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The receipts for the quarter ending September
1st, added to the balance on the 1st of July,

DISBURSEMENTS.

In July, as estimated, $150,000 00
In August, as estimated, 18,000 00
In Sept., as estimated, 56,000 00

Balance in the Treasury October 1st, 1858,
RECEIPTS.

In October, as estimated, -
In November, as estimated,
In December, as estimated,

DISBURSEMENTS.

In October, as estimated, $247,000 00
In November, as estimated, 25,000 00
In December, as estimated, 12,000 00

Balance in Treasury 1st January, 1859,

$649,000 00

224,000 00
$425,000 00

85,000 00
64,000 00
63,000 00

$637,000 00

284,000 00
$353,000 00

It will appear by an examination of these estimates that the
balance in the Treasury on the first day of January, 1859, as es-
timated, will be less by the sum of $22,822.78 than it was on
the first day of February, 1858. In the estimate of disburse-
ments for March, the Legislative expenses proper are included,
and estimated at $60,000. This was the amount appropriated
in 1856, but a greater sum will probably be required for the pre-
sent year. Special appropriations by the present Legislature are
of course excluded from this statement, as the Comptroller has
no official knowledge thereof.                                 

The sum of $50,000 in the estimate of the disbursements for
June, is set down to the increasement of the Sinking Fund; and
a like sum on the same account in the month of September.

In considering the expediency of a reduction of the taxes, it
is proper to take cognizance of the fact, that the revenue derived