No. 12. List of clerks and other persons employed in the General Land Office in the year 1847, showing the compensation paid to each, and the State or Territory of which a resident at the time of appointment. Ex. Doc. No. 45. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. LETTER FROM THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, SUBMITTING A report of the disbursing agent, exhibiting his receipts and expenditures during the calendar year, 1847. MARCH 2, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, February 18, 1848. SIR: I have the honor to submit, herewith, the report of the disbursing agent of this department, exhibiting a detailed statement of his receipts and payments during the calendar year, 1847, and the balance remaining in his hands at the close of the year. I am, very respectfully, &c., &c. Hon. R. C. WINTHROP, C. JOHNSON, Postmaster General. Speaker of the House of Representatives. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, February 18, 1848. SIR: In obedience to the requirements of the 20th section of the act of Congress approved 26th August, 1842, I have the honor to submit the following report of my disbursements, as agent of the Post Office Department for the calendar year, 1847. The unexpended balances of the several appropriations in my hands, on the 1st January, 1847, were as follows: For completing and furnishing the General Post Office building,.. $63 25 For the purchase of ground north of the same,.... 1,617 52 1,670 93 For publishing a table of post offices and the post office laws,. Deduct the balance then due the agent, on disbursements for the contingent expenses of the department,. Balance in the hands of the agent, 1st January, 1847, Add the amount drawn from the treasury during the year, for contingent expenses, Add for sales of waste paper,. $3,351 70 3,257 00 94 70 9,960 00 178 05 10,232 75 The payments out of the contingent fund, (as shown by exhibit A., herewith transmitted,) were as follows: For stationery, blank books and binding, 1,565 70 3 00 2,148 86 2,007 26 360 00 For labor, 1,398 39 9,359 27 55 81 Balance in the agent's hands on the 1st January, 1848,.. 9,415 08 817,67 Of the appropriations for the contingent expenses of the department, and for the compensation of temporary clerks for the fiscal year, ending June 30th, 1848, there remained und-awn from the treasury on the 1st January last, the aggregate sum of $7,260; viz: |
