This includes $8,270,842.46 of "premiums on purchase of bonds." rev Net expenses. Per capita on expenditures. Amount of Money in the United States, 1860 to 1898. STATEMENT SHOWING THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY IN THE UNITED STATES, IN THE TREASURY, AND IN CIRCULATION, FROM 1860 TO 1898, INCLUSIVE. Note. The difference between the amount of money in the country and the amount in circulation represents the money in the Treasury. Currency certificates, act of June 8, 1872. are included in the amount of United States notes in circulation in the tables for the years 1873 to 1891, inclusive; since 1891 they are reported separately. The foregoing tables present the revised figures for each of the years given. FINANCES OF PENNSYLVANIA. EXTRACTS FROM THE STATE TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1899. Balance in Treasury December 1, 1898, Total receipts from all sources for the year ending November 30, 1899, Payments from December 1, 1898, to November 30, 1899, Above balance is divided as follows: Sinking fund, General fund, SINKING FUND STATEMENT. $4,488,017 53 15,458,316 97 $19,946,334 50 $15,336, 838 61 4,609,495 89 $19,946,334 50 $1,954,255 25 2,655,240 64 $4,609,495 89 The receipts of the sinking fund from the 1st day of December, 1898, to the 30th day of November, 1899, inclusive, were $669,226.32, from the following sources, viz: From Allegheny Valley R. R. Co., bond No. 25, $100,000 00 From Allegheny Valley R. R. Co., interest on bonds, 52,500 00 From U. S. government, interest on four per cent. bonds, 111,000 00 Three and one-half per cent, currency loan, due 1912, Six per cent. Agricultural College land scrip bond. due 1922, $1,642,900 00 $6,681,150 00 Interest certificates unclaimed, Interest certificates outstanding, Chambersburg certificates unclaimed, Domestic creditor, Five per cent. bonds upon which interest has ceased, Unfunded debt and debt upon which interest has ceased: Relief notes, act of 1841, $96,132 00 4.448 38 90.40 18.414 70 GENERAL FUND STATEMENT. The receipts of the general fund from the 1st day of December, 1898, to Payments from December 1, 1898, to November 30, 1899, were, Balance November 30, 1899. $14,789,090 €5 2,929,617 10 $17,718,707 75 15,063,467 11 $2,655,240 64 Under acts of Assembly, certain moneys, included in the gross amount of the receipts and payments of the general fund, are required to be paid into the Treasury and are then drawn out by the payer. These items not being available for the payment of appropriations, should, therefore, not be included as a part of the revenues of the Commonwealth. The gross receipts of the general fund for the year are shown to have been, From this amount should be deducted the following: $14,789,090 65 Personal fees returned, $27,240 53 Fertilizer license fees returned to the Department of Agriculture, 13,900 00 One per centum of tax on foreign fire insurance companies returned to cities and boroughs, Three-fourths of State tax on personal property returned to counties, Leaving the net receipts for the year, Oleomargarine licenses returned to Department of Agriculture, Oleomargarine, vinegar and impure food fines returned to the Department of Agriculture, 5,092 30 18,889 46 70,000 00 2,073,193 86 2,208, 316 15 $12,580, 774 50 |