Showing a deficit of There was an increase of $77,594,423 in the ordinary expenditures, as follows: CIVIL ESTABLISHMENT. 37,585,056.23 Salaries and expenses.. 10,504,040.42 Independent Treasury. $38,047,247.60 In addition to the revenues collected during the year and the amounts received from the sale of the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific railroads. the cash in the Treasury was increased by the following sums: From national bank fund deposited under act of July 14, 1890, in excess of bank notes redeemed, $6,034,510, and from the issue of 4 per cent. bonds in liquidation of interest accrued on refunding certificates converted during the year, $2,340, making a total of $6,036.850. The securities redeemed on account of the sinking fund were as follows: Loan of July and August, 1861. Funded lean of 1881 Territorial governm❜nts posits, customs... Debentures or draw Object. 1898. Increase Decr'se. Legislative 91,992,000.29 Salaries and expenses.. $9,438,577 $98,670 Executive Proper Salaries and expenses.. 199,150 $5,156 Depart. of State 58.823,984.S0 Salaries and expenses.. 10,994,667.70 Foreign intercourse... 147,452,368.61 Treasury Depart. 8,733 48.343 92.591 103.68$ 3,893,893 4,504,619 50,106 85.986 8.525,153 71,070 126,722| 13,459,996 Imports into the United States 83,618 153.183] 18,619,956 169,643 24.010,981 28,422,884 Countries. 30,169,341 United Kingdom 1864 53,593 39,487 23,479 27,656 51,135) Exports and Imports. 79,646,146 British W. Indies The following table gives the total value of exports and imports of the United States for the year ending September 30, 1898, compared with the previous year: Spain Costa Rica. Exports $1,050.993,556 $1,231,4-2,330 Hayti... 876,582 1,460,220 1,697,618 764.730,412 61,050,054 Hong Kong. Nicaragua Salvador. GOLD AND SILVER COIN AND BULLION. $15,406,391 Exports of silver.. 61,946,638 55,105,239 Peru.. Greece.. Bermudas Other Brit poss All other places. $85,014,780 $120,391,674 30,533,227 $115,548,007 30,927.781 $151,319,455 Total........ $616,050,654 $764,730,412 $779,724,674 Wars of the Nineteenth Century. The Napoleonic campaigns lasted sixteen years; 1898. the war of 1812 more than three years; the war of Greek independence seven years; the Crimean $853.683,570 war two years; the Italian war more than one 19.410.707 year; the civil war more than four years; the 87.900,171 Franco-Prussian and Russo-Turkish wars each 5.435,483 about one year. What is known as the Seven 290.697,354 Weeks' war, between Prussia and Austria, lasted, 3,164.628 in fact, seven months. The war between the United States and Spain, closed in 1898, will be re$1,032,007,603 $1,210.191,913 corded as the shortest war of the century. 6.477.951 277,285,391 3,479,228 |