Show DECREASED VENUE Treasurer Nebekers Report Shows a Falling Offi SURPLUS REVENUES CUT DOWN Surplus Revenues Cut Down Over SixtyEight Millions Comptroller Laceys Ueport on National Bank Operations WASHINGTON Dec 2Treasurer of the United States Nebeker has submitted his annual an-nual report to Secretary Foster Tne ordinary r revenues of the government for the past fiscal I year were 5293412147 or 10408533 1040853 LESS TAN THE YEAR BEFORE The net ordinary expenditures exclusive of amounts paid in premium on bonds purchased 8355813634 an increase of 457638103 The surplus sur-plus revenues were thus cut down from S105 344493 to 837839769 which last summer was applied to the reduction of tho public debt Tho postal revenues amounted to 85762903 3 and the expenditures to 872007550 an increase in-crease of about 55000000 on both sides The reduction effected during the year In the principal of the bonded debt and circulating notes which cannot be reIssued amounted to 110590273 and required an expenditure of 1126991994 including premiums on bonds purchased pur-chased This sum was made up by taking 5fe9751731 from tho reserve In the treasury In addition to the surplus revenues of the year Tho consequent reduction In the annual interest i charge was 14332092 According revised figures tho AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE COUNTRY on the SOth of June exclusive of certificates in I circulation for treasury held deposits was Sl070178102 of which 3183412019 belongs to the treasury and 1 < l4 was 9i circulation There was a net loss of 49030000 of gold a net gain of upwards of 40OCOOJO of other money and a consequent contraction of about 9COUUUO in the whole volume The treasurer computes during the past ten years there has been an average increase of 52200000 from the end of June to December In the amount of money actually ac-tually in circulation followed by an average decrease of SUHKJOOO from the end of Decem ber to the end of June The increase realized in the past year has been nearly double this average of 838000000 and In the last two the average has been exceeded ex-ceeded by 43000003 Unusually large amounts of notes of small denominations have been sent out to the west and south since the 1st of July chiefly For deposit In the subtreasury In New York the aggregate up to the middle of November rescued upward of 219000000 as against 61003003 for the whole preceding year g Moasnreably I an improvement In the condition of the coinage particularly in silver has been effected nearly 1003000 of uncurrent coins in the treasury having been treasurJ restored to full weight As a result of this and borne special efforts in other directions the amount of fractional frac-tional duced silver In tho treasury has beon much re MANY INQUIRIES FOR SILVER specify now coins I is believed but for the prejudice against small coins showing any signs of wear tho treasury would long since have been relieved of a good portion of its lad fractional silver The treasurer points out that this prejudice in tho case of silver coins is altogether groundless since they derive their currency not trom weight but from the stamp of the mint and are received at the treasury for full value so long as tho stamp can be recoanlzod provided loss of tho metal Is due to natural wear Nearly J67000000 of national bank notes have been redeemed an amount much above tho average Deposits of new 2 per cents exceed withdrawals of old bonds and there was an issue of new notes amounting to about 7500000 amountng |