Table No. III.

COMMUTATION FUND AND MARINE HOSPITAL FUND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR 1848.

COMMUTATION FUND.

Receipts.

Balance of fund in the hands of the City Chamber-
lain, Jan. 1st, 1849.......
Amount of commutation money received from own-

$64,155 89

ers and consignees of vessels for alien passengers.. 189,554 00 Amount received from captains, owners, and consignees, for violations of law and errors in reports

Balance of fund remaining in the hands of the City
Chamberlain, January 1, 1849..

$89,242 13

MARINE HOSPITAL FUND.

Receipts.

Amount of hospital money collected during the year $112,092 38
Of which amount was paid under protest....

Leaving available.....

Amount received from trustees of "Seamen's Fund and Retreat" for transportation of sailors chargeable to that institution.....

Amount received for conveying sick......

52,966 50

$59,125 88

24 00

5 00

Amount transferred from Commutation Fund by authority of the Governor, Comptroller, and Attorney-General, in conformity with Section 11 of the Act of April 11, 1848:

August 17....

Nov. 16..

$10,000 00
10,000 00

20,000 00

$139,491 67

Disbursements.

Deficit in the fund due the Bank of the State of New

York on the 1st January, 1848....

Total expenses during the year 1848....

Amount of deficit due the Mechanics' Bank, Janu

ary 1, 1849....

$17,861 75

128,579 02

-$146,440 77

$6,949 10

COMMUTATION FUND AND MARINE HOSPITAL FUND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR 1849.

COMMUTATION FUND.

Receipts.

Balance of fund on deposit with the City Chamberlain in Mechanics' Bank, January 1st, 1849.....

$89,242 13

Amount of commutation money received from owners and con

signees of vessels for alien passengers..

310,687 50

Amount received from masters, owners, and consignees of vessels for violations of the law......

853 00

66

แ

damage by fire, from Insurance Company.
repairs to office from City Comptroller....
transportation (being money refunded for
advances made to emigrants forwarded to the interior)......
Amount received for support of illegitimate children..
board of steward at Ward's Island..
board of masons at

returned premium, Insurance Company..
ferriage on board steamboat Stranger..

Disbursements.

33,298 98
44,644 78

For the purchase of real estate at Ward's Island..... $43,818 83
For erection of buildings, improvements, &c., &c....
For reimbursements to counties, institutions, &c....
For the support of Emigrant Refuge and Hospitals,
Ward's Island, and office expenses..

151,684 03

For transfers to the Marine Fund....

30,000 00

For expenses of Marine Hospital, subsequent to April 11th, 1849....

77,767 84

$381,214 46

Balance of fund in Mechanics' Bank, Jan. 1st, 1850..

$22,084 06

MARINE HOSPITAL FUND.

Receipts.

Amount of hospital money, to April 11th, 1849....... $1,287 86

Amount received for washing at the Marine Hospital..

41 08

38 83

9 91

Amount transferred from the Commutation Fund by authority of the Governor, Comptroller, and Attorney-General....

30,000 00

-$31,819 77

Balance of expenses of Marine Hospital (charged to
Commutation Fund since April, 1849)..

$77,767 84

Disbursements.

Deficit in the Marine Fund on the 1st January 1849.
Total expenses of Marine Hospital, during the year..

$6,949 10

95,961 06

6,677 45

$109,587 61