in  the 
Silver  City  National  Bank  to  the  credit  of  H.  H. 
Whitehill,  collector;  $2,096.76  depo*sited  with 
Lindauer,  Wormser  & Co.,  at  Deming,  and 
county  warrants  in  safe  $1900  and  what  are 
counted  as  cash  items — some  of  which  we  re- 
gard as  of  questionable  value — amounting  to

$2,802.78;  making  a grand  total  of  $15,933.37, 
leaving  a balance  unaccounted  for  of  $1,224.14. 
The  sheriff  claims  that  the  running  expenses  of 
the  office  paid  the  fees  for  court  services,  will 
more  than  offset  the  balance.

We  find  that  Sheriff  Whitehill  has  not  been 
vigilant  in  the  collection  of  licenses,  and  that 
large  numbers  are  carried  until  the  parties  go 
out  of  business  or  leave  the  country,  and  the 
then  uncollected  licenses  are  rebated,  the  county 
and  the  territory  then  being  the  losers.  We  also 
find  among  the  uncollected  licenses  the  fol- 
lowing :

Faustino  Olguin,  San  Lorenzo,  from  May  1, 
1889,  to  October  31,  1890.

A.  J.  Spaulding,  Pinos  Altos,  from  October 
1,  1889,  to  October  31,  1890.

Sam  Eckstein,  Silver  City,  May  1,  1889, 
to  October  31,  1890.

H.  E.  Muse,  Silver  City  (out  of  business) 
Feb.  1,  1889,  to  Jan.  31,  1890.

C.  F.  Flint,  Silver  City  (out  of  business), 
Aug.  1,  1889,  to  October  31,  1890.

Harry  Fowler,  Silver  City  (out  of  business) 
May  1,  1889,  to  November  30,  1890.

No  good  reason  was  given  to  the  com- 
mittee why  collection  of  these  licenses  was  not 
enforced.