California’s 1869 finances laid open, showing receipts, expenditures, and growing state debt.
This edition presents fiscal details in plain language for quick understanding.
This nonfiction work surveys the period’s money matters, including the flow of funds, debt levels, and transfers related to land and public works. It focuses on how revenue matched or exceeded spending, and what changes were proposed to manage the state’s obligations.
Readers will gain a concise view of government accounting, debt reduction, and the role of land funds in state finance. The material is suitable for anyone interested in historical public finance and 19th-century governance.
- How receipts and expenditures compare across fiscal years and funds.
- Details on the state debt, bonds, and planned redemptions.
- Money from tide lands and swamp land programs and their uses.
- How funds were transferred to counties and applied to public projects.
Ideal for readers of historical government records and mid-19th century public finance.