REPORT. OF THE FIRST COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, FIRST COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, October 10, 1877. SIR: The following report, which embraces the operation of this office during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877, is respectfully submitted. The number of warrants examined, countersigned, entered upon blotters, and posted into ledgers was as follows: The following accounts were received from the First and Fifth Auditors of the Treasury and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and revised and certified, viz: Judiciary, embracing the accounts of the United States marshals for their fees and for the expenses of the United States courts, of the United States district attorneys, and of the commissioners and clerks of the United States courts. Diplomatic and consular, embracing the accounts arising from our intercourse with foreign nations, expenses of consuls for sick and disabled seamen, of our commercial agents in foreign countries.... 2,356 2,212 Awards by the court of Alabama claims.. 1,003 Public lands, embracing the accounts of the registers and receivers of landoffices, and surveyors-general and their deputies, and of lards erroneously sold 2,567 Steamboats, embracing accounts for the expenses of the inspection of steamvessels and salaries of inspectors.... 316 221 Mint and assay-offices, embracing the accounts of gold, silver, and cent coinage, Public printing, embracing accounts for printing, for paper and for binding. 655 73 3:27 Congressional, embracing accounts for salaries, for contingent expenses, and for other expenses of the United States Senate and House of Representatives Internal-revenue collectors' accounts of the revenue collected, the expenses of collecting the same, compensation of collectors, and the expenses of their offices... Internal-revenue-stamp agents' accounts for the sale of stamps.. Miscellaneous internal revenue, embracing accounts of supervisors, surveyors, agents, accounts for redemption of stamps, for drawback, &c....... Internal-revenue assessors' accounts for the expenses of levying the taxes and for their own compensation...... Miscellaneous, embracing accounts for the contingent expenses of all the Executive Departments at Washington, salaries of judges, district attorneys, and marshals, expenses of the Coast Survey, of public buildings and grounds, &c. Number of letters written from this office on official business.... Number of receipts for tax-lists, given by collectors, examined, registered, and filed.... 127 1,950 572 2,483 10 2,609 10, 445 Number of books of tax-paid spirits, tobacco, and special stamps counted and certified. 1,732 16,564 Number of requisitions examined, entered, and reported, viz: The above detail exhibits but a portion of the duties pertaining to this office. There should be added the examination, registering, and filing of official bonds; the examination, filing, and registering of powers of attorney for the collection of money due to public creditors from the government; the examination and decision of applications for the issue of securities in place of those lost or destroyed, and a variety of miscellaneous business occurring daily, which need not be mentioned in detail. I commend the persons employed in the office for their faithful and efficient service. Respectfully submitted. Hon. JOHN SHERMAN, Secretary of the Treasury. J. TARBELL, Acting Comptroller. |