EXPLANATIONS OF GENERAL LEDGER BALANCES (CONTINUED).

(No. 67.) SAMUEL ALLEN, FORMER DEPUTY COLLECTOR OF ASSESSMENTS.

For amount collected by him and not paid into the treasury, as shown by his original receipts presented to the Comptroller for the purpose of having the liens canceled:

(No. 68.) WALTER OAKLEY, FORMER DEPUTY COLLECTOR OF ASSESSMENTS. For amount collected by him and not paid into the treasury, as shown by his original receipts presented to the Comptroller for the purpose of having the liens canceled:

The sureties upon Mr. Oakley's official bond to the Corporation for $20,000 are James H. Van Nostrand and Marshall O. Roberts. Said bond was placed in the hands of the Corporation Counsel, for collection, in the month of March, 1862.

(No. 69.) REVENUES ACCRUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1859.

The balance remaining to the credit of this account, December 31, 1861, as stated in the Comp. troller's Annual Report for 1861, page 75, was..

For bond and mortgage of James B. Danforth, dated May 1, 1855, not taken into this account until 1862..

$288,044 92

7,000 00

$295,044 92

Less, for amount of bonds and mortgages paid off during the year, as stated on page 57........

25,475 50

Credit balance, December 31, 1862

$269,569 42

(No. 70.) DEFICIENCIES IN TAXES.

The balance remaining to the credit of this account, December 31; 1861, as stated in Comptrol

ler's Annual Report, for 1861, page 80, was... For amount included in Tax-Levy of 1862.

Carried forward.....

$505,414 69

148,829 70

$654,244 39

For the following remissions, the same being for excessive assessments over the amount authorized by law, viz. :

Fifty-seventh street, regulating, &c., from First avenue to East River, confirmed
December 19, 1860......

$185 38

Fifty-fourth street, sewer between Second and Third avenues, confirmed September 10, 1859...

113 07

One Hundred and Twenty-eighth street, regulating, &c., from Eighth avenue to
Manhattan street, confirmed April 2, 1859..

158 83

$457 28

(No. 73.) JAMES ACKERMAN, FORMER DEPUTY COLLECTOR OF ASSESSMENTS. For amount collected by him, and not paid into the treasury, as shown by his original receipts presented to the Comptroller, for the purpose of having the liens canceled :

(No. 74.) ROBERT MOKINNIN, FORMER DEPUTY COLLECTOR OF ASSESSMENTS. For amount collected by him and not paid into the treasury, as shown by his original receipts presented to the Comptroller, for the purpose of having the liens canceled:

CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

STATEMENT of Appropriations made by the Corporation, for the support of the Government of the City of New York, for the
year 1862; the payment of Interest on that portion of the City Debt, and the redemption of the Principal thereof,
which is payable from Taxation in said year, showing the means authorized and relied upon for the payment of the
same, also references to the various Laws authorizing and requiring the Board of Supervisors to order and cause the
several sums specified to be raised by Tax.

EXPLANATIONS OF SUNDRY ACCOUNTS EXHIBITED BY THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE GENERAL LEDGER, DECEMBER 31, 1862.

The following statements are presented for the purpose of explaining, in detail, the balances of the several accounts mentioned, the same not being given elsewhere in this Report.

(No. 4.) ACCUMULATED REVENUES.

The balance remaining to the credit of this account, December 31, 1861, as stated in the Comptroller's Annual Report for 1861, page 77, was......

The amount applied to the redemption of City Stocks, in 1862, was as follows: From the Sinking Fund for the Redemption of the City Debt:

$7,972,416 00

REMARKS.-The following statement explains the origin of the above account. It was formerly the practice to close all accounts of expenditures by the Corporation, at the close of each year, by transferring the balances to "Profit and Loss," which was in turn closed by a transfer of the balance to ". City and County of New York" (See detailed statement in the Comptroller's Annual Report for 1858, pp. 42-45). In cases where the money for expenditures was supplied by loans upon Corporation Stocks, an account was opened in the first instance, with the stock issued, and on the maturity and redemption of such stock by the Commissioners of the Sinking Funds, the account was closed by crediting " City Stocks redeemed by the Commissioners of the Sinking Funds." This last-mentioned account was opened in January, 1850 (Ledger G, Folio 443), and the following statement shows the yearly credits for stocks redeemed since that date:

On opening a new set of Books in January, 1859, the above amount was transferred to an account entitled "ACCUMULATED REVENUES," say..

There was also added, for amount advanced from the Sinking Fund in 1834 and 1835, for the purchase of sundry market sites, the sum of......

Carried forward.

$5,596,670 00

180,421 00

$5,777,091 00