Duke University Libraries F^ liiiliilii Hill llhi nil; lllil D03209709U ESTIM.A.TES FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT FROM JULY 1, TO DECEMBER 31, 1863. MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. Richmond, Va., April 11, 1863. To the Senate and House of Representatives : I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, covering estimates for the support of the government from July 1st to the December 31st, 1863, in compliance with resolutions adopted respectively by the Senate and House of Representatives. I recommend that appropriations be made of the amounts for the purposes specified. JEFFERSON DAVIS. COMMUNI^TATION from the secretary of TREASURY. Treasury Department, April 10, 1863. To the President : Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith, estimates (in duplicate) of the appropriations necessary to be made for the support of the government, from July 1st to December 3 1st, 1863, in compliance with the resolution adopted respectively by the Senate and House of Representatives. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, C. G. MEMMINGBR, Secretary of the Treasury, COMMUNICATION FROM SECRETARY OF TREASURY, SUBMITTING THE ESTIMATES OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE ENSU- ING FISCAL YEAR. Treasury Department, C. S. A., ) Richmond, April 7, 1863. > Hon, Thos, S. Bocock, Speaker of the House of Representatives, C. S. A.: Sir : In compliance -vrith the requisition of Congress, I herewith submit in detail the estimates of the various departments for the sup- port of the goverement for the first half of the ensuing fiscal year. In presenting these estimates the Secretary of the Treasury is re- quired by law to report to Congress^ the ways and means to provide for the same. The currency act of the 23d of March, has limited at a fixed *feum of fifty millions per month the issue of treasury notes, and the bonds which that acf authorizes together with any future taxes which may be raised, are by its provisions converted into mere instruments to sustain the credit of the treasury notes. They are allowed only to act as absorbents until the currency shall be reduced below one hundred and seventy-five millions, and no aid can be had in this direction from the re-issue of the notes until the whole cur- rency falls below this limit. The estimates now presented, it will be perceived, call for more money than fifty millions monthly ; it follows, therefore, of necessity, under existing laws, either that l8ie estimates must be reduced, or that some of the expenditures must be made in a form which does not require the raising of money. Such a state of things naturally suggests an expedient to which gov- ernments have resorted under similar necessity, namely, the levy of a tax in kind. In my last annual report, I recommended to Congress a tax of one per cent, on property, and of ten per cent, on all incomes. So much of this income tax as could be made use of for the army, might be collected in kind. Food and forage are required for this purpose in every section of our country, and those agricultural pro- ducts, such as cotton and tobacco, which cannot be used as food, would be of very great value in providing arms, clothing and muni* tions of v?ar from abroad. I would therefore suggesfthe expediency of authorizing the gov- ernment, wherever it may find the same practiable, to collect in kind a tax upon agricultural income. Such a tax is recommended by many 3 considerations of publicly policy, some of whicli I will ask leave briefly to present. 1. In the first place, such a tax would afford abundant subsistence to the army, in bread and lorage, and would distribute the same all over the country, so that it could be conveniently collected wherever wanted. 2. It would relieve the government from the necessity of resorting to impressment, a measure which,, however judiciously conducted, tends to produce odium and discontent. 3. It would relieve the government from the exactions and imposi- tion of those who speculate upon its necessities. 4. It would withdraw from the market the government as a pur- chaser of articles of prime necessity ; and individuals would be enabled to purchase at so much lower rates. 5. It would relieve the currency from an issue of the amount neces- sary to purchase the articles levied in kind. 6. And as an incident of the last benefit, it would assist greatly in restoring all prices to their usual and normal condition. 7. It would render much more productive the tax itself, not only because it is less easily evaded, but because being certain in quantity, it is not subject to the fluctuation which would attend any further ex- pansion of the currrency. I herewith respectfully submit tables compiled from the census of I860, which exhibit the production of agriculture and of animal^ slaughtered, in the eleven of the Confederate States, in which a tax in kind could be levied. The following are approximate results of a tax of ten per cent, on the principal agricultural productions : Wheat, 3,136,()0U bushels,~at $3 , 6,272,000 Rye, 217,000 bushels, at $2 434,000- Corn, 28,666,000 bushels, at $1 50 42,999,000 Oats, 2,000.01)0 bushels, at $1 2,000,000 Rice, say 1-3 of a crop, 6,000,000 pounds, 20 cts. 1,200,000 Peas and beans, 1,115,000 bushels, $2 2,230,000 Sweet potatoes, 3,770,000 bushels, $1 . 3,770,000- Irish potatoes, 637,000 bushels, $1 657,000 Slaughtered annimals, 1-10 value, 8,100,000 The crop cf cotton and tobacco cannot be set down. from the figures of the census because the growing crops are greatly less in quantity. I assume the crop of cotton to amount to 1,000,000 of bales, or 4,000,000 pounds, 10 per cent, of which, or 40,- 000,000 pounds at 25 cents, 10,000,000- Tobacco, say half crop, or 100,000,000 pounds, 10 percent, or 10,000,000 pounds, tit 40 cts, 4,000,000 Hay, 106,000 tons, at 20 cts. 2,120,000 $83,782,000 Several of the above items cannot be relied on for the aggregates credited them. But if the tax include the straw of wheat, oats, rye, and rice, although these items would not be important ia the way of 8ale, yet In their beneficial results to the army, they \Yill probably counterbalance any deficit. The produce of the tax, if wholly levied* in kind, would probably not vary much from the above figures. From this aggregate, the proper deductions miftt be made for portions of the States occupied by the enemy, and for other portions where it would be neither expedient nor practicable to collect the tax in kind, I now proceed to submit some considerations which affect the se- curing of the public credit, and the reduction of the volume of the currency, and will assist in providing additional means. The basis of the plan of the currency act is a firm public credit. Without this, treasury notes can neither pass as money, peither will bonds be accepted in exchange for them. Congress, therefore, has judged wisely that the quantity must be reduced. This reduction is to be made by funding and by taxing ; and the one of these depends upon the other. Funding cannot be expected unless sufficient taxes are imposed to secure payment of the funded debt. The necessities of the war add another element of equal importance, namely, trme. JChe funding must be within a given time. It must be prompt, or else all the evils incident to a redundant currency are introduced. The funding act intended to provide this very important feature in the plan of funding. It divi-des the treasury notes into three classes. The first embraces those which were issued prior to the first December, 1862; the second those issued between first December, lS62, and sixth April, 1863; the third those issued subsequent to sixth April, 1863. The first class are entitled to be funded in eight per cent, bonds. They are subjected to a statute of limitation requiring them to, claim their right to eight per cent, bonds by the twenty-second Apri4, or in default thereof they can only receive seven per cent, bonds until first August, 1863; after which date they are wholly debarred from the privilege of funding. The seoend class may be funded in seven per cent, bonds until the first August, 1863 : after which they can only be funded in four per cents. The third class may be funded in six per cents, for one year from the month of issue ; after which they can only be funded in four per cents. The first class of notes being entitled to a rate of interest at which no neiy bonds are to be issued, it was conceived just to call upon the holders to claim their privilege within a given time. Iti is to be pre- snmed that it will be claimed by the greater portion of holders, and that such portion as is not so invested will most probably be paid in for the taxes of the current year. The second class will be much smaller in amount, and this too being 'entitled lo seven per cent, interest, the larger portion thereof will .probably find its way into bonds by the date of limitation, to wit : iSrst August, 1863. If it does not, it will become a portion of the -third class, and be fundable at any time in four per cent, bonds. The third class, therefore, is mainly that which the public interest is concerned in sustaining. It 'is fundable fo¥ twelve months at six per cent., and after twelve months in the lower interest of four per cent. With a view to give these bonds a higher position of credit, I propose that for their security an export duty for a fixed period be laid on all agricultural products, payable in coin, and that the coupons and interest certificates of these six and four per cents., be accepted in payment of this export duty. If it be asked how an export duty on goods which cannot be ex- ported can aid the public credit, the fifteen million loan answers the enquiry. This whole loan has always been above the par of treasury notes, and very little of it is ever for sale in the stock market. The bonds at the last quotation of a sale were as high as 135. This high pre- mium is owing to the fact that the coupons are receivable at the custom house for the export duty on cotton, and the high price of the whole loan is owing to its being secured by this export duty. It is manifest, therefore, tliat if the same privilege be extended to other bonds, a similar result will follow, limited only by the commercial law of supply and demand. This law, it is in the power of Congress to control by the rate of duty which it shall establish. The higher the rate, the greatef will be the demand, and consequently the larger will be the amount of bonds which will come within its influence. It becomes important then to ascertain what will be the probable calls upon any fund which might be created by an export duty, in order toiletermine the expediency and extent of such duty. The scheme of finance adopted by Congress, contemplates an expenditure by the government of 50 millions per month. An inducement of 2 per cent, additional interest is held ou^ to fund these issues within 12 months. Assuming that with the aid of an export duty, the induce- ment would be mide more complete, and that one half the issue will be thus funded, we will commence the next year with three hundred millions of these new issues funded at six per cent., and probably for an average time of six months. Of the remaining three hundred millions, at least one half would remain out as currency, and the other half would be invested at four per cent. Should the war Be continued for still one year more, the same process would be con- tinued, and at the end of two years, say on 4th April, 1865, the- following figures would show the amount required for interest. Six montlvs interest on first SOU millions up to 4th April 18G4, $9,000,000 One year's interest on first 300 millions to 1865, 18,000,000 Six month's " on 1 50 millions at 4 per cent., 3,000,000' •" " " " 300 «* of second year, 9,000,000 Add other half of first 150 millions at 4 per cent,, which by this time would be funded, say, 6,000,000 Interest required, say to 4th April, 1865, $45.0 00,000 Let us now examine the probable results of an export duty on the^ principal agricultural products. It is probable that4bere are now in the Confederate States 4,000,- 000 of bales of cotton, weighing 1,600,000,000 of pounds. Assuming that the next two crops will not average more than 1,000,000 of bales each, exclusive of domestic consumption, the total aggregate on- 4th of April, 1865, will be 6,000,000 of bales, weighing 2,400,000,000 of pounds. Deduct from this aggregate say 400,000 bales for amount held by the government, and there remain 5,600,000 bales, weighing 2,240,000,000 of pounds. A duty of two cents per pound would produce a gross sum of - - - - - - S 44,800,000 Subject to an abatement of one-eighth of a cent devoted to the 15,000,001) loan 2,800,000 And expenses of collection and contin- gencies, say - - - 2,000,000 4,800,000 Clear duty, $ 40,000,000 The tobacco crop produced in one year, according to the census of 1860, is 200,000,000 of pounds. Add half a crop for each of the two next years, exclusive of domestic consumption, and the result is 400,000,000 of pounds, which, at same rate of duty, will produce $ 8,000,000. The probable exports of flour, rice, lumber and naval stores can- -♦not be ascertained with any accuracy. The produce of the country in these articles will for some time be chiefly consumed at home ; so that they would not materially afi'ect the estimates within the period for which the above interest is calculated. The result of these figures is that a fund of 48,000,000 is raised to pay 45,000,0' '0 up to 1st of April, 1865. Beyond that period the contingency of war or peace will make such a difi"erence in results that the pursuit of them would be conjectural and fallacious. It is sufiiciently clear that within the period, the ex- port duty would fully accomplish the object proposed. The single enquiry remains^ as to the expediency of such a duty. In ordinary times this enquiry would be embarrassed by the doubt (not yet resolved in political economy) whether such a duty is paid by the producer or the consumer. As to the two principal arti- cles, to wit : cotton and tobacco, this doubt is resolved by the exist- ing circumstances. The consumer is placed for the present under the constraint of a monopoly. Until the supply is greatly enlarged, the seller has the advantage, and the objection to the duty will probably come from abroad. Any disposition, however, to retaliate by similar duties would be removed by the distinct perception that we have re- sorted to these duties not from any purpose to adopt them as a State policy, but from the pressure of the present financial considerations. If these views should meet with favor from Congress, and be adopt- ed, then the means which would be added to those heretofore provided would be the whole proceeds of the tax in kind and of the export duty. The means of the Treasury, even witji these accessions, will still be below the aggregate amount of the estimates. To supply the defi- ciency, some other resource must be provided. By authorizing the issue of bonds to a eertaih amount, the transportation on railroads or other similar charges may be paid : or by an amendment of the cur- rency act, part of the one hundred millions of bonds with cotton coupons may be made available. The price at which the cotton is rated by this act is so high, that it will probably prevent a sale of the bonds. It is therefore suggested that it be reduced to a rate equal to the av- erage price of cotton abroad for the last six months of peace, and that the presentment and payment of coupons be made subject to the regulations of the Department. It will not be practicable to make payments of sums less in value than a bale of cotton, and it would be expedient to extend the limit to several bales. All which is respectfully submitted. C. G. MEMMINGEPs Secretary of the Treasury , PRODUCTIONS OF AGRICULTURE FOR 1860. Btatbs. Wines. Value of Pro- ductions OK Market Gar- dens. U H B O CO > s H H CQ -«l K O Gallons. 19,130 1,005 1,661 27.646 5,0;!0 10,106 64,064 24,964 13,562 13,940 40,508 Dollars. 1,35,181 38,094 1.8,213 201,916 390,742 124,608 75,663 187,348 274.163 55,943 589,411 Pounds. 6,125,708 4,062,481 404,470 5,4.39,765 1,440,943 5,111,185 4,735,495 3,177,934 10,000,823 5,948,611 13,461,712 Pounds. 8,607 16,952 3,784 15,587 5,494 2,419 61,119 1,643 126,794 277,612 280,792 Tons. 65,219 8,226 7,694 46,448 46.999 32.885 161,365 87,692 146,027 11,349 446,529 Bushels- 187 CO 635 217 332 28 8,062 449 36,901 Bu.?hel8. 653 3,110 Arkansas, rveorcja, 1,914 701 1,176 3,008 38 41.532 2,97ft 63,063 Mississippi, North Carolina, Bouth Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, 211,622 2,091.282 59.909,127 792,613 1,960,233 46,931 108,170 PRODUCTIONS OF AGRICULTURE FOR i860. ♦- Hemp. 00 ft, o w Em o o o o o M >-! States. o si it o K ft, o « o M W < .Alabama, T'ns T'ns Tons. Lbs. 1,069 164 Lbs. 109 3,233 Bus. 68 641 Lbs. i Lbs. 543 141) 30 676 1 3,097 Florida, Georgia, 1 199 8 221 1,767 122 2,329 122 10,015 3;303 96 72 991 Louisiana, 6 10 20,008 313 9,611 '338 20 50 26 225 99 North Carolina, 3,016 216,490 344 161,740 30,84^ 205 South Carolina, 1 6 Tennessee, 10 10 3 787 117,35> 69 Tsxas, Virginia, 5 4 487,330 30,673 937 643 159 53 4,514 16,016 872,549 61,320 732 1,090,851 Bi'sinm? 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Bushels Irish po- tatoes. >, o -s 3 .Bushels of buck- wheat. 1 1 Value of orchard products. A 1 abaru a 681,404 410,285 58,594 946,229 296,187 637,729 883.473 427,102 1,400,608 1,497,748 2.509,443 1,483,609 43<),412 364.738 1,766,214 4.30,410 l,986.5.'iS 1.932,20.( 1,728,074 560,913 359,560 615,004 397,566 418,006 18,549 5,420.987 1.462,714 1.213 493 14.703 3,079 15 14,682 144 1,596 3,4/5 11,490 23.489 38,905 68,7.69 1,334 488 $213 323 Arkansas 66230 21.716 176,048 110,923 269,380 643,688 i-13 989 316,662 6.508.641 2,023 160 • 1,740 35^924 602 14,421 1,612 477,808 332,726 401,804 830,565 226.735 1,174.647 168,937 2,292,118 2,070,901 4,348.491 6,140,039 4,115,698 2,614,558 1,853.306 * 1,960,808 North Caroli a Tennessee 314,269 46 802 gH) 650 9.748,702 11,666.696 6,678,198 37.709 , 1S0,.307 636,112 $2,857,018 Estimates of Appropriations required for the support of the Goverrirtient for the period from July \st to December 3l5i, 18G3. Legislative. For compensation and mileage of Members and Dele- gates of the House of Representatives, $300,420 00 For compensation of officers, clerks, &c., of the House cf Representatives, 5,625 00 For contingent expenses of the House of Represen- tatives, ' 15,000 00 For compensation and mileage of Members of the Senate, 47',000 00 For contingent expenses of the Senate, 8,000 00 For compensation of officers, clerks, &c., of Senate, 8,000 00 Executive. For compensation of the President of the Confeder- ate States, 12,500 00 "For compensation of the Vice President of the Con- federate States, 3,000 00 For compensation of the Private Secretary and Mes- senger of the President, 1,125 00 For Compensation of the Private Secretary of the Vice President, 500 00 For contingent and telegraphic expenses of the Ex- ecutive office, 7,000 00 Treasury Department. For compensation of the Secretary of the Treasury, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Comptroller, Auditors, Treasurer and Register, and clerks and messengers in said department, 350,492 50 For compensation of watchmen and laborers, 1,355 50 For incidental and contingent expenses of the Trea- sury Department, 35,852 61 For interest on the public debt, 20,000,000 00 For engraving and printing Treasury notes, bonds, and certificates of stock, and for paper for the same 750,0()0 00 For the transmission of Confederate States funds, 200,000 00 13 For the payment of principal under loan of August 19, 1861, this sum being amount due and payable on the 1st January, 1864, 1,288,700 00 For compensation of clerks to be employed in the de- tection of persons engaged in preparing and pas- sing forged Treasury notes, 5,000 00 For travelling and other expenses incidental to the detection of persons employed in preparing and passing forged Treasury notes, 5,000 00 For compensation of officers and contingent expen- ses, including wages of workmen and pay of la- borers, if jiecessary, for the mints and indepen- dent treasury, 75,000 00 War Department. For compensation of the Secretary of War, Assist- ant Secretary, chief of bureau, clerks, messengers, •&c., in said Department, 168,000 00 For incidental and contingent expenses of the War Department, 60,000 00 For compensation of commissioner and chief clerk of Indian affairs, and incidental-expenses of bureau, 2,063 00 Quartermaster'' s Department. For the pay of the Army, 141,118,688 00 For the transportation of troops and their baggage, of quartermaster's stores, subsistence, ordnance, and ordnnnce stores, from place of purchase to troops in the field, purchase of horses, mules, wa- gons and harness, purchase of lumber, nails, iron and steel for erecting store houses, quarters for troops, and other repairs, hire of teamsters, la- borers*, kc, . 56,447,475 00 For pay for horses of non- commissioned officers and privates killed in battle, under act, No. 48, section 7, and for which provision is to be made, 100,000 00 For pay for property pressed into the service of the Confederate States, under. appraisement, said pro- perty having been either lost or applied to be pub- lic service, 200,000 00 For the sustenance of prisoners of war, under act No, 181, section 1, and the hire of the necessary prisons, guard houses, &c., for the safe keeping of the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 1,000,000 00 For pay of officers on duty in the offices of the Ad- jutant and, Inspector General's department, the Quartermaster General's department, medical, en- gineer, ordnance and subsistence departments, 388,020' 00 1* Commissary Department. For the purchase of subsistence stores and commis- sary property, 130,011,352 00 Ordnance Department. For the ordnance service in all its branches, 17,500,000 00 For the purchase of pig and rolled iron, 5,000,000 00 For the purchase and manufacture of nitre, 2,000,000 00 Engineer Department: For the engineer service, 6,000,000 00 Medical Department. For pay of private physicians employed by contract, 250,000 00 For pay of nurses and cooks, not enlisted or volun- teers, 250,000 00 For pay of hospital stewards, 75,000 00 For pay of matrons, assistant matrons and ward matrons, ^ 250,000 00 For pay of ward masters, 160,000 00 For pay of hospital laundresses, 65,000 00 For medical and hospital supplies, 3,500,000 00 For the establishment and support of military hos- pitals, * 150,0:0 00 Indian Affairs. For amount required to comply with treaty stipula- tions entered into between the Confederate States and certain Indian tribes, 103,700 00 To meet the incidental expenses of the public service within tihe Indian tribes, 14,220 00. Navy Department. For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, clerks and messenger, 13,&o4 ^% For incidental and contingent expenses of the Navy department, 12',000 00 For pay of the navy, 1,399,141 70 For provisions and contingencies in the Paymaster's department, 1,343,100 00 For construction of iron-clad and other vessels in the Confederate States, 2,000,000 00 15 For ordnance and ordnance stores, 1,365,000 00 For equipment and repair of vessels, 300,000 00 For construction of submarine batteries, 20,000 00 For fuel for steamers, navy yards and stations, 1,000,000 00 For contingent enumerated, 400,000 00 For surgeon's necessaries, 150,000 00 For support of the marine corp^, 345,211 00 State Department. For compensation of the Secretary of State, clerks, messenger and laborer, 7,520 00 For incidental and contingent expenses of the State Department, 5,000 00 For salaries of commissioners and secretaries, 39,000 00 For salaries of consuls and commercial agents, . 6,150 00 Department of Justice. For compensation of the Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, clerks and luessenger, 6,426 08 For incidental and contingent expenses of the Depart- ment *of Justice, 1,500 00 For compensation of the Superintendent of Public Printing, clerk and messenger, 2,333 80 For compensation of Governor and Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Secretary, Judges, Attorney and Marshal of Arizona territory, 4,650 00 For incidental and contingent expenses of Arizona territory, to be expended by the Governor, 478 50 For printing, binding and ruling for the several Exe- cutive departments, 75,000 00 For purchase of paper for the Executive departments and Congress, 25,000 00 For salaries of Judges, Attorneys and Marshals, and incidental and contingent expenses of courts, 55,050 00 For compensation of three Commissioners, appointed under the Sequestration Act, and for clerk hire and contingent expenses, 4,350 00 For compensation of Judges, Attorneys and Marshals of districts in certain Indian territories, 1,700 00 Postqfflce Department. For compensation of the Postmaster General, Chiefs of Bureaux, clerks, messengers, watchmen and la- borers, 52,088 92 For incidental and contingent expenses of the Post- office department, 10,000 00 16 For compensation of agents, cost of materials, and constructing, repairing and operating telegraph lines, 50,000 00 Miscellaneous. For rent of Executive buildings and President's house, 1 0,000 00 Total, . $396,537,742 93 Recapitulation. Legislative, 234,045 00 Executive, (salary of President, etc..) 24,125 00 Treasury Department, 22,711,400 61 War Department, 364,813,518 00 Navy Department, . 8,348,407 02 State Department, 57,670 (10 Department of Justice, . 176,488 38 Postoffice Department, 112,088 92 MiEcellaneous, 10,000 00 Treasury Department, ) Itegister's Office, April 10, 1863. 5 Total, $396,537,742 93 RO. TYLER, Register. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Estimate of Appropriation required for compensntion of the Secrefan/ of the Treasury, Assistant S cr tnry, ComptroUcr^ Auditor, Trea One chief cleik, at $1,750 per annum, 875 00 Forty clerks, at$l,5ilO per annum, 30,000 00 Sixty special cleiks to audit claims of deceased sol- diers, at $4 per day, 37,920 00 One messenger, at $750 per unnum, 375 00 Treasurer, at $3,000 per annum, ' l,50il 00 One chief clerk, at $1,75 ) per annum, 875 00 One hundred and 'twenty-two clerks, at $1,500 per annum, 91,500 00 Eighty-four clerks, (ladies,) at $300 per annum, 37,800 00 One messenger, at $75 ) per annum, 375 00 One assistant messenger, at $450 per annam, 225 00 Register, at $3,000 per annum, ' 1,5;)0 00 One chief clerk, at $l,75's) per annnm, 875 'K) 2 18 F«rty-one clerks at $l,5f)0 per annum, 30,750 00 Seventy-two clerks, (ladies,) at $900 per annum, 32,400 00 One messenger, at $750 per annum, 375 00 One chief clerk, war tax bureau, at $1,750 per an- num, 875 00 Three clerks, at $1,500 per annum, 2,250 00 Two clerks in light house bureau, 1,500 00 One clerk in Columbia, South Carolina, at $1,200 per annum, 600 00 Five clerks in Columbia, South Carolina, at $1,000 per annum, 2,500 00 One clerk, (lady,) in Columbia, South Carolina, at $600 per annum, 300 00 Twenty clerks, (ladies,) in Columbia, South Carolina, at $500 per annum, 5,000 00 $350,492 50 Three hundred and fifty thousand four hundred and ninety-two dollars and fifty cents. Respectfully submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury. JOHN M. STROTHER, Disbursing Cltrk Treasury Department. Estimate of Appropriation required for Incidental and Contingent ex- penses of the Treasury Department, for six months ending December 51, 1863. Fuel and gas, $500 per month, for October, Novem- ber and December, 1863, $1,500 00 Postage on soldiers' claims, and other matters, 6,000 ()0 Telegrams, 1,800 00 Servant hire, 2,000 00 Washing, 360 00 Stationery, including ledgers, paper, blanks, en- • velopes, ink, pens, &c., 9,000 00 Stationery, &c., imported per Giraffe, cost jC1124 8 U at 200 premium, 14,992 61 , $35,852 61 Thirty-five thousand eight hundred and fifty-two dollars and sixty-ono cents. Respectfully submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury. JOHN M. STROTHER, Disbursing Clerk Treasury Department, 19 Estimate of Appropriations, under the control of the Treasury Depart' ment, required f am July 1st to December Sist, 186*3. For the payment of interest on tlie public debt $20,000,000 00 For engraving and printing Treasury notes, bonds and certificates of stock, and for paper for the same, 750,000 00' For the transmission of Confederate States funds, 200,000 00 For compensation of the Secretary of the Treasury, Assistant Secretary, Comptroller, Auditors, Trea- Burer and Register, and clerks and messengers in the Treasury Dcpartuent, 350,492 50 For compensation of Matchmen and laborers in the Treasury Department, 1,355 50 For compensation of clerks to act as detectives of counterfeiters, 5,000 00 For travelling and other expenses incidental to the detection of persons employed in preparing and passing forged Treasury notes, 5,000 00 For incidental and contingent expenses of the Trea- sury Dejjartmeut, " • 35,852 61 For payment of principal of public debt, loan of Aug. 19, 1861, amount payable January 1st, 1864, 1,288,700 00 $22,636,400 61 Twenty-two millions six hundred and thirty-six thousand four hun- dred dollars and sixty-one cents. C. G. MEMMINGER, Secretary of Treasury. ' SUPPLEMENTAL ESTIMATE. For compensation of officers, incidental rnd contin- gent expanses, including wages of workmen and pay of laborers, if necessary, for the mints and . independent Trousury, * $75,000 00 Seventy-five thousand dollars. WAR DEPARTMENT. Consolidated Statement of the Estimates for the War department for the first half of the fiscal yiar beginning July Isty 1863. For the Quartermaster General's Department, as per detailed estimate A, $199,25<,f83 00 For the Commissary General's Department, B, 130,011,352 00 For the Medical Department: No. 20, 3,650,000 00 No. 21, t 1,050,000 00 4,700,000 00 For the Ordnance Bureau, per estimate C, 24,500, OOn 00 For the Engineer Bureau, per estimate D, 6,000.000 00 For the Disbursing Clerk, per estimate E, 230,063 00 For the Indian Bureau, per estimate F, 1 17,920 00 Aggregate, $364,813,518 00 21 (A.) QUARTF.R MASTER GeNERAL's OpFfCE, ) Richmond, April 1st, 1863. > Hon. James A. Seddon, Secretary of War : Sir : I have the honor to submit herewith an estimate of the amount that will be required for the pay, trHnsportation and other allowances, provided through this department for the aruiy, tor six months, from ihe 1st of July to the 3 1st December, 1863, viz : , Field and Staff. Pay for 200 Generals, for six months, $361,200 00 Pay for 4 )() Aids, for six months, 84,it00 00 Forage for Generals' and Aids' horses, 171,696 00 Tents fur Generals, (staff,) 25,0iM) 00 Wagons and Harness, (two to each,) lOll.OOO 00 Horses and mules, purchased for teams, 200,000 00 Hire of teamsters, 96.000 00 Fuel for Generals, &c., 24.000 00 Forage for horses and mules, (teams,) 134,400 00 Horse shoes, nails, iron, &c., 9,600 00 Stationery, 3,oOO 00 Pay for 163 Brigade Quartermasters, 158,436 00 Pay for 159 Brigade Commissaries, . 154,548 00 Pay for 5)0 Chaplains, 24 »,000 00 Pay for 73 Cadets, 39,430 00 Straw for animals, 21,864 00 $1,823,164 00 One Corps Artillery ^ as Light Artillery, 40 Companies. Pay for officers and men, for six months, $432,144 00- Pay for mechanics, laborers and teamsters, 35 520 00 Pay for tents for officers and men, lo,336 00 Pay for forage for animals, 420,000 00 Pay for fuel for officers and men, 37,776 00 Pay for horses and mules, (purchased,) 568,000 00 Pay for camp and garrison equipage, * 1,600 00- 22 Pay for travelling forges, complete, Pay for wngons and harness, Pay for s ationery for officers, Pay for horse shoes, nails, iron, steel, &c.. Pay for straw for bedding for men and animals. Pay for leather, thread, &;c., (repairing harness,) Pay for wagon and forage masters. Pay for clothing for non-commissioned officers and men, Pay for horse medicines, One Regiment Cavalry^ six months. Pay for officers and men, and 40 cents for horses, Pay for mechanics, laborers, teamsters, &c., Pay for tents for officers and men. Pay for camp and garrison equippage, Pay for travelling forges, complete. Pay for horses, mule-, wagons and harness, Pay for stationery for officers, Pay fur horse shoes, nails, iron, steel, &c., Pay for straw for bedding for men and animals, Pay for leather, thread, <&c., (I'epairing harness,) Pay for forage for public animals, Pa_y fur fuel for officers and men. Pay for clothing for non-commissioned officers and men Pay for horse medicines. One Regiment of Infantry for six m.onths Pay for officers and men. Pay for mechanics, teamsters, &c.. Pay for tens for officers and men, Pay for camp and garrison equippage, Pay for mules, wagons and harness. Fay for forage for animals, Pay for shoes for horses and mules, nails, &c., Pay for fuel for officers and men, Pay for clothing for non-commissioned officers and men, Pay fur stationery for officers, .Pay for straw for soldiers. 16.()l)l) Ol> 123.5'IU 00 2,41)0 00 24,1)00 00 23.0(11) 00 9.0(10 00 8,400 00 248.250 00 3,000 00 $1,962,926 00 $140,976 00 13,;40 00 . 2.272 00 1,600 00 4,000 oo 27,625 00 2,400 00 4,200 00 6,570 00 • 4.200 00 84,588 00 9,288 00 45,812 00 600 00 $347,271 00 s. $80,280 00 14,340 00 2.160 00 1,600 00 27,625 00 15,036 00 3,0;lO 00 8,040 00 44,562 00. 2,400 00 1,500 00 $200,543 00 23 Signal Corps. ! Major, at $150 per month for 6 months, $900 00 10 Captains, at $130' per mqntb for 6 months, 7,800 00- 10 1st Lieutenants, at $90 per month for 6 months, 5,400 00 10 2d do. at $80 per month for 6 months, 4,800 00 SO Sergeants, at $17 per month for 6 mont\is, 3,ii60 00 Extra duty pay for ditto at 40 cents per day, 2,160 00 Clothing for Sergeants, 1,875 00 Fuel for officers and men, 2,376 Ov Stationery for officers, l,2l)0 OW Horses for Sergeants, 7,500 00 FomgeforCl horses, 5,124 00 Tents for officers and men, 1,600 00 $43/795j00 Recapiiulaiion. Field and Staff, $1,823,164 00 S corps of artillery, 15.703,4(18 00 78 regiments cavalry, 27.087,138 00 481 ref^iments inlantry, 96,461,183 00 1 signnl corps, 43,795 00 To which add : For the transportation of troops and their haggage, of Quartermaster's subsistence, ordnance and ord- nance stores from place of purchase to troops in the field ; the purchapcs of horses and mules, wjigons and harness ; the purchase of lumber, nails, iron and steel for erecting storehouses, For purchase of copper and other minerals, 9()0,O00 — .^ 1,500,000 03 For total ordinance service in all its branches, $17,500,000 00 For purchase of pig and rolled iron, (including ad- vances on iron contracts,) • ' 5.000,000 00 For purchase and manufacture of nitre, 2,000,000 00 $24,500,000 00 Ordnance Bureau, ) Richmond, Va., April 2d, 1863. ] J. GORGAS, Chief of Ordnance. (D) CONFEDEUATF, St^TES OF AmERICA, i liar Depart mnt. Engineer Buvf v.. v Richmond, Va., April 4, 1HG3. S Estimate of funds required by the Engineer Bureau from July 1st, 1863, to December 3l8t, 1863, (inclusive) six millions of dollars. $6,000,000 CO J. F. GILMER, , Col. Eng. and Chief if Bureau. 28 (E) Confederate States of America, ) War Departvent, > Richmond, Va., April I, 1863. > Hon, James A. Sedoon, Secritary of JVar, Richmond, Va. : Sir: In answer to a resolution of the Senate, of the 25th ultimo, requesting the President to cause the same to be made, I have the honor to submit the estimates for the civil expenditures of the War Department from the fiist of July to the 3 1st of December, in- clusive, viz : • For compensation of the Secretary of War, Assistant • Secretary, Chief of Bureau, Clerks, Messengers, k)th, 1863, under article 38, $o,(iHti of the same to bo paid to the treasuier of the nation, to be used as the Gene- ral CoiHuil may direct, and the residue of S''' *,**'•'' to be paid per capita by the agent of the Seminoles to all the individuaU of the nation equally aud share and shnre alike, $25,000 00 For annujl provi-iion for ihe support of schools, paya- ble December 3!)th, 1863, under article 38. to be ap- plied and expended, under the direction of the Presi- dent, by the Agent of the Seminolej, 3,000 00 For annual provision for smiths and smith shops, pay- able December 3'.lth, 1863, under article 38. to be paid to the treasurer of the nati 00 Note: This amount will be required under the head of ** for com- pensation of the Secretary of the Navy, clerks and messenger in his office," if authorized by law. S. R. MALLORY, Secretary of the Navy. Navy Department, March 31, 1863. (No. 3.) ESTIMA TE of the amount required for the incidental and contingent expenses of the Navy Depdrtment, from the 1st of July to the Slst of December, 1863, inclusive: For stationery, fuel, lights, labor, telegrams, postage, &c., &c. $ 12,000 GO Twelve thousand dollars. S. R. MALLORY, Secretary of the Navy. Navy Department, March 31, 1863. • 37 (No. 4.) ESTIMATE of amount required under head of -pay of the navy, during the hulf year from. \st July, 1863, to December ^{st, 1863, inclusive. For Whom Reqdired. ' « 4 admirals, .... $ fi.OIH. $12,000 10 captains, ... 4,300 21.500 SI c< mmanders, - - - - 2„«!25 43.7«7 100 first, lieutenants, 2,225 111.250 25 second lieutenants, . . - 1.200 1^000 20 mastiTS in line of promotion, 950 9.500 12 pa.vmasters, - . . - 2.825 16,9.50 40 assistant paymasters, 1,100 22,000 22 surgeons, .... 2,500 27,500 15 passed assistant surgeons, 1,5"0 11.250 30 assistant surgeons, 1,250 18.750 1 engineer in chief. 3,000 L.'iOO 12 eufjineers, - . . . 2,200 13,200 Total for commissioned officers, $324,187 00 20 passed midshipmen, 860 S.-^OO 106 acting midshipmen. . 650 29.150 50 first assistant engineers. 1,250 3l,2.-)0 150 second " " . . 1,000 75.000 150 third " «« - 750 56.250 10 boiilswains, - * - 1,000 5.000 20 gunners, - . . 1,000 10,000 . 6 sailmakers, 1,000 3.000 20 oarpent rs, - 1,000 10,000 Total for warrant officers, 228,150 00 5,000 seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, boys, fire- men, and coal heavers, 288 720,000 720,000 00 Add fur contingencies arising and not otherwise to be estimated for, say 10 por cent, on total amount, 127.233 70 Total required for pay of the nav during the half year ending December 31st, ISO.*?, one million three hundred and ninety nine thousand one hundred and forty-one dollars and seventy cents. $'.399,141.70 Navy Dkpahtmext, March 31st, 1863. S. R. Mallorv, Secretary of the Navy. JOTIN DrBREE, Paymaster in charge. 38 (No. 5.) ESTIMATE of amount required under the head of Provision and Con- tingencies in the Paymaster'' s Depart nuat, from the 1st day of July, \8^S, to the Slst day of December, 1863, inclusive. • To what purpose to be applied. p o 03 u o 6 u o li > < 13 O B Amount. For the subsistence of five thousand men, fcr the half year, at (ine ration i er day, 5,000 x 184 days, Per continsreucics in Paymaster's Department, for printing blanks, freight, rent, cooperage, stoiage, 920,000 $1 30 $1,196,000 25,000 122,100 Add for contingencies not otherwise to be estimated for, say ten pur cent., Total amou t required for Provision and Contingen- cies in the Paymaster's Department, from July 1, '63, to December 31, '03, inclusive ; one million three hundred and forty-three thousand one hun- dr d dolars. ••• $1,343,100 Respectfully submitted, Havy Department, Majeh ."1, 1863. S. R. Mallob-y, Secretary of the Navy. Offios Provision and Clothino, Richmond, March 30, 1803. JOHN DeBREE, Payjnaster C. N- , in eharge. 39 (No. 6.) C. S. Navy Department, ^ Office of Ordnance and Hydrography, \ Richmond, Va , March 30, 1863. ) ESTIMATE of the amount required under the head of •' Ordnance and Ordnance Stores^- from July \st to December Slst, 1863. For cannon, ^ $ 100,000 For gun carriages and •equipments, • 100,000 For projectiles of all kinds, 100,000 The laboratory and other stores, . 75,000 For cannon and musket powder, and saltpetre, 200,000 For pay of mechanics, laborers, etc., 500", 000 For purchase of land, and erection of raachijie shop, iron and coal sheds, store houses, quarters, etc., at Selraa, Alabama, 170,000 For expenses of naval powder mills at Columbia, S. C, 20,000 For contingent expenses, including transportation to rail- roads, line of agents, teams, wagons and horses, and for fuel, lights, stationery, and rent of store houses, ma- chinery, etc., , 100,000 One million three hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars, $ 1 ,365,000 The McRae works at Selma have been turned over to the govern- ment, and will be conducted by the War and Navy Departments. The land is essential to the efficiency of the establishment for the produc- tion of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, iron armor, etc., etc. Gene- ral Rains the officer now completing the works, having so recom- mended. JOHN M. BROOKE, Commander C. S. iV., for Chief of Ordnance and Hydrography. Navv Department, March 31, 1863. S. R . Mallorv, Secretary of the Navy. (No. 7.) ESTIMATE of the amount required for the construction of iron-chds and other vessels hi ths Confederate States from the 1st of July to the Slst of December, 1863, inclusive: For construction of iron-clad and other vessels, % 2,000,000 • ■ Two millions of dollars. Navy Department, March 31, 1863. S. R. MALLORY, Secretary of the Navy. 40 (No. 8.) C. S. N/VVY^EPARTMENT, "i Office of Mtdicine and Surgery, \ March 28th, 1863. ) ESTIMATE of the ammint required for Medical supplies and Surgeons necessaries, from the \st of July to the S\st of December, 1863. For hospitals and hospital supplies at Richmond, Charles- ton, Savannah, Mobile, Charlotte, Selraa, St. Marks, Chattahoochie and Wilmington, $70,000 00 For the purchase of medicines, medical supplies and sur- gical instruments, 80,000 00 $150,000 00 One hundred and fifty thousand dollars dollars. W. A. N. SPOTTSWOOD, Surgeon in Charge, NvvY Department, March 31, 1863. S. R. MAi.LORy, Secretary of Navy. (No. 9.) Office of Orders and Detail, ) Richmond, March 31, 1863, I ESTIMATE of the amount required for Fuel for steamers, novy yards and stations, from ]st July to the 1st December, 1863, (inclusive.) Fuel for steamers, navy yards and stations, $1,000,000 00 One million dollars. Respectfully submitted, JNO. K.' MITCHELL, Commander in Charge, Sfc. Navy Department, March 31, 1868. S. R, Mai.lory, Secretary of the Navy, (No. 10.) Office of Orders and Detail, March 30th, 1863. ESTIMA TE of the amount required for the equipment and repair of ves- sels, inc'udiny wear end tear, from the \st July to the ^\st December, 1863, inclusive. For equipment and repairs of vessels, $300,000 00 Three hundred thousand dollars. Respectfully submitted, JNO. K. MITCHECL, Commaiider in Charge, 4'c. Navy Department, March 31 st, 1863. S. R. Matxory, Secretary of the Navy. 41 (No. 11.) Office of Orders and Detail, ) • Richmond, March 30, 1863. ) ESTIMATE of the amount required under the head of ** contingent enu- merated'' from the \st of July to the ^\st December, 1863, for tht following purposes, viz : Freight and transportation, printing and stationary^ adver- tising, models and drawings, repairs of fire engines, and hose repairs, attending steam engines in yards, purchase and maintenance of horses and oxen and drawing teams, carts, lumber, wheels, and the purchase and repairs of workmans' tools, postage on public letters, fuel, oil and • candles for navy yards and shore stations, pay of watch- men, and incidental labor not chargeable to .the appro- priations, wharafage, dockage, and amount of travelling expenses of officers and others under orders funeral ex- penses, store and office rent, commissions and pay of navy agents Jind storekeepers, and clerks, flags, awnings and packing boxes, books for libraries of vessels, premiums' and other expenses of rtcruting, apprehending deser- ters, per. diem., pay of persons attending courts martial, courts of inquiry and. other services authorized by law, pay of judge advocate, pilotage and tonnage of ves- sels, and assistance to vessels in distress, and for bills of health and quarantine expenses, ^400,000 00 Four hundred thousand dollars. Respectfully submitted. JNO. K. MITCHELL, Commander in Charge. Navy Department, March 31st, 1863, S. R. Mallory, Secretary of the Navy. (No. 12.) ESTIMATE of the amount required for the support of the marine corps from th" \st of July to the ^\st of December, 1863, inclusive. {See de- tailed estimates. ) », For support of the marine corps, S345,2 1 1 00 Three hundred and forty five thousand two hundred and eleven dol- lars. S. R. MALLORY, ■ ' Secretary of the Navy. 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OS - 00 t. a 2 ■ i j 1 1 1 o h^ s ^i C3 Ph CO CO £ o (4 5 ' I* f4 5 U M 43 Thh'e will he required for the Quartermaster'' s Department of the Con-- federate States Marine Corps for six months commencing tke \st July and ending the3\s/. of December, 1863, tfi6 sum of $253,01 1 00. 4 1. For clothing, $38,661 00 2. For provisions, 165,6(10 00 3. For fuel, ' 12,000 00 4. For forage, 3,000 00 5. For purchase of ordnance stores, flags, drums, fifes and repairs of arms, ' 10,000 00 6. For transportation of officers and troops and ex- penses of recruiting, 14,000 00 7. Quartermaster's clerk, 750 ()0 8. Contingencies, compensation to members of courts martial and witnesses, rent of quarters, offices and store-rooms, where there are no public buildings, printing blanks and advertising, books and station- ery, postage and telegraphing, apprehension of deserters, office furniture, straw, bed sacks, axes, spades, shovels, brooms, carpenter tools, burial of deceased marines, office messengers, constant labor, 9,000 00 Approved, $253,011 00 Major J. GREE'i^E, Adjutant, For Col. Lloyd J. Beall. PROVISIONS. For whom required. Enlisted men. Total. 600 Rations at $1 50 per day. Dols. Ctg, Non- commissioned ofl&cors, musicians and privates. Amount required 600 $165,600 00 *JLiVXaLIH\Jt. For whom required. Enlisted men. Amount. Non-commissirned oflBcers, musicians and privates, at $108 87 to each. VTatch coats $20 each 600 $:^8.661 00 FORAGE. I Amount. 'For s ixteen (16) horses ...TTi .TT^.T.T. | ~$8^00'o'0~ FUEL. For whom required. Number. Cords. Total. Amount. 50 600 650 900 1,450 .Von-commissioucd officers, musicians and privates... $12,000 00 A. S. TAYLOR, Major a»d Quartermaster C. S. Marine Corp*. 44 (No. 13.) • • Office of Orders and Detail, ) Marqh 30, 1863. \ ESTIMATE for Submarine Batteries from the \st July to the 3U< De- cember, 1863, inclusive. » For submarine batteries, $20,000 00 Twenty thousand dollars, Respectfullj submitted, JOHN K. MITCHELL, Commander in charge. Navy Department, March 31, 1863. S. R. Mallory, Secretary of the Navy. POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT. PosTOFFicE Department, C. S. A., ) Richmond, April 6th, 1863. \ Sir : I had heretofore submitted estimates accordir.g to hiw for the compensation of the officers and eraph^yees, and for the contingent expenses of the Postoffice Department, for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1864. But as Congress has asked for estimates for one half that year, I send the accompanying estimates from July 1st to De- cember 31st of the present year. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN H. REAGAN, Postmaster General. The President. Postoffice Department, C. S. A., > Richmond, April 1st, 1863. } Sir: In answer to the resolution of the Senate of March 25, 1863, I have the honor to state that on the 8th of January last, the date of my former estimate of appropiation needed for ''constructing, repair- ing and operating telegraph lines," the amount to the credit of that appro]iiation was twenty thousand five hundred and twenty-one dollars and seventy cents ($20,521 70.) As I had been furnished with no report of receipts and Expendi- tures, I then submitted an arbitrary estimate for the expenditures on account of telegraph lines ♦''om that date to June 3Uth, 1863, of fifty thousand dollars, ($5(),(»0lt.) I am not in possession of the information necessary to enable me to make a detailed estimate of the receipts and expenditures from June 3i)th, 1863, to December, 31st, 1863, but from the increasing demand for the extension of telegraphic facilities for the connection of fortificjitions by local batteries and th(4 building of new lines, an additional appropr ation will be necessary to cover the probable ex- penditure from June 3(lth, 1863, to December 3l3t, 1863. I would, therefore, ask for an appropriation of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for this purpose. — — ^jii£::;a 46 The estimates for the Postoffice Department proper, for the period embraced in the resolution, have already been submitted. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, • JOHN II. REAGAN, Fostmaster General. The President. 47 PosTOFFicE Department, > Richmond, April 4, 1863. J Sir: I have the honor to submit the following estimate of the sums requred for the compensation of Postmaster General, Chiefs of Bu- reaus, clerks, messengers and laborers from the 1st July to 12th October, 1863, inclusive,, at the rates fixed by the act approved 13th October, 1862, "to increase the pay of certain officers and employees in the Executive and Legislative Departments." For compensation of P, M. General, at $6,000 per an- num, $1,700 00 For compensation of 3 Chiefs of Bureaus, at $3,000 , per annum, 2,550 00 For compensation of 1 chief clerk, at $1,750 per an- nu,m, 495 83 For compensation of 1 topographer, at $1,750 per an- num, 495 83 For compensation of 1 disbursing clerk, at $1,500 per- annum, , 425 00 For compensation of 4 principal clerks, at $1,500 per annum, * 1,700 00 For compe''nsatioii of 55 clerks, at $1,5()0 per annum, 23,375 00 For compensation of 1 Avatchman, at $75(» per annum, 2 '.2 50 For compensation of 2 messengers, at :)i;75ll per annum, 4"^ 5 00 For compensation of 1 messenger, at $600 per annum, 170 00 For compensation of 3 laboiers, at $2 25 per day, 732 00 $32,281 16 I also submit an estimate of the sums required for the compensa- tion of the Postmaster General, Chiefs of Bureaus, clerks, messen- gers and laborers, at the former rates of compensation, from the 13th October to the 31st December, 1863, inclusive : For comptensation of P. M. General, at $6,000 per a.n- n«m, $1,304 35 For compensation of 3 Chiefs of Bureaus, at $3,000 per annum, 2,556 51 For compensation of 1 chief clerk, at $1,500 per an- num, 326 08 For compensation of 4 principal clerks, at $1,400 per annum, 1,217 40 For compensation for 1 disbursing clerk, at $1,400 per annum, 304 35 48 • For compensation for 24 clerks, at $1,200 per annum, For compensation for 31 clerks, at $1,000 per annum, For'compensation of 1 topographer, at $1,500 per an- num. For compensation of 1 watchman, at $500 per annum, For compensation of 2 messengers, at $500 per annum. For compensation of 1 messenger, at $400 per annum. For compensation of 3 laborers, at $1,50 per day, Also, an apjiropriation of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) will be required for the contingent fund of this department. I have the honor to be, very respectfully. Your obedient servant, JOHN H. REAGAN, Postmaster General. The President. 6,260 88 6,739 09 (.. 326 08 108 69 217 38 86 95 360 00 $19,807 76 DEPARTMENT OF STATE. Estimates for appropriations required by the Department of State for six months, ending December 31, 1863. FOREIGN INTERCOURSE. For salarios of Ministess, Commissioners and their ^ Secret:nies, i / ' •^^•^•""'' '^f^¥ For salaries of ConsuJ^nnl Commercial Agents, 6 Jo) (JO Fcr saj^i'ics of Secretary of State, Assistant Secrc- 4| tary, cl'jrks, messenger aj^rlaborer, ' 7,520 Ol) For incidental ami contwliPnt expenses, including stationery, books. ' -lol. po-'^taiio, kc.;*^ <% i6,0;)0 00 • ' J. P. BENJAMIN, .^Secretary* *of State. ■^ DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. Confederate Statks of America, "i Departnvnt of Jiisfi e, > RichinouJ, 31st March, 1863. > k To the President : Sir: In compliance with the resolution of the Senate, I have the honor to submit the following estimates for this department, from the IsVday of July to the 31st day of December next, both inclusive: • . '■:•,. \l * ■* ■ !.-■■ 1. For salaries of Attorney Genernl, Assistant At- torney GreQeral, clerks and messenger, $6,426 08 2. Contingent expenses of deparcmeat, 1,5)!) 00 3. Salaries of judges and attorneys, 30,05) Oi) 4. Salariesof commissioners under sequestration act 3,75.) 00 5. Salariesof clerk of said commissioners, 600 00 6. Salaries of judges, attorney s^|irid marshals of districts in certain Igdian territories, 1,700 00 7. Contingent expenses of courts, i.'^, 25,000 00 8. Salaries of Governor and conimissioTier of Indi- .. * dian affairs, %^creta>y, of judges, attorney and mar- s^all of Arizona territory, ** 4,650 00 9. Contingent expenses of said territory,-.;!© be ex- pended by ihe Gover||0r, ,. 478 50 10. Salariesof superintendent of public printing, his ^erk and messenger, ^ \333 80 3 1. For the printing, binding*nd"ruling of the sev- eral executive departments, . 75,000 00 12, For the purchase of paper for the executive de- partments and Congress, . • 25,000 00 If the'act of the 13th October, 186S, increasing the SiSlaricf^a^d compensation of clerks and employees of the Executive department's should be extended, then the 1st estimate, viz : " For salaries for At- torney General, Assistant Attorney General, clerks and messenger," should be 6,600 00 And thejwth estimate, vi;: ; ^' i'oy /Li . ,',, ' perintciiclvnt of public priITi^JL^ ■ii:j .l-ik i senge^" akould '. 9 Shou^2Ja 5GJ 38 ltt'Spe;;iiaii . . a u jr o c la ui servimr. (Signed,) ' " * Tl II. WATT::. Attorney i^tntral. ^ A- • i i:xp:cutive tjffice. •NFKDEBAT if AmEUICV. i •■^ ■ lit* ' .1. ricui'i''' i>"piirtiiicnt, Richmond, Va,, March 31, 1863. S To the Hon. Secr%tarv of the Treasury : * , Sir : I iiiLvc the honor to subinit the following e.«itimate o^h needed for'the Prcsiilcut's olnc^' for the six months ending Dee ihe sum eember :n,..1803: ' ' ■'Fo • the contingent nnd tclegniphic expenses of the i|i Exccntivc dejiarr meat, for the si.K months easing December 3 i. 18 : J, ^* .^ ^Jgfi?^ ^^ * A^civ respectfu iv. vour whedient servant, ^ ^^ (Signed,) " ' ' BUit^ON N llATlRISON, - ^ Disbursing Agent. ^^EXAih OFFiri-: OF ^K,( KEl'Ai;^ OF iSFXATF. ) Richmond, lljarr-h 31, 1863', s K'oi). C. G. Mfmminoer, ^"^f Sicretary of Treasury : Srn : I hnvc the lionor hcrowifli to tiMiisniit oi uinics lor ••jim}^ and milo go of Senators, pn y of officers and r-lorks, and for incidenrul expensoi(Jfof the Senate from July 1, 1863, to Decemher 31, 18b' J, inclui'ive. llespectfully, kc, (Signed,) J.VMES II.. NASH, Secretary of Senate. • ""ESTI.M \TFS. T'ny and milenge of Spnaiors, ^♦T.IHl!) 00 Pay of officers and cleiks, 8,000 (l(). Contingent expenses, 8.0(10 00 -i^ $G 3,000 00 « 1 HOrSE OF RKPRKSEXTATiVES. Clerk's- Office, House of llEPRKSENTATivEb. } Richmond, March 30, 1862» J» 4 -A lion. C. G. Mem.minger, •■ .:. S tretary of the Tim ury : Sir: I have the honor to submit the following estimntes for appro- priations neces-sary foe the House of Representativoa for jthe period from Ju)y l&t to Decetuber 3l8t, 18G3. Compensation and milcoge of members and delegates House v.f Representatives, $200,420 00 Copripenpation :f officers, clerk'?, etc., 5,G2.i 00 Incidental and contingent expenses, IS.Ono 00 $2-21.045 00 Respectfully. (Signed,) ROBERT E. DIXON, Ckt k of the Huuse of Representatives. V-1. •I ^ IS* ■f^ \ % ^ HoUinger Corp. pH8.5