EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.

Adjusted balance in the hands of the Treasurer on the
31st December, 1839 -
Deduct amount of sundry warrants directed to certain
banks for payment, not charged in the foregoing ac-
count, which warrants those banks have not returned
to the Treasurer, but for which they have received
conditional credits, vide statement No. 2, page 11

Add sums deposited to the credit of the Treasurer, as per statement No. 3, page 12, for which warrants have not been issued, and which consequently cannot be legally charged to his account

Actual balance to the credit of the Treasurer for the service of the Post Office Department in the different deposite banks on the 31st December, 1839, as per statement No. 1, page 10

TREASURER'S OFFICE, September 19, 1840.

WILLIAM SELDEN,

$36,259 35

7,261 27

28,998 OS

4,551 80

33,549 88

Treasurer United States.

14. And expenditures by postmasters under law of 1836, $1,135,722 73

AUDITOR'S OFFICE FOR THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

May 8, 1841.

I certify that the foregoing account of the Treasurer of the United States for his receipts and expenditures for the service of the Post Office Department for the quarter ending December 31, 1839, has been examined in this office, and found correct.

ELISHA WHITTLESEY.

DR. The Post Office Department in account current with Wm. Selden,

Treasurer U. S., for receipts and expenditures for 1st quarter 1840. Cr.

April 1. Balance due for service of the Post Office Dep't

$36,259 35

ĈR.

$36,259 35

$25,117 55

Dr.

ACCOUNT-Continued.

No. 1.

Cash to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, for the service of the Post Office Department, on the 1st of April, 1840.