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PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 



the Territories with whicli the Department of State 

 is now charged by law or by custom. 



Congress, from the beginning of the Government, 

 has wisely made provision for the relief of distressed 

 seamen in foreign countries. No similar provision, 

 however, has hitherto been made for the relief of 

 citizens in distress abroad, other than seamen. It 

 is understood to be customary with other Govern- 

 ments to authorize consuls to extend such relief to 

 their citizens or subjects in certain cases. A similar 

 authority, and an appropriation to carry it into effect, 

 are recommended in the case of citizens of the United 

 States destitute or sick under such circumstances. 

 It is well known that such citizens resort to foreign 

 countries in great numbers. Though most of them 

 are able to bear the expenses incident to locomo- 

 tion, there are some who, through accident or other- 

 wise, become penniless, and have no friends at home 

 able to succor them. Persons in this situation must 

 either perish, cast themselves upon the charity of 

 foreigners, or be relieved at the private charge of our 

 own officers, who usually, even with the most benev- 

 olent dispositions, have nothing to spare for such 

 purposes. 



Should the authority and appropriation asked for be 

 granted, care will be taken so to carry the beneficence 

 of Congress into effect that it shall not be unneces- 

 sarily or unworthily bestowed. 



TREASURY. 



2 454 370 89 



Net ordinary receipts during the year ..... $364,694 229 91 

 Net ordinary expenditures, including in- 

 terest on the public debt ................ 270,559,695 91 



Leaving surplu s revenue ....... 



Add amount received from premium on 



sales of gold, in excess of the premium 



paid on bonds purchased ____ 

 Add the amount of the reduction of the 



cash balance at the close of the year, ac- 



companied with same at commencement 



of the year .............................. _ 3,371,34865 



Total .................................. $99,960,253~54 



This statement treats solely of the principal of the 

 public debt. 



By the monthly statement of the public debt, 

 which adds together the principal, interest due and 

 unpaid, and interest accrued to date, not due, and 

 deducts the cash in the Treasury as ascertained on 

 the day of publication, the reduction was $100,544,- 

 491.28. 



The source of this reduction is as follows : 

 Reduction in principal account ........... $99.960,003 54 



Reduction in unpaid interest account ..... 3,330,9E2 96 



Reduction in cash on hand . . . 



$103.290.956 50 

 . 2.746,465 22 



$100,544,491 28 



1869 ' 



....... 



From internal revenue _____ ............ 130 642 177 72 From March 1, 1869, to March 1, 1870 ...... $87,134.782 84 



From tax on national bank circulation From March 1, 1870, to March 1. 1871 ...... 117,619,63025 



etc ..................................... . 6,523,396 39 From March 1, 1871, to March 1, 1872 ...... 94,895,348 94 



From Pacific railway companies .......... 749 861 87 From March 1, 1872, to November 1, 1872 



From customs fines, etc ................ .' .' 1,136.442 34 (eight mouths) .......................... 64,047,237 84 



From fees, consular, patent, land, etc. ; . 2,284 095 92 



From miscellaneous sources ............... 4,412^254 71 Total ................................. $363,696.999 87 



With the *'' eat re(Mon of taxation by the ac7s 

 of Congress at its last session, the expenditure of 



Total net receipts .................... $374,10686756 ^ G Government in collecting the revenue will be 



Balance in Treasury June 30, 1871 (includ- much reduced for the next fiscal year. It is very 



in? $18,228.35 received from "unavaila- doubtful, however, whether any further reduction 



' ................................... 109,935,705 59 o f so vexatious a burden upon the people will be 



Total available cash.. . , $484 042 573 15 P racticable for the present. At all events, as a meas- 



' ure of justice to the holders of the nation's certifi- 

 cates of indebtedness, I would recommend that no 



The net expenditures by warrants during the same more legislation be had on this subject, unless it bo 



period were : to correct errors of omission or commission in the 



For civil expenses ........................ $16,187,05920 present laws, until sufficient time has elapsed to 



For foreia-n intercourse ------- .....'.....'.'. 1. '8391369 14 prove that it can be done and still leave sufficient 



*or Indians, .............................. 7,061,72882 revenue to meet current expenses of Government, 



Sr S*t ns ' ' V M" :;:: ....... 28,533,402 76 pav interest on the public debt, and provide for the 



"USES ttfftSflSgSS. SaSSma **&** by ^r iL preservation 



ments, and arsenals 35 372 157 20 of our natlorial credit is of the highest importance ; 



For naval establishments, 'including' veV- *" next in importance to this comes a solemn duty to 



eels and machinery, and improvements at provide a national currency, of fixed, unvarying 



navy-yards .............................. 21,249,809 99 value, as compared with gold, and, as soon as practi- 



bnildwi K l l dvi1 ' inc l n y?K P ub L ic cable, having due regard for the interests of the 



wSSK^^^ KMvaM&8 ^ 40QW<eo debtor dassfknd the vicissitudes of trade and com- 



For interest on the'p'ublic debt! '.'.'.'. '. '. '.'.'.'. '. lll'$5l'S 72 merce convertible into gold at par. 



Total, exclusive of principal and pre- WAR DEPAKTMENT ; 



minm on the public debt ........ .. .. $270 559 695 91 The report of the Secretary of War shows the 



For premium on bonds pur- expenditures of the War Department, for the fiscal 



Vor rS' V" ..... f Vi ..... v S 6 ' 958 ' 266 76 J^T ending June 30, 1871, to be $35,799,991.82, and 



c deST G PUb ' 9q ,, a** ,4 for tlie fiscal year ending June 30, 1872, to be $85,872,- 



.................. 99,960^5354 157.20, showing a reduction in favor of the last fiscal 



1 year of $427,834.62. 



Total net disbursements. $37747821621 The estimates for military appropriations for the 



Balance in the Treasury June 30, 1872'.'.'. .'. 106,564,356 94 next fiscal year, ending June 80, 1874, are $33,801,- 



Total ................................. $484,042,573 15 The' estimates of the Chief of Engineers are sub- 



: mitted separately for fortifications, river and harbor 



From the foregoing statement it appears that the improvements, and for public buildings and grounds, 



net reduction of the principal of the debt during the and the Washington Aqueduct. 



fiscal year ending June 30, 1872, was 899.960,253.54. The affairs of the Freedmen's Bureau have all 



The source of this reduction is as follows : been transferred to the War Department, and regula- 



