THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES. Debt Bearing Interest in Coin. Rate Oregon War Debt.. Loan of July and August 1861, ('81's).. Title of Loan. When Redeemable or Payable. Amt. Outstand'g ('81's).. 6 per ct. 6 per ct. per ct. per ct. 6 per ct. 15 per ct. 6 per ct. Payable Dec. 31, 1880... ..... Ten-forties of 1864 Five-twenties of 1865...... 6 per ct. Red'le aft. June 30, 1881. Red'able aft. May 1, 1867, and pay'le May 1, 1882. Red'le aft. June 30, 1881. Red'le aft. March 1, '74; pay'le March 1, 1904.. Red'le aft. Nov. 1, 1869; pay'le Nov. 1, 1884.... Red'le aft. Nov. 1, 1869; pay'le Nov. 1, 1884.... Red'le aft. Nov. 1, 1870; pay'le Nov. 1, 1885.... Red'le aft. July 1, 1870; pay'le July 1, 1885.... Red'le aft. July 1, 1872; pay'le July 1, 1887.... Red'le aft. July 1, 1873; pay'le July 1, 1888. Red'le aft. May 1, 1881. Red'le aft. May 1, 1886.. Red'le aft. May 1, 1901.. Aggregate of Debt bearing Interest in Coin....... Rate. 552,450 00 28,350 00 Debt Bearing Interest in Lawful Money. 3 per ct. Fund 3 per ct. Cert. of Indebt. of 1870... 4 per ct. July Aggregate of Debt bearing Interest in lawful money.. 14,000,000 00 678,000 00 60 00 17,458,000 00 60 00 Accrued Int. $45,172 92 Debt on which Interest has Ceased since Maturity. Title of Loan. Old Debt... Rate. Matured. 4 to 6 per ct.. At var. dat. p. to Jan. 1,'37 Mexican Indemnity Stock 5 per cent.... At var. dates in '51 & 52. Loan of 1847. Texan Indemnity Stock..5 per cent.... Dec. 31, 1864. 5 per cent.... Jan. 1, 1871 210,000 00 9,040 00 264,212 02 Aggregate of Debt on which Interest has ceased since maturity.. $4,084,220 26 Currency 9,876,573 67 Debt, less cash in the Treasury, January 1, 1873. Debt, less cash in the Treasury, December 1, 1872... Spec'l deposit held for redemp. of cert's dep. as prov. by law.25,370,000 00 Increase of Debt (Interest account) during the past month Decrease of Debt from March 1, 1869, to December 31, 1872 $363,210,921 89 Bonds Issued to the Pacific Railway Companies, Interest Payable in Lawful Money. Name of Railway. Central Pacific Sioux City and Pacific. Name of Railway. Central Pacific.. Authorizing Acts. Rate of Int., When Payable. Interest Payable. July 1,62 & July 2,646 per cent 30 yrs. fm. date. January & July Kansas Pacific. Union Pacific Central Branch, U.Pac. Sioux City and Pacific. Principal 902,174 06 4,684,876 59 493,808 26 367,679 34 17,714 42 476,093 84 358,329 09 48,849 60 389,606 29 825 69 388,780 60 Totals $64,623,512 00 $1,938,705 36 $16,570,575 54 $4,006,002 35 12,564,573 19 The foregoing is a correct statement of the Public Debt, as appears from the books and Treasurer's Returns in the Department at the close of business, December 31, 1872. GEO. S. BOUTWELL, Secretary of the Treasury. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THE EXECUTIVE. ULYSSES S. GRANT, of Illinois, President of the United States.. .Salary $25,000 8,000 THE CABINET. HAMILTON FISH, of New York, Secretary of State... GEORGE S. BOUTWELL, of Massachusetts, Secretary of the Treasury. GEORGE M. ROBESON, of New Jersey, Secretary of the Navy. THE JUDICIARY. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. SALMON P. CHASE, of Ohio, Chief Justice. NOAH H. SWAYNE, of Ohio, 66 66 DAVID DAVIS, of Illinois, STEPHEN J. FIELD, of Cal., Associate Justice. WILLIAM STRONG, of Pa., JOSEPH P. BRADLEY, of N. J., 66 Salary of Associate Justices, $8,000. Court meets first Monday in December, at Washington. Country. Austria. Brazil. Chili.. China France. MINISTERS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY, Great Britain. Salary.Appointed. $12,000....1868 12,000....1871 10,000.. 1869 12,000....1869 17,500.. 1869 17,500.. .Monrovia.........J. Milton Turner, Mo... 1870 12,000....1861 12,000....1869 10,000.. 1872 17,500....1867 12,000....1872 7,500... 1869 4,000....1871 XLII CONGRESS. SENATE. SCHUYLER COLFAX, of Indiana, President. GEORGE C. GORHAM, of California, Secretary.. [First Session began March 4, and closed April 20, 1871. Second Session began on Monday, December 4. 1871, and closed June 10, 1872. Third Session began on Monday, December 2, 1872.] The Senate is composed of Republicans (in Roman), 51. Democrats (in Italics), 17. Liberal Republicans (in SMALL CAPITALS), 6; making a full Senate, which consists of 74 members. The figures before the name indicate the year in which (on the 4th of March) the term of the Senator expires. Those marked with a star (*) were not members of the Senate during the XL1st Congress. Appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy. Seat contested. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. JAMES G. BLAINE, of Augusta, Maine, Speaker. EDWARD MCPHERSON, of Gettysburg, Penn., Clerk. [First Session began March 4, 1871, and closed April 20, 1871. Second Session began on Monday, Dec. 4, 1871, and closed June 10, 1872; the third Session on Monday, Dec. 2, 1872.] [Republicans, in Roman, 133; Democrats, in Italics, 105; Liberal Republicans, in SMALL CAIPTALS, 5; Vacancy.1; making a full House, 243. Those marked with a (*) were members of the XLI Congress. † Elected in 1872 to fill vacancy.] |