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BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF" THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
R-860

WASHINGTON

ADDRESS OF'F'ICIAL CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE SOARD

July- 21, 1941

Dear Sir:
The":-e is attached a copy of the report of expenses of the main lines of the Federal Reserve Leased Wire System for t:ne month
of .rune 19L~.
Please credit the ammmt p~rable b'.r
your Bank to the Board, as s~.1mm in the last
column of the statement, to thE< Federal Heserve
Bank of Ricr.:nond in your daily stateoent of
credits through tha Interdistrict Settlement
Fund. for the accou.<"l.t of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Heserve System, and advise the
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond by mail the
amount and purpose of the credit.
Very tru]..y yours,

0. E. Foulk,
Fiscal Agent.

Enclosure
TO PRESIDENTS 01'' ALL FED:i:'-i.P..1 RESE...l\VE BANKS

EXCEPT RICHMOND

R-860-a
REPORT OF EXPENSES OF i\IIAIN LDii~S OF FE!),~!;R,.,\1 ?.ES:&l.VE
LE!1.SED WIRJ~ SYSTEi:l FOR THE MOUTH OF .TUNE 1941

Nurnber
of fiords
Sent

Federal
J1eservc
Bank

Words Sent
lJ;;r N • Y..
Chargeable
to OthGr
F.R. Banks

Total
Words
Chargeable
34,070
86,JJ+6
20,630
40,548

Boston
Hew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

33,656
86,146
20,215
40,132

41L:.

fdchmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

4'7,3?..8

L,l4

42,7Le9

4.L~

77,106
48,816

455

;,1inneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

21~, 503
4/..,070
39,892
56,991

414
413
462
415

Board of
Governors
·rotal

/~.15

416

513.36
1,298.0/.1310.85
610.98

r-:·
t~,)

329.63
239.33
1,217.73
249.3:2

2/+,917
40,354
5'7 ,!+06

375-45
6'70.27
608.05
864.79

232.73
273.01
324.9.3
426.00

512,943

7,729.00

11,161.06

1}079,69.3

$.~16,268. 76

~~n.s, 268 • 76

/~,483

Payable
to
Board
of Governo:2s

387 ./~6 $ 125.90
870.'73
427.31
62.78
243.07
302.22
308.76

726.91
650.38
1,168.69
7/~l. 79

L~ol4

4,646

~)

48,242
43,163
77,561
49,230

512,943
1,075,047

Expenses
Paid
by Banks
and
Board (2)

Pro Rata
Share of
Total Expenses (1)

397.28
411.05
49.04(a)
492.47
142.72
397.26
283.12
1.]8.99

~~3 '/+81.10
~9.0£t(a)

$3,432.06
(1)

Based on cost per word ($.015067950) for business handled duri.Yig the month.

(2)

Payments by Bankfl are for personal servieas a.nd supplies and payments by Board
are for personal services and supplies U~l,261.47) and wire re11ta1 ($10,303 .62)
less amount ~404.03) representing reimbursement for the cost of sending messages bctw0en the Washington office of the Leased VJire System and the local
telegraph offices of the 'I'reaSU!"J, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and
Corrnnodity Credit Corporc.tion. P<;rse;nal services include salaries of main
linG opera.tors a...11d of clerical help engaged in VIork on main line business,
such as counting tho number of words in rn0ssagos; also overtime and suppe:::money and Retirement Sjrstem contributions e.t the current service rate.

{a)

Credit--reimbursable to Chicago.