Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-07
Count OF the Funds in the Treasury

REPORT OF THE COUNTING COMMITTEE.
The report OF the committee appointed by
the Secretary of the Treasury to examine
the book accounts and moneys in the Office
Of the Treasurer OF the United States shows
that the count of the moneys in the cash
room was commenced on the morning OF
June 80, and closed in the reserve vault on
the 18th of July. y thorough count was ma!
OF every note and piece of fractional curren-
cy, "a well a. an accurate count and weight
Of the coin. Since July IS the committee has
been engaged in careful examination Of the
books and accounts OF the office in its several
divisions, and the verifcatiOn of the same
by means derived from every possible source.
The tables give the amount OF each class OF
notes and securities counted, and the follow
ing items of defct Package stolen from cash
room June 2, lo15, 81 ,097 90; package stolen
from redemption division. February Is, IS.J.
; 900; counterfeit note received in redemp-
tiOn division, $50; short cash in division OF
national banks in liquidation, $50; short
cash in specimen currency, SGG3; short cash
in fractional currency, Is cents; short cash
IN cOpperS, 10 cents. Total, StS,TiSj. Elk
cess of cash in redemption division, SS49.5a;
excess in division Of issues, 20 cents; excess
in gold coin, $3.50; excess in mixed lot of cur
rency, S4.33. Total deficit, S47,S1s4l The
stolen package of Al 600 consisted OF notes
that had been Cancelled preparatory to send
ing them TO another division for final count
and destruction by maceration.
The so counterfeit note has been in dis
pute between the person who received it and
bank by whom il was alleged to have been
sent for redemption, and has, since the Both of
June, been paid. as we have been informed.
by the bank. The shorts OF $50 and u cents
have since been paid into the Treasury by
the persons with whom those losses occurred.
The excess of ~,}i9.39 is made up OF an aggre-
gate Of"OVers" and "ShOrtS" running through
course of years which cannot be traced,
amounting 10 ~3iSiS, and two other items OF
81 cents. The discrepancy between tie
amount of coin called for by the books and
the amount found on hand included in &
item OF c3f936 is occasloned by the fact that
some small silver coin is included in a lot,
and thus redeemed in currency. In addition
TO Tie notes and securities mentioned. there
was found in the cash room vault twenty
nine packages of special deposits, which do
not enter into the accounts of the Treasury
in any shape. These specials are numerous
articles of value deposited by the Patent
office, bonds belonging TO the Smithsonian,
etc.
The committee say: with tie exception
OF the Deficiencies and excuses above men
toned, and which, outside of the sealed
package Stolen from The cash room on June
Z, 1875. and the package of Cancelled notes
stolen from the redemption division on Feb
ruary *, lII5, are insignificant,) we have
found the money on hand I'm the Treasury
proper 10 correspond with the amounts called
for by the books, and the correctness of the
latter we have carefully and, as we think,
thoroughly tested"
In conclusion the committee say: by your
direction we have examined into the matter
of the deficiency OF 81 .09j.65. and find that ii
was occaSiOned by the theft of a sealed pack
age containing that amount, put up for
tlaDSmi SSion TO the National Park bank
New York, on June p 1873, and that il was
stolen from the caShrOOm that dby, between
the hours OF 10 O'Clock a. III. and o'clock p.
M
The report is signed by John r. Blake.
lchailman) s. +. Middleton, II. II. T. Lei
pold, j. u. Patten, jr., ChaS. II. Brown, T. c.
Dickinson and VIII X. Hewey.