: TABLE OF CONTENTS. : Report of Mr. Walker on the Finances and Warehousing Sys tem Page. ....Dec., 1846 176 Report of Mr. Walker on the Finances......Dec., 1847 of 1847..... 119 .Jan., 1848 275 Report of Mr. Walker on the Finances...Dec., 1848 279 Report of Mr. Walker on the Warehousing System..Feb., 1849 343 REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES. REPORT ON THE FINANCES. DECEMBER, 1846. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, December 9, 1846. IN obedience to the "act supplementary to the act to establish the Treasury Department," the undersigned respectfully submits the following report: The receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending the 30th June, 1846, were as follows: The expenditures during the same fiscal year amounted to the sum of.. Leaving a balance in the Treasury on the 1st of July, 1846, of.. As appears in detail by accompanying statement A. $26,712,667 87 2,694,452 48 92,126 71 29,499,247 06 7,658,306 22 37,157,553 28 28,031,114 20 9,126,439 08 The estimated receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1847, are as follows: VOL. VI.-1. From the second, third, and fourth quarters, as estimated From sales of public lands. RECEIPTS, VIZ: From customs, first quarter, by actual returns of the collectors.... $6,153,826 38 21,681,904 62 Total from customs 27,835,731 00 3,400,000 00 From miscellaneous sources 100,000 00 31,335,731 00 .$5,000,000 00 10,000,000 00 9,126,439 08 Total receipts, exclusive of Treasury notes and loans 22d July, 1846. From loan under the same act Add balance in the Treasury 1st July, 1846......... Total means, as estimated. EXPENDITURES, VIZ: The actual expenditures for the first quarter, ending 30th September, 1846, amounted to. ...$14,088,661 27 Excess of expenditures over means 1st July, 1847.... $4,779,042 01 The estimated receipts, means, and expenditures, for the fiscal year *The sum of $550,000 for supplying deficiencies of revenue from postage, and also $200,000 for postages of Congress and of the executive departments, are included in the above sum. 3,000 00 430,183 97 9,278,771 41 *55,241,212 09 |