New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-03

Eip "tDSe J0f Htc present yfscdt ge1f.
Department proper ........... ga 250 O0 S723i7 So
Land serYice......,,.,....... G,l52 50 67903f 81
Indian 241l,172 So l0813g II
Pension Office 262f726 81 ,l79256 72
CeDsus. Ill609O 90
United States courts 5927f7 90 $3.50 90
Public buildings. 1925 20 456975 90
Agricultural statistics &c..... 500 90 $500 90
Penilenuary Of the d Co.. 1900 90 1855 90
Mexican boundary suryey..... 100000 90
49,. .. -. 3D.. s7,l82of5 a !s5,4o5g72 q
The first TACT which strikes the mind upon look
ing al this recapituaton is that the estimate for
the next fiscal year exceeds that for the present
$1,728610 g.
Faithful guardians of the Public Treasury will
naturally inquire how does this happen? The
question demands candid answer, and | shall
proceed to give one which hope will be 10 less
satisfactory than free from all attempt at conceal
ment or disguise.
Department Proper.
Under this head the estimate for the next year
falls below that for the present $44,097 GO. This
results from the fact that there is deficiency OF
previous year to be provided for Last year there
was deficiency OF s34,737 Is to be met. Now
there are unexpended balances on hand, which, in
addition to the sum estimated, will supply the
wants of the Department.
Land Service
The estimates under this head exceed those of
last ear Sl57,ll5 90. This is caused by the in
crease Of expense consequent on the passage or
the act of 28th September, 1850, granting bounty
land by the contemplated extension of the land
system over the newly acquired Territory, and by
tie deficiencies in the estimates of the last fiscal
year.
Indian ABatrS
Here there is excess over the estimates Of
last year Of 1923 033 40. A reference to the re-
port of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs will
show that while many OF the items embraced in
the former estimate have been reduced or omitted
in the present, the aggregate OF the present estl-
mate has been increased BY making provision for
deficiencies, which was not done in the estimate
Of last year, ana by embracing large sums neces.
sary to carry INTO effect new treaty stipulations,
and to extend cur Indian relations into new Ter
riories, IN pursuance OF recent acts OF Congress.
! Some idea may be formed of the magnitude of
/ these latter items when it is remembered that our
Indian population has been almost doubled by our
recent acquisitions OF territory from Mexico
Pension Office.
In this item there is also an apparent excess Of
startling magnitude. 1t exceeds the estimate Of
| last year l,l45, 469 %. But little examination
viii show that it is to great extent merely appa-
rent and that far it is real, it results from
causes over which the Executive officers could
exercise no control, and which are entirely con
sstent with the true interests of the country
| These positions are susceptible of ready demon
stration, as will proceedin few words to show.
The estimate OF last year fell short ofthc actual
! expenditures OF the bureau. including the deli
ciencieS OF the preceding year $924,6SS A. This
| deficiency was supplied by the appropriation OF
$500 GOO in thel''dehciency bin OF last session Of
! Congress, and by S36468S l5, which sum is EN-
braced in the present estimate. Adding these
sums to the estimate of last year, and the aggre
gate is 50 403 945 %. Then deduct from the estl.
mite OF next wear 1904 69S 45, which amount is
asked for to supply the deficiency OF the present
wear, and which is not properly chargeable to the
| next. and the true amount OF the estimated eX-
penditure of the Pension Bureau for the ensuing
! wear is ascertained to be S2260031 So, or STAB.
Q07 81 less than the actual expenditure OF the cur
rent year, including the deficiency OF 100000 Tor
| 1880.
This mode of stating the account, however al.
/ though 1t exhibits true comparson0 the present
estimates with the actal expenditures OF the cur
rent year. does not present fair view of the
amounts legitimately chargeable to the Pension
Bureau for the two years respectively because it
! embraces among the expenditures of the year
ending June 30, 1881, 100000, which was a def
cheney the year 1850. Dscarding that sum from
the calculation, the result is as follows
Estimate for wear ending S0th June 256 70
Add deficiency embraced in present estimate. 36i6S9 10
Aggregate chargeabe 10 year ending 30th
Estimate for wear ending Soti june i852 ... 26276 81
Deduct estimate for deficiency OF year ending .
30 of June, Gi,6o5 -
June June, S" wv !% ~s -. oo87 IS
I Excess of present estimate the eXpend.
lure OF year ending 5oih June l85l........ il6 %
This excess embraces the anticipated increase
! of expenditure occasioned by the extension Of the
benefits OF the Pension laws, and by the admins
tration Of the bounty land law so far as it deyoNes
ON the Pension Office,
Census.
In the last estimate the amount submitted a
/ the probable expense Of this whole service wa
| Sl,llG00o This SUN having been appropriated
Tor that object by the act Of Goth September 1850
/ chaptere 90, page ~ no further sum is deemed
! necessary now.
Umited States Courts.
me estimate Tor this service exceeds that OF last
year S352lo, in consequence of the anticipated in.
crease Of business in the Courts CORRESPONDING
with the increase Of the population and business
Of the country. The estimates of the current wear
| and the year preceding Were found to be insult.
cient, and Congress was compelled at its LAST ses
sion TO make specific appropriation Of $4,000
10 supply the detioencles for this service during
those years. Taking this sum into the account
the estimate for the coming year is Sl4, 700 less
than the expenditure of the last
Ntr7caa Boundary Sarrey.
Tht last estimates embraced nothing this
account though appropriations were made by
/ Congress during its last session for that object
/ amounting to Sl85,000. The sum which it IS sup
posed will be necessary during the next fiscal year
/ is 100000
| have thus presented bret statement OF the
wants of the Department, and comparison be
| tween the present acquisitions and the actual ex-
| penditures OF the preceding year. In making
! these estimates | have instructed tie heads Of
| bureau to endeayor to cover the whole amoQnt
| of the DyObable axDeaii- for thu fiscal vasr