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UNITED STATES OP AMERICA. (FINANCES.) 



EXPENDITURES (continued.) 



EXPENDITURES (continued.) 



Indian service $10,049,584.86 $10,896,073.35 



Pensions 138,488,559.73 1 



Interest on the public debt. .. 29, 108,044. W 3-,'.:m.979.04 



Postal revenues expended... 121,848,047.26 111,631,193.39 



Grand total $593,038,904.90 $621,598,546.54 



The gross gold in the Treasury at the close of 

 the calendar year was $616,750,218, which is the 

 largest amount of gold ever held by the Treasury. 

 This colossal holding never has been approached 

 by any nation except Russia, which accumulated 

 $598,000.000 a few years since during the effort 

 to establish the gold standard in that empire. 

 The. cash balance at the close of the calendar year, 



