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TRADE AND COMMERCIAL JOURNALS-Concluded.

Journal of Commerce, Philadelphia, weekly, Saturday.

Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Easton, Northampton County, ceramics, monthly. Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association, Easton, Northampton county, tanningchemistry, monthly.

Journal of the Engineers Club of Philadelphia and affiliated Societies, Philadelphia, engineering, monthly.

Keystone, Philadelphia, jewelry, monthly.

Knit Goods Bulletin, Philadelphia, monthly.

Lancaster Motorist, Lancaster, Lancaster county, monthly.

Lefax, Philadelphia, business, monthly.

Lefax Technical Data Sheets, Philadelphia, science and engineering, monthly.

Mail Order Digest, Pittsburgh, monthly.

Manufacturing Clothier, East Stroudsburg, Monroe county, monthly.

Millers' Review, Philadelphia, milling, monthly.

Modern Merchant and Grocery World, Philadelphia, weekly, monthly.

Money and Commerce, Pittsburgh, financial and real estate, weekly, Saturday.

Motor Vehicle Monthly, Philadelphia.

Moving Picture Bulletin, Pittsburgh, motion pictures, weekly, Saturday.

Mutual insurance Journal-News, North Wales, Montgomery county, fire and casualty, monthly. Mutual Magazine, Philadelphia, railroad employes, monthly.

National Baker, Philadelphia, monthly.

National Cooper's Journal, Philadelphia, cooperage, monthly.

National Glass Budget, Pittsburgh, weekly, Saturday.

National Herald, Philadelphia, liquor, weekly, Saturday.

National Industrial Review, Philadelphia, open shop, weekly, Monday.

National League Barber, Philadelphia, barbers and chiropody, monthly.

Official Proceedings Railway Club of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, railroad, monthly, except June and August.

Oil and Gas Man's Magazine, Butler, Butler county, quarterly.

Optical Age, Philadelphia, monthly.

P. A. R. D. Bulletin, Philadelphia, druggists, monthly.

Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce News-Bulletin, Philadelphia,
semi-monthly.

Pennsylvania Lumberman, Scranton, Lackawanna county, monthly.
Pennsylvania Merchant, Philadelphia, general merchandise, monthly.
Philadelphia Review, Philadelphia, industrial, quarterly.
l'hoto Drama Magazine, Philadelphia, motion pictures, monthly.
Photographic Journal of America, Philadelphia, monthly.
Plan, Philadelphia, lumber, monthly.

Plasterer, Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, labor, monthly.
Plumbing and Heating Magazine, Philadelphia, monthly.
Plumbing News, Pittsburgh, monthly.

Popular Engineer, Philadelphia, steam engineers, monthly.

Posselt's Textile Journal, Philadelphia, monthly.

Retail Ledger, Philadelphia, retail business, semi-monthly.

commercial and industrial,

Scranton Board of Trade Journal, Scranton, Lackawanna county, monthly.

Shoe and Leather Facts, Philadelphia, monthly.

Shoe and Leather Facts, (Edicion Pan-American), (Spanish), Philadelphia, bi-monthly.
Textile Colorist, Philadelphia, textile dyeing and printing, monthly.

Textile Digest, Philadelphia, textiles, monthly.

Tobacco World, Philadelphia, semi-monthly.

Truck Owner, Philadelphia, motor trucking, semi-monthly.

Trunks, Leather Goods and Umbrellas, Philadelphia, monthly.

United States Review, Philadelphia, insurance, weekly, Friday.

Up-to-Date, Scranton, Lackawanna county, grocery, monthly.

Warm Air Heating and Sheet Metal Worker, Philadelphia, monthly.
Western Pennsylvania Retail Druggist, Pittsburgh, monthly.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Albemarle Stamp Collector, Bethlehem, Northampton conuty, philatelis, monthly.

American Cricketer, Philadelphia, sports, monthly.

American Distributor, Blairsville, Indiana county, matrimonial, bi-monthly.

American Racing Pigeon News, Norristown, Montgomery county, monthly.

Aquatic Life, Philadelphia, acquaria and fisheries, monthly.

Borough Bulletin, Hanover, York county, municipal, monthly.

Bulletin of the William Penn Highway, Harrisburg, Dauphin county, good roads, monthly.
Competitor (Negro), Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, racial interests, monthly.

Dramatist, Easton, Northampton county, dramatic construction, quarterly.

Druid, Pittsburgh, Welsh interests, semi-monthly.

In the Open, Meadville, Crawford county, outdoor sports, monthly.

Nove Slovensko, (New Slovak Land) (Slovak), Pittsburgh, monthly.

Our State Army and Navy Journal, Philadelphia, monthly.

Pennsylvania Sportsman, Scranton, Lackawanna county, hunting and fishing, bi-monthly.
Personal Liberty, Philadelphia, anti-prohibition, weekly, Wednesday.

Sigaretta (Cigarette), (Italian), Philadelphia, humorous, weekly, Sunday.

Sketch, The, (English and Italian), Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, humorous, semi-monthly. Sokol Sojetinenija (Slovak), Homestead, Allegheny county, gymnastics, weekly, Tuesday, Sport, Philadelphia, ameteur sports, monthly.

Spunk, Mont Alto, Franklin county, anti-tuberculosis, monthly.

Starry Cross, Philadelphia, kindness to animals, monthly.

St. George Journal, American-British, Philadelphia, monthly.

Udalosti Sveta (Slovak), Hazleton, Luzerne county, world's events, monthly.

Winged Head Magazine, Pittsburgh, club affairs, monthly.

PENNSYLVANIA LEGAL HOLIDAYS.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the following days and half days, namely: the first day of January, commonly called New Year's Day, the twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's Birthday, the twenty-second day of February, known as Washington's Birthday, Good Friday, the thirtieth day of May, known as Memorial Day, the fourth of July, called Independence Day, the first Monday of September, known as Labor Day, the twelfth day of October, known as Columbus Day, the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, Election Day, the eleventh day of November, known as Armistice Day, the twenty-fifth day of December, known as Christmas Day: and every Saturday, after twelve o'clock noon until twelve o'clock midnight, each of which Saturdays is hereby designated a half holiday; and any day appointed or recommended by the Governor of this State or the President of the United States as a day of thanksgiving or fasting and prayer, or other religious observance,-shall, for all purposes whatever as regards the presenting for payment or acceptance, and as regards the protesting and giving notice of the dishonor, of bills of exchange, checks, drafts, and promissory notes made after the passage of this act, be treated and considered as the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, and as public holidays and half holidays; and all such bills, checks, drafts, and notes otherwise presentable for acceptance or payment on any of the said days, shall be deemed to be payable and be presentable for acceptance or payment on the secular or business day next succeeding such holiday or half holiday; except checks, drafts, bills of exchange, and promissory notes, payable at sight or on demand, which would otherwise be payable on any half holiday Saturday, shall be deemed to be payable at or before twelve o'clock noon of such half holiday: Provided, however, That for the purpose of protesting or otherwise holding liable any party to any bill of exchange, check, draft, or promissory note, and which shall not have been paid before twelve o'clock noon of any Saturday designated a half holiday as aforesaid, a demand for acceptance or payment thereof shall not be made, and notice of protest or dishonor thereof shall not be given, until the next succeeding secular or business day: And provided further, That when any person, firm, corporation or company shall, on any Saturday designated a half holiday, receive for collection any check, bill of exchange, draft, or promissory note, such person, firm, corporation, or company shall not be deemed guilty of any neglect or omission of duty, nor incur any liability, in not presenting for payment or acceptance or collection such check, bill of exchange, draft or promissory note, on that day: And provided further, That, in construing this section, every Saturday designated a half holiday shall, until twelve o'clock noon, be deemed a secular or business day: and the days and half days aforesaid, so designated as holidays and half holidays, shall be considered as public holidays and half holidays for all purposes whatsoever as regards the transaction of business: And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent or invalidate the entry, issuance, service, or execution of any writ, summons, confession of judgment, or other legal process whatever, on any of the holidays or half holidays herein designated as holidays; nor to prevent any bank from keeping its doors open or transacting its business, on any of the said Saturday afternoons, if by a vote of its directors it shall elect to do so.

Section 2. Whenever the first day of January, the twelfth day of February, the twenty-second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of July, the twelfth day of October, or the twenty-fifth day of December shall any of them occur on Sunday the following day (Monday) shall be deemed and declared a public holiday. All bills of exchange, checks, drafts, or promissory notes, falling due on any of the Mondays so observed as holidays, shall be due and payable on the next succeeding secular or business day; and all Mondays so observed as holidays shall, for all purposes whatever as regards the presenting for payment or acceptance, and as regards the protesting and giving notice of the dishonor of blls of exchange, checks, drafts, and promissory notes, made after the passage of this act, be treated and considered as if the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday.

Section 3. All bills of exchange, checks, drafts and promissory notes made after the passage of this act, which by the terms thereof shall be payable on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, shall be deemed to be and shall be payable on the next succeeding secular or business day.

Section 4. That all the days and half days herein designated as legal holidays shall be regarded as secular or business days, for all other purposes than those mentioned in this act. Section 5. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. ary 16, 1911, P. L. 3; as amended by Act of March 31, 1921, P. L. 73.)

(Act of Febru

FINANCES OF THE UNITED STATES-1921.

RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1921.

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5. Adjustment to the general fund

1. Decrease in uncovered receipts, June 30, 1921, under
such amount, June 30, 1920

Total ordinary receipts

Total ordinary expenditures, including public-debt expenditures chargeable against ordinary receipts,

Excess of ordinary receipts

$308,025,102.17

3,228,137,673.75 1,351,835,935.31 1,530,439.42 695,946,543.20

5,585,475, 693.85

958, 648.62 5,584,517,045.23

5,517,110, 856 11

$67,406, 189.12

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NOTE. The term "Disbursements" as used in these tables is on the basis of warrants issued (net) and includes unexpended balances to the credit of disbursing officers at the end of the year, but not expenditures under such unexpended balances at the beginning of the year.

1 Includes Tariff Commission, Alien Property Custodian, Bureau of Efficiency, Civil Service Commission, and European Food Relief.

Does not include Army, Navy, and Marine Corps allotments of pay.

Includes public buildings and expenses of loans.

Includes rivers and harbors and Army allotments of pay. Does not include maintenance and operation of Panama Canal.

Includes Navy and Marine Corps allotments of pay.

• Includes additional compensation, Postal Service (payable from Treasury), and Federal control of telephone and telegraph systems.

Includes Food and Fuel Administration, Council of National Defense, Housing Corporation, State, War, and Navy Department Buildings, Interdepartmental Social Hygiene Board, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Reserve Board. Employees' Compensation Commission, Smithsonian Institution, and other independent offices.

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B. Public debt expenditures chargeable against ordinary receipts
1. Sinking fund

2. Purchases of Liberty bonds from foreign repayments
3. Bonds and notes received for Federal estate taxes

4. Redemptions from Federal reserve bank franchise tax receipts.

Total

Total ordinary expenditures, including sinking fund and
other debt expenditures chargeable against ordinary re-
ceipts

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5,517,110,856.11

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II. Expenditures (continued):

C. Public debt expenditures--
1. First Liberty loan

2. Second Liberty loan

3. Third Liberty loan

4. Fourth Liberty loan

5. Victory Liberty loan

6. Treasury (war) savings securities

7. Certificates of indebtedness

8. Federal reserve bank notes and national bank notes
9. Miscellaneous redemptions

Total public debt expenditures

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Excess of public debt expenditures over public debt receipts
Public debt expenditures chargeable against ordinary receipts

Excess of public debt receipts over public debt expenditures, exclusive of such expenditures chargeable against ordinary receipts

316,848,229.6 422,393,350.00

105,545,120.32

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General-fund balances:

Balance per daily Treasury statement June 30, 1920

Add net excess of receipts over expenditures in June reports subsequently received

Excess of receipts over expenditures (as above) fiscal year 1921

Balance in the Treasury June 30, 1921, as per statement of the public debt of the United States Government

$357, 701, 682.23

2,245,338.10

359,947,020.83 172,951,309.44

532,898, 329.77

Postal Service.

(Exclusive of Post Office Department proper, which is included in "Civil Establishment.")

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The redemptions during the year of the notes unfit for circulation necessitated the issue of a like amount thereof to maintain the outstanding aggregate of the notes as required by law.

Gold Reserve Fund.

Balance in reserve fund June 30, 1921
Balance in reserve fund June 30, 1921

152,979,025.63 152,979,025.63

The redemptions of notes for gold from the reserve fund during the year were: United States notes, $416, 290.

As the redeemed notes were exchanged each day for gold in the general fund, the reserve was maintained at the fixed sum required by law, including $2,979,025.63 tax on additional circulation received under act of May 30, 1908.

Trust funds held for the redemption of the notes and certificates for which they are respectively

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pledged.

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Net,

716.532,989

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Total,

Gold Fund, Federal Reserve Board.

Sinking Fund.

1,576,184

1,576,184 919,643,386

$1,537,856,895.45

The appropriation available during the fiscal year 1921 for the purposes of the sinking fund was $256,230,010.66, of which expenditures were made amounting to $254,844,576.50, resulting in the retirement of $261,250, 250 face amount of Victory notes.

CONDITION OF THE TREASURY JUNE 30, 1921.

The public debt of the United States at the close of the fiscal year 1921 is set forth in detail, as follows:

Interest-bearing debt:

Loan of 1925, 4 per cent,
Consols of 1930, 2 per cent,
Panama Canal loan, 2 per cent,

$118,489,900 00
599, 724,050 00
74,901, 580 00

Exclusive of $1,374,014.56 for 1920 additional compensation, other payments of $144,387.34 on account of the Postal Service, and $130,128,458.02 for deficiencies in the postal revenues paid from the general fund; grants from the Treasury of $6,519,683.59 transferred to the civilservice retirement and disability fund; and $26,015.215.53 paid from prior postal balances.

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