US Presidency
1835

It is believed that after meeting all outstanding and unexpended appropriations there will remain near $ 11,000,000 to be applied to any new objects which Congress may designate or to the more rapid execution of the works already in progress. In aid of these objects, and to satisfy the current expenditures of the ensuing year, it is estimated that there will be received from various sources $ 20,000,000 more in 1836. Should Congress make new appropriations in conformity with the estimates which will be submitted from the proper Departments, amounting to about $ 24,000,000, still the available surplus at the close of the next year, after deducting all unexpended appropriations, will probably not be less than $ 6,000,000. This sum can, in my judgment, be now usefully applied to proposed improvements in our navy yards, and to new national works which are not enumerated in the present estimates or to the more rapid completion of those already begun.