The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-04
Omcial Bookkeeping In Cuba.

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control of Cuban affairs the Government
of Intervention in Cuba received and
paid out nearly sixty millions Of dollars.
This sum represents the insular receipts
and insalsr expenditures. 1t was ex-
clusively Cuban fund In which moneys
of tho United States have no place or
appearance. No exact or comprehensive
statement Of account has yet boon pro-
scented although nearly q full year has
elapsed since tho withdrawal OF Ameri-
can authority from the Island.
While the official report for the year
1901 is still lacking. the report covering
the 1902 period. Jan. TO May 10. has re-
Gently been made available. An effort
to obtain financial statement from it,
pages has been productive Of the follow.
ing results:
Upon page ls OF tho report OF tho
insular Treasurer, CARLOS koLoF1, there
appears Exhibit F. purpsrting to be =
statement Of tho revenues Of the island
for the entire term Of the Intervention
On tho following page there appears
Exhibit G, purperting to DO . statement
Of tho receipts and disbursements for
the period. The footings Of the receipts
az shown by these tables appear as
follows:
Exhiot F......... ss6eSisN
E1Aibdt o.. Observation-Disclosures. H.7eAsoaSe
On page 1876 Of his report, Gen. WOOD
gives the total expenditures for the
entire period, which In comparison with
the statement Of the Treasurer, in En-
hibit @. stand a. follows:
Gen. woeDs statement. US, 4oSosi -
EAaO" o..''.' - ieS$ssll
Tho total amount Of customs revenues
il reported thus:
Treasurers report, Exhibit F.. 81 sss 90 -
Trsssurers report. Exhibit G..,.,.. so.7 sslg1
Report Of Collector OF Customs Table
Ne. 67,s0i 7i3ii
Taking Exhibit F, which appears as
classified statement Of total receipts,
and Gen. WOODS statement (paee 1867
which appears as classified statement
| Of expenditures, We have:
Hxhibtt r. statement Of reed ID, .sss ga 40 u
oen wseDs statement 81 pendturss g. >os %, -
This shows q balance Of nearly one
and half million dollars at the time Of
American Withdrawal. Yet, in trans
ferring the Government to President
ESTRADA PALMA, on May 20, 1902, Con.
WOOD made tho following statement:
THE public civil funds derived from the RIVE.
nues Of Cuba Tansfsred 70 yoS this date amount.
ing 10 sess "a. are traasferrel subject 70 seh
claims aAd Obligations properly payable sut Of the
revenues Of the isisnd Is may ssnsiA."
Here again is confusion. The report
Of the Treasurer Of the island (pa6e o
and tho report Of the Auditor page io)
declare that the balance on hand was
$685., l7o.2o. These reports also show that
in order to arrive at this figure there ID
included se4,e1o.ss in postal money order
funds, which 10 neither Q revenue nor
an available asset. Thus the actual
cash legacy to the Cuban Government
appears as SS4o,55o.7s (see Auditors
report, page ny. This complication
IL shown by the following table:
Actual amouat ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50. Oh
| Treasurers statement ...!............ 6ss -
| Gen. WOOD sstatement. .sA ss...... 6D.lSi.oz
Balance shown ~ sAsemsub a re-
edpts and e1psnAtures. ...!....... 1858, ss7.ss
In addition to this contradictory a.
sortmsnt. there appears, On Page 10 Of
the Auditors report, the statement that
the net balance at this time was q, S1s,-
Soe.1a. On page II tho came official
states: While there was In tho hands Of
the Treasurer On May 20. 1907, but $780,
b5o.7s available for nev appropriations,
there was In the possession Of fiscal
agents Of the Government and including
that amount $l.sls,sos.1S from which
future disbursements could b made
The Treasures statement reports on
hand Jan. >, 1907, t1,iio,s7e.Ss. The fol-
lowing statements are made REGARDING
the receipts from Jan. to May 10. 1901:
Gen woeD tpass isS ................. T.s7477l.sA
| AIDE .de Camp MCCOY tExhtba, Dec. 7is.<si.1
Treasurer RoLoYP Exhibit )......,... s4n.sass %
treasurer RoLoyS tExhibit ~ ,......... 7StA77iM
Auditor TsaanA tEznAbit N............ 7os7yoiAsi
In The last psm, Auditor TERRlLL's
statement, therS l. ihSudsd ak amount