The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-28

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of these sums IN the War and Navy Departments
and back pay ments of interest.
There are some receipts in the War Depart
| ment, believe, which are never conveyed into
the Treasury at all, and concerning which
! have consequently no information. This matter
| has been made the subject Of official communl.
cation now on Gle in the War Department.
Tue 'total receipts and expenditures Of the
Government during the past three fiscal years, "
| have been as follows:-
TOTAL RECEIPTS.
is ''sSsfiss ''ss 81 So
ssIa,7587ss s5s0 SlO,l7a $50 SS8
TOTAL EXPENDITURES.
Ffsssrs 9S sS4s 72si2s
Total.......s5 s57S al lOa t8g2 M29I t4l4 col
Authority for the statement of the Registers
| receipts and expenditures, 1865 and 1861
| Report Of the Register of the Treasury, Finance
Report, 1867, PIP. 356 TO 359, inclusive. For 1867
g, Report OF the Register, dated August l8,
1868. For Treasurer's receipts and expenditurea
1866 and 1867, Report of Treasurer Finance
Report, 1866, p. l60 and Finance Report, 1867
p. 100. For 1867-s, the books OF the Treasury.
The Post Office receipts and expenditures CON
stitute separate branch of the public accounts,
which is managed as folows:-The receipts for
postage, etc., are applied to the expenditures for
carrying the mails, etc. Should a surplus or
deficiency occur the amount is paid into or out
of the Treasury, and credited or debited to
"MiscellaneOus.n
The Post Office receipts and expenditures of
the past fiscal years are, therefore, included in
the amounts above stated. For 1869 they are
estimated by the Postmaster -GeneraI as follows:
Expenses Of the Post ONCE Department for
the hscs year ending June 49, 1882 In 400 I'M
Receipts estimated 10000 600
Deficiency. $6,i00 600
The condition of the Navy Pension Fund is as
follows:-It amounts to 5000, 600, mainly
derived from prize sales, and the amount is
invested in United States securities at three per
cent. The interest-$390, 900 per annum-forms
the revenue OF the fund, and such navy PEN
sions, etc., as are authorized by law, to be
betrayed out OF the fund form its expenditures.
tifling balance usually remains.
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES AND APPROPRIATIONS
REQUIRED FOR 1853.
The estimated expenditures Summary esti-
mate) for the current fiscal year, and the
amount and class of appropriations detailed
estimates) required to cover them, will be found
respectively in Executive Documents Nos. 2 and
3, Fortieth Congress- second session. In actual
order Of time the detailed estimates preceded
the summary estimate. Taken in connection,
as originally printed, they contained several
arithmetlca discrepancies, which arose IRON
attempts to cut down the totals without limiting
the details. These discrepancies are corrected
subject at a glance.
APPROPRIATIONS REQUIRED By THE TREASURY FOR
1869. - ,
Pensions and 's5 S CO.,
War and bounty 1s5, 900 t09
ao aoSaa Sa 10y oSS
ss9s,s 7ls3
In effect the Treasury said to Congress:-
without reckoning the Treasurers expendi-
lures, the Post Office deficiency and such pri.
yate claims as you may authorize US to pay
sum Of $39S, 3l7, 1873. There already exist perma-
nent appropriations which will cover $l80. .469 900
of this amount. Besides this, we shall have
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tions after July 1, 1868 (the actual amount of
outstanding balances on July l., 1868, was
larger); but If you grant the new special appro-
priations we ask for, amounting to 1882, 1873, ,736,
we shall only draw on these balances to the
extent OF $35, ,664 447." But Congress, instead of
granting the $lS2, lS3, 736 new appropriations
asked for, granted but STA, 1866, 1906 as folows:-
NEW SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS MADE BY FoRr1nrH
CoNGRHsS. SECOND SESSION.
war Deparnt nj $S3Il60o
navy DepRrtment 1885 $50
Pensions and Indians S3ss6462
Post Office Department. J,i50OU
Gons1isT ana oipl9 nG Ss48l
Other items In the civil ssO,sls
sAes Of March So is5s appro ;ria1ed 81 $685. Of
ca e ons AZ 3 o revenues y, & OF pos
"Rs gster's" receipts OF the Treasury.
ADDITIONAL NEW SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS MADE
BY FoRTIETH CoNGhEss, SECOND SESSION.
Alaska act OF July ~, 1868 zoe, ,0C0
Sundry appropriations for privase claims,
various oo3 669
Total $50
Leaving over 1000, 600 of appropriations to
be obtained from the balances OF existing (old)
appropriateness by grants of deficiency appro.
priations at its next session.
But IN addition to the $ll4,95s s96 new special
appropriations, Congress granted 81 zoe, 900 for
Alaska and $685. to satisfy certain private
claims as above liable IT, and also $40, ,275, zee
deficiency appropriations for the service OF
ls67-8, as follows:-
DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR SERVICE OF
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