The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-08

Inspector douereIg compensation. 1000 90
Erection Of building the State Library. 5000 90
New fo1i Arsenal. n'''... 5000 90
Relief Of purchasers Of Oneida Isnd:.. 4siSS 50
Repairs Of the highway across the foot Of Be-
For removing obstruction. nom III. outlet Of
Of the ss..n,c river and :isa 5000 90
For Q water jet in the Capitol Park LOCO 90
Miscellaneous 10000 90
Total $50 so4 SO
The appropriation of $4,000 for paying the New
York volunteers who served in the war with Mexico,
chapter 50S, laws of 1851, will be found quite mad
equate for that purpose; The Comptroller was ad-
Board in New York constituted by that act, as q
commission to decide on applications for the bene
fits provided BY the act, had issued, at that time,
the frst regiment Of New York Volunteers and that
the number who were supposed to have, by reason
Of absence, Sc, made no formal application, was
about twenty.th three. The cashier Of Manhattan
Company was authorized by the Comptroller to
make payment to those persons holding certificates
who could most conveniently receive the money in
that city; the Treasurer having an account with
that company. Payments to others have been
On and after the 10th of October last payment
| was made Of $50 to each soldier for three months
service. Since that time, q large proportion have
applied for payment at the end Of each month If
275 is assumed as the number Of volunteers to be
paid, it will be perceived that the first $4,000 ap
propriated by the act referred to is already ex-
haussed. That amount has not been actu ally paid,
| but . further appropriation will be seen to be
| necessary. -
The ist sec. of chap 49S, p. 929, La Of 1851,
and and documents for the Legislature, $50 900 For
advertising, engraving and mapping: ana printing
The Comptroller has not felt at liberty, under
cravings, although they might be intended for
public documents. He is of opinion that the print
| ing referred to in the second paragraph, refers
only to the printing Of maps and engravngs, which
may b required tor tho State, whether such maps
| and engravings are designed for legislative docu-
ments or for other purposes
Under this construction of the act, the appro..
priation falls short of paying the bills presented
for maps and engravngs, and printing them Ex-
| ceptipg small sum reserved for paying current
bills for printing the laws of the extra session, ad
out, and of course additional appropriation will
become necessary at the present session, applicable
to engraving, and mapping, and printing for the
Legislature and departments.
cessary expenses of government during the year
commencing October !, 1852, see appendix
marked T..
GENERAL FUND DEBT SINKING FUND
/ PAYMENTS, viz
| Balance due the II easury on the
30th September 1850. ....... $54bOs ~
| Amount paid from the Treasury
/ during the year ending Goth
September, 1851 (eee staten snt
/ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. oo9374 "
Amount transferred to General
/ Fund revenue, for interest on
| advances from the Treasury. bs07 6S .
Receipts, Wis
Amount received INTO the Treasury durirg
the year ending Soth September 1851, (see -
statement A oo1ooo =
Balance due the Treasury on the 3oth Sep
tember 185l....... .................. $so, 900 81
| Amount Of Fix per cent Bank Fund stock re-
deemable in 1858 belonging to this fund $3.50 ~
Balance due the Treasury as per statement
| above, for advances to meet the demands .
upon this fCnd... .s............. 4o'ooo -
Amount Of the fund on the 30th September,
1861. pIi,'oS u
| The interest on Sass, 800 81 Of the State debt,
due LIST July 1851, amounting to $l3, SGT 52, pay.
able at the Manhattan Company, and chargeable
| TO this fund, remained unpaid at the Treasury on
the Both September, the receipts OF the holders OF
| the stock not having been presented by that COM
pahy. The actual amount of the fund, therefore.
after deductrg all the charges upon 1t for the hsca
year, is 1922 ~
GENERAL FUND DIET AND SINKING FUND.
The items composing this debt viii be found in
tho statement 10 the appendix marked u.
The debt it will be perceived, has been increased
durir the past fiscal year, $50 OOO for stock issued
in pursuance OF chap 81 Of the Laws OF 1890, for
the benefit Of the Stockbridge lndians. The debt
| now su cunts to So 3e9, Gy5 81 including pracipa
OF 8l22tg4 So, which, at per cent per annum,
W. uld III oouce in teIest equaling the annuties
Day able t. sunGry tribes OF lnaians, which annu
tiles. as is elsewhere shoan, are in tae aggregate
The Sinking Fund Of $3.50, 900 per annum, set
apart from the Canal Fund to discharge the in
terest on this General Fund debt, has not proved
heretofore ,uficieut for that purpose by $3O7l 81
This deficiency is not, however, increased by the
addition of the above $50 900 to the debt; mas
much Is the pay ment OF interest on that sum Is
charged the % q tss tho
Sinking Fund, and must be taken from the surplus
Of 81, POP SO, which is shewn BY the statement to
have been the actual available surplus the Both
September last.
The benefits to the revenue Of this fund, sug.
gesttd at page Is Of the report of last year, and
which probably gave rise to the provision in the
LIST section Of chapter 49S, page 94 OF the Laws OF
1851, are deserving, and would have received the
attention Of the department, under circumstances
more favorable in the monetary world than have
existed stree the adjournment Of the Legislature in
July last s;-c,
The CANAL REVENUE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
The silent but powerful operations of the State
canals during the year past, have produced their
munifcent and aniailing effects. adding, thereby,
another annual confirmation to those uniformly
exhibited for moro than quarter of q century, OF
the wisdom Of their projectors, and the well
grounded faith Of their frieIds.
The endeavor, by high wrought descriptions and
CLIQUE decla atons to Get forth the vast dement's
of these great " orks, has become almost matter
ator and although these canals are the
result of human effort and skill, yet their stability
and benefcence are becoming from year to yeal
as con fd emily and undoubtinely relied on by all
as seed time and harvest, the revolutions OF the
seasons.
During the year past, Notwithstanding still fur
Their reductions OF tolls and that too the articles
principally depended for the revenue, the canals
have produced gross income Of 81, ~, los III. A
reduction Of enc quarter was made last spring on
the tolls CT wheat ard -four, and more or less or
many other articles. The revenue Of the canali
may not have suffered by the dimnuton Of the tolls
On these other articles last mentioned; the reduc
| fiop in asf ms have Operated to increase
tie quantity transported; but in regard to wheai
and Hour, Is at least probematical whether such
has been tie effect. At the former rate Of tolls, the
wheat ard flour moved upon our canals during the
past Gscal year, would have produt ed, in addition
to the revenues of the year as above state d, a:
, nearly rs can be now estimated, more thar
s275,0C0.
tits Lot denied that under ordiIa crcumat ,nces