Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-04-03
$6,S33,7S5 81

To prevent erroneous estimates founded upon Urea
sury statements which apparently contradictory, Is
proper add that there are two distinct adjustments oil
this balance made at the Department The preceding
statement includes all the returns Of public money
kuown TO the Treasurer the Isl OF January, and all
his drafts prior 10 that date whether they had been pie
scented n, the repositories or were SUI IN cifcua
ton This gives the correct view OF the balance which
the Treasurer could that day draw Tor, and IS made
the basis of financial estimates for each yeat -
Subs Quent to Adjustment The amounts have been
re eved from the repositories to the end OF the
year, which EXHIBIT balance in favor OF the Treasury
Including the d,posiipa with the States, OF $50 SOL ST.
49, instead o. S3i 9iH4}0 So making an apparent d't
ference of more than million of dollars This ca
silly explained. or the d,aits drawn by the treasurer
before the LIST Of January and deducted in the foregoing
statement, 740 900 dollars had not been presented aud
paid prior that date and s.quenty not charg
ed in the accounts of The repositories, though credited
by the Treasurer outstanding. And there had been
deposited before the LIST IF January 1000 OF public
money Of which returns had been received 10y the
Treasurer when the balance was ascerlantd at The rea
sury on the LIST Of January last. These two items
amounting 10 81 O0 000 constitute the difference BE-
tween the two statements Our estimates must always
be founded the balance ascertaned at the ireas
nv at any particular period and not the accounts OF
the repositories, which exclude all outstanding drafts
and include moneys not reported 10 the Department.
II also proper state that there was to the credit OF
the Post Office Department, on the LIST OF January,
S457 93 &c; which, under the act Of 1896 is not blend
ed with other money in the Treasury but is held for and
exclusively applied TO- the service of that Department
Besides these resources the Treasury held four mil
lions of postponed custom house bonds and SIX millions
of United States Bank bonds, exclusive OF interest
These with the balances in the Treasury, in the Mint
md due from the late deposile banks made an aggre
gate Of than sixteen millions, independent, of the
unavailable heavyweight millions deposited with The
States
The following the estimated resources OF the year:
Balance in the Treasury, applicable TO
public expenditures, say s5oo.O0O 90
Treasury notes, not issued on the Isl
January las, 100000 90
Probable amount which may be received
from the late Deposile Banks, excu-
sve of the amount drawn tor prior 70
the LIST January, and Including the
July inslalmeEt @,Vuo,ocU w
Bond of the Bank of the U s , with in
teresl due TO the Is, October 2,3Uo,00O 90
Custom,house bonds postponed uoO oOo 90
Revenue from customs 100000 90
Revenue from lands 3,u00,0O0 90
Ssl 300, 900 90
The first item Of charges upon the Treasury the un
expended balances Of appropriations Cor the preceding
and former years. which had not been drawn from the
Treasury prior TO the lst Of January last, Two different
are made b. the Departments Of these
nended balances is made al the Second Cumplrol
ers Office the other at the Registers The former in
clpdes The reaus,ons they issue from the
Departments the latter the warrants after they are is
sued upon the requisi,ions The consequence is
.t.nt and material variation The statements Of these
balances annually transmitted by the War
and NAVY Deparmens of the acquisitions upon and
not Of money sctuay drawn from the Treasury. They
slso embrace the balances which will have been unex
pended for more than two years and which go 10 the
surplus fund at the close Of the year The Register
statement exhibits The amount remaining actually nm.
drawn from The Treasury q. the close Of the year and OF