12 COMPTROLLER'S REPORT.

Amount brought forward ....................		$83,200 49
To Queen Anns county . ............................ Somerset county ................................ St. Mary's county ............................... Cecil county. ...................................	2559 69 3 600 03 2,263 73 3.135 21
And there remained in the Treasury, to the credit of the Free Schools Fund, as of the 39th September,		62,397 83
1853, the sum of ................................. On the 1st December, 1852, there remained in the Treasury, the credit of the Sinking Fund, the		$30,803 66
sum of .......................................... And there was received in the year ended the 30th Sep- tember, 1853, for the use of the Sinking Fund, the sum of $160,318.75, from the following sources, viz:	03
From State 3 per cent Stocks — for Interest. ........... From State 5 per cent. Stocks — for interest. .......... From State 6 per cent. Stocks — for interest. ..........	3,434 86 630 77 63,046 76 34,937 93
From State Wharfinger in the City of Baltimore. .... From so much Penitentiary 5 per cent. Stock redeemed From Surpluses in the Treasury transferred. . .... ...		$102,040 32 711 10 15,160 12 42,407 21
Making an aggregate of. ...................... Of this aggregate there has been disbursed in the year ended 30th September, 1853, the sum of $169,201.01 on the following accounts, viz : To investments for the use of the Sinking Fund, (see		$160,313 78
Statement M.) .................................. And there remained to the credit of the Sinking Fund,		$159,201 01
as of the 30th September, 18B3, the sum of. .......	$1,117 77