a One-half per cent on capital paid in and on loans. ore mined-see Sec. 4028, C. L. 1871.

10c. per ton of product.

e See Sec. 5, Aet 22, 1853.

d1c. per ton of product.

h Sec. 4028, C. L. 1871-value of ore undetermined.

i For preceding year.

j Includes amount for preceding year.

Paid since Sept. 80, 1874.

1c. per ton of product.

Estimated under Act 57, 1872.

9 Part-payment of 2 per cent on estimated value of

I For 1868 to 1871.

m For 1874.

HON. J. P. HOYT, Speaker of the House of Representatives :

SIR-I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the following: "Resolved, That the Auditor General be and he is hereby requested to inform the Committee on State Geological Survey of the balance of cash now in the treasury to the credit of the Geological Survey," and to state in reply that of the eight thousand dollars per annum appropriated by act No. 65, laws of 1869 (as amended by act 179, 1871), for the expenses of said survey, there remains in the State Treasury of the amount applicable to expenses of 1873, the sum of $3,000 00, and of the amount applicable to expenses of 1874, the sum of $5,000 00. The amounts applicable to expenses of former years under said acts have been exhausted.

The appropriation of $20,000 00, by joint resolution No. 3, 1872, for publication of the Geological Report, has all been drawn from the State treasury. Very respectfully, RALPH ELY, Auditor General..

The communication was referred to the committee on ways and means.
The Speaker also announced the following:

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF RAILROADS,
Lansing, February 2, 1875.

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives :

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SIR-In reply to the following resolution of the House, of the 30th ult., "Resolved, That the Commissioner of Railroads be requested to inform this House, as soon as practicable, the number of clerks employed in his office, the salary paid them, and the amount of traveling and other incidental expenses. if any, allowed by the Board of State Auditors, for and on account of said office,"

I have to say that in accordance with the provisions of section 5, of Act No. 79, of the laws of 1873, creating the office of Commissioner of Railroads, I have employed in my office, since its organization in May, 1873, one clerk, at an annual salary of $1,000.

For traveling expenses I could make no legal charge, except for railroad fares actually paid in the performance of my official duties. I have in some instances paid small amounts, but have presented no account for the same to the Board of State Auditors.

The incidental expenses of my office, from its opening until December 31, 1873, a period of eight months, as shown in my first annual report, page xxvi., are as follows:

The incidental expenses of my office from Jan. 1, 1874, to Oct. 31, 1874, being a period of ten months, as shown in my second annual report, page XXIX., are as follows:

Making a total for the eighteen months, from the opening of the office until the date of my second annual report, of $745 94. This total amount includes all the expenses of the office except the salary of the clerk, and the publication of my annual report. Four hundred and six dollars and twenty-one cents of the above total amount (leaving $339 23 for office expenses), is for the paper, printing and binding of the blanks, on which the railroad companies make