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Report of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Report Of the Secretary of the Treasury.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, @. s. At
RICHMOND, Aug. 16, 1852.
Hon. Thomas s. Bocock,
Speaker Of House Of Representatives., c. s. Il.
SR:-I have the honor to submit the following
report of the condition of this Department and Of
the estimates and supplies requisite for the support
of the Government until the LIST of January ensuing
The receipts at the Treasury up to 1st August
from all the various sources ofincome, are follows
From Customs, S 1,437, 999 90
From Miscellaneous sources, 1,974,769 So
From Loan, Act of Febry %, 1851, Is, 100000 90
From Loan, Act of Aug. 10, 1881. 22,613,S46 81
From Call Deposits, under Act of
December "a, 1861, s7,685,200 90
1861. s,os1,1 90
From Treasury Notes. Act May 1e,
1851, 17s47,s55 90
10, 1851, 1sz7e4,el5 90
From Interest Treasury Notes. Act
April II, 1851, aa,7sssoo 90
From 81 and 81 Treasury Notes. Act
April II, 1861, $4,000 90
From temporary loan from Banks
balance, 2625000 90
From War Tax, 1O,539,910 70
1902, 555, 1875 60
The expenditures at the same date as follows:
War Department. $29S, 1916, 549 Al
Navy Department 14,605,775 80
civil and Miscellaneous, 15,766,5O3 -
2s,74s, $50 20
The difference between this sum and the receipts
amounting to 500 1913 634 10, is made up OF the va
rious balances on the books Of the Treasury to the
credit of discussing officers, which are not yet paid
There are also, outstanding acquisitions upon
the Treasury, upon which warrants are not yet Is
War Department, s1s,112,1ss Is
NAVY Department, 1886 90
$1s,524,12s Is
This sum must be added to the expenditures paid
as above in order to exhibit the whole expenditures
of the Government from its commencement to the
LIST of August and the aggregate is sS47 s2 s5s 5S,
and for still greater accuracy it should be stated that
as about five millions of the amount charged as ex
penditure has been paid for the redemption Of De-
post Certificates the aggregate above stated is sub
ject to that abatement when considered in the light
Of actual expenses.
The Treasury notes issued to the same date are
as follows:
General currency notes Of Five Dol -....-.
lars and over, $3.50, 956, O35
General currency notes under Five
Dollars $4,000
Interest bearing at rate SOS, 1,44l,2 200
Interest bearing at rate $780, %, 800
2O6O4S1S5
To pay the balance against the Treas
nry As above set forth, there must
he further issue of s6,1ss,es4
AMI to pay the outstanding requisi- |
tons, as above stated, 1s524,12s
$a576l,797
The issue already made of these notes
above shown to 1ss,244,ls5
leaving authority to issue only 16,755,S75
s2oo,ooo,ooo |
Tho differences between these bal. |
aaces now due by the Treasury, 44,71776a |
AM the above Ii, 755, 500 |
is 1897 |
Unless this balance can be paid by bonds or 7.3O !
notes, the authority to issue general currency notes
must at once be extended to pay the same and that
authority must be extended still further to meet the
appropriations already made by Congress not yet
pail and also the further appropriations yet to be
male.
The appropriations already made
ny Congress and not drawn on
]st August, amount to 1854 587, $50 90 !
The estimates submitted by the various Depart
ments of the additional supplies required to make |
go1d Deficiencies and to support the government to
1st January next, are as follows: |
For the War Department S44,373, 500 80 !
For the Civil List, 3S6, 6O7 SO |
For the Miscellaneous, 1O2, 500 80 |
s44, s62, O97 Is !!
s. that the whole amount of sup
olies reouired tn 1st Ianuarv