 per cent.
20,594,600.00
Of funded loan of 1907
1,418,850.00
Of funded loan of 1881
719,150.00
Of loan of February, 1861
18,000.00
Of loan of July and August, 1861
266,600.00
Of loan of March, 1863
116,850.00
Of loan of July, 1882
47,650.00
Of five-twenties of 1862
10,300.00
Of five-twenties of 1864
7,050.00