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The Portland Daily Press
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Washington report on May 1 details US government finances: April 1899 receipts rose $8.6M to $41.6M, expenditures up $1.7M to $36.9M including $20M to Spain. Ten-month totals show receipts up to $424M and expenditures to $533M from prior year.
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Washington, May 1.-The monthly comparative statement of the government receipts and expenditures show that the total receipts for April, 1899, were $41,611,587, an increase as compared with April, 1898, of about $8,600,000. The expenditures during April, 1899, were $36,949,105, an increase over April last year of $1,700,000. Included in the expenditures is the payment of $20,000,000 to Spain. The total receipts for the ten months of the present fiscal year were $424,056,014, as compared with $340,926,950 for the same period in the last fiscal year. The expenditures for the last ten months aggregated $533,451,409 as compared with $347,678,195 for the same period last year.
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Washington
Event Date
April 1899
Outcome
receipts for april 1899: $41,611,587 (increase of $8,600,000 from april 1898); expenditures for april 1899: $36,949,105 (increase of $1,700,000 from april 1898, including $20,000,000 payment to spain); ten-month receipts: $424,056,014 (vs. $340,926,950 last year); ten-month expenditures: $533,451,409 (vs. $347,678,195 last year)
Event Details
Monthly comparative statement of government receipts and expenditures for April 1899 compared to April 1898, and totals for the first ten months of the fiscal year compared to the previous year.