Salt Lake Herald | 1900-01-03 | Page 2 | Cost of Government

COST GOSt OF GOVERNMENT v Receipts and Expenditures For the th Month of December t THERE WAS A SURPLUS OVER OVElt INlO THE TREASURY f Increases In the Several Sources SoU oes 01 ot Bevenue Statement of the Public Debt Amount of Money Honey Coined at atthe atthe atthe the Mints Minis During the Past Year I Washington Jan Tan 2 The comp compera comparative n tire tive statement of the thern government re Ie receipts re receIpts and expenses shows that for Ot the month of r 1 December 1890 the receipts were as against t for December The expenses expense dur during during ing lug last month were as com corn compared compared pared with for December isit 1898 which leaves looes a surplus for tor last month of t as against a deficit of or for December 1898 1893 The Tho receipts from aT a sources during the last six months amount to I with expenditures amounting to which leaves a surplus for forthe forthe forthe the half year of as against again a deficit for the corresponding period of last year of Following are the receipts from the several sources of revenue during the thelast thelast thelast last month together with the increases as compared with December D ember 1898 1888 Customs increase 2366 Internal revenue increase The receipts from miscellaneous sources show an increase of The disbursements charged to the war department during the last month amount to as 85 against 18 for the tho corresponding month in 1898 Navy department as compared with for December last year Of the paid out on account of interest during the month about was anticipated January in interest interest Interest terest