Show Needs of the Government WASHINGTON Dec 1A comparative statement prepared by the clerks of the House and Senate committees show the total estimated needs of the government for the new fiscal year are 481032169 an Increase of 75430529 over last year and lot including anything for rivers and harbors Total estimated revenues for the current year446955031 making an excess of estimated appropriations exclusive of deficiencies and miscellaneous expenses over the estimated revenues 34077131 Excess of estimated revenues over estimated esti-mated appropriations exclusive of 49 224928 for the sinking fund and exclusive of deficiencies and miscellaneous 15147 790 leaving that amount as surplus if the sinking fund requirement is not to be included in-cluded in the estimates There are seven millions for sugar bounties and four or five millions for drawbacks under the last tariff law Representatives Bartine of Nevada Townsendof Colorado Bland of Missouri Clements of Georgia and Wheeler of Alabama Ala-bama introduced bills for the free coinage of silver today Pickier of South Dakota introduced a bill for the free coinage of gold and silver bullion Carterof Montana introduced a bill amending the act author izieg the receipt of United States gold coin I UUUU5U 1Vi jlJt Ui1 U 5JiUYAUIU5 LU4i superintendents of coinage mints and the United States assay officer at New York may with the approval of the director direc-tor of the mint but not otherwise receive United States gold coin from any holder in sums of not less than 5000 and deliver in exchange gold bars The director may with the approval of the secretary of the treasury impose for such exchange a charge which in his judgment shall equal the cost of manufacturing the bars |