The New York herald., 1876-01-14


the year 1865 si22 slI434
lures are put down for the same year az l22 5s777s
-
Showing an increase IN the report Of
1871 the report Of 1869. in the naval
expenditures for the year 1865, off,. Si9,65T
DEPARTMENT.
In the report OF 1871 the expenditures OF
the War Department put down In the
annual statement Of government expon-
dturos for the years 1928 at. SOUS sl4Al
In the report OF 1869 the same expend-
lures for the same year, as appears in the
put down 500 2Os. $50
the year 1865 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s4Ol5,72s
EXPENDITURES IN INDIAN DEPARTMENT.
In the report OF the year 1870 the expenses
in the Indian Department for the year
1868 reported in the statement OF an
nual expenditures at. .................. tol52.Osa
year at ........................ l,O7s,s2s
showing an increase in the figures Of the
report OF 1870 over the report Of 1858 IN
year Of Of. 2,o75,7oo
REVENUE coLLEcTED.
Ia the finance report for 1868, In the annual
statement Of revenue collected for that
down as..........-.......... so7.c4o7s1
The total revenue exclusive Of loans and
Treasury notes, at................... 1872 sse.T4S
And the total receipts from all sources put
down for the same year at.........., $50, ,s52
Now, in the report OF 1864, for the same
the same figures. Observation-Disclosures. ST. 7S7
Total revenue exclusive OF loans and Treas
ury notes ........................ Il2 ss7 900
And the tstal receipts all sources at $50 S79652
That is to say the Treasury Department makes the
total receipts the same, although there wide differ
ence IN the amount of the total revenue exclusive Of
loans and Treasury notes.
the report Of 1870 OF the annual statement o.
revenue collected for the 1868, find that in
terna revenue is put down as having been collected
during that year whatever and the total receipts
elusive Of loans and Treasury notes. at $74 AS, 1871
And the total receipts from all sources, $sss, 7o652
nWrin in fha QalFh tota Il
revenue appears in the report for that year and the
net revenue IS put down at less sum by more than
$50 600 00o yet the total receipts from all
$Ss9, s7e, ,652
Now l am willing to believe that there is some wav
In which TO account for this strange system of book
keeping and stranger results, and II Is this:-That
large amounts increased and decreased occa
sion may require In the annual statements under
head Of ''loans and treasury notes" When sum rs
required TO make the total receipts agree TO the
year 1t is added TO or subracted from ''loans and
treasury notes, as the may be. The loans
treasury notes for the year 1865 are put down as fol-
ments OF revenue collected
In the report OF 1868 $3.50, 4S9 90S
In the report Of 1864. 776 6S2 96l
In the report OF 1870 514 925 404
In these reports, order take in the grand total,
total receipts from all sources the for the year
1858, IL became necessary to add 10 the 'loans and
treasury notes, y which seems to be the column In
which to merge all differences, increase decrease
all amounts, so as TO make the balances the same
matter what changes and manipnations may have been
made under other heads, and II there be
have cited these differences in tho reports as to tho
year 1868 to show how garing they appear, and how
irregular the system of bookkeeping and statement OF
accounts has been in the Treasury Department for
aware that the greater portion Of this amount
appears in later reports but feel very that
there are other changes, and especially those have
referred to- which cannot be satisfactorily explained
II Senators will take the trouble they will find many
of changes OF figures the finance re-
ports of collected from different after
they had reported for several years and partcu
larv ha wit nd N with
THE GREATEST CHANGES
in the figures in the finance reports to have been
in the annual statements OF the public debt my atten
ton having been first called to them by the able Sena-
tor from Connecticut, and will terminate these COM
parsons by reference to them But before doing SO
desire TO state that in the comparisons just made
to receipts and expenditures have taken the figures
from the Registers reports in the various finance
ports made by the Secretary of the Treasury. find
that up to 1870 the Register is the only officer that
Incorporated his report statements and tables show
ing the annual revenue collected annual expenditures
and public debt from the organization of the govern
ment In the year 1870 and following up to the pres
ent time that accompanying the Secretary's
report each OF the finance reports these tables
are to be found giving annual statement OF the rev.
enue collected expenditures and public debt notwth-
standing the Register whose official duty Is
these tables in his report
These tables and statements accompanying the Sec
retary's report commencing in the finance report OF
1870 differ from the Registers tables many respects
but TO be copies OF them. except to the public
debt. and here the differences in figures most
marked How these tables have been made, from what
sources and the necessity OF them have been unable
ascertain because to make these annual tables and
statements TO have been the official duty OF the
Register, and they have always been found in his re-
ports from the organization OF the government
oHASGEs IN THB PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT
By examining the finance reports for 1870 and 1871
IL will be that great changes have been made
statement OF the public debt particularly for the years
between 1862 and 1870 inclusive For instance in the
report OF 1871 the statement of the public debt is put
down. commencing with the year 1862, follows.
1864 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1924 l76 412
1863 ,l19 7T2 1873
1864. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ISIS 7S4 $40
1865 Observation-Disclosures. 2GSO CAL 500
1860 ........................ 2, 236 178
1867 267s 1876 los
1868 26l1 6S7 85l
1852 Observation-Disclosures. 25S8 49, 21s
1S70 2 $50 672 427
Total o-1 5h5 56I