REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY. 27

STATEMENT M.

Showing the Levy. Receipts and Disbursements on account
of Free School Books, as authorized by Chapters loo and
165 of 1896, during the Fiscal Year ended September 30,
1899.

SUMMARY.
Deficit at the close of the Fiscal Year 1898. . . .	$134,384 98
Total Disbursements during the Fiscal Year
1899 ....................,,;...;.:............	146,401 89	$280,786 87
Total receipts of School Book Tax during
Fiscal Year 1899.............................		147,084 26
Leaving a deficit as a net payment from the
Treasury proper of ............ .............		$133,702 11