APPENDIX. 611 APPENDIX B-Concluded. APPORTIONMENT AMONG THE STATES OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS AFTER EACH CENSUS. APPENDIX C. PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1791-1883. STATEMENT OF OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL OF THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE 1ST OF JANUARY OF EACH YEAR FROM 1791 TO 1842 INCLUSIVE; AND ON THE 1ST OF JULY OF EACH YEAR FROM 1843 TO 1883 INCLUSIVE. THE amount given for the year 1791 represents the debt of the Revolution under the Funding Bill of Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. The debt had decreased to a considerable extent by the year 1812. In consequence of the war with Great Britain, which began that year, there was a rapid increase, the maximum being reached in 1816. Thenceforward, with the exception of the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, — a period of extreme financial depression, the debt was steadily decreased, until in the year 1835, under the Presidency of General Jackson, it was extinguished, the total amount outstanding being only $37,000 in bonds which were not presented for payment. The creation of a new debt, however, began at once, and was increased in the years 1847, 1848, and 1849 by the Mexican war. This, in turn, was quite steadily reduced until the financial panic of 1857, when, during the administration of Mr. Buchanan, there was another increase. The debt was about eighty millions of dollars in amount when the civil war began. MONTH. MONTH. SHOWING THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICE OF GOLD IN THE NEW-YORK Market EVERY MONTH, FROM THE SUSPENSION OF SPECIE PAYMENT by the GoVERNMENT IN JANUARY, 1862, UNTIL RESUMPTION IN JANUARY, 1879, A PERIOD OF SEVENTEEN YEARS. 1869. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 136 1143 1103 1413 133 136 134 123 119 1111 1101 110 108 114) 111 110 112 110 111 1094 1153 1121 110 109} 1184 1148 1101 113 1091 119 116 July |