New-York daily tribune., 1843-03-01

what will be the amount of appropriations tor
this year, This mus; of course be conlectuIaI,
as thev are not yet made. Nevertheless, the ou-
siness Of the session is in that szate OF maturity
that it Is believed that an estimate may be i-lahe
that can be relied upon, and that the result VIII
show apprsxirnates 10 the truth. This estimate
is. however, attended with more than ordinary dI
fcsIiy.
By law passed at the last session, change
was made in the commencement OF the fiscal year.
Heretofore it has commenced on the arst day OF
January, 50 that the calendar year and fiscal yeaT
were identical: but by that law the fiscal year Is
hereafter to commence on the first day OF July
The consequence is that our estimates and sppro-
priations at this session are for year and halt
instead Of year as heretofore. AT this session
we appropriare first for half calendar year COM
rnencng on the first of January, 1913 and then ior
the fiscal wear commencing on the first OF July
1943 1t is therefore dTicultto to ascertain precise
y the amount of appropriations tor the cdIcnadr
year 1843. The committee, however, beHeve that
the most accurate mode Of ascertaining this IS to
take the appropriations for the half calendar year
and add them to one halt OF the appropriations lot
the fiscal year Zone half of that year be included
in the fiscal wear 1S43,) and call the thus
found the appropriations for the calendar year
lS43 They OF codrse exclude from ell these estl-
mates those appropriations made for the lost VI
fee, as that supplies its own means from It's own
resources, and is not therefore taken into account
in estimating the wants of the Treasury. They
also exclude from this the appropriations TO tuh
Indian treaties contained in the appropriations Tor
the fiscal year, as they are really intended tor The
calendar wear 1S44, and will not be expended un'
I'll that time, the appropriations for that object Tor
the half calendar year being in fact the whole
amount due for the entire year l843. They also
deduct so much OF the appropriation for the eX-
penses OF Congress as must fal within the year
1914. After making these deductions, they assume
that the appropriation bills which have not passed
the House will .ot be increased beyond the amount
reported by the committee. and that those which
have passed the House will not be increased By
the Seuate, and that the amount ot private bills at
this session vii! equal those of the last though 1t
vii! doubtless fall short OF it and the result, upon
this basis is that the whole appropriations tor
1913, including large outstanding appropriations,
and estimates for interest on public debt, will only
equal $l8, 8,l75,299 81. In order that the House
may see at glance, the committee give it in tab
ular form, together with the appropriations OF
1912 for similar objects from which 1t vii be
seen that the appropriations have been reduced
lom those of last year s., ,428, 495 81. This re-
suit may be slightly changed, but the committee
feel confident, if the House sustain the committee
in their desire for retreHchment, as it has done
thus far, that, Notwithstanding the unusually low
appropriations for 1912, there will be a reduction
from those of that year Of at least $3,00O,O ,O9O.-
This tabular statement is as follows:
Cal. year 1872. Cal. yearl6i5