On the 13th day of January, 1865, this Department was ordered by the Adjutant General of the State to pay premiums to volunteeers for enlisting into the Michigan Regiments, as follows, viz:

For each Volunteer Recruit enlisted within the counties in which they are to be mustered, $5.

For each Volunteer Recruit enlisted outside the counties in which they are to be mustered, $8.

In compliance with the above instructions, I have paid to the volunteers on the certificates of the Provost Marshals of the sub-districts, the sum of $578.

The following is a classification of the expenditures, other than bounties and premiums, from Dec. 1st, 1865, to Nov. 30, 1866, inclusive, the vouchers for which are on file in the Auditor General's Office at Lansing.

Storage and cartage of Ammunition.

State Military Board, per diem and mileage of mem

bers...

$22 00

$139 10

State Celebration and Flag Presentation, July 4, 1866.

Building and Decorating Speakers' Stands...

$550 00

Decorating Military Offices....

429 73

Trans. 4th U. S. Inf. to and from Ft. Wayne..

50 00

The following is a condensed statement of all the receipts and expenditures of this Department from December 1st, 1865, to November 30, 1866: