FINANCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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Amount of judgments in suits in perso- 



nam $994,531 48 



Amount collected and paid into courts $114,791 01 

 Amount of forfeitures paid into courts $480,796 89 

 Number of suits and proceedings begun in 



the United States Courts during the 



first quarter of 1870, as reported by 



United States District Attorneys, in 



ran, 276 ; in personam, 460 ; total 736 



Number of claims for abatement considered 



during the fiscal year 1869 82,115 



Number of claims for refunding consid- 

 ered :. 3.173 



Amount rejected of same 0320,156 03 



Number of refunding claims considered 



first quarter of 1870 548 



Amount refunded for same time $53,597 00 



Amount rejected $91,09693 



Number of accounts examined and passed 



during the fiscal year 1869 51,566 



For the first quarter of 1870 8,897 



Certificates ot deposits received, examined, 



and entered for 1869 65,370 



For the first quarter of 1870 13,067 



Orders received for internal revenue stamps 



for 1869 11,278 



For the first quarter of 1870 3,487 



Number of stamps received from printers 



during 1869... 578,109,311 



Value thereof. $89.098,161 86 



Number for the first quarter of 1870 180,532.387 



Value thereof $49,228,728 38 



Number of internal revenue stamps issued 



for the year 1869 575,415,263 



Value thereof $78,093,293 11 



For the first quarter of 1870 174,640,303 



Value thereot $30,783,465 50 



Value of tobacco-stamps received for the 



first quarter of 1870 $15,730,289 74 



Value of tobacco-stamps issued for the 



same time $10,906,423 31 



Value of beer-stamps received for the first 



quarter of 1870 $2,820,042 25 



Value of beer-stamps issued for same time, $1,834,150 00 



Value of stamps for distilled spirits re- 

 ceived for the same time $17,232,925 OD 



Value of same issued for the same time. . . $0,392,750 00 



Number of stamp-agents' bonds examined, 350 



Number of claims for refunding stamps 



unnecessarily used 650 



Number of instruments examined for pho- 

 tograph companies 300 



Number of letters received and registered 



for the fiscal year 1869 60,398 



For the first quarter of 1870 17,329 



Number written and recorded for 1869 46,652 



For the first quarter of 1870 17,270 



Number of blanks prepared and sent out 



for 1869 8,046,360 



For the first quarter of 1870 1,695,741 



Number of distilleries registered 864 



Number of officers connected with the in- 

 ternal revenue service who report to 

 this bureau 6,003 



MONTHLY RANGE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES AS REPRESENTED BY DAILYj SALES AT THE 

 NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE BOARD DURING THE YEAR 1869 : 



