For civil expenses $22,312,907.71
For foreign intercourse 1,260,766.37
For Indians 6,475,999.29
For pensions 55,429,228.06
For the military establishment, including river and
harbor improvements and arsenals 39,429,603.36
For the naval establishment, including vessels,
machinery, and improvements at navy-yards 17,292,601.44
For miscellaneous expenditures, including public
buildings, light-houses, and collecting the revenue 43,939,710.00
For expenditures on account of the District of Columbia 3,407,049.62
For interest on the public debt 54,578,378.48
For the sinking fund 46,790,229.50
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Total ordinary expenditures 290,916,473.83
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Leaving a surplus of 57,603,396.09

As compared with the preceding fiscal year, there was a net decrease of over $21,000,000 in the amount of expenditures.  The aggregate receipts were less than those of the year previous by about $54,000,000.  The falling off in revenue from customs made up nearly $20,000,000 of this deficiency, and about $23,000,000 of the remainder was due to the diminished receipts from internal taxation.

The Secretary estimates the total receipts for the fiscal year which will end June 30, 1885, at $330,000,000 and the total expenditures at $290,620,201.16, in which sum are included the interest on the debt and the amount payable to the sinking fund.  This would leave a surplus for the entire year of about $39,000,000.

The value of exports from the United States to foreign countries during the year ending June 30, 1884, was as follows: 

Domestic merchandise $724,964,852
Foreign merchandise 15,548,757
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Total merchandise 740,513,609
Specie 67,133,383
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Total exports of merchandise and specie 807,646,992

The cotton and cotton manufactures included in this statement were valued at $208,900,415; the breadstuffs at $162,544,715; the provisions at $114,416,547, and the mineral oils at $47,103,248.

During the same period the imports were as follows: 

Merchandise $667,697,693
Gold and silver 37,426,262
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Total 705,123,955

More than 63 per cent of the entire value of imported merchandise consisted of the following articles: