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DEPARTMENT OF METROPOLITAN POLICE,

OFFICE OF THE TREASURER, 482 LOUISIANA AVENUE,

Washington, October 17, 1872. GENTLEMEN: Herewith is a statement of the accounts of this office with the United States for the fiscal year ended on the 30th day of June last.

Very repectfully,

DE VERE BURR,

Treasurer.

To the BOARD OF POLICE,

Metropolitan Police District, D. C.

The United States in account with De Vere Burr, treasurer board of Metropolitan Police, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1872.

DR.

CR.

DEPARTMENT OF METROPOLITAN POLICE,

Property Rooms, Washington, October 1, 1872.

SIR: During the year ended the 30th ultimo there have been received at this office property and money of the value of $17,451.17. Of this amount $12,952.23 was returned from the several precincts and sanitary company, and $4,498.84 from the detective corps.

There has been delivered from the office, upon evidence of ownership and orders of courts, during the same period, property valued at $15,156.14. (See statement A, herewith.)

Statement B shows the value of property recovered by the Metropolitan Police, but turned over to owners or others than this office, to have been $117,936.17. This exhibit is compiled from the weekly precinct property-reports.

The total reported property operations of the department has, therefore, been the recovery of $135,387.34. During the year property of the value of $133,092.31 has been restored to its owners.

The net proceeds of the sale of unclaimed and abandoned property during the year, and amounting to $213.91, has been paid over to the treasurer for the "policemen's fund."

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

GEO. R. HERRICK,

Property Clerk.

President Board of Police.

WILLIAM J. MURTAGH, Esq.,

A.-Statement of the estimated value of property and money received at and delivered from the office of the property-clerk during the year ended September 30, 1872.