Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-12-10

der TO avoid conplrxity and ambiguity IN Tue
of the general receipts and expenditures In Dea VI ''c
Government alone st.. ,
The receipts duriar the fourth quarter Of the present
year, il is computed will be nhons :S''cc ''o' 1904
These, win The ha!ancr on the Isl VI ''"uu'J' 1''
rorr, IN arcrrrae Of ST. ,i4l 712
The expenditures during thr year lou: "'e " ~
ed and estimated to be $'l l.E',O52
or these the amour, during The first three quarters Is
ascrr,aiucd 10 have been $50, 79l a12 lb.
Viz on civil list. foreign intercourse, anu '''
GUS So. $50 lGl 81 c. -,o
Military service, InciuGing ioio"c'''"'S 49, |'
Naval service, &c, S}.93l 900 OF.
Public Debt less than the repaymcnS by the C,n's'
sioncrs of the Sinking Fund.- as hereafter rHpiaheu
Fur the details of all these, and the incidental rrGcis'
during those three quarters reference Is made 10 Tile OK
hbi, annexed a and p
The cyorucurrs for the fourth quarter, as cnmputcu
nv ,l,c rtuoer DEPARTMENTS will be $lOG43boii but
which, ii is thought by me, will probably lah sho't u
that amount , 1897
This will leave on hand, the Isl o.! January, loh'
an estimated balance Of Sl Cos 6G9. From ms inc
diminished sum Of 81 U01 for unavailable lunds 'e
deducted the available balance OF money, on Inc Isl Oh
JANUARY, 1887, would be the sum OF S4l,9e2'ooo
But, beside the charges already imposed on inns "a
lance by appronralions for public purposes sun UNPAID,
md WHICH will snon be adverled TO- there is in fact IN
cludcd in it, about 2nl 40, which was paio INTO Tic
Treasury chiefly in former years, from private
olouc and for private specific purposes, anu WHICH
n,i.ir accrued from the usual oil pubic revenue
rn- nyrr brIonucd lo the General Government, except
10 fulfil the particular trusts under which IL was lecei'eu
in behalf ui others. Il, G., r
4 schedule of those items and sums on Inc hrst OF
December, 1886, is annexed o. Dtnnct ,e't
from the available balance Of 81 ,2o n9, aIo ohiy
about ii 72}59 would remain on the FIRST OF January
next, applicable Tie general purposes oil tile u0Vefh-
rnent. ,., nJ ,o,
I'm. rrcrius and expenditures connected Win certain
sh,cls during the present year. or portions OF II, oecn
k,st distinct Tor reasons before Indicated ,:,
Tim. The receipts on account Of the Post Oihce wrch
under the new organizalion are paid INTO the feasuy
omJ ken, ds,inc, have since it look effect being the
last half Of the year. been ascertancd and conputru "
be about s O76 c72, including near S4lQl' tha' han
Lceu collected previously; and the expenditures nave
been about :;i2 G52 leaving balance on hand at the
end OF the yrnr of about 1913 20 will be more par
ticularly exhibited by the head of that department.
The receipts on account Of the Patent Oiiice since lis
new organi2alinn for the present year, nave aso oech
usccraineL and computed 10 be about $lGoS the eX-
pendi,nres charsrabe 10 them about ?l and the ba
lance about y ISL will De more particularly SHOW"
BY the report oi the proper officer ~
Besides these the receipts into the treasury IN r'St
om tie treaties OF indemnity with France Naples, and
Spain lave been about 50 7C5 ,HN and The payments
to tie claimants about S3GO3)7S: leaving paIahce %
about SlD2 U2G, still, uncalled.ior or u!ahJusted.
The particulars OF these will more fully appear III the
general annual exhibit Of all the receipts and cxpend
lures.
Lastly the receipts into the Treasury Oil account oil
the Chickasaw Indians, have been about SiE'@'2 The
expenditures, by Investment and otherwise, ABOUT
S511 go and the balance hand is about $Jl ,1'I-
The detailed OF these, and the other transactions
in their behalf, will be- remarked III former portion
Of this report, Immediately presented IN separate COM
muECaon 10 Congress.
The charges aIleady imposed on the general balance
Of ll 73 I59, by .! current and permanent ap-
prlato:s-wch it IS expected will not he expended
ill after The ls Of January next, amount to Sill b ou2
OF this sum it is computed that S3ul3,3>9 can be APP
piled in aid of the appropriations Tor the ensuing year
.iioDn
rcd the surplus fund, leaving Sl ,42I No. winch VIII
probably be required to accomplish! The obJecs cohIe-
plated in the acts Of Congress.
Deduct this remaining charge Of S44lO SD from the
balance estimated 10 be hand on The iirs OF January,
lS51 and The sum of ST. PSI SU would be left To be APP
pruprialcd by Congress towards or former Objects
2 UC TIC expenditures or Tie Public Debt and It's present
condition.
Before the passsgc Of the act Of Congress at the last
session on The subject Of the public debt, the money,
which ID previously been depositedby the Commission
els of the Sinking Fund.- in the U. States BANK, to" The
payment OF The residue Of it, was, under their drcclon
repaid iato the Treasury, amounting 10 Tie SUM u
Sl36,773 d.
Since that event. and the suspension OF the duties OF
the Commissioners, this Department, by virtue Of the
above act has caused all those portions OF the public
deot outstanding and presented Tor payment, 10 he
promptly discharged.
The payments made since The first of January last.
have brrn as follows: VIZ: 49,, 40 -,
On the funded debt towards principal, Sln4Vo ~
Towards Interest, ''''' "
Making in all lie sum Of ................ Sa'oli 81
There still remains OF The funded debit unclaimed anu
undischarged principal, about ....... 80. S@o'or
And interest with dividends, about S.'V4io
a small unlundcd debt Of S37 40 3D. also remains,
which may hereafter be claimed, and on winch mas
been paid during the past year. including SO VI LOT
interest OIL Treasury notes. The sum Of 49,. So3 81
II consists Of claims registered prior to li9o Tor srrVces
and supplies during The Revolutionary War,
u
Treasury issued during the war oi l5l2, o.2 w
And Mississippi stock, ............ ],3ao w
3. Of tie estimates Of the p"1l'e rers,tHs ana e1ps"at-
TIRES for Me year lo37
The rr"eip,g into tie Treasury. from all sources dur.
ing 1887 are estimated at ............ SCI oJU ooO
VIZ From customs, ..... $lG,5UO oC0
From lands, ............'. o,oOVuin
From tauh stock, ........... =, UUUUOU
miscellaneous, including i'll
lrrrSl from dcrusitr banks, oUO,0UU
10 these add the balance of available
funds in The Treasury on the LIST OF Ja.
Iuarv, 1897, estimated, as computed
for public PURPOSES al ....... ....... Al :'a"'o'
And ,yev make an aggregate of 65,723,959
The expenditures Ur all objects, ordinary and extra
ordinary in 1887, including the contingent of only
ST UJ 900 for usual excuses in appropriations beyond
The estimates are computed at $50, ,S3l provided the
pended appropriations at the end vi lhls ana the
next ycsr remain about equal.
Thus the and permanent appropriations charSe1'
Ll. 10 lS27 for srecrd purposes whether ordinary Or
r,,aordjnorv and including what can Le used without
RECOMMENDATION, are computed at $25, 755 o3l
OF these, the permanent appro-
palions already made, are es-
!nmtcd at S2347,000
The existing appropriations,
which will not be required Tor
the service OF 1886, and which
Of ISL, amount to 3,Ol3,3s9
The new appropriations that will
be needed for 1887, are csllna-
led 10 amount, in all, TO G,324 :442
The latter are divided among the different
branches Of the public service, as follows
viz:
nuH S2,925 CT