[Inclosure.]

OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,

Washington, April 16, 1864.

Statement of Federal and rebel prisoners of war received and delivered since last declaration.

Officers. Enlisted Reduced

men. to

privates.

Number of paroled Federal 76 10. 352 12. 794

prisoners on hand at date of

last declaration of

exchanged, June 8, 1863,

General Orders, Numbers 167,

and not then exchanged.

Number of Federal officers 246 15. 949 18. 485

and enlisted men received by

us from the rebels since June

8, 1863.

Total number paroled. 322 26. 301 31. 279

Total number exchanged. 76 19. 083 23. 056

Balance on parole. 246 7. 218 8. 223

Number of rebel officers and 72 8. 014 8. 359

enlisted men delivered by us

on parole up to July 25,

1863.

Number of rebel officers and 115 6. 317 7. 191

enlisted men delivered by us

on parole between July 25,

1863, at this date, at City

Point.

Number of rebel prisoners . . . 5. 953 7. 158

paroled at Port Hudson.

Number of rebel officers and 2. 156 27. 225 42. 474

enlisted men paroled at

Vicksburg, Miss.

Total number paroled. 2. 343 47. 509 65. 182

Exchanged.

Delivered at City Point, Va. 76 12. 012 13. 080

, to January 1, 1864.

Paroled at Port Hudson. . . . 5. 953 7. 158

Paroled at Vicksburg, Miss. 1. 309 15. 649 26. 031

Total number exchanged. 1. 385 33. 614 46. 269

Balance on parole.

Delivered at City Point, Va. 111 2. 319 3. 371

Paroled at Vicksburg, Miss. 847 11. 576 16. 443

Total on parole. 958 13. 895 19. 814

It appears from the foregoing that there have been declared exchanged-

Of rebel troops reduced to privates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,269

Federal troops reduced to privates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,056

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Leaving the rebels indebted to us in order to

adjust the informal declarations already made. . . . 23,213

The adjustment being supposed to be made, the state of the prisoners would be thus:

Rebel troops reduced to privates on parole, and

subject to be exchanged. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,814

Federal troops reduced to privates on parole,

and subject to be exchanged. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,223

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Excess of rebels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,591

This number of 11,591 would be due to us after exchanging a sufficient number of the 19,814 to balance the 8,223 of Federal troops now on parole in the North, which would about balance the number of Federal prisoners held in the South.

This statement leaves us the undisputed possession of all of the rebel prisoners now in the North under Federal guards.

By a recent notice in the newspapers of an exchange declared by Mr. Ould it appears that besides rebel prisoners delivered at City Point to January 1, 1864, covered by this declaration, Mr. Ould