Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-01-27

Tor he War Department, Se5l,3TS 30,
and i"r 1he Navy Departments, $780,
oo4 0e.
OF the eum "f SGo76,27i is, in the
Treasury on the Is, Of Jan,nr,, 1921.
500 COO wese paid by the Bank of
The United States, an The 3o,h ur De.
cc,nbci. 1890. but which were payable
n the Is: day OF January thereafter,
and we've estimated i'm The receipts into
he Trcasnr; for 1891. Ifthi, sum is
deducted, The amount in the Treasury
%" that daY viii BE- S576 97l lS. fit
= considered a pare Ihe receipts OF
1870, the estimated receipts fer 1921,
Niil he diminished ny tina, amount
- "ii hi, eXpianatl,u, il VIII not be
iaotStial whether At is placed to The
rccGi1 oi IA. one nr ihc other year the
general result u -h- two years will BE-
!he sane.
Tie rec ipis of The 9Th quarter, with
''e eXcep ion OF payments made u,
Mobile aed New-Orlesns, in the two
last " eeks al December, 1890, and in
the whole m"uth AT mast of The land
nihres. are a-ceitalned To be S4,O45,
5s5 SO. In the Annual Report, the
receip's Ut ,he 4!b quarter we're es;i-
mated al S3,4So, 600; the actual re-
ceipts, therefore, exceed thus- ,ha,
we're estimated, by S6l5,5S5 90, aud
by Sils,5s5 90, if the payment made
'v the Bank Oh tie SoIh of Dec. be
deducted FROM The receipts Of 1920
1t the SUN Of S6l5,5s5 90 be adj
ded 10 the sum Of S5,4l7,93O 80.
which VAS 5 ated in my leuer the 2lst
u Oecembcr, 1920 10 pc the aggre
gaze means for the 4th quartz Of
nat year, ile ai:aoont atl.e disposition
Il 'he Treasury, ia that quartet. will
'is augmented 10 So.oS3,4l6 So.
4 is asCer'aincd that The payments
'ron ia. Treasury, during that quar-.
sr, have announced 10 SA,957,l45 81,
hi oci' deducted from Inv esIima
80 mems a mat quarer will leave in
ne ileash'E, as already stated, on the
81 day e January, 1921, the sum OF
6lao76 81 IS. But, if The $4,000
PAID by the Bank, be deducted from
inc rtc eirt, of 1920, the bslance in the
treasury, on The lsl day Of January,
1921, III hr, a. has already been stat
cd S576,27l
ine demands upon the Treasury
during the year 1920, in order In cpnl-
plcte the service of that year and To
ifvct he objects far which the sever
81 appropriations were made, and which
arc not included in The foregoing sum
ct 81 957. les "a, amounts 10 S4.7O7,
9s7 e6. viz
Civil, dipio matte and misc ellaneouS,
(b,iDg the difference between the
sum # 81, 4o7,2l3 Sc, estimated TO be
paid in he 4th Quarter, and the sum
actually raih,l SS55 905 30
Public de6t 2.o7e .9l8l5
War Department Cos l64 81
Navy Depari l,lIO.o0O 90
Watch leaves an excess ofde,nand be-
ynnd The money 10 The Treasury, OF
SIS SSH G Is, and of S4,lSl,7IG 7s,
II the payment made by the bank b.
deducted from the puy'nenis into The
Treasury III the year 1870.
Ii may be proper to observe, that, if
he sum of s. ,o76 ol8 Is, of tie LDui.
''sBa stock, has not becf pressed for
2syne0t, IL has been the resllt Of for
Scafarce on the pait of The holders of
ths; stnCk .and OF Confidence in he fai!h
ofthe nation, that sue h fJrbcarance will
not operate 10 their injury. The other
demands upon The Treasury, which
we're estimated as charge upon il III
he fourth quarter Of the year 1920,
and which are not embraced in the es-
imates of the expenditure for 1921,
and which Constitute part of the def
Gil above stated, will, il is presumed,
Sc demanded of the Treasury.
II will be perceived that the sums in
be hands of the Treasurer, as Agent
II the War and Navy Departments,
Exceed inc estimate Of them, San-
aexed 10 the estimates Of the service
the year 1921. These moneys are |
drawn from The agent, az tie demands |
por The respective departments are
presented, az acquisitions f,om he dis |
1ursnE officers OF thosn departments |
re received The anounl drawn from |
bc agcn, depends, therefore, upon |
contingencies over which the heads of |
hose departments have no control. end |
nay exceed or TALL short OF any csti
nate made by them for any definite
period IS time.
Il may be proper, also, to stale, that,
y contemplation Of law, money is not
considered TO be in The Treasury until |
warm. is issued by The Secretary
nd rcceipted by the Treasurer, for
&c sums paid by the receiving officers
in,o bank bn, for the practical pur-
3osss of the Treasury, all SUMS paid
$50 bank to lh. credit OF the Tieasu-
: or are considered by him TO be IN the
Treasury. Generally, the warrants