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LETTER

FROM

THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY,

TRANSMITTING

A REPORT SUPPLEMENTARY TO HIS REPORT OF THE FIRST INSTANT,

TREASURY Department,

21st December, 1820.

SIR: In conformity with the provisions of the 8th section of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, entitled "An act in addition to the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments," statements are annexed to the estimates of the public expenditure for the year 1821, which are herewith transmitted, shewing

1. That the permanent appropriations, and those
for a term of years not yet expired, amount to
2. That, of the sums appropriated for 1820, and pre-
vious years, it is estimated that there will remain
on the books of the Treasury, on the 1st of Janu-
ary, 1821,

3. That there will be, on that day, in the hands of
the Treasurer, as agent of the War and Navy De-
partments
4. That the whole amount of unexpended balances of
appropriations, subject to the disposition of the
Executive government, during the year 1821, is
estimated at

5. That, of that sum, there will be required, to defray the expenses incurred in 1820, or necessary to effect the objects for which the several appropriations were made

$11,581,975 00

6,907,619 03

927,241 29

7,834,860 32

3,632,659 41.

6. And that there will remain unexpended, and not necessary to effect the objects for which the several appropriations were made

4,202,200 91

As it is ascertained that the sum of $4,202,200 91, with the exception of $1,860,437 57, which have been deducted from the estimates of the War Department for 1821, and which will form a part of the expenditure of that department during the year, will not be required, if that amount should be directed to be carried to the account of the surplus fund, the estimates for the year 1821, and the balance against the Treasury on the first day of that year, as presented in this report, will remain to be provided for.

It may be proper to observe, that all sums which will be carried to the account of the surplus fund, on the 31st day of this month, are not comprehended in any of the foregoing statements.

Inaccuracies having been discovered in the estimate of the probable expenditure of the year 1821, presented in the annual Treasury Report of the 1st instant, resulting, principally, from the different manner of keeping the warrant and appropriation accounts in the Trea

'sury, War, and Navy Departments, I avail myself of this occasion to correet those inaccuracies, and to present the amount of the deficiency which will have to be provided for during the ensuing year.

The receipts into the Treasury during the year 1820, and the amount remaining in the Treasury on the first of January of that year, were estimated in the annual report at

The payments from the Treasury, to the 30th of September last, amounted to

Which, being deducted from the aggregate amount above stated, leaves for the service of the 4th quarter

The payments made in the 4th quarter, and those which are required to complete the service of the year 1820, are as follows:

Civil, diplomatic, and

miscellaneous, alrea

dy made

and to be made

1,407,213 56

93,688 90

$22,326,244 63

16,908,415 80

5,417,830 83

665,164 61

758,853 51

And leaving a balance against the Treasury, on the 1st January, 1821, of

4,204,464 24

To avoid complexity, the sums estimated to be necessary to complete the service of the year 1820, or to effect the objects for which the several appropriations were made, are, in the above statement, considered a charge upon the Treasury during the fourth quarter of the year; although it is probable that a portion of those sums may not be drawn until late in the ensuing year, and, possibly, a small part not before the year 1822. In the annual report, no sum was charg ed upon the 4th quarter, but what was understood would be drawn.