249. Bonus Fund. In a certain institution, there was a bonus fund. It was planned to distribute it so that each employee of the institution would receive 50 dollars. But it turned out that the last person on the list would receive only 45 dollars. To maintain fairness, it was then decided to give each employee 45 dollars; as a result, 95 dollars remained undistributed, which were allocated to the fund for the next year. What was the initial amount of the fund?[^13]
249. In fact, $5 was seized from $95: 5=19$ people; therefore, the original amount of the fund was $20 \cdot 50-5=$ $=995$ dollars.