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566 UNITED STATES.

Debt bearing Coin Interest.

£

5 Per Cent. Bonds, 10-40's redeemable in

1874 44,317,680

6 Per Cent. Bonds, issued in 1861, redeem- able in 1881 56,735,460

6 Per Cent. Bonds, 5-20's of different

issues 320,514,080

421,567,220

Debt bearing Paper Currency Interest.

Certificates at 3 per cent, (deposits by dif- ferent banks as security for money issued by them) 8,246,809

Navy Pension Fund, at 3 per cent. . . 1,985,815

J 10,232,624

Matured Debt not presented for Payment.

3-year 7-30 notes, due August 15, 1867,

and June and July, 1868 . . . 351,553

Compound-interest notes, matured June

10, July 15, August 15, October 15,

December 15, 1867, May 15, August 1,

September 1 and 15, October 1 and 15,

1868 599,279

Bonds: Texas indemnity, consequent on

war of 1848 36,312

Treasury Notes : Acts July 17, 1861, and

prior thereto . . • • • 21,186

Bonds : April 15, 1842 ; January 28, 1847 ;

and March 31, 1848 .... 61.773

Tn-asury notes, March 3, 1863 . . 63,190

Temporary loan ..... 34,491

Certificates of indebtedness . . . 1,844

1,169,628

Debt bearing no Interest. £ United States notes (greenbacks) . . 50,499,443

Fractional currency 4,805,002

Gold certificates of deposit . . . 4,651,188

59,955,633 492,925,105

6 Per Cent, (lawful money) Bonds, issued

to Pacific Railroad Company .... 6,288,936

Total debt . . . 499,214,041

The official statement of the public debt of the United States, in dollars, on the 1st October, 1870, was as follows : —