Average cost per case. TABLE 13.-Statement of the number of claims settled each year since 1862; those for increase, war of 1812, and bounty land reduced to the basis of Army original claims; also the average cost per case to settle the same, both as to the total number settled and those settled by allowance only. 1864 11 150 1865 34 48, 188 453 1866 55 290 1867 216 43, 689 101 42, 317 388, 928 14 7 59 9 19 1868 5, 597 34, 505 238 34, 528 434, 881 38 10.40 12 59 1869 5,338 269 47, 767 -17, 341 1,650 51, 069 23, 196 15,064 1,650 2,890 26, 119 412 471, 250 88 9 22 18 04 1870 2,511 412 1871 1,091 20 98 18, 148 439 1872 877 25 30 18, 283 707 1873 15,099 5, 266 25, 134 12, 212 22, 349 10, 624 21, 761 5, 768 4, 189 3, 061 15, 693 603, 963 19 27 02 38 48 1874 3,627 11, 906 1,442 27, 231 3,422 17, 399 9, 089 22, 173 1,607 4,538 955 13, 186 596, 051 13 34 25 45 20 1875 3,695 13, 870 402 13,355 636, 247 45 34 53 47 64 1876 2,593 13, 489 266 Appropriations for the payment of pensions. TABLE 13.-Appropriations and expenditures on account of pensions; number of pension agencies; number of pensioners on the roll each year since 1862; also, since 1877, a statement of the expenses of all the agencies, the average cost to pay each pension, and for each $100,000 disbursed. [Form C.] Force. See page 103 of this report. TABLE 14.-Showing fluctuation in office from July 1, 1882, to June 30, 1885. March. April. May. June. Force. PENSIONS. TABLE 14.-Showing fluctuation in office from July 1, 1882, to June 30, 1885-Continued. Watchmen, $720 25 24 25 25 25 Laborers, $660.. 25 24 25 25 25 18 18 12 12 1 1 35 351 24 24 398 224 224 1 2 150 40 20 20 25 1 1 2 2 18 18 12 12 1 1 25 Total. 1, 555 1, 507 1, 552 1, 551 1, 550 1, 546 1, 555 1, 553 1, 554 1, 553 1, 552 1, 554 1,552 1, 682 1, 515 1, 595 1, 656 1, 670 1, 674 1, 670 1, 671 1, 668 1, 666 1, 641 1, 607 1, 490 See page 103 of this report. TABLE 15.-Showing the amounts expended for printing for use of Pension Office for the years 1862 to 1885, respectively, as furnished from the Government Printing Office. TABLE 16.-Showing amount of Department contingent fund expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for the use of the Pension Office. |