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REPORTS

OF THE

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

OF

THE UNITED STATES,

PREPARED

IN OBEDIENCE TO THE ACT OF MAY 10, 1800,

"SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE ACT ENTITLED 'AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT."

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED

THE REPORTS OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON,

ON

PUBLIC CREDIT, A NATIONAL BANK, MANUFACTURES,

AND

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MINT.

VOL. VI.

WASHINGTON:

PRINTED BY JOHN C. RIVES.

1851.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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Report of Mr. Walker on the Finances and Warehousing Sys-

tem

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176

Report of Mr. Walker on the Finances......Dec., 1847

Report of Mr. Young in regard to an error in the Report

119

of 1847.......

...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:

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