Foreign Relations of the United States, 1894
Mr. Willis to Mr. Gresham.
Honolulu, December 1, 1893.
Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith a printed statement presented by Hon. S. M. Damon, minister of finance, showing the financial condition of the Provisional Government for week ending November 29, 1893.
With high regard, etc.,
The executive and advisory councils met at 1:30 this afternoon, President Dole in the chair. The members present were: Ministers King, Damon, and Smith, and Councilors Hatch, Ena, Brown, Waterhouse, Emmeluth, Tenney, Wilder, Young, Allen, Morgan, and Mendonca. Minister of Finance Damon then presented his weekly report, as follows:
Finance statement for week ending November 23, 1893.
| Current account balance | $136,481.84 | |
| Loan fund account balance | 368.89 | |
| Total treasury balance | $136,850.73 |
receipts.
| Interior department | $2,988.00 | |
| Customs | 7,274.25 | |
| Fines, penalties, and costs | 36.70 | |
| Revenue stamps | 336.50 | |
| Water | 375.00 | |
| Post-office | 600.00 | |
| Taxes | 2,452.80 | |
| Crown lands | 850.00 | |
| $14,913.25 | ||
| 151,763.98 |
expenditures.
| Finance department, salaries, incidentals, etc | $74.25 | |
| Interest | 3,583.00 | |
| Attorney-general’s department | 50.00 | |
| Road tax—to special deposit | 256.00 | |
| School tax—to special deposit | 258.00 | |
| $4,223,25 | ||
| Current account balance | 147,173.84 | |
| Loan fund account balance | 368.89 | |
| Total treasury balance above date | 147,542.73 | |
| 151,763.98 | ||
| Outstanding bonds | 2,653.200.00 | |
| Treasury notes | 40,000.00 | |
| Due postal savings bank and Postmaster-General’s notes | 705,416.95 | |
| 3,398,616.95 | ||
| Less loan fund balance | 368.89 | |
| Net indebtedness | 3,398,248.06 |
Postal Savings Bank memorandum.
| Notices this date of withdrawals maturing in November and December, 1893, and January and February, 1894 | $31,474.00 |
| Cash on hand, Postal Savings Bank this day | 29,381.15 |
Expenses Provisional Government memorandum.
| Expenses Provisional Government this date | $159,954.21 |
This amount covers all expenses, including military and items not appropriated by the last legislature.
Memorandum cash in treasury outstanding.
| Certificates | $284,000.00 |
| Certificates, with drawn from circulation, and deposited for safe-keeping | 28,000.00 |
| Cash in treasury to redeem certificates | 284,000.00 |
| Certificates in treasury to redeem certificates | 284,000.00 |
| Cash in treasury to redeem certificates | 284,000.00 |
| Cash on hand, Postal Savings Bank | 29,381.15 |
| Road board fund in treasury | 51,624.03 |
| School board fund in treasury | 38,143.48 |
| Available cash, as above | 147,542.73 |
| 266,691.39 |
This was received and placed on file.