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Show Receipts and Expenses. "WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. The monthly ' comparative statement of the Govern- ment receipts and expenditures for the i month Just past shows the total receipts were 48,990,6frS, an increase as compared with October. I!w3, of $2,027,3. The expenditures for last month were ; 152 943 122, an Increase as compared with i October, 1903. of $1,032,644. The Molt i last month, therefore, was $3.ft)2,514, ; as against a deficit of $4,927,3 for the i corresponding month last year. '. Since June 30, 19u4. the expenditures have ; exceeded the receipts by $21.Si3.129. tor J the corresponding four months in y.3 , there was surplus of $6,2iW. During the last four months, however, J7.0u0,i0 have beep expended on account ! of deficiency in the postal revenues, made ; necessary principally by the extension of : the rural free delivery service. |