ADDRESS OF HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN A. ANDREW, TO THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE Legislature of Massachusetts, JANUARY 9, 1863. BOSTON: WRIGHT & POTTER, STATE PRINTERS, No. 4 SPRING LANE. ADDRESS. GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Assembled in the Capitol of the Commonwealth to inaugurate the political year with becoming ceremonies, and to enter upon the honorable duties of your trust as law-givers of the People, I join you in humble thanksgiving to Almighty God for the merciful providences which have attended all the experiences of the year which has closed behind us; and for the promises and signs of His continued favors to the obedient. I invite your thoughtful consideration of the attitude, affairs, prospects and duties of the Commonwealth. The permanent Public Debt, exclusive of the loans of the credit of the Commonwealth to various Railroad Corporations, is. $5,257,000 00 Provision has been made, for this debt as follows: Union Loan Sinking Fund, Claims of the State against the United States, say, $1,080,240 00 375,000 00 69,260 00 1,771,525 00 1,800,000 00 $5,096,025.00 The receipts into the Treasury of the Commonwealth, from the ordinary revenue for the year 1862, were $2,947,732.48, and were derived from the following sources, namely:— Income from Sinking Funds applicable to the extinguishment of public debt, and accrued interest on scrip sold, Miscellaneous, 112,022 91 33,172 89 $2,947,732 48 The disbursements for the year amounted to $1,683,390.93, and were for the following purposes: Executive Department, including the Governor and Council, Secretary's, Treasurer's, Auditor's, and Attorney-General's Departments, $60,455 99 Sergeant-at-Arms, including State House accounts, 13,900 78 |