Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-01
The Report of the Treasurer of the United
States.

The Report of the Treasurer of the United
States.
The report of Gen. +. f. Spinner, Treasurer
of the United States, for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1866, has been made TO Secretary Nc
Culloch. r
The report shows the balance of cash on
hand from last year was Ss5s, ,3g9 Is; add trust
funds, S2,2l7, 1924 total, S3,O76,Ui2U9. During
the year there was at the Treasury from ali
sources, Sf,329, ,6S6,37c 81. From this was maid
n account of the public debt and expenses of
the Government, 96.7se, ,s2o. .23, leaving a
balance OF Sl32, 32,ee1,5i9.II in the Treasury The
decrease IN the expenditures below those of
last year were s12e,253,5lS.07. The receipts
from the Post Office Department during the
year were S3,62i.OiO.1s; expenditures 80 7aI :
235s7; amount Withdrawn uncovered ia last
reporf. S3,OO0i suspended overdraft on Charles
ton 1851. $50; unavailabie-Merchant's National
Bank, Washington, 1890, balance TO new ac-
count, Si,372, 623.l1.
New currency, in amounts as follows were
received, counted, and issued during the year
Compound interest notes, S44, ,6OO, ZOO legal ten
der notes, S34 ,37o, eco; fractional currency Old
S2'3,,273 i5 fractional currency, new, SIS, ill.,
347. Total. S96.e29, 72O.35.
Certificates OF indebtedness to the amount of
s5i,3 5000 We're issued during rhe year, being
S74,i49,Oo0 less than Issued the year previous
Currency, in old issue demand notes, new
issue legal tender notes. one and two year fl We
per cent. notes, six per cent. notes, gold GER.
ufcates, and fractional currency, to the
amount OF 2l1,221, ,7O2.05 has been retired,
counted, and destroyed: on which amount
there was discount for m mutilation of sI7.
sl3.36. In this destruction 90, ,7I5,77 separate
pieces of paper money Were counted.
On the Both day Of June the outstan ding
balances Of the various kinds OF United States
notes and fractional currency Were as follows:
Old United States demand notes, s2ss, Loo !;
new United states legal tender notes, $780,
755.93965; old postage currency, >7,01l, 1904 ::
old issue fractional currency, S7,934, 562 IL !;
new issue fractional currency, Sl2,UIs, l9O 50 :;
one year five per cent. Treasury notes, s2-
y,Aar
five per cent. coupon Treasury notes, S107s,-
$4,000; three year six per cent. compound in.
terest notes, S172, ,369, 5ll0O.
The present number of national banks fully.
organized is 1,643. The total amount held on
the 30th Of June, pledged for the redemption Of
the circulation of these banks, was 1897 $50.
The number qualified as repositories OF public
moneys and financial agents of the United
States is 3S2. and the total amount held as
securities for United States deposits S3s 500.
Under the 41st section of the national currency
act. s., ,791 Se4 81 duty has been collected from
these banks during the year.
General Spinner says :-.sAgain il becomes
my duty to present to you. ana through you to
diffic Guilty in the way Of the proper conduct and
management Of this office, on account of the
utterly inadequate pay awarded by law to its
officers, clerks, and other employees. Ii is ex-
ceedingly difficult TO procure the services of
persons OF the ability, capacity, and proved
integrity of character required for places of
such great responsibility, and when procured
IL is still more difficult to retain them''
On the subject OF female CLERKS Gen. s. saws:
"Tbe experiment OF employing females as
clerks has been, SO far as this office is con-
cerned, a success. For many kinds OF office.
work like the manipulating and counting of
fractional currency, they excel. ana in my
opinion are to be preferred to males. There is,
however, quite as much difference in point of
ability between female clerks as there is be.
tween the several classes OF male clerks, whose
equals some Of them are. Many of them are
able 10 accomplish more than twice as much
and with greater accuracy than some others.
So, too, some OF them incur great risks being
responsible for making mistakes in count, and
for coupterfeitsi overlooked. Many make res
titution for these errors, which takes n large
percentage from their salaries. Such should
by every consideration Of justice and fair deal
ing be paid according to their merits, and the
desirable that their ambition should be stimu-
lated by the prize Of promotion for well. doing
The present horizontal salary 10 unjust and
pernicious. 1t pays the merely tolerable as
much as the very best. Instead Of melting the
poorer 10 emulate the best clerks, Il tends to
demoralize them, and brings them down TO the
level of the poorer class. 1t Is therefore earn
esiiy hoped that the needfui reform of olassi.
hcation NAV bs authorized gn1- : Tas.s -
n4,Anslers use cotton for a certain kind of
fish. That's the way some the young women
angle for their prey rst#4rr H- --Dt E
~ Looking at the modern ornaments the Ia.
dies wear, Cynic called abevy Of girls chain
gang. tef sEfttst.Etkif- ff !
ga Roman Ca,holic Church, exclusively
for colcred people. iste be established NJ st.
Louis. '~- -~At
EAn insane lady in Nebraska strangied
herself with her garter. - a4 - Fsals e "a
ga lady az Oheltenham, England, a few
weeks ago, found thirty six pearls In dish Or