The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-06

The whole amount OF bounties paid since April II,
isss when the first Treasury certificate was received
claimants is S1,gqO,OG662. Three thousand three
hundred aud eleven applications for bounty are now
claims arc now on file in the Second Auditors Office
awaiting settlement and It is believed that about
zoyoO claims Of this kind remain 10 be presented
The work OF paying bounties Is therefore not yet
complete, and Il is believed that the system now IN
operation should he continued.
, The freedmen have been protected as far possi-
n ulc rom ron, injustice The means adopted have been
comniIormed TO the wants Of dnerent communities.
The expenses OF the bureau were met the first year
tavn @ we Pr9ceeds OF rents sales OF crops, school
states" property The amonnt received from All
these miscellaneous sources was 81, ,s65 645sO and
ost bo masn by Congress o since nee July s6c
M IIoIn al sources The expenditures, including the
accounts 0I Ihe Department Of Negro Affairs, from
S Suhe e. y 5s6o TO August 81, 1869, have been
N addition to this, subsistence medical supplies,
amounting in cash to 81 werT sT w6dPse rea
value when transferred TO the bureau was probably
less than one million OF dollars Adding their orgi-
nal cost to the cash expended the total expenses of
the bureau have been 1882, ,sl6s2.
Attention is called to the Recommendation OF the
report that the hospital in this district be continued
and that the payment Of bounties be continued, by
this or some other agency, until all should have
reasonable time TO present their claims
Appropriations, Expenditures, and Estimates.
There was carried to the surplus fund June
9O 1869, the sum Of of.............,.,. s5s, ,Q3O17b
The actual expenditures for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1869, were Including the
treedmen's Bureau) .............. $50, 16l 1872
To which must be added, for old war debts,
the sum 1928, ,ss2 3l1
Making the total expenditures $50, ,644, ,O43
OF the above there was expended for recon-
strnction purposes. ................. S4O6, ,42O
There was appropriated for the service of
the War Department for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1870. 37,b3S S52
The estimated deficiencies are ........... 100000
The total estimate of military appropria-
tons for the year ending June 80 1S11 is a. O31
In the foregoing estimate the amounts originally
presented by the heads OF bureaus have been mate
rally reduced, and any appropriation smaller in
amount than that asked for would fail to meet the
necessary wants of the department.
The following estimates are submitted separately,
and are given for the consideration of Congress as
presented by the Chief OF Engineers .
ToI Iol ncaIlons. l96 4O0
For rivers ana harDorS. 1861, 300
Total. .s12 15s, 300
AS to the forti1cations urge the appropriations
asked Tor the forts near the larger cities named in
the report OF the General OF the army to wt-Port-
land, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, New orleans,
and San Francisco,
The amount required for public buildings
and grounds and Washington aqueduct,
estimated by the officer in charge, is 81 021 1852
Which has been reduced, in the estimate
presented herewith, observation-disclosures. 1885, $40