COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY. ix

Amount brought forward................... Disbursed in March...................................	$251,720 74 87,699 44
Balance increased a little, April 1st, 1879...... Receipts in April ......................................	$164,021 30 89,332 34
Disbursed in April..................................	$253,353 64 147,683 03
Balance reduced May 1st, 1879................. Receipts in May.......................................	$105,070 56 44,363 19
Disbursed in May....................................	$150,033 75 148,814 63
Balance uncomfortable, June 1st, 1879......... Receipts in June.......................................	$ 1,219 12 484,321 78
Disbursed in June . ................................	$485,540 90 $100,108 99
Balance decidedly comfortable July 1st, 1879... Receipts in July......................................	$,185,431 91 123,099 18
Disbursed in July....................................	$508,531 09 354,624 82
Balance reduced Aug. 1st, 1879........ Receipts in August.................................	$153,906 27 187,827 76
Disbursed in August...............................	$341,734 03 27,029 90
Balance decidedly comfortable Sept. 1st,1879 Receipts in September.....................	$314,704 13 277,250 13
Disbursed in September..................	$591,954 26 35,745 27
Balance at end of fiscal year 1879..................	$556,208 99

I have set forth, in detail, the monthly operations and
balances of the Treasury during the whole of the year