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Show Public Debt Statement. Washington, 2. The public debt statement shows a decrease during the last month ol 814,107,010, of which $9,5o3,S00 consists of cancelled can-celled Geneva award bonds. Amount of coin in treasury, $S8,8IS,2So; amount of currency, $S, 184,803, and special deposits for redemption ol certificates of dopoeit, $35, 155,000; coin certificates, $18,279,400; debt, less cash in the treasury, $2,068, 7SI,-148; 7SI,-148; bonds issued to Pacific railroad rail-road companies, interest pay ablo in lawful money, principal outstanding, $04,023,512; interest accrued ac-crued and not yet paid, $'J69,352; interest in-terest paid by transportation of mails, etc., S8, 044, 094; balance of intere&t paid by United States, $25, 974,829. Appended to the debt statement is the following: The large reduction of the public debt, as shown by this statement, arises from the cancellation cancella-tion and destruction of the balance of five per cent, bonds of the funded loan of 1SS1, held in trust for tue payment of the awards made by the court of commissioners of Alabama claims, as provided by law, $7,150,000, the balance of the original investment invest-ment of $15,500,000 and $2,403,800 representing the accrued interest thereon. |