Each pension agent at the end of each year is directed to forward a complete list of all outstanding unpaid checks issued by him; and the funds represented by all checks which remain unpaid over three years are covered into the Treasury to the credit of outstanding liabilities, as provided for by law. Amounts refunded to the credit of the following appropriations during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877. Balance to the credit of appropriation, June 30, 1877..... The above amounts were all carried to the surplus fund. Balance on hand June 30, 1876, appropriation 1876.. Amount paid on settlement of accounts Balance to the credit of appropriation, June 30, 1877.......... 1,706 86 334, 256 68 $966, 019 30 650,890 07 1,616, 909 37 21,724 66 1,595, 1-4 71 Amount appropriated to pay Army pensions for the fiscal year ending June 30, Army pensions.. Fees on vouchers. Fees for surgeons.. Total ..... Amount undrawn: Army pensions.... Total.... 1877. $28, 400, 000 00 200,000 00 250,000 00 100,000 00 28,950, 000 00 425,409 15 168 17 36,875 25 33,756 60 Amount of unexpended balance in agents' hands to be deposited.. 66,057 42 337, 12 92 4,204 74 28,453,791 43 The following tabular statement shows the number of accounts received and audited during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877: *The unsettled accounts on file belong to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877. Letters copied and indexed 3, 639 One hundred and eighty-nine pension checks verified before payment, amounting to... $5,398 69 Pension checks reported for cover to outstanding liabilities prior to this year, not before reported, 258 in number, amounting to Pension checks reported this year for cover to outstanding liabilities, 546 in number, amounting to $7,416 08 $12,879 88 One hundred and eighty-eight special settlements were made, the number not being included in the statement above. Mostly old accounts which have been closed. Thirty-one settlements for lost or destroyed checks were made, involving the sum of $2,037.73. The following statement exhibits the number and amount of accounts on hand and unsettled July 1, 1869, together with those received and audited each fiscal year since: The appropriation for the last fiscal year was divided under four heads (instead of one as before, viz, "Army pensions"), which very much retards business without being of any benefit. By executive order dated May 7, 1877, the number of pension agencies was reduced from 58 to 18, from and after July 1, 1877. This reduction, it is estimated, will save the government about $142,000 per annum. The force employed in this division numbered 41 clerks and 2 copyists. The following tabular statements exhibit the amount disbursed by the several agents, and the unexpended balance in hand to be covered into the Treasury : Unexpended balances in hands of pension-agents June 30, 1877. States. Agencies. Agents. Balances due Balances due agents. Deduct balances due ag'ts Little Rock. Des Moines. Grand Rapids. Saint Paul Columbus. Cincinnati Cleveland. Portland Pittsburgh Nashville. Burlington La Crosse. D. B. Wilson A. T. Wikoff |
