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Show THE ANNUAL REPORT Of the Secretary of the Treasarjr, TT'jiTuin, for tbo Lilt Tear. LEGISLATION RECOMMENDED TO RCemiCT IMMIGRATION. Tbo Dolnjsor Ihe Senate and Uouse at tie Xatlanal Caj Hal, Ttitrnlar. HOW A MURDERER WAS EXECUTED EXE-CUTED IN INDIA. Tlie Serr Bridge to be Erected between be-tween Sew Turk and Xctt Jenrr. Telerntih to the Nnra.1 BECatifm axd upctDirencs. Statturnla and Beeomniendatlona ot Hitrtlnrr Wlndorri. Washikgtox, Bee. 2. The report re-port of Secretary of the Treasury WlnJoru for the year entile;; June 30lh last, thowe: Total rcceltr, JifOjOSOjOsS; expenditures, 5237,735,-130. 5237,735,-130. There turns sro exclu-Ire of the postal service. The priucipnl Items of rectipU were: Customs, $i3,(G8,&SI; internal inter-nal revenue, $112, 000,705; pruStsou coinage of bullion, deposits, etc., JI0,217,:U: sales of public land, $3,353,272. The principal expenditures: Civil list, $7Z,93S,S26; jxrnslous, $100,000,-STvi; $100,000,-STvi; military establishment., river, harbor and arteuale. SlIS3iS?.S: naval establishmeuts, Sii.OJo.OOv; miscellaneous, Including (4iblic building?, light hou'e ana collecting revenur, $43,563,C0i; interest ou public debt, S3tf,U99,334. Kstlmates for the present fiscal yean Revenues, $4ua,000,000; ei-(wnditures, ei-(wnditures, J3G-(,000,IKK). Lstimatra for the year ending June 30, 1S92: Revenues, $373,000,000: expLUdi-tures, expLUdi-tures, $357,852,000. The Secretary recommcnJs the dividing ol pension agencus Into three groups, each making payments pay-ments quarterly at diOVretit teri-uds teri-uds ai that the payments shall be made from the Treasury each month, to avoIJ-an accumulation of pension funds. lie recommends an increase of the permanent appropriations appro-priations for expense of collecting the customs revenue, the ravment of fixed salaries for collecting customs, cus-toms, a consolidation of customs districts, abolishment of oaths to monthlyaccounts by customs em-pioyet, em-pioyet, a repeal of the laws rtquir-ing rtquir-ing that bonds be given by individual indi-vidual importers uiiou entry cf merchandise for warehouse revision, and a modification of the customs laws. rha increase of money in circulation circula-tion October 1st, 1690, over October let, IsSO, wai $3,477,039,000. of which $125,C10,OOU was in gold coin, tt9,2lS,0 in silver dollars, $150,-tiJ5,0M $150,-tiJ5,0M In gold certificates an J $207,-118,000ln $207,-118,000ln silver certificates. The Secn,tary then comments on the silver legislation of the last session ses-sion of Congress and the operations of the Treasury under it, and expresses ex-presses a belief that the new law will eventually be generally appro -ed. The coinage during the 3 ear was the largest in the history ol the country, amounting to $50,231, -130. The mines of the United Statu yielded during 15S5 S32,S0J,00d iu gold and SC4,oiG,000 iu sliver. The wtlirnted stock of gold and silver in thu United Stales -NovcniUr 1st hut, was SISOjESSjOUO. The Seen Lvy rt commends are-peal are-peal of the act of iley 2flib, 1&S2, authorizing an exchange cf gold bars for gold coin at the mints and at the assay cDlcc of New York ou the ground that lt has facilitated a moemtut of gold from this country, coun-try, or that the act be ur 'r J to make the exchange discretionary witlithe Treasury Department and allow a charge iqual to the cost of manufacturing bars when intended for export. Legislation is also recommended rec-ommended looking to the recalnao of tho suUidlary silver coins in the Treasury, much of which is uncur-rent, uncur-rent, .Referring to the steady falling ofl In the value of merchandise carried in American vessels, the Secretary recommends vigorous and efDcieut measures in behalf of the rapidly vanishing foreign merchant marine. lie renews his recommendations in his report of last year for legislation to that end. The Secretary recommends the ador tiou of the metric system at the Custom Houses, beginning January Further legislation is recommended recommend-ed to prevent the Immigration to this country of persous unfit for citizenship, citizen-ship, requiring evidence, of character charac-ter from our consular ofUcers abroad. This he considers necessaay because of the Increase of undesirable characters char-acters of Immigration aria ing frcm cheap steamer fares. He says the .Department has not relaxed its efforts to secure a strict enforcement of the Chinese exclusion exclu-sion act. Organized attempts have been made by Chinese laborers to force their way into the United States by way of Mexico, liritish Columbia and Canada. These movements move-ments liavo been efficiently met and the unlawful immigration not only checked, but in met instances wholly arrested. He eays thejolicy of returning the Chinese to their on 11 country will be continued if sufficient appropriation be made. He urges legislation creating new ports of delivery i n Alaska. He refers re-fers briefly to the leae of the Seal Island and the successful operation of civil service in the Department, A REAI'l-OItTIOSMENT KILL. In the Hojse today Frank of Missouri introduced for reference a bill making an apportionment under un-der the eleven tli censu. It provides that after the 3d of March, 1S93, the House of Representatives shall be composed of 350 members, as follows: fol-lows: Alabama s Montana 1 Arkanaaa........... C Nanratka 6 California.......... 7 Nevada. 1 Colorado.. ! tw Hamahire.- 2 CoaneclieaL.. 4 ?cir Jersey.. .... S Delaware.......... 1 Sew Tort.........JI Florida ......... -5 north Carolina.... 9 Georgia.. II orta Dakota...... 1 Idaho 1 eituo .21 ll.tU............M Orrgoa 2 Indiana. ......13 renni7lranta...30 Iowa -.11 Shode Itlatd...... 2 kuui, s -octh Carolina..... 7 Kentackv..........U South Dakota...... 3 Lonltiana.......... a TeLneatee ....10 l(aiae.......... I Trvaa -13 Maryland......... C 1 erment... ........ 2 UasaaehnaetU 13 irfinla..........lo MKhlran. 12 Tfashlairton........ 2 Muiaeaota.. 7 Weft Ttrjciaia.... 4 Miaatauppl 7 Wieonun.........io afissonri ......... ..13 Vfvomlflg;.... 1 FBEE COIN'AOC BILLS. The free coinage bill introduced by Senator Plumb provides for a unit ot value, a dollar of 412 grains af standard silver, or 2S.S grains of gold, of full legal tender. Any bolder of bullion is authorized to have It coined or receive certificates certifi-cates of deposit for it, as proviJed In the act of 1S7S, and the certiQca'ea are to in full legal tender. Senator Teller's hill, on thesamo abject, differs from the above in that It xes the weight of the sliver dollar at 400 grains, standard sliver, MMl fefitaJtH M proration, lff-ftd. dltlon to the existing for coinage of bullion received a the mints. Williams ol Illinois also Introduced Intro-duced a bill In the House for the free coinage of silver. Whenever a new Slate is admitted admit-ted tho representative or representatives representa-tives assigned it shall be in addition to he number of 3iJ. In each Stale entitled to membership under this apportionment, tho number to which such State shall be entitled In tho Fifty-thlrd and each subsequent subse-quent Conzren shall be elected Lv districts composed of territory con J5V;U", adjoining nnd comiact, so that the distance from the central part of tho district to tho several bound-:Ies of tho district shall be a nearly equal as practicable. The lobulation of no district shall bd greater or less than the average population of the saveral districts of the State by more than S&. |