In December 1857, he reported state expenditures of $21,000 for relief of the poor.
His two gubernatorial terms were marked by a reduction in state expenditures.
When the fiscal year ended without a budget in place, responsibility for state expenditures fell to Fletcher.
By this time the army had swelled to over 1.2 million men and almost half of state expenditure was going to military spending.
"This is part and parcel of the 5 percent reduction in state expenditures, which I intend to save $100 million."
That would bring the total state expenditures for public colleges and universities to $2.7 billion.
In 1984 about 44 billion, or roughly 30 percent of total state expenditures, was slated for capital construction.
The average state share has accounted for slightly more than 1 percent of state expenditures.
If predictions of food shortages made by Western experts prove correct, the pressure for state expenditures will increase even more.
And bring forward various state expenditures that reward his base.