FINANCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



The net receipts, however, for the fiscal 

 year ending June 30, 1871, were as follows : 



Customs $206,270,408 05 



Internal revenue 143,098,153 63 



Sales of public lands 2,388,646 68 



Miscellaneous sources 31,566,736 53 



Total $383,323,944 89 



The expenditures for the same period were : 



Civil and miscellaneous purposes $69,498,710 97 



War Department 35,799,991 82 



Navy Department 19,431,027 21 



Indians 7,426,997 44 



Pensions 34,443,894 88 



Interest on the public debt 125,576,565 93 



Total $292,177,188 23 



Receipts in excess of expenditures $91,146,- 

 758.64. 



The receipts and expenditures for the quar- 

 ter ending September 30, 1871, which is the 

 first quarter of the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1872, were as follows : 



Customs $62,289,329 37 



Internal revenue 35,553,175 01 



Sales of public lands 602,680 61 



Miscellaneous sources 8,753,189 61 



Total $107,198,374 60 



The expenditures for the same period, ex- 

 cluding payments on account of the sinking 

 fund, were : 



Civil and miscellaneous purposes $16,579,732 46 



War Department 12,590,653 05 



Navy Department 6,513,040 93 



Indians 3,404, 133 42 



Pensions 8,090,698 69 



Interest on the public debt 26,725,124 37 



Total. 



The estimated receipts for the remaining 

 three-quarters of the year, ending June 30, 

 1872, are as follows : 



Customs $148,000,000 00 



Internal revenue 90,000,000 00 



Sales of public lands 2,000,000 00 



Miscellaneous sources 18,000,000 00 



Total $258,000,000 00 



The estimated expenditures for the same 

 period, excluding payments on account. of the 

 sinking fund, are : 



Civil and miscellaneous purposes $50,000,000 00 



War Department 31,000,000 00 



Navy Department.. 13,500,000 00 



Indians 6,000.000 00 



Pensions 24,000,000 00 



Interest on the public debt 85,000,000 00 



Total $209,500,000 00 



These estimates show a balance applicable 

 to the payment of the principal of the public 

 debt, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872. 

 of $71,794,991. 68. 



The amount of the public debt, on July 1 

 1870, was $2,480,304,797.74; the amount of 

 the same on July 1, 1871, was $2,353,211,332.- 

 32, thus showing a reduction of the debt, dur- 

 ing the fiscal year, of $127,083,465.42. 



The miscellaneous revenues of the Govern- 

 ment for the year ending June 30, 1871, were 

 derived from the following sources : 



Premium on sales of coin $8,892,839 95 



Fees from United States consuls 565,563 21 



Storage, rent, labor, etc., at custom-houses, 414,310 61 

 Fines, penalties, and forfeitures for viola- 

 tions of customs-laws 952,579 86 



Fees on letters patent 620,319 11 



Tax on circulation, deposits, etc., of na- 

 tional banks 6,003,584 32 



Repayment of interest by Pacific Railway 



Companies 813,284 75 



Homestead and other land fees 645,923 17 



Steamboat fees and marine-hospital tax 385,535 16 



Proceeds of sale of coin-interest on sinking 



and special funds 7,701,662 73 



Judiciary fines, penalties, and forfeitures, 75,836 30 



Tax on seal-skins 101,080 00 



Reimbursement to the United States for 

 salaries of store-keepers in internal rev- 

 enue bonded warehouses 557,235 41 



Directtax 580,355 37 



Emolument fees 585,887 69 



Parting charges refining gold and silver 



bullion 211,721 14 



Proceeds of Indian trust lands 1,140,120 28 



Accrued interest on, and proceeds of sale 

 of, Indian trust-fund stocks, and interest 

 on deferred payments on Indian-trust 



lands 387,921 01 



Reimbursements to the United States for 

 moneys advanced to meet matured inter- 

 est on non-paying stocks held in trust for 



various Indian tribes 35,535 00 



One, two, three, and five cent coinage 150,000 00 



Unenumerated :... 745,441 43 



Total $31,566,736 53 



The following is an official statement of the 

 decrease of the public debt during the pre- 

 ceding month from March 1, 1869, to August 

 1, 1871 : 



Total decrease, $242,134,402.03. 

 The monthly decrease, to the close of the 

 year 1871, was as follows : 



September 9,206,297 60 



October 13,458,620 51 



November 8,950,491 81 



December 3,462,080 18 



January 4,413,956 00 



