For miscellaneous expenditures, including public 54,728,056.21
buildings, light-houses, and collecting the revenue

The amount paid on the public debt during the fiscal year ended June 30,
1885, was $45,993,235.43, and there has been paid since that date and up
to November 1, 1885, the sum of $369,828, leaving the amount of the debt
at the last-named date $1,514,475,860.47. There was, however, at that
time in the Treasury, applicable to the general purposes of the
Government, the sum of $66,818,292.38.

The total receipts for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 1886,
ascertained to October 1, 1885, and estimated for the remainder of the
year, are $315,000,000. The expenditures ascertained and estimated for
the same time are $245,000,000, leaving a surplus at the close of the
year estimated at $70,000,000.

The value of the exports from the United States to foreign countries
during the last fiscal year was as follows:

Domestic merchandise $726,682,946.00
Foreign merchandise 15,506,809.00
742,189,755.00

Gold 8,477,892.00
Silver 33,753,633.00
784,421,280.00

Some of the principal exports, with their values and the percentage they
respectively bear to the total exportation, are given as follows:

Articles. Value. Percentage.

Cotton and cotton manufactures $213,799,049 29.42
Breadstuffs 160,370,821 22.07
Provisions 107,332,456 14.77
Oils--mineral, vegetable, and animal 54,326,202 7.48
Tobacco and its manufactures 24,767,305 3.41
Wood and its manufactures 21,464,322 2.95

Our imports during the year were as follows:

Merchandise $579,580,053.80
Gold 26,691,696.00
Silver 16,550,627.00
622,822,376.80

The following are given as prominent articles of import during the year,
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