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Key-Notes of American Liberty

THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE GOVERNMENT,

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BEFORE AND SINCE THE WAR, 1859 AND 1865.

The receipts into the Treasury during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1859, were as follows:

From Customs $49,565,824 38

From Public Lands 1,756,687 30

From Miscellaneous Sources 2,082,559 33

From Treasury Notes 9,667,400 00

From Loans 18,620,000 00

Aggregate resources for the year ending

June 30, 1859 $88,090,787 11

Which amount was expended as follows:

Civil, Foreign and Miscellan's $23,635,820 94

Interior (Indians and Pensions), 4,753,972 60

War Department 23,243,822 38

Navy Department 14,712,610 21

Public Debt 17,405,285 44

Total expenses for the year $83,751,511 57

Balance in Treasury July 1, 1859 4,339,275 54

The receipts into the Treasury during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865, was $1,898,532,533 24, of which were received:

From loans applied to expenses $864,863,499 17

From loans applied to Public Debt 607,361,241 68

From Internal Revenue 209,464,215 25

Expenditures for the year $1,897,674,224 09

War Department charged with 1,031,323,360 79

Balance in Treasury July 1, 1865 858,309 15

Total increase of Public Debt during the year 941,902,537 04

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