There also remained in my hands at that date, 79 Treasury certificates adjusted under the act of March 3, 1879, aggregating $7,828.94. During the fiscal year, 2,209 Treasury certificates were received from the Second Auditor, making a total of 2,288, aggregating $203,945.58. Of these, 1,936, aggregating $159,621.93, were paid, leaving on hand June 30, 1881, 352 certificates and $44,323.65 for their payment. All claims were prepared for payment in this office, and payments made as follows: One hundred and forty-nine claims, aggregating $15,503.80 were paid through the Post-Office Department by post-office money orders since March 3, 1881, the date on which the appropriation for the expense of these payments became available. The total expense of all these payments during the year was $3,275,56, of which $1,950.05 was from the appropriation for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881, and $1,325.51 from the $5,595.02 appropriated by the act of March 3, 1881, which left a balance of $4,270.51 available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1882. The cost to the government in paying these claims for the last fiscal year was a trifle over 2 per cent. of the amount disbursed, or $1.67 for each claim paid. In addition to the claims of colored soldiers paid as above, there has been paid from this office, by check, to white claimants, 3,925 Treasury certificates; aggregating $432,506.05. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Brig. Gen. N. W. BROWN, Paymaster-General, U. S. Army. A. B. CAREY, Paymaster, U. S. A. Statement of the account of the Pay Department with the several appropriations subject to its control during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881. Statement of the account of the Pay Department with the several appropriations subject to its control during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881-Cont'd. Collection and payment of bounty, &c., due colored soldiers and sailors, 1879 $2,199 44 $1,900 00 5,595 02 $3, 413 42 ..... Repayment in settlement of accounts. Statement showing the balances in the hands of each of the disbursing officers of the Pay Department on the 1st of July, 1880; the amount remitted to each from the Treasury, or turned over by other agents, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881; the amounts accounted for by accounts and vouchers of expenditures, or by transfers or replacements in the Treasury, and the balances remaining in the hands of paymasters to be accounted for in the next fiscal year. |