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Ueport of the Commissary General of Subsistence, tvith Statements 
A. and B« 
Office of the Commissary General of Subsistence, 
li as/ungtoUf JVov. 22, 1823. 
Sir: In obedience to your orders of the 7th April last, and 5th 
inst. 1 liave the honor of j)i'esenting to >our view two statemeursj 
the one marked A, exhibiiint? the exi)en(liture8 in this Department 
for the entire year 1822, ami that marked B, shewing the disburse- 
ments in the three first quarters of 182S. 
The whole amount remitted and charged in the year 1822, is 
^284,764 11; the amount disbursed and accounted for, §270,850 46^ 
leaving a balance of Si 3,9 13 65, from uhich the following sums are 
to be deducted, viz: S73 83 in the hands of the Assistant Commis- 
gapy at Fort Osage, received by him in paper of the Kdwardsville 
Bank; S6,500 remitted to the Assistant Commissary at New Or- 
leans, on the 28th of December, 1822, only three days previous to 
the expiration of the year, and intended to meet the expenditures of 
the 1st quarter of 1823; S861 69, the amount of provisions actuaU 
ly pur( based and issued to the tro«»p8; but, for which purchase, the 
vouchers have been lost on their route to this place. 
These three sums, collectively, deducted from gl3,9lS 65, will 
leave a balanw of §6,478 13, to be accounted for in the first quar- 
ter of 1823; and the whole of which, including the §6,500 remit- 
ted to the Assistant Commissary at New Orleans, on the 28th of 
December, 1822, has been accounted for in the first quarter of the 
present year. 
The Vk^hole amount remitted and charged in the three first quar- 
ters of 1823. is §276,519 70; the amount disbursed and settled, 
§254,278 93, leaving a balance of §22,240 77. 
It may not be improper for me to remark, that, owing to the great 
distance which the military stations on the Upper JLakee, Upper 
Mississippi, and Red River, are from any post route, that the u«^ 
counts for the 3d quarter of the year have not yet been received 
from those posts; it is, however, justly due to the Assistant Com- 
missaries and Agents <tf the Department, to ^>tate, that their accounts 
and iTturns are promptly and regularly rendered; and that of the 
moneys charged and disbursed in 1822, the loss of one cent has not 
accrued to the United States; and there is every reason to believe, 
that the same will be the result of the disbursements for 1833. 
Very respectfully, your most obedient servant, 
GEOllGE GIBSON, 
Commissury Generui of SiibsistenCt^ 
The Hon, J. C. Calhoun, • 
Secretary oj' War. 
