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BOARD OF G O V E R N O R S

67

OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON

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A D D R E S S OFFICIAL C O R R E S P O N D E N C E
TO THE BOARD

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R-783

February 14, 194-1

Dear Sir:
There is attached a copy of the report of expenses of the main lines of the Federal Reserve Leased Wire System for the month
of January 1941.
Please credit the amount payable try
your Bank to the Board, as shown in the last
column of the statement, to the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond in your daily statement of
credits through the Interdistrict Settlement
Fund for the account of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System, and advise the
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond ty mail the
amount and purpose of the credit.
Very truly yours,

0. E. Foulk,
Fiscal Agent.

Enclosure

TO PRESIDENTS OF ALL FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS
EXCEPT RICHMOND

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R-783-a
REPORT OF EXPENSES OF MAIN LINES OF FEDERAL RESERVE
LEASED WIRE SYSTEM FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 1941

Federal
Reserve
Bank

Number
of Words
Sent

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

26,836
79,769
19,689
35,651

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

Words Sent
ty N. Y.
Chargeable
to Other
F.R. Banks

$

462.20
1,354.00
340.96
611.88

$

279.37
876.19
239.45
249.69

398
397

27,230
79,769
20,087
36,048

42,737
43,189
69,398
43,689

397
396
445
396

43,134
43,585
69,843
44,085

732.16
739.81
1,185.52
748.30

335.21
241.76
1,275.35
247.17

21,507
41,073
37,818
55,350

396
396
425
398

21,903
41,469
38,243
55,748

371.78
703.89
649.14
946.27

185.06
273.01
324.68
425.76

358,445

6,084.25

9,977.46

879,589

$14,930.16

$14,930,16

Board of
Governors

358,445

Total

875,151

394
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.

—

4,438

Payable
to
Board
of Governors

Expenses
Paid
ty Banks
and
Board (2)

Pro Rata
Share of
Total Expenses (3)

Total
Words
Chargeable

$

182.83
477.81
101.51
362.19
396.95
498.05 >
89.83(a)
501.13
186.72
430.88
324.46
520.51

$3,983.04
89.83(a)
$3,893.21 .

(1)

Based on cost per word ($.0169^4019) for business handled during the month.

(2)

Payments ty Banks are for personal services and supplies and payments ty Board
are for personal services and supplies ($1,157.98) and wire rental ($9,255*00)
less amount ($435.52) representing reimbursement for the cost of sending messages between the Washington office of the Leased Wire System and the local
telegraph offices of the Treasury, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and
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the Commodity Credit Corporation. Personal services include salaries of main
line operators and of clerical help engaged in work on main line business,
such as counting the number of words in messagesj also overtime and supper
money and Retirement System contributions at the current service rate.

(a)

Credit—reimbursable to Chicago.