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To the balance of $32,860,030.05 of receipts over expenditures for the year 1894 should be added the estimated surplus at the beginning of the year, $20,992,377.03, and from this aggregate there must be deducted, as stated by the Secretary, about $44,000,000 of estimated unexpended appropriations.
The sum thus disbursed aggregated $2,547,750, which was paid from the emergency fund provided by the act of January 5, 1899, for that purpose. Out of the Cuban island revenues during the six months ending June 30, 1899, $1,712,014.20 was expended for sanitation, $293,881.70 for charities and hospitals, and $88,944.03 for aid to the destitute.
The balance in the Treasury on the 1st of January last, as stated in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury submitted to Congress at the extra session, was $987,345.03.
On the left was a short sangar or breastwork of stones, which afforded both protection and cohesion of forces, but between that and the village the men sheltered behind rocks and in the natural depressions of the ground, thereby making a line which it was very difficult to keep intact. The Battalion had taken over from the Australians by 01.00 and at 03.00 the enemy began his attack.
Ashes. Density. Peat 5.63 57.03 29.67 2.09 5.58 Lignite 5.59 70.49 17.2 1.73 49.1 4.99 1.2 Bitumin. coal 5.14 87.45 4 1.63 68 1.78 1.29 Anthracite 3.3 92.5 2.53 89.5 1.58 1.3
Suddenly struck by the deserted silence of the waiting-room, Julia jumped up and went to the ticket office. "Isn't there a train at 10:03?" The station agent yawned, eyed her with pleasant indifference. "No train now until 12:20, lady," said he. For a moment Julia was staggered. Then she thought of the telephone.
I have no wish to reprint the complimentary allusion to myself in Mr. Backus's letter, but have feared to omit a word of it lest some misunderstanding ensue: BOWLING GREEN, OHIO, September 18, '03. MR. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, Cleveland, Ohio.
The temperature and rainfall are the average means deduced from many years' observations: It is seen that April is the hottest month of the year and February is the coldest. Of course the temperature varies considerably a fact due largely to altitude and prevailing winds. The height of the rainy season is in August, during which it rains every day, with an average precipitation of 37.03 inches.
EGGS LAID AND GAIN IN WEIGHT HENS. | | | Lot I. | Lot II. | Nitrogenous. | Carbonaceous. || | | Live weight, July 26. | 23.53 | 23.56 " " November 27. | 21.31 | 22.00 Loss. | 2.22 | 1.56 Number of eggs laid. | 79.00 | 26.00 Weight " " " lb. | 8.25 | 2.92 Average weight of eggs, oz. | 1.67 | 1.80 Gain in weight, including eggs, lb. | 6.03 | 1.36 ||
Of the entire sum of $271,017.23 paid by Phelps, Dodge and Company to compromise the suit, Chester A. Arthur, then Collector of, the Port, later President of the United States, received $21,906.01 as official fees; the Naval Officer and the Surveyor of the Port each were paid the same sum by the Government, and Jayne received $65,718.03 as his percentage as informer.
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