Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances

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hospitals, and other public buildings confided to the charge of the Treasury
Department...

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106. Statement No. 91 exhibits the receipts and expenditures of the marine hospital fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen in the ports of the United States.

107. Statement No. 92, report of Light-house Board...---

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108. Statement No. 93, report of supervising inspectors of steamboats------
109. No. 94, letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the chairman of the Com-
mittee on Commerce, House of Representatives, relative to construction
of custom-houses..

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110. No. 95, letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, recommending additional legislation with a view of
more effectually preventing the undervaluation of merchandise......
111. No. 96, letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the chairman of the Com-
mittee of Ways and Means, of the House of Representatives, on the sub-
ject of home valuation.....

112. No. 97, letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Fourth Auditor, rela-
tive to the two per cent. commission claimed by Albert Greenleaf, navy
agent at Washington, for sums disbursed by him as pension agent..............
113. No. 98, letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Commissioner of Cus-
toms, relative to extra compensation claimed by certain government em-
ployees for services rendered in other than office hours....
114. No. 99, letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Superintendent of
the United States Coast Survey, relative to extra compensation claimed
by certain employees in his office for services rendered in other than office
hours

115. No. 100, letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the chairman of the
Committee on Retrenchment, United States Senate, on the subject of re-
trenchment in the expenses of the government and improvement in the
mode of doing the business of the Treasury Department......
116. No. 101, letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, with accompanying papers,
addressed to the chairman of the Committee on Finance, of the Senate,
relative to the mode of paying the salaries of foreign ministers, consuls,
commercial agents, &c......

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No. 1.

Statement of duties, revenues, and public expenditures, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1856, agreeably to warrants issued, exclusive of trust funds and treasury notes funded.

The receipts into the treasury during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1856, were as follows:

From customs, viz:

During the quarter ending September 30, 1855.-- $17,085, 238 28
During the quarter ending December 31, 1855
During the quarter ending March 31, 1856..
During the quarter ending June 30, 1856..

13, 424, 038 57
16,737, 114 01
16,776, 472 64

$64,022, 863 50

2,355,725 87

3,273, 868 02

1,450,073 04

1,837,978 00

8,917, 644 93

977,633 03

73,918, 141 46

18,931, 976 01

92,850, 117 47

The expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1856, were as follows:

Purchase of blank books, stationery, &c., for consuls of

the United States...

To reimburse E. Riddle money expended by him at
Industrial Exhibition, London....
Expenses of releasing from captivity among the Indians
of Queen Charlotte island the crew and passengers of
the sloop Georgiana....

To defray expenses in complying with the resolution of
the House of Representatives of December 14, 1853,
calling for a statement of the privileges and restric-
tions of foreign intercourse with the United States, &c.
Expenses in acknowledging the services of masters and
crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American citi-
zens, &c., from shipwreck..

Contingent expenses of the late board of commissioners under treaty with Mexico..

Awards under the 15th article of treaty between the United States and Mexico, of February 2, 1848.... To fulfil the 3d article of treaty between the United States and the Mexican republic, of December 13, 1853 Boats and other incidental expenses connected with the duties of commissioner, under first article of reciprocity treaty with Great Britain...

Carrying into effect the convention upon the subject of claims between the United States and her Britannic Majesty, of February 8, 1853

Deduct repayment on account of appropriation "to conclude a treaty of peace with Mexico," out of which there was no expenditure during the year.---.

Total foreign intercourse..

$20,000 00

11,871 05

8,935 30

5,000 00

5,995 52

50 00

50,122 09

3,000,000 00

9,777 14

2,067 46

3,619, 211 62

320 44

$3,618,891 18

For further compensation to the Post Office Depart-
ment, for mail services performed for the two houses
of Congress, &c., per act March 3, 1851..
To supply any deficiency in the revenues of the Post
Office Department, for the year ending June 30, 1856
For a tri-monthly mail, by steam-vessels, between New
Orleans and Vera Cruz.

To continue the mail service between Charleston, Key
West, and Havana, during the months of August and
September....

Furnishing post office at Bangor, Maine..

Erection of public buildings in the Territories..
Payment of annuities and grants

Expenses of collecting the revenues from customs...
Repayments to importers of excess of deposites for un-
ascertained duties

Debentures or drawbacks, bounties or allowances

Debentures and other charges, per act October 16, 1837Refunding duties on fish and other articles, under reciprocity treaty with Great Britain.

Refunding duties under the act to extend the ware-
housing system..

Refunding duties on foreign merchandise imported----
Proceeds of the sales of goods, wares, &c., per act of

April 2, 1844..

Salaries of special examinerɛ of drugs and medicines..
Additional compensation to collectors, naval officers, &c.
Support and maintenance of light-houses, &c...
Building light-houses, and for buoys, beacons, &c.....
Life-boats and other means of rendering assistance to
wrecked mariners and others on the coast of the
United States

$625,000 00

2,294,368 00

69,750 00

10,000 00 1,396 71 132,070 80 400 00

2,849,958 77

1,005, 693 20 567,359 96

19,217 77

133,403 68

10,488 10 278, 113 91

2,742 68

9,057 49

7,202 01