Show UEAijI1s S OEBt Uncle Sam Still Gutting Down Obligations GOOD SHOWING IN AUGUST Gtatemcut Shown a Reduction for the Month of Nearly Sb Million Dollars Dol-lars The Monthly Circulation Statement Shows an Increase in National Bank Notes of Over Two find a Quarter Million Dollarc Handsome Surplus in Statement of Receipts and Expenditures Washington Sept 2The monthly otatenfcnt oftho publld debt showR that at tIll close of business August SUth the debt less cash in tho treasury amounted to 9GQ01121 I a decrease for the nonth of oSlSCI6 ThIs dccrcaKO IK rlnclpally accounted for by a corresponding cor-responding inorouHe in the cnah on hand The debt Is recapitulated as follows Inlorcstbfcarlng debt S 931070311 Debt on which Increase has ceased since maturity 1207100 Debt bearing Illtcrctllo 3519G 1 Total I3ZiiSJ21 This amount however dies not In cludo certificates and treasury noten V outstanding amounting to SI87C05 l uhlcharc oft ot by an equal amount of caah on hand held for their redumption The cash In the trcuuury is classified as follows Gold reserve fund 5 1WyOKf Truot fund S13S7GOW Gcitiral fund JC37WlS2 In national bank depositories 2ri3HlS Total h TTc30S136SO I Against which there are demand liabilities lia-bilities outstanding amounting to J330 052175 leaving account balance on hand of 3594rl500 BANK NOTE CIRCULATION The monthly circulation statement issued by the Comptroller of the Currency Cur-rency shows that at the close of business busi-ness August 30 1002 that the total circulation I cir-culation of national bank notes was J2012S2601 an Increase for the year of I 3683530 and an increase for the month of 225SuQ7 The circulation baaed on United States bonds amounted V to 319107587 a decrease for the year of S99S7G1 inn an Increase for the month of SL 792i > L 0 The circulation secured by lawful money aggregated n 875104 an Increase for the year of 12862300 and u decrease for the month of 5191313 The amount of United States registered bonds on deposit to secure circulating notes was 5322D111C80 and to secure public deposits 12ICG7150 RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES The monthly statement of the Government Gov-ernment receipts and expend ttirea I shows that for the month of August the total receipts were 1SG03S12 as follows fol-lows Customs 20581231 increase IIH compared with Augruiu 1901 about 5100000 Internal revenues 17ri25rS decrease 54500000 Miscellaneous M9821G Increase 2GG7000 The expenditure ex-penditure for the month was 4l431 010 leaving a surplus for the montli of 5 102202 The expenditures on account I oC the War department during the month ware 105793S7 Increase 51250 000 On account of tIre Navy department depart-ment G032S50 Increase 990000 |