REPORT

OF THE

COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY

OF THE

STATE OF MARYLAND.

COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

Annapolis, Md., Jan. 3rd, 1884.

To the Honorable the General Assembly of Maryland:

I respectfully submit my Sixth Annual Report of the
transactions of the Treasury Department. The State-
ments and Tables, to be found in the Appendix, set forth
in detail these transactions, during the fiscal year ended
on the 30th day of September, 1883. My official relations
to this department will terminate in a few days, and this
being my final report, a brief review of the fiscal affairs
of the State, during the six years that I have been Comp-
troller, naturally suggests itself.

The balance in the treasury proper, at the close of the
last year, was $982,183.52. To this should be added the
cash to the credit of the "Free School Fund," $4,720.47,
and to the credit of the "Sinking Funds" 813,858.06'
making the total amount in the treasury, in cash,
$1,000,762.65.

When I assumed the duties of this office, on the 22nd
day of January, 1878, the entire balance in the treasury
was the sum of $44,240.98. The treasury had encountered
a heavy loss to its revenue on account of the failure of ac-
customed receipts, over which my predecessor had no con-
trol. Notwithstanding this, the obligations of the State
had been promptly met, and the predit of the State fully
maintained.