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absorb or fund a large portion of the now out- 

 standing temporary loan which has accrued in 

 the payment of bounties. The remainder of 

 the funded debt, amounting to $11,961,435, 

 will mature in smaller instalments, commencing 

 with $175,000 in 1866, and so on until 1894. 

 The unfunded debt consists of temporary loans 

 amounting to $3,991,437, of which the sum of 

 $1,863,389 is payable on thirty days' notice, 

 with interest at six per cent, and the residue 

 of $2,128,048 is payable on six or twelve 

 months' notice, with interest at seven and 

 three-tenths per cent. To meet this unfunded 

 debt, there was in the State treasury on January 

 1, 1866, a balance of $959,373.77, besides the 

 sum of $2,000,000 negotiated in the latter part 

 of 1865 on account of the bounty fund loan, 

 and a further sum of $621,435.53 allowed on 

 account of war claims and awaiting draft at 

 "Washington, making an aggregate of $3,580,- 

 798.30. These funds would fall short of extin- 

 guishing the unfunded debt by $410,638.70'; 

 but against this unliquidated balance there 

 stands an unliquidated balance of war claims 

 against the United States of $989,107.89, the 

 greater part of which, it is supposed, will be 

 allowed. 



The gross amount of receipts into the State 

 treasury in 1865 was $24,876,163.77, and the 

 payments therefrom during the same period 

 amounted to $23,916,790, leaving a balance of 

 $959,373.77 on hand January 1, 1866. Of the 

 total receipts the sum of $7,268,669.96 accrued 

 on account of ordinary revenue ; and $16,072,- 

 516.59 on account of trust and other funds, in- 

 cluding deposit and temporary loans. Of the 

 total payments there was disbursed, on account 

 of expenses payable from the ordinary revenue, 

 the sum of $6,604,127.91, and on account of 

 various funds $17,312,662.09. Under the head 

 of general expenses the principal items were : 



Legislature $218,302 



Public printing 64,813 



Attorney-General's Department 174,468 



Interest and premium on goM 195,410 



Public charities 870,957 



Reformatory and correctional purposes 216,092 



The extraordinary or exceptional expenses 

 included the greater part of the military ex- 

 penses incurred, and the chief items were : 



Quartermaster's and Ordnance Department $28,914 



Surgeon-General's Department 12,612 



Paymaster's Department 18,494 



Agencies for sick and disabled soldiers 20,25," 



Coast defences 50,353 



Arms and equipments 68,647 



State militia 232,966 



Bounties to volunteers 630,400 



Monthly pay of volunteers 2,022,810 



Home for discharged soldiers 16,000 



Aid to families of volunteers 2,196,250 



Interest, with premium on gold 1,172,211 



The total military expenditures of the State 

 in 1865 for other than purposes of an ordinary 

 character, amounted to $6,244,933, of which 

 sum $5,863,188.69 was in payment of bounties 

 and other expenses growing out of the pros- 

 ecution of the late war, and $381,744.99 ac- 

 crued in the maintenance of the military de- 

 partments of the State, including the purchase 



of uniforms, equipments, and other munitions 

 for the use of the State militia. The aggregate 

 amount of claims presented against the United 

 States is $3,501,766.50, of which $1,934,314 has 

 been reimbursed, $621,435.53 is awaiting draft, 

 and $989,107.89 remains unadjusted. A final 

 account, amounting to $43,256.98, is yet to be 

 presented, making the total outstanding claim 

 of the State for advances to the General Gov- 

 ernment on account of the war amount to 

 $1,032,364.87. 



The following table indicates the total re- 

 ceipts and expenditures of Massachusetts for 

 the period embraced between January 1, 1861, 

 and January 1, 1866 : 



Cash on hand January 1, 1SC1 $154,841 58 



.Receipts in revenuo during five years, 1861 



to 1866 24,432,63443 



Receipts on account of sinking and other funds, 



loans, and other accounts 53.348,209 08 



$77,985,685 09 



Total payments on account of ordinary ex- 

 penses 22,041,917 22 



Total payments on account cf sinking and other 

 funds, and other accounts 54,934,494 19 



Cash on hand January 1, 1866 959,873 77 



$77,935,685 09 



During these five years $18,125,204.34 more 

 were received into the State treasury than 

 since the beginning of the present century to 

 the year 1861, and the average payments of 

 each year, amounting to $15,395,262.26, were 

 two millions more than the annual expenditure 

 for ordinary purposes for the whole United 

 States during the administration of John Quin- 

 cy Adams. 



The receipts of ordinary income for 1866 are 

 estimated at $1,400,000, and the ordinary ex- 

 penses during the same period at $1,375,000. 

 To meet the extraordinary expenses of the 

 year, including the reimbursement to the towns 

 for aid furnished to families of volunteers in 

 1865, the further sum of $2,700,000 will be 

 required, making the aggregate expenses for 

 the year amount to $4,075,000, and leaving the 

 sum of $2,675,000 to be provided for. 



The number of men furnished by Massa- 

 chusetts to the army and navy during the late 

 war (reckoning the nine months' men at one- 

 fourth of their actual number, and reducing 

 the naval recruits to the same term of three 

 years) was 131,116. The actual number of 

 men furnished by her for all arms and all 

 terras, including seamen and marines, was 

 159,165, which is 10,610 more than are now 

 to be found in the State between the ages of 

 eighteen and forty-five. The whole number of 

 colored troops was 6,039, and of foreign recruits 

 907 ; and the number of men furnished for dif- 

 ferent periods of service in the navy was 26,329. 

 From a report of the Paymaster-General of the 

 Commonwealth, brought down to December 

 31, 1865, it appears that the whole amount of 

 State bounties paid from the beginning of the 

 war to that date, was $12,803,600. The total 

 expenditure incurred by Massachusetts on ac- 



