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[HO. OF RBPS.] 3 1 s t CONGRESS, Ex. Doc. No. 11. 2d Session. FINANCE REPORT. REPORT ' OF T H E S E C R E T A R Y OF THE T R E A S U R Y , The receipts and expenditures, 4*c., for • the fiscal year ending June 3 0 .' 1 8 5 0 . DECEMBE* 17,1850. Referred to the Committee of W a y s and Means, and 10,000 extra copies ordered to be,printed for the use of the House, and 1,000 extra copies for the use of the Treasury Departmenu TREASURY DEPARTMENT, December 16, 18o0. The Secretary of the Treasury reports: IBSCEIPT'S ANI: EXPERIDITKIUES. The receipts expenditures far the fiscal year ending 30,1850, were: Receipts from customs - . .. . - -$39,668,686 42 Receipts from public lands 1,859,894 25 Receipts trom miscellaneous sources . . . 1,847,218 23 Receipts from avails of stock issued for specie deposited, 399,050 00 Receipts from avails of treasury notes funded 3,646,900 00 Add balance in treasury July 1, 1849 - - - 47,421,748 2,184,964 28 49,606,713 18 The expenditures for the same fiscal year were, in cash - $39,355,268 69 Treasury notes funded 3,646,900 00 .43,002,168 69 Leaving a balance in the treasury July 1, 1850, of (as appears in detail by accompanying statement A.) 6,604,544 49 it 2 Doc. No. 11. I ESTIMATES. The estimated receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1851, are: Receipts from customs—1st quarter, by actual returns - $14,764,043 05 Receipts from customs—2d, 3d, and 4th quarters, as estimated 3d, 235,956 95 $45,000,000 00 Receipts from public lands . . . . 1,967,000 00 Receipts from miscellaneous sources 625,000 00 47,592,000 00 116,050 00 Receipts from avails of treasury notes funded - - Total receipts Add balance in treasury July 1, 1850 - - - 47,708,050 00 6,604,544 49 . Total means, as estimated - 54,312,594 49 EXPENDITURES, V I Z : The actual expenditures for the quarter ending September 30, 1850, were . (as appears by acccmii)&nyirtg statement B.) The estimated expenditures during the other three quarters, from 1st October, j 850, to 30th June, 18-3?, are: Civil list, foreign intercourse, and miscellaneous • Expenses of coliecdng the revenue from customs Expenses of collecting the revenue from lands Army proper, &c. Fortifications, ordance, arming militia, &c. Iaternal improvements, &c. Indian department Pensions . . . . Naval establishment Interest on public debt Purchase of stock of the loan of 1847 . . . . $6,9S3,432 99 13, "19.094 31 1,500,000 00 170,835 00 9,099,716 72 2,261,370 327,309 4,363,867 1,380,583 9,508,858 3,694,321 66 76 51 40 88 03 844,207 24 53,853,597 50 Leaving a balance in the treasury July 1, 1851, of - 458,996 99 1 Doc. No. 11. 3 The estimated receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1851, and ending June 30, 1852, are: Receipts from customs . . " public lands . . " miscellaneous sources - . . . . - Total estimated receipts Add estimated balance in the treasury July 1, 1851 Total means, as estimated - $45,000,000 00 1,600,000 00 200,000 00 - - 46, S00,000 00 45S, 996 99 47,258,9% 99 The expenditures for the same period, as estimated by the several Departments of State, Treasury, Interior, War, and Navy, and the Postmaster are: The balances of former appropriations which will be required to be expended this year Permanent and indefinite appropriations Specific appropriations asked for this year - $4,929,224 97 9,528,279 17 33, 667,489 04 48,124,993 18 This sum-is composed of the following particulars, viz: Civil list, foreign intercourse, and miscellaneous, including Mexican indemnity $12, 713,625 Expenses of collecting the revenue from customs 2,450,000 Expenses of collecting the revenue from lands 170, 200 Army proper, &c. 10,287,151 Fortifications, ordnance, arming militia. &c. 2,307,575 Internal improvements, &c. 1,330,778 Indian department 1.751,517 Pensions . . . . . . 2,645,900 Naval establishment, including dry-docks and ocean steam mail contracts 10,159,375 Interest on the public debt 3,665,321 Purchase of stock of the loan of 1S47 340,156 Redemption of stock issued under act of 9th August, 1846 . . . . . . 303,391 15 00 00 SO 46 89 76 00 09^ 03 96 04 48,124,993 18 Estimated expenditures over estimated means July 1. 1852 - $865,996 19 The foregoing does not include the interest to be paid on the Texas boundary stock. By the joint resolution of Hth.. February last, the sum of $2,450,000 was appropriated to d^fi^f'the annual expenses of collecting the revenue, in addition to such aftims may fte received from storage, cartage, drayage, and labor." By the provisions of ffieactof 3d 1S49, in lieu of the net rev 4 Doc. No. 11. I enue. "the gross amount of all duties received from customs, from the sales of the public lands, and from all miscellaneous sources," were required to be paid into the treasury without "any abatement or deduction" whatever. This devolved upon the department the necessity of transferring all coin received to the depositaries designated by the act ot 6th August, 1846, and retransporting the sums necessary for the current and incidental expenses of collecting the revenue, or the exercise of the implied discretionary powers conferred by the same act upon the Secretary of the Treasury to designate such other depositaries as circumstances might require. The collectors of customs and surveyors of interior ports have, therefore, been made depositaries, and given bonds as such. I concur in the view of my predecessor that the change was a salutary one. The labors of the collectors and their clerks, though largely increased thereby, have been, in general, performed by the force authorized at the date of my assuming the duties of this department. The law of 29th July last, directing all conveyances of vessels to be recorded at the custom-houses, necessarily required some addition to the clerical force, and consequently one clerk for that duty has been authorized at each of the larger ports. The fees allowed, it is hoped, will equal the expenses incurred thereby. I transmit herewith a statement (C) showing "the amount of money expended at each custom-house in the United States during the fiscal year ending the 30th June last, the number of persons employed, and the occupation and salary of each person at each of said custom-houses during the period aforesaid," as required by the 6th section of the act of 3d March, 1S49. The act of 30th September last authorized the employment of ten additional inspectors at New Orleans. The proviso to the section, in the opinion of this deportment, nullifies the enacting clause; and the relief .-:o much required awaits the further legislation of Congress. By the act of 2Sth September last, six collection districts were created on the Pacific, and two east of the Rocky mountains on our northern frontier. These give occasion for a large increase in the personnel of the department of customs, and a more than corresponding increase in the expenditures. The maximum salaries of those officers attached to the Pacific districts designated by that act, though in general reduced by the department, are believed to be only commensurate with the expenses attendant upon a residence in that country. That basis, as fixed by Congress, has been the standard adopted by the department relatively for the compensation of the subordinate officers; and, in the exercise of the discretion given by the first section of the joint resolution of 14th February last, such salaries have been assigned as, in the opinion of the department, were required to insure to the government officers of ability and integrity, and full reliance is placed upon an honest and faithful discharge of the onerous and responsible duties devolving upon them in that remote section of our country. The great reduction of the revenue marine made by my predecessor, in consequence of the limited appropriations, has been represented as injuriou in its effects. This branch of the service, intimately connected with and necessary to the collection of the revenue, is, in the opinion of the department, a proper subject for distinct appropriations; and I have therefore submitted estimates for that service, upon a basis of twenty revenue vessels—a Doc. No. 11. 5 less number by four than existed previous to that reduction. ment CC.) PUBLIC (See state- DEBT. According to the last annual report from this department, the public debt on the 1st December, 1849, including $18,821 48 in treasury notes and stock* not then stated, was $64,723,515 16. Since that period, the following reductions have been made, viz: On account of the debt of the cities of the District of Columbia, assumed by the act of 20th May, 1836, $60,000; on account of the old funded and unfunded debt, $3,149 12; of treasury notes, $1,877 67; and of the stock of 1847, $430,250. The above stock was purchased at market rates through the agency of Messrs. Corcoran & Riggs, and which, but for the great demand for government securities increasing their price beyond the limit fixed by the department in its instructions to its agents, would have been somewhat increased. The public debt on the 30th of November last was $64,228,238 37, (as per statement D,) viz: Old funded and unfunded debt, redeemable on 'presentation $119,585 98 Debts of the District cities, assumed by Congress, $60,000, payable annually 900,000 00 Five per cent, stock, per act of August, 1846, redeemable August 9, 1851 303,573 92 Five per cent, loan of 3d March, 1843, redeemable July 1,1853 6,468,231 35 Six per cent, loan of 22d July, 1846, redeemable 12th November, 1856 4,999,149 45 Six per cent, loan of 15th April, 1842, redeemable 31st December, 1862 8,198,686 03 Six per cent, loan of 28th January, 1847, redeemable 1st January, 1868 27,135,122 00 Six per cent, loan of 28th January, 1847, redeemable 1st January, 1868 154,328 00 Six per cent, loan of 31st March, 1848, redeemable 1st July, 1868 15,740,000 00 Treasury notes issued prior to 1846, payable on presentation, if converted into stock, under the act of January 28, 1847, will be redeemable 1st July, 1868 209,561 64 64,228,238 37 In obedience to the requirements of the 22d section of the act of 28th January, 1847, I transmit a statement (E) showing the issue, reissue, and redemption of treasury notes. A statement annexed (P) shows the amount of treasury notes jwrid during the last fiscal year, under the act of 10th August, 1846. 6 Doc. No. 11. I ESTIMATES. The total actual cash receipts into the treasury from all sources during the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1850, were -$43,774,848 The total cash expenditures for the same period were - 39,355,26S The actual and estimated cash receipts from all sources , for the year ending 30th June, 1851, are - 47,592,000 The actual and estimated cash expenditures for same period amount to - 53,737,547 The total estimated cash receipts for the year ending 30th June, 1852, are 46,800,000 The total estimated cash expenditures for same period amount to 48,124,993 (See statement G.) = = = = 90 69 00 50 00 18 = I am well aware that these actual and estimated expenditures may justly be deemed large; and therefore, in submitting them, it is proper that they be accompanied by such explanations and statements as will distinguish the ordinary from the extraordinary demands upon the treasury, and show that the aggregate is no greater than is demanded by a due regard to economy and the obligations of the government. I annex a table (marked H) exhibiting the total expenditures, exclusive of payments on account of trust funds and public debt, expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, lands, See., for three periods, viz : 1st. For the years ending 30th June, 1843,-'4-'5, or immediately preceding the Mexican war; 2d. For the years ending 30th June, 1846-'7-'S, embracing the period of the war; and 3d. Forthe years ending 30t.h June, 1849-'50-'51, actual and estimated, or the three years subsequent to the treaty of peace. It will be seen that, for the three years prior to the war, the aggregate expenditures, exclusive of trust funds, public debt, and expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, lands, &c., were $63,833,704 93— averaging annually $21,277,901 64; for the three years of the war, $125,291,017 11—averaging $41,733,672 37; and for the three years immediately subsequent thereto, $116,922,178 82—averaging annually $38,974,059 61. Including the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, public lands, duties returned, drawbacks, debentures, bounties, &c., none of which have appeared in the expenditures heretofore exhibited prior to 30th June, 1849, (as all- these items were, previously to that date, deducted from the revenue before the latter was paid into the treasury, leaving" only the net receipts to figure in the annual statements,) the aggregate expenditures for the first period, per statement H, will be seen to have been $76,230,541 83—averaging $25,410,180 61; for the second period, $137,189,666 97—averaging $45,729,888 99; and for the third period, $125,106,754 18—averaging $41,702,251 39. It thus appears that these largely increased expenditures commenced in the year lS45-'6, and in consequence of the war with Mexico; and it will be shown that, by reason of our new acquisitions of territory and the fulfilment of the obligations of government resulting from that war, a D » # . N d . 7 l L continuance of these expenditures will be required for an indefinite period. Annexed are statements (I and J) showing the total annual expenditures, exclusive of the public debt, as made and estimated to be made, under the direction of the several heads of department^, for the years ending 30th June, 1846, 184T, 1848,1849,1850,1851, and 1850, or the seven years subsequent to the declaration of the war with Mexico; also, a statement (K) showing the quantities ;«ind values of the public lands required to satisfy warrants issued and to be issued under the several acts granting lands, distinguishing, of such expenditures and values, those occasioned by said war from those demanded by the otherwise ordinary requirement* of the government upon the peace establishment prior to said war. The actual and estimated expenditures for the seven years ending 30th June, 1852, amount to (statement I) The expenditures for the year ending 30th June, 1845, the year immediately preceding the war with Mexico, having been $21,380,049 36, the aggregate expenditures for the seven succeeding years, upon that basis, would have amounted to Showing an excess over the peace establishment of 1845 of -- $294, SOT, 407 95 149,650,345 52 145,147,062 43 And which excess of expenditures is to"be accounted for as follows: The actual and estimated expenditures of the War Department for seven years subsequent to the declaration of war with Mexico are - $117,876,495 31 L'nder peace establishment of 1845, as before stated, 35,643,749 54 they would have been Excess occasioned by said war (See statement L, and accompanying papers,"from the bureaus of the War Department, numbered 1 to 7.) The actual and estimated expenditures of the Nary, Department amount to $62,659,331 74 Would have been (as per statement 1) 43,600,473 63 Excess [This excess, from the organization of the Navy 'Department, and the indefinite manner of making appropriations, cannot be more specifically stated.] Pensions, under acts of 1848, paid to 30th June, 1850, (statement M 1) Pensions, under acts of 1848, estimated for 1851 and 1852, (statement M 2) Indians in new territory, | p 30th June, 1852, (statemen! 1$) . 82,232,745 77 19,058,858 U fc 1,198?14l» 18 1,525,000 00 204,830 40 8 Doc. No.11.I Instalments and interest under 12th article, treaty with Mexico $16,388,396 37 Payment of liquidated claims against Mexico, per act 29th July, 1848 2,089,578 84 Renewal of diplomatic intercourse with Mexico 37,560 61 Expenses of Board of Commissioners on Mexican Claims 44,428 39 Survey of boundary line between the United States and Mexico 335,000 00 Survey of the coast of California 200,000 00 Light-houses, dry-dock, custom-house, and marine hospital in California - . 640,003 00 Territorial governments in Utah and New Mexico 147,300 00 Expenses of war loans and treasury notes 150,879 41 Amount to 1852, occasioned by the war And for objects not included in the sum as the expenditures for 1845, made, in pursuance of acts of government, during a period subsequent to the 3d of March, 1845, and prior to the 4th of March, 1849, including post office deficiencies and census, as follows, (see statement O:) Seventh census Erection of Patent Office . . . . Supplying deficiencies in Post Office Department and for department mail matter * Expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, lands, &c., never exhibited in the expenditures, prior to the 30th of June, 1849 . . . Expenditures on account of Smithsonian Institution, Refunding duties, debentures, drawbacks, &c. Building revenue cutters, before paid out of the accruing revenue - 124,252,719 OS To which sum of may be added, for— Building light-houses, beacons, buoys, &c. Building marine hospitals, custom-houses, and support thereof Increase of the expenditures in the legislative, executive, and judiciary departments, the sum of And for miscellaneous items not enumerated - 138,148,330 16 1,276,000 00 600,000 00 1,768,752 57 6,813,557 95 412,134 70 2,923,166 36 101,999 50 974, 795 26 1,288,741 87 4,205,751 50 529,443 64 145,147,062 43 Sum, as above, to 30th June, 1852, chargeable to the war To which may be added— Interest on war debt to 30th June, 1852, (statement PI) Interest on war debt from 30th June, 1852, td" maturity, (statement 9 2) $124,252,719 08 13,387,544 06 41,173,493 38 Doc. No. 11. 9 Ptiklic lands granted and to be granted, (per table K,) as estimated - . ^Claims pending, and estimated by the Third AudiP tor, (statement Q) ^exas boundary stock to be issued Interest on Texas boundary stock for fourteen years, at 5 per cent. Mexican claims, per treaty, stock to be issued - $17,346,750 00 765,069 37 * 10,000,000 00 7,000,000 00 3,250,000 00 Thus we have, of expenditures and liabilities charge-' able directly to said war and the acquisitions of territory consequent upon the treaty of peace, the sum of 217,175,577 28 And which does not include many claims, presented and to be presented, arising indirectly from the war, this great variety forbidding even an approximation, either as to number or amount. Statement R gives the annual expenditures from 1828 to 1841, ranging from $12,530,846 43 in 1828 to $25,745,776 28 in 1841, the average annual increase being $943,923 56, exclusive of all expenses of collecting the revenue, &c. The expenditures for the four succeeding years, from 1841 to 1845, are averaged in consequence of the change in the fiscal year, the average being A diminution in the average, as compared with the four preceding years, of . . . . Amounting, in the aggregate, to - $22,987,411 78 3,481,158 95 13,924,635 80 The estimated expenditures for the year ending 30th June, 1852, are The expenditures under the peace establishment of 1845, exclusive of the public debt, were Excess for the year ending 30th June, 1852 21,380,049 36 - By reference to statements S, I, M 2, and O, it will be seen that, of these estimated expenditures for the year ending 30th June, 1852, the excess over the expenditures of 1845 required by the War Department in consequence of the war and our new territories is Navy Department Pensions, acts of 1848 Mexican instalment and interest Survey of boundary line Light-houses, dry-dock, &c., California Territorial governments, Utah, New Mexico Interest on public debt . . . Indians in new territories Collection of the revenue from customs, bounties, &c., not included in 1845 $48,124,993 18 26,744,943 82 $6,002,658 43 3,930,736 00 840,000 00 3,180,000 00 100, < 100 00 300,000 00 70,200 00 3,665,321 03 130,800 00 • 3,484,775 04 10 Doc. No. 11. I Expenses of land §ales not included in 1845 Patent Office Payment on account of principal of pubjic debt Survey of coast of California Smithsonian Institution . . . Deficiencies Post Office Department - - $170,200 00 350,000 00 643,548 00 100,000 00 30,91014 200, OOfr 00 By deducting this aggregate of excess of 23,199,148 64 from the aggregate estimated expenditures for the year ending 30th June, 1852, of"$48,124,993 18, there will remain, as the estimated ordinary expenditures, the sum of $24,925,844 54. Thus it will be seen that, of the aggregate expenditure?, actual and estimated, for the seven years ending on the 30th June, 1852, amounting to $294,807,407 95, the sum of $ 138,148,330 18, exclusive of $ 13,3S7,544 06, interest on the war debt, is required to sustain the faith of the government, pledged or implied, or arising in consequence of its acts during a period subsequent to 30th June, 1845, and prior to Lst July, 1849. Some of the objects of these estimated expenditures, by reason of the extended area of territory, have been made either permanent charges upon the treasury or will continue for a long series of years, and may be stated as follows: Excess of expenditures of War Department, excess of expenditures of Navy Department, pensions, interest on war debt, terrritorial governments, survey of boundary line, survey of coast of California, Indians, judiciary, &c. • Further experience will undoubtedly result in compelling still greater expenditures in the fulfilment of treaty stipulations, and in controlling and subduing the Indians and other lawless bands with which our newly acquired territories are infested, and before there will be that permanent emigration to and settlement therein of that class of our citizens so necessary to a full development of the resources and defence of that country. These charges upon the treasury, not found in our expenditures in former years, arising from our greatly expanded territorial limits, will doubtless, for the present, press heavily; but we may confidently expect an ample compensation for these additional burdens in the immense mineral wealth of our new acquisitions and the rich commerce which our commanding position on the Pacific ocean opens to the enterprise of our countrymen. FRAUDS UPON T H E REVENUE. In obedience to the act of the 10th May, 1800, whereby it is made the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury "to digest, prepare, and lay before Congress, at the commencement of every session, a report on the subject of finance, containing estimates of. the public revenue and public expenditures, and plans for improving or increasing the revenue, from time to time," I feel it my duty, in view of our necessarily increased expenditures and maturing liabilities, to submit to the wisdom of Congress such suggestions as the present state of our country and the revenues seem to demand. Doc. No. 11. 11 We cannot overlook the fact, in our estimates of future revenue, that the last three or four years have been exceptional ones; that we are indebted for our large revenues in part to the famine, the revolutions, and the broken-down markets of Europe. The ease with which the low duties under the act of 1846 may be reduced still lower by successful frauds and undervaluations, combined with the causes just stated, has induced a large excess of importations. But the markets of Europe are recovering their tone; the effects of the famine are passing away; our country is filled, it is believed, to excess, with foreign goods; and it would be contrary to all reasonable expectation to look for a continuance of these large importations. The provisions of the act of July, 1846, have been found insufficient for the prevention of frauds and undervaluations. The extent to which they have been carried, and the degree in which they have been rendered systematic and complete, have been highly detrimental to the revenue. The department has long given the subject of these frauds its most earnest attention, and exhausted all its authority for their prevention and detection; but they are still of such magnitude, and so demoralizing in their effect, as to demand the immediate interposition of Congress. A special communication on this subject was made to the Senate'on the 26th September last, in answer to a resolution of that body; and as that embraced much that would otherwise be incorporated in this report, a copy thereof is annexed, (marked T.) That numerous frauds by means of undervaluations have been and continue to be systematically perpetrated, «and that they are confined neither to one class of articles, one market, nor one port of the United States, this department has an accumulation of the most un4eniable evidence. This proof, consisting of a great variety of details, will, with great pleasure, be submitted to Congress, or any of its committees that may be charged with the subject. Through the vigilance of the appraisers, vast numbers of advances upon invoices have been made. At Boston and New York, the number so advanced, from January, 1849, to October 1, 1850, amounts to more than four thousand, (table U,) ranging from 5 per cent, to upwards of 400 per cent. Statement V is an importation of fruit, and is cited as exhibiting not only the system of fraudulent undervaluations, but the inequality of values at the different ports of the United States, under the present tariff act. The fruit was shipped by the same house, about the same time—one cargo arriving at Philadelphia, one at New York, and one at Boston, the quality and invoice value being the same. At Philadelphia it passed at the invoice value; at New York the appraisers advanced it 75 per cent., and at Boston 92 per cent., and no objection or appeal frem the decision of the appraisers was made on the part of the importers. I would respectfully and earnestly urge upon Congress to inquire fully into the practical operation of our present system of imposing duties upon the foreign cost or values of merchandise, being fully satisfied that the longer it is continued the wfeaker will become the restraints upon, and the stronger the inducements to, the commission of frauds, by misrepresenting the dutiable values. 12 Doc. No. 11. I WAYS AND MEANS. The estimated receipts from customs as presented for the remainder of the current year, and for the year ending 30th of June, 1852, are based upon a continuance of the present large amounts of imports. Aside from our increased expenditures, and exclusive of estimated purchases of stock, we have to provide for $7,220,952 89 of the public debt which matures within the next two fiscal years. The ordinary expenditures of the government, and the public debt, originating chiefly in the recent war with Mexico, together with a variety of demands arising out of that war, present the amount of liabilities for which it becomes the duty of Congress to provide. Our trade with foreign nations, and the moneys arising from the sales of public lands, have constituted heretofore the resources from which the annual expenses of the government have been procured; and they are at this time the only means by which these necessary charges can be paid, the public faith upheld, and a speedy liquidation of the public debt insured. By the long and unbroken practice of the government, duties on imports have been regarded as the least objectionable mode of raising revenue. By the various acts of Congress appropriating the public lands to objects which withdraw them from ordinary revenue purposes, it is quite certain that for several years to come the treasury must be mainly, if not entirely, dependent for its receipts upon duties levied upon foreign merchandise. The act of the 2Sth January, 1847, appropriates the entire proceeds of the sales of the public lands to the payment of principal and interest of the loan provided for by that law. By reference to table D, it will be found that the loan for the redemption of which this fund is appropriated amounts to $27,135,122—the,interest upon which, at six per cent, per annum, is to be paid semi-annually, and the principal on the 1st January, 1868. The law recently enacted giving lands to those who served in the war with Mexico, and, at the last session, to such as had served in former wars, in addition to grants to States for internal improvements, will undoubtedly supply the market with the greater portion of the lands that will be required for occupation for many years to come. This source of revenue, therefore—small, indeed, comparatively, but still in the ten years preceding 1848 available for an annual average of $2,933,616 19, (statement W)—should not hereafter be relied upon with any certainty or to any considerable amount in estimating the receipts of the treasury. Statement K, appended to this report, shows the number of warrants located by the acts to which reference has been made, and the number yet to be located, as estimated from the pay-rolls and other evidences on file, with the quantity of lands, in acres, required to satisfy them. The quantity of lands sold and taken from market by virtue of these warrants, for the years 1847, 1848, and 1849, is 14,727,742.40 acres, (averaging 4,909,247.46 acres per annum,) valued at $18,911,134 76, (averaging $6,303,711 58 per annum.) The warrants yet to be presented under these acts will require 78,922,513 acres, valued at $98,653,140. At the above average of Doc. No. 11. IB ^,909,247.46 acres per annum, over sixteen years will be required to (absorb and satisfy the warrants yet to be issued, as estimated, under the i^everal bounty-land acts now in force. r ' There will then be diverted from the treasury, from the sale of lands, the sum of $113,245,896, not anticipated at the date when the revenue (See statement K.) (Jaw of 1846 was enacted. This state of things imposes upon Congress the duty of determining j whether the laws now existing, with the rates of duties imposed by them on foreign merchandise, will produce the amount necessary to defray the ;annual ordinary expenditures of the government, and meet punctually the interest on the public debt. The ability of the country to discharge every obligation upon it, if aided by wise and timely legislation, is Unquestionable. If ample provision shall be made for the prompt discharge of annually accruing liabilities, the public faith, as it has been hitherto, will be maintained, and the public credit continued on such a basis as to insure an advantageous and speedy extinguishment of the pamw debt. The system of ad valorem duties, however well adapted to many articles of trade, when applied to all, without discrimination, restriction, or safeguard, has been proved by the experience of this department to be subject to many and strong objections. Its tendency is to cherish a spirit of overtrading greatly injurious to the industry of our own country in all its departments, and, in its final results, fatal to the revenue. Considering this system only in its operation upon revenue, it is believed that the experience of the most enlightened commercial nations of Europe has proved it to be impolitic and unsafe. Under the operation of the British tariff, revised in 1846, the whole revenue derived from articles paying ad valorem duties has been only an average of ^38,000 ($182,000) per annum, in a gross receipt from customs of J'22,0a0;000, ($105,000,000)—being less than one-fifth of one per cent. of this immense income from imposts; and the evident design of Parliament was to make specific duties the source of revenue from imports, so far as it possibly could be effected. A like policy has also always been pursued by the other commercial nations of Europe. The primary object to be kept in view in levying duties upon imports is admitted to be revenue. It is equally well established, as the policy and duty of the government, so to discriminate in the levying of duties as, without falling below the necessary amount of revenue, to give the greatest encouragement possible to all the industrial pursuits of our own people. One feature ot the law of 1S46, in the opinion of this department, is opposed to both the controlling principles just stated. 1 have reference to an equal or higher rate ot duty on the raw material than upon the manufactured article of which it is composed. Such provisions certainly take from the manufacturer and artisan that encouragement which the present law, doubtless, to some extent, was intended to afford, and also check the importation of the raw material to a degree detrimental to the revenue. The constant fluctuations in prices, and consequently in the duties, under any unrestricted ad valorem tariff, give to the act of 1S46 that most objectionable feature, instability. These variations, giving a high duty when least required, and low duties when prices are ruinous, tend to an excess of importations, and subject all the products of labor in our own country to the frequent and enormous fluctuations in the markets abroad arising from the disturbed condition of those nations with whom our oreign commerce is chiefly carried on. Under the present system, duties 14 Doc. No. 11. j i are highest when the article imported is highest, and when the purchaser i and consumer can least afford to pay the duty; and lowest when the price of the article wanted would allow a heavy additional duty to be levied on it. Thus, if an article costs ten dollars, a duty of thirty per cent, would compel an addition of three dollars; if that article falls in value to five dollars, then is the duty reduced one-half. That cannot be a wfyolsome system of taxation which follows the consumer in his purchases, increasing his burden when prices are high, and taking it off as prices fall and his ability to bear it increases. If applied to articles of subsistence, it would operate as a heavy tax upon bread m a year of famine, increasing with the intensity of the evil, and gradually disappearing with the return of abundance. } The objection to the present system from commercial fluctuations in the prices inconstantly forced upon the attention of the department by instances of extreme inequality and prejudicial operation. The European price of iron was-, in 1846, greatly above that which has prevailed for the last two years. (See statement X 1, 2, and 3.) If the duties upon bar iron had been levied in strict accord with foreign cost, they would now be but little more than one-half of what they were in 1846. By this process, besides the immense injury inflicted upon domestic industry, our revenue is made to fluctuate with the accidents and revulsions in foreign commerce, and these accidents and fluctuations, which originate abroad, are imported, with their attendant mischiefs. ' Our revenue, as already stated, must be mainly dependent on duties on imports. Those imports from abroad can only be paid for by exports made up of the products of our labor in all its varieties, or in the precious metals. If our imports shall exceed the value abroad of our exports in any given year, to the extent of such excess do we create a foreign debt. " If this operation be repeated for only a few years, it is obvious that it will effect the withdrawal from us of a quantity of the precious metals equal, or nearly so, to the amount of the accumulated debt, bringing with it bankruptcy in all departments of business, consequent inability to purchase foreign goods, and thus, for the time, causing a ruinous depression in the receipts into the treasury. It then becomes equally the duty of Congress and the interest of the people, if possible, so to regulate imports as to confine the importations into this country to an amount about equal to such exports of our own as can find a market at remunerative prices abroad. The bare statement of the foregoing well-established laws of trade would seem to furnish a safe guide in all legislation on the subject. Whilst importations should be secured in amount sufficient, at practical rates of duties, to supply the wants of the treasury, such duties should be adjusted in a manner to affect favorably all industrial pursuits at home. If duties on the necessary importations should have the effect to impair the ability of the mass of the people to purchase and pay for foreign goods, then importations to that extent must cease, and by consequence the revenue to an equivalent amount would be diminished. It is believed that our own experience has shown that our exports cannot be greatly extended, as some have supposed, by low duties upon foreign goods in our ports. It isva fact within the observation of all, that merchants and ship-owners are ever vigilant and alert, with all the knowledge which interest can impart, and all the skill which experience (*iri supply, to send abroad any and every product of this country which can Doc. No. 11. i ' 15 anywhere find a profitable market. These agencies, which are always active, extend our export traffic at all times to the utmost limit of advantage to the producer or carrier. If at any time a given article of export should be carried beyond the foreign demand, reduced prices, the invariable result of over supply, bring loss upon all concerned. If a foreign article is in like manner forced upon our own market beyond the required supply, the effect of reduced prices, while it inflicts often ruinous losses upon the importer from abroad, is felt by those engaged in producing the like article at home in consequences tenfold more injurious, as the reduction of price in our own market extends to and affects the entire labor of the whole country which maybe employed in such manufacture or production. Thus, while the injury is temporary and limited in its effect upon the importer, it is often lasting and widely extended upon the labor of our own people. We see and feel it in the sudden breaking up of establishments not yet sustained by an amount of capital which can afford to encounter temporary suspension of sales and reduced prices, or not yet worked with that skill and economy which long experience alone can impart. In such instances, labor is suddenly withdrawn from a diversity of pursuits and driven to production in a limited sphere; this again brings an over supply of whatever may be produced by the common employments, while in the end it leaves the market of the article, whatever it may be, the production of which has been abandoned at home, at the mercy of the foreign supply alone. The result in the end to the consumer is invariably a rise in the price of such article, and, there being no competition with the foreign producer, he has possession of the market, and of course supplies it at the highest price which the demand will give him. His prices and profits, unchecked by competition in such cases, continue to rise with the increasing demand and diminishing home supply. The operation and effect of these laws of labor and trade, it is believed, have been frequently and palpably exhibited in the history of our country. It is from such experience that the general principles upon which our tariff laws are based have become the common opinions of the people. Hence the almost universal impression in our country prevails, that, in assessing duties en foreign merchandise, such discrimination should be made as will have the effect of producing all articles which can be manufactured at home in such quantity, if possible, as to raise up two markets for the purchaser and consumer—the home and the foreign— each competing with the other, so that he may not be left to the mercy of one, and that the foreign one, alone. The happy indirect effect of such legislation upon the labor, and consequently on the permanent prosperity, of our own country, is not the greatest, by any means, of the blessings it confers. By giving diversity to the occupations and industrial pursuits of the people, labor is rewarded, the ability to consume foreign products is attained, and the wants of the national treasury, dependent entirely upon duties collected upon foreign imports, are amply supplied. While the great end, that of a competent revenue, is thus surely reached by this policy, a larger amount of exports is at the same time obtained towards paying for the required importations. Our exports, as the commercial statistics will show, are made up mainly of cotton, rice, tobacco, breadstuffs, and provisions. These are the products of the soil, and are shipped to foreign ports without more labor, as 16 Doc. No. 11. I an element of price, than is necessary to fit them for market in their first and simplest condition. Our statistics disclose the fact also that breadstuffs and provisions, of which we can produce a larger surplus than any other people, form comparatively a small addition to our exports, particularly in years of plenty abroad. These articles, in the production of which so large and interesting a portion of our people are engaged,^cannot find a market abroad at such prices as the farmer can afford to receive, except when famine or war creates a foreign and exceptional demand. In 1847, a year of famine in Europe, we exported of breadstuff's and provisions, without premonition of the calamity which created the demand, $68,701,121. This extraordinary export, while our own market was fully supplied, put beyond doubt our ability to supply of these articles a surplus far exceeding the ability of any other country, provided a market were found which did not exhaust the value in the expense of transportation. The extraordinary demand of 1847 was not due to any legislation of our own or of foreign nations. It was the result alone of the famine in Europe. Since that time, the operation of the British revenue act of 1846 has wholly removed the duties upon such foreign agricultural products as are used for food, and ours enter into competition there with those of other nations. This free passage through British custom-houses has not, however, increased the British demand, for we find our exports diminishing in proportion as the effect of the famine is overcome by the subsequent abundance; thus the export of breadstuffs and provisions in 1847 was $68,701,921; in 1848, .$37,472,751; in 1849, $38,155,507; and in 1850, $26,051,373, (see statement Y.) Our exports in 1831 (see same statement) of these articles were $17,538,227; in 1S41, $17,196,102; and, at the ratio of decreate exhibited since 1847, will, in 1851, but little exceed the latter amount. The exports of rice, in 1827, amounted to $2,343,90S; in 1S37, to $2,309,279; and in 184S, (the year after the famine,) to $2,331,824; in 1850, to $2,631,557, (statement Z.) These dates embrace a period of high and low duties—of comparative free trade at home, and in the principal market abroad: while the facts disclose the fallacy of the principle so frequently urged, that, by inducing heavy importations under a system of low duties, we necessarily create a large corresponding demand abroad for our own productions. Whatever truth there may be in this principle as applied to the trade between other nations of the world, in consequence of the relative nature of their productions and manufactures, it has not the same application to the United States, from the simple fact that nearly all the supplies which the latter furnish to foreign nations consist of articles of necessity, the consumption of which is limited to actual wants, and cannot be forced beyond that demand by adventitious circumstances. When a high degree of prosperity exists in the United States, we see a large increase in the consumption of most foreign productions, which may be generally classed under the head of luxuries; but we have no such class of articles to tempt foreign nations, in like manner, to extend their purchases from us, in reciprocation for extended supplies from them. No nation will purchase from us, no matter how prosperous may be her condition, a larger amount of breadstuffs than the deficiency in her own ability to supply will require, even though we buy from her double or treble the amount of her productions. So, in like manner, when her crops . Doc. No. 11. 17 fcil, she not only wHl, but must take from other countries what the wants o f her population require, even though it be three or tenfold what they take from her. This principle was fully exemplified in the famine year of 1847, when 'Otir immense supplies of breadstuff's to Europe caused such a heavy balance in our favor, *even though it did increase our imports from the very cause already alluded to, of creating such a degree of prosperity in the country as to extend our desire and ability for the consumption of such articles of foreign luxuries.as we could not supply ourselves; and the opposite result is exhibited at the present time, when we are making excessive importations, not only without an equivalent extra demand, but, on the contrary, with a diminished one from Europe, far below what she took from us when our importations were so much less than they now are. The foregoing statements show that the farming population of this country, without any extraordinary stimulus, can produce a supply equal to $68,701,121 to meetany urgent demand of a foreign market; an amount more than equal to the average value of the export of cotton from this country. But we find this sum of nearly sixty-nine millions, which regarded the toil of the farmer of the country in 1847, dwarfed down in 1850 to the comparatively insignificant amounj; of $26,051,373—a falling off in the rewards of labor of the farmer alone, in two years, of $42,650,548. When it is remembered that a very large proportion of the citizens of this country are engaged in the business of farming, and hew much df the permanent wealth and true glory of the republic depends on their well-being and prosperity, it. would seem to be the dictate of enlightened selfishness, as well as of a duty of patriotism, to so mould, if possible, the laws regulating trade and revenue, as to furnish for them at home a permanent market, with remunerating prices. As no such market can be found abroad, it may well |uggest the inquiry whether legislation in providing, of necessity, for revenue, shall not, by encouraging a diversity of employment in OUT own country, secure the only safe and sure market for our farming productions which can be obtained. The policy here suggested is strengthened by a comparison of the value and amount of the home as compared with the foreign market. It has been estimated that our consumption of food, raiment, furniture, &c., is about one hundred dollars for each individual. Of this sum, from six to seven dollars, as shown by statement No. 1, are of foreign productions, "which, say at six dollars and fifty cents per head, would require an importation of about $150,000,000. It will at once appear how insignificant this amount is, when compared with the amount of home products consumed. Upon the basis of one hundred dollars per head, the foreign production furnishes six dollars and fifty cents per head, or in the aggregate $150,000,000: the residue, or ninety-three dollars and fifty cents each, requires annually the sum of about 2,100 millions of dollars to be supplied hy our own industry. By reference to statement No. 1, it will be seen that our average consumption of imports per head, for thirty years, has been five dollars and ninety-four cents. Any material excess over that average, as in the years 1835, 1836, and 1839, has been surely followed by the most disastrous results. The imports of the past year have been exceeded in amount only by the year 1836; and if the official figures could be made to represent the true cost of the imports of the former year, even 1836 would, it is believed, not be an exception. The 2 Doc. No. 11. I 18 imports of the first quarter of the present year show an increase of more than eighteen millions over the corresponding quarter of last year, indicating an importation for the current year greater, by many millions, than the imports of any previous one, and a consumption per head proportionably larger; whilst the markets abroad indicate no prospect for an increased demand for our exports. These exports, as already stated, consist principally of articles of necessity, and nearly all of them raw materials, in their crudest state; and if we therefore wish to occupy the place among commercial nations that our advantages of position and our vast resources warrant, we must greatly increase the.amount of those exports: this can only be done by an increase of manufactures. During the past year our exports of cotton have amounted to $71,984,616, while of domestic cotton manufactures we have exported only to the extent Qf $4,734,424; and during the same period the importations of cotton manufactures entered for consumption have amounted, at the foreign valuation, to $19,685,936. The exports of cotton from the United States exceed in importance those of any raw material exported from any other country, and at the present time it is our only export that is essential to any other nation; but it is believed to be a mistaken policy for any nation to send its raw materials to distant countries to be manufactured into fabrics for its own use. * Possessing this most useful staple in abundance, and of the best quality, we ought greatly to increase its manufacture and secure to ourselves a portion of the profits which other countries enjoy therefrom, in order to impress our people with the value of this production of the United States, and the means it aflords of extending our internal and foreign commerce. I subjoin several tables, exhibiting, in some degree, its importance. Table No. 3 shows the value of the exports of-raw cotton and cotton manufactures from the United States for th^ast five years, and the countries to which the same were sent; from which it will be seen that we exported as follows: Years. 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 R a w cotton. Cotton manufactures. $42,767,341 53,415,848 61,998,294 66,396,967 71,984,616 $3,535,481 4,082,523 5,718,105 4,933,129 4,734,424 296,563,066 23,003,662 Doc. No, 11. The countries which take the largest quantity of our raw cotton are Great Britain and France; and, by reference to table No. 3, it will be seen that our exports of cotton and cotton manufactures during those years, to these countries, were as follows: T o Great Britain. T o France. Cotton-woo!. Cotton manufactures. Cottonwool. $27,707,717 35,841,265 41,925,258 47,444,899 48,884,453 $9,607 6.765 28 2,591 50 00 00 00 00 00 $10,080,465 10,381,318 11,428,850 10,185, 713 14,395,449 none. $216 00 2,374 00 none. 539 00 201,803,592 19,041 00 56,471,795 3,129 00 Cptton manufac* tares. > 1846.. 1847.. 1848.. 1849.. 1850.. TVable No. 4 shows the value of the exports of cotton manufactures from the United States and Great Britain in the year 1848, and the countries to which the same were sent. From this table it will be seen that the value of cotton manufactures exported from the United States during $5,718,205 that year, was 109,777,008 And that from Great Britain the value was That of these amounts tht United States received from Great Britain, per British reports for 1848, to the ex8,291,036 tent of Our records for the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1848, show an importation of cotton manufacturesfromGreat 14,477,978 Britain amounting to . . . . 28 And that Great Britain received from the United States but That Russia, Italy, Holland, and.the Hanseatic Towns 29,802,898 received from Great Britain (none.) And from the United States . . . . In 184S the exports of British products and manufactures amounted to . . . . . 256,000,000 Of this amount the manufactures of cotton were valued at 109,777,008 which shows how largely Great Britain is dependent upon this manufacture for her commercial prosperity. The United States should share in the profits of manufacturing her own great staple; and in proportion as we increase the manufacture of this and other materials, of which we have an abundant supply, shall we be enabled to command the produce, manufactures, and coin of other nations. Table No. 2 exhibits the exports of cotton from the United States and Great Britain for five years, from 1S44 to 1848 inclusive. By a reference to this table it will be seen that the exports of raw cotton to several countries from Great Britain exceed those from the United 20 Doc. No. 11. States to the same countries, and that the value of such exports of American raw cotton from Great Britain to the continent of Europe exceeds the entire exports of American cotton manufactures to the whole world. Our entire export of breadstuffs and provisions to all parts of the world during the past year, will scarcely amount to the value of the cotton goods imported and the duties thereon. These tabular statements are intended to show how important an article in the commerce of the world is the cotton of the United States; and if manufactured by our own citizens, how widely our commerce might be extended. Instead of an importation of nearly $20,000,000 in value of cotton manufactures in a single year, our annual exports of those manufactures should be $100,060,000. The warehouses of the United States will not be filled with the products and manufactures of other nations so long as we are content to export our cotton and other raw materials in their crude state, and import the most common articles of clothing. Our policy should be by every constitutional means to encourage the manufacture of our own materials, and, so far as their product may be necessary for other nations, exchange them in their most valuable form; for, under the present system, the gold obtained from our mi^es will soon be exhausted in paying for excessive importations. With a profound fonviction of their truth, I repeat the opinio^ and words of my predecessor on this vital subject, in his annual communication to Congress at the last session: "All history shows that where are the work-shops of the world, there must be the marts of the world, and the heart of wealth, commerce, and power." It has been shown, by the experience of several years, that the average rates of duties imposed by the present revenue laws is about twenty-th'ree per cent, upon the foreign yalue of our impoij^, including free as well AS dutiable goods. During the last fiscal year we imported of foreign merchandise, including specie, (see tablp No. 5,) $178,136,31S; and we exported of domestic products, foreign goods, and specie, $15l,H98,720; leaving a balance against us of $26,247,598. A large proportion of this balance has doubtless been paid by our domestic stocks, which find a ready sale at this time in European markets. These last, however, as they only postpone a present payment in coin, cannot be expected to liquidate similar balances for coming years, even if it were the wish of the government to create a large foreign debt of this kind. The impolicy of such a measure will not be questioned, and it is doubtless the true interest of the country to avoid it. > In regulating our commerce with foreign nations, we are therefore compelled to take as the true basis of safe importation from all countries the amount of our own products which we may reasonably calculate may find a market abroad. Jt is certain that the increased ability of tjtis country to consume foreign goods will at this time safely admit a larger importation than in former years; yet the experience of the last year has shown that our imports have been greatly beyond our exports, which last must be regarded as the true measure of our ability to consume for any given number of years. If, upon the large importations of the past year, the increase should I Doc. No. 11. 21 continue at the same ratio as that of the first quarter, which, as already statecf, is $18,009,000, the aggregate amount for the current fiscal year ending 30th June, 1851, will not fall much short of $250,000,000. A survey of the markets of the world, it is believed, furnishes no reason to expect that our exportatioas will exceed those of the last year, which we have seen were a fraction less than 152 millions. This would leave oi^ the trade of the current fiscal year with foreign countries an alarming balance, which could not fail to be felt in results fatal to all branches of business at home, and highly injurious to the revenue of succeeding years. These considerations, forced by the existing state of things upon the earnest attention of this department, are submitted to the wisdom of Congress in the belief that they present reasons of the most imperative character for a modification of the present revenue laws. The larg'e prospective importations should be checked by a higher rate of duties, so as to bring their aggregate amount within the limit of our capability to pay. If the exports of the last year define that limit, than our imports for the ensuing year should not greatly exceed $152,000,000. It is believed, however, that we may calculate safely upon an export of gold for several years to come of at least from ten to fifteen millions annually, exclusive of what goes abroad direct from California, without any detrimental effect upon the currency or business of our people. The supply of this metal from our own mines may at present be estimated at $50,060,000 annually, including that sent directly from California to other countries, and this supply it is believed will not be likely to diminish in amount for the next two or three years. If, then, we can afford to spare the above amount of the precious metals in payment of foreign merchandise, it may be fairly assumed that out exports, including all articles, Will be equal to about one hundred and sixty-five millions, supposing always the trade of the world to remain unaffected by any disturbing causes. In the opinion of this department it would be unsafe to assume an amount of imports as a basis upon which to levy duties for revenue beyond this latter sum. If the present rates of .duties be applied to that amount, we should receive from customs only $37,950,000; and the amount of revenue required for the present and succeeding years would fall short of the estimates for the current year by a fraction over seven millions. It cannot be doubted that a rate of duty higher on many articles than that paid by the present law might be established without affecting injuriously the revenue. The extraordinary influx of foreign merchandise for the last year and the first quarter of the present one, must be regarded as conclusive proof that an increase of duties, so as to advance the amount of revenue seven millions on the same amount of imports, is entirely practicable. That such increase will be found necessary to the demands of the treasury is believed to be beyond doubt, unless Congress shall discontinue many of the objects of expenditure which originated in our recent territorial acquisitions; and this, in the opinion of the department, would be equally impolitic and unjust. From the foregoing considerations the department would submit the following modifications of our present revenue laws: I. A change in the present ad valorem system, which should impose specific duties upon all articles to which such duties may be safely applied, 22 No. 11. I Doc. with home valuations upon a-Il such as ale necessarily subject to ad valorem rates. II. If the principle of specific duties shall not be adopted, that the home valuation, instead of the foreign, should then be applied to all imports subject to ad valorem duties. * III. If neither of the foregoing changes shall be thought proper, then it is deemed highly necessary that the present rates of duties should be increased on a great variety of articles which it will be found could bear such increase with the most salutary effects upon both trade and revenue. Either of the two first modifications suggested above would undoubtedly correct many of the inequalities of the present system; place all importers„whether purchasers or manufacturers, on equal grounds in respect to valuations for duty; guard the revenue against the flagrant frauds which are so easily perpetrated under existing laws, and insure stability • and permanent increase of the revenue. They are therefore earnestly commended to the favorable consideration of Congress. In any system, it is believed that experience has settled the true policy to be pursued in several particulars which enter into our system of revenue laws. Among these are, that all raw material should be admitted at a moderate rate of duty, when assessed at all; that all non-enumerated articles should be assessed at higher rates of duty than the average of manufactured articles; and that all articles composed of the same material should pay in general the same rate of duty. In order to insure uniformity in the business of the custom-houses, and equality in the valuations under any system, I earnestly recommend ttie Creation of a corps of appraisers at large, whose duty it shall be to visit the principal ports of entry in the United States from time to time, with power to correct improper valuations, and prescribe rules for the local appraisers. PUBLIC WAREHOUSES. By the joint resolution of the 14th February last, the Secretary of the Treasury was ct authorized to dispose of the bonded warehouses now leased by government, on or before the first of January next, on the feest practicable terms for the government." The leases here referred to are of warehouses in New York and Boston; the annual rents of which amount to $105,415 in New York, $4S,199 88 in Boston. Although the power conferred is not limited, it has been deemed best to report to Congress that these warehouses have been offered at the rents which the United States are bound to pay, without being able to dispose of them at those rates. So far as offers have been made, they do not amount to one-half the rent stipulated in the leases. This would leave so large a loss that it is submitted to Congress to direct what course shall be pursued; and in the event of a peremptory disposition of these warehouses being ordered, that an appropriation be made for any loss that may result. On the 17th February, 1849, Mr. Secretary. Walker issued new and very full instructions concerning the warehousing of merchandise under the act of 6th August, 1846. The 7th section of these instructions directed that, "at those ports where stores are owned or have been leased by the United States, and the leases of which have not expired and been I Doc. No. II. 2f| * cancelled in compliance with the instructions of this department, (said stores being^ classified in these instructions as class 1,) the collectors will, on entry for warehousing,firstJill said stores with such goods as are •proper to b • stored therein—due regard being had to the descript character nf the goods and place of deposite Tho officers of the customs have* during the past year, enforced these directions, to the manifest inconvenience and against the earnest remonstrances of merchants and the proprietors of private bonded warehouses. It is e^|dent that to compel an importer to deposite his merchandise in such warehouses as the United States may either own or tease, however remote from his place o£ business or the discharging vessel, must in many cases lead to so great an expanse as to work a virtual denial of the warehousing privilege. If the United States have entered into feases of ware- . houses at extravagant rents, or at points that do not accommodate the importer, it would seem proper that the loss should be borne by the public, and not thrown upon the importers of merchandise. These public warehouses are not entitled to any preference beyond what their greater safety or better management may deserve and secure. * The facilities of the warehousing system are now extensively enjoyed, and may be greatly increased with advantage to the importer and^afety to the government. To. effect these ends, I would respectfully recommend that tho time which goods may be kept in store, after the original importation and entry, be extended to three years, and with the privilege of export to any foreign country without the payment of duties. While the drawback system was in operation, merchandise was allowed the benefit of drawback if exported with in* three years from the date of* importation. . v x As the warehousing system has superseded that of drawbacks, this extension of time will be in accordance with the former practice of the government, and may be granted without endangering the security of the revenue. I would also recommend that provision be made by law to relieve importers from the payment of duties upon merchandise destroyed by fire in bonded warehouses. In order to remove every unnecessary restriction upon commd^, and to render the transaction of business at the custom-houses simjM and economical, I would respectfully recommend that all custom-house fees be abolished, as well those that are chargeable upon the registering^enrolling, and licensing of vessels, as those relating to the entry, warehousing, and transportation of merchandise. By the act of 2d March, 1831, it was provided, "that in lieu of the fees, emoluments, salary,and commissions now allowed by law to any collector or surveyor of any district on our northern, northeastern, and northwestern lakes and rivers, each collector or surveyor as aforesaid shall receive annually, in full compensation lor these services, an amount equal to the entire compensation received by such officer (raring the past year. " Under this provision, all custom-house fees were abolished in the collection districts embraced by this act; and it is now recommended that similar provisions be extended to all the collection districts. In view of the revenue derived from imports, the amount of these% s ,is comparatively small, being less than $300,000 per annttm, while ttfteiYfor collection Digitized FRASER in small sums is a source of great annoyance to those 24 Doc. No. 11. I who pay them. I would also direct the attention of Congress to the. numerous custom-house oaths and bonds, consular certificates, and other requirements with which our system is burdened, rendering it at once complicated and vexatious. If we would promote foreign commerce, and secure for our vessels their full share of the freighting of our own products, and those of other nations, we should be careful to remove every impediment and extend every facility which affects this intercourse. The changes in our laws which have been named will be of essential benefit to all who are interested in the privileges granted by our "warehousing system; and if, in addition, we should dispense with the oaths, bonds, and certificates that appertain to entries of merchandise at the foreign cost or value, and adopt the value in the United States, we should relieve the business of importing merchandise of its greatest embarrassment, and our own officers of investigations into the prices paid for goods, or the value thereof in foreign countries, and likewise avoid the frequent collisions between the appraisers and importers which the requirements of our present system occasion. A statement is herewith presented (No. 6) showing the value of dutiable merchandise re-exported from 1821 to 1850. The total value of such exports during that period was $301,092,531, being an average of $10,036,417 annually. From the 1st of December, 1S46, to the 30th June, 1850, the total value of dutiable merchandise re-exported from bonded warehouses under the act of the 6th of August, 1846, establishing a warehousing system, was $12,474,765, being an average of $3,481,329 annually; from which it is apparent that the benefits anticipated from the warehousing act of the 6th of August, 1846, have not been fully secured. Statement No. 7 shows "the value of goods remaining in warehouses at the close of each quarter from the 30th of September, 1847, to the 30th of June, 1850, as exhibited by the quarterly returns of the collectors of the customs under the provisions of the act of the 6th of August, 1846; and also the amoant of duties payable thereon/' T H E MINT. The tables accompanying this report, marked 12,13, and 14, exhibit in detail the operations of the mint at Philadelphia, and the different branches, from the time they were respectively established down to the 30th October, 1850. The amount of coinage at the mint in Philadelphia during the month just past has exceeded four millions of dollars; and, if the experiments now progressing under the authority of Congress for testing a new process of assaying should equal the expectations which have been formed respecting it, the capabilities of that establishment will be extended to the coinage of eight millions monthly, and, with the branch mint at New Orleans, will be fully able to furnish coin, without any unreasonable delay, for all the future probable receipts of gold dust and bullion. In order, however, that the receivers of the precious metals from abroad—and particularly at New York, where the greater portion of them arrive—may the more promptly and without expense realize the amount, I would recommend to Congress that this department should be authorized Doc. No. 11. 25 to receive all gold or silver bullion intended for coinage, and so soon as it could be assayed and the correct value of it ascertained, that mint certificates should be issued for the same in convenient sums, at the option of the owners; which certificates -should be made receivable for all dues to the United States, the government being at the expense of conveying such bullion to the mint for coinage. Under this system, the holders of bullion would always realize the full value, without abatement or discount, so soon as it was assayed, which generally would be in a few days, and without waiting until it was actually coined. Such certificates would bg freely received on depQsite as specie by all' the banks of the country, to be paid out to their customers who might have duties or other dues to pay into the public treasufy, and would greatly facilitate such payments by avoiding the constant counting and re-counting of large amounts of coin for the purpose. Statement No 15 exhibits the amount of coin and bullion imported and exported annually from 1821 to 1850, inclusive, and also the amount of importation over exportation, and of exportation over importation, during the same years. COAST SURVEY. The coast survey was reorganized in 1S43, and placed upon its present footing by legislative authority. By that organization the land operations, constituting four-fifths of the whole, were assigned to civilians and officers of the army, and the hydrography to officers of the navy. The distinguished and scientific gentleman who has so long and so well superintended the work, with this temporary corps, were placed under the supervision and control of the Treasury Department, to which all works affecting commerce and navigation, it was believed, should be properly committed. It was also thought that officers of the army and navy could not be brought to act harmoniously together under the control of either the War or Navy Department. This organization was the result of the experience of the work up to that time. It has proved eminently successful in its operations: the rapidity of its progress, as well as its accuracy and the magnitude of its results, have commanded the applause of those most distinguished fer scientific attainments in Europe and America. This department has from time to time, as the work demanded, called for as many officers of the army and navy as could be spared from their appropriate duties. An application for an additional number of officers of the army is now pending before the War Department, and will, it is expected, receive a favorable consideration. When the recent war with Mexico was declared, there were five officers of the corps of topographical engineers, and nine of the line of the army, employed in the coast survey. The survey thus became an admirable school of practice for such bf the graduates of West Point and the officers of the navy as had a predilectio»for the science called into practice by the work, each being engaged in his appropriate sphere. While the scientific character of the survey is such as to reflect lasting credit upon our country, it is also eminently practical in its results: the 26 Doc. No. l L highest branches of scientific knowledge are made subservient to the mos useful purposes. The economy of the work deserves commendation. It will be found that as much useful work is done and advantage to the country and mankind obtained, for the same amount of expenditure, as in any other department of the government. In this respect the lost seven years have shown a gain in economy of one and three-quarters to one over the expenditures before that time for the same work. This may be ascribed to the enlargement of the scale on which the work proceeds, which also greatly tends to hasten its final completion. • The trigonometrical portion of this survey now extends unbroken from Portland, in Maine, to within fifty miles of the capes of the Chesapeake, and, with an interval of about one hundred miles, which is rapidly filling up, to a point beyond Cape Hatteras. It has been commenced in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida; is complete in Alabama, and nearly so in Mississippi; and has been commenced in Louisiana and Texas. The other operations follow closely in their order, and the publication of the maps and charts keeps pace with the field work. Nearly one-half of the coast of the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico has been surveyed. Since our recent acquisitions of territory on*the Pacific, parties attached to the survey have been actively employed on that coast, and have contributed important information to this department in regard to the proper sites for light-houses and other aids to navigation. A detailed report of the progress of the work will be submitted to Congress at an early period of the session. MISCELLANEOUS. The necessary instructions in fulfilment of the provisions of the 6th section of the act of 28th September last have been issued for the numbering and coloring of the buoys placed " along the coast, or in bays, harbors, sounds, or channels." Arrangements have been made for the manufacture, and delivery at a convenient point for transportation, of the buoys intended to be placed in the channel of Columbia river. Measures have been taken promptly to execute the design of Congress in providing for the security of life and property on the seacoast. Metallic life-boats, with the usual fixtures, designed for five points on the coast of Florida, and three for the coast of Texas, have been contracted for. Like facilities, with the addition of mortars, shot-rockets, and station-houses, have been authorized along the shores of Long Island, including a station at Watch Hill, in Rhode Island. In pursuance of the directions of Congress, preparations are being made to test the use and economy of the calcium light; a detailed report of which, and also of the general condition of the light-house establishment, will be submitted to Congress during the present session. Engagements have been entered into for the construction of an iron screw-pile beacon upon Romer Shoal, under the authority contained in the act making appropriations for light-houses, (fee. The preliminary surveys, as required by the 3d and 4th sections of the Doc. No. 11. 27 light house act of 28th September last, have been directed with reference to such new works as were authorized by that act. The condition of the several marine hospitals in course of erection may be ascertained by reference to the annexed report of the chief of the topographical bureau and others, numbered 17, 18, 19, and 20. It is proper to remark that the insufficiency of the last appropriation for the hospital at Natchez has delayed the completion of. that work. That the seamen on the coast of the Pacific may derive immediate benefits from the hospital fund, means have been taken for the conversion of a building at San Francisco, known as the Presidio, into a hospital, to be used until a suitable structure shall be erected for that purpose. In addition to the several custom-houses in course of erection, Congress, at the last session, made appropriations for additional ones at Bath and Bangor, in Maine; at Norfolk, Virginia; Cincinnati, Ohio; St. Louis, Missouri; and San Francisco, California; also, for sites for marine hospitals at "Evansville, Indiana, and Vicksburg, Mississippi. The necessary steps for the selection and procurement of proper sites for these edifices have been taken by the department. The progress of those custom-houses ir course of erection has been as rapid as circumstances would allow. Thu at New Orleans is of the greatest magnitude, and the special attention < the department has been given to it, with a view of securing its compl tion at an early date. The incumbrance upon the site selected for the custom-house* Charleston, South Carolina, has been removed, and no further delay the erection of the building is anticipated. That at Savannah hasf>i gressed so far as to justify the expectation that it will be ready for occup tion by August next, provided the additional appropriation submitted Congress shall be made at an early day. Respectfullv, THO. CORWIN, Secretary of the Treasury. H o n . W M . R . KING, President pro tempore of the Senate. Doc. No. 11. Last of tables and statements accompanying this report, A and B.—Receipts and expenditures. C.—Expenses of custom-houses. CC.—Estimates for revenue-cutter establishment. D — P u b l i c debt. E.—Redemption of treasury notes. F.—Redemption of treasury notes purloined. G.—Actual and estimated expenditures for three years. H.—Aggregate receipts and expenditures for three periods. I Showing expenditures of the gorernment for seven yeara prior to 1852. J . — S h o v i n g expenditures of the government, including payments on account of public debt. K.—Land required to satisfy "warrants, &c. L , and papers 1 to 7—Expenditures, actual and estimated, for W a r Department for seven years prior to 1852. M N o . 1.—Payments on account of pensions. M N o . 2.—Estimates for pensions. N.—Expenditures, appropriations, and estimates for Indians. * 0.—Expenditures for certain objects for seven years prior to 1850. P N o . 1.—Interest on loans and upon treasury notes to 1852. P N o . 2.—Estimates for interest on loans reimbursable subsequent to 1852. Q,.—Mexican war claims pending. * * R.—Annual expenses of the government from 1828 to 1845. S . — E x c e s s of expendituies in each bureau of the W a r Department from 1845 to 1852 T.—Letter from the department of September 25, 1850. . XI.—Statement of advances made at N e w York and Boston. V.—Showing inequalities of valuation at different ports. W . — A m o u n t and value of land sold annually for 1847, 1848, and 1849. X 1.—Quantity and value of iron imported from 1821 to 1850. X 2.—Bar iron manufactured for same period. X 3.—duantity of iron imported from 1840 to 1850, &c. Y.—Aggregate value of breadstuffs exported from 1821 to 1850. Z.—Cotton, rice, and tobacco, exported for same period. N o . 1.—Foreign merchandise imported and exported, and consumption per head, from 1821 to 1850. No. No. No. 2.—Cotton and cotton manufactures exported from the United States to Great Britain,&c. 3.—Value of exports of cotton from the United States for five years. 4.—Value of exports from Great Britain and United States for 1848. N o . 5.—Total value of imports from 1821 to 1850. N o . 6.—Value of dutiable merchandise re-exported for same period. N o . 7.—Value of goods remaining in warehouse from 1847 to 1850, N o . 8.—duantity and value of hemp and cordage from 1821 to 1850. N o . 9.—Quantity and value of hempen goods for same period. N o . 10.—Value of certain articles imported, &c., from 1844 to 1850. N o . 11.—Cotton, from 1821 to 1850. N o . 12.—Coinage of the mint and branches. N o . 13.—Amount of gold deposited at the mint and branches, from mines in the UnitedStates, up to October 31, 1850. N o . 14.—Expenses of the Philadelphia mint. N o . 15 Coin and bullion-imported and exported from 1821 to 1850. N o . 16.—Quantity and value of wines, &c., imported from 1843 to 1850. N o s . 1 7 , 1 8 , 1 9 , and 20.—Reports on marine hospitals. A. Statement of duties, revenues, and public expenditures, during the fisoal year ending June issued, exclusive of trust funds. 30,1850, agreeably to warrants T h e receipts into the treasury during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1850, were aa follows: Prom customs— During the quarter ending During the quarter ending During the quarter ending During the quarter ending September 3 0 , 1 8 4 9 December 31, 1849 March 31, 1850 June 30,1850 *. -. #11, 643,680 7,207,385 11.489,912 327,707 54 87 36 65• Prom eoles of public lands From miscellaneous and incidental sources, including premiums on loans and military contributions Total receipts, exclusive of loans and treasury notes $39,668,686 42 J. 859,894 25 1 , 8 4 7 , 9 1 8 23 4 3 , 3 7 5 , 7 9 8 90 * Stock Stock Stock Stock issued issued issued issued ^ W ^ • for specie deposited in funding treasury in funding treasury in funding treasury under act of March 31, 1848 notes under act of July 22, 1846 notes under act of January 28, 1847 notes under acts prior to July 2 2 , 1 8 4 6 •"« $83,500 00 3 , 6 5 7 , 7 0 0 00 5,700 00 399,050 00 * © 3 , 6 4 6 900 00 4 , 0 4 5 , 9 5 0 00 ** ** 4 7 , 4 2 1 , 7 4 8 90 Balance in the treasury July 1 , 1 8 4 9 2,184,964 28 Total means 4 9 , 6 0 6 , 7 1 3 18 T h e expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 3 0 , 1 8 5 0 , exclusive of trust funds, were— CIVIL T I S T . Legislative ; Executive Judiciary Governments in the Territories of the United States Surveyors and their clerks Officers of the mint and branches for FRASER Digitized - H E ' S 8 ^ J S ' S S S 63B 9 8 > ~ 3® 51,408 13 ™0 57 JUU uu <v A—Continued # 1 , 9 5 6 05 1 , 5 0 0 00 Commissioner of Public Buildings Secretary to sign patents for public lands # 3 , 0 4 2 , 7 7 0 07 Total civil list FOREIGN INTERCOURSE. Salaries of ministers Salary of minister resident to Turkey. Salaries of charges des affaires Salaries of secretaries of legation Salary of dragoman to Turkey Commissioner to reside in China Secretary and Chinese interpreter Commissioner to the Sandwich islands Outfits of ministers and charged des affaires Compensation for pertain diplomatic services Contingent expenses of all the missions abroad Contingent expenses of foreign intercourse , Salary of the consul at London Clerk' hire And office rent to consul at London Salary of consul at Alexandria Salary of consul at Beyrout Salaries of consuls at Kwang, &c., China Office rent of consul at Basle, Swiizerland Relief and protection of American seamen Intercourse with Barbaty Powers Interpreters, guards, and other expenses of consulates in Turkish d o m i n i o n s . . . . . . . Renewal of diplomatic intercourse with Mexico Compensation and contingent expenses of commissioners under treaty with Mexico Treaty of peace, limits, boundaries, &c., with M e x i c o Instalment and interest due May 30, 1849, under 12th article of treaty with Mexico., Instalment and interest due M a y 30, 1850, under 12th article of treaty with Mexico. 8 1 , 9 3 4 73 7 , 5 0 0 00 70,146*02 18,481 09 2 , 7 5 0 00 7 , 5 0 0 00 3,000 00 2,016 128,500 2,295 31,852 40,44 1 67 00 92 28 03 2,000 00 2,800 00 3,000 500 1,500 382 89, 792 00 00 00 33 29 8,000 00 1,475 3,432 20,428 869,650 52,600 3,386,616 22 48 39 00 00 31 Total foreign intercourse 4 , 8 3 8 , 5 9 4 76 MISCELLANEOUS. Mint establishment Support and maintenance of light-houses, &c. FRASER Digitized for © p ? 126,190 0 0 6 7 4 , 6 5 1 84 Building light-houses, Ac Marine hospital establishment * •• Buil' i'lg marine hospitals. Building custom-houses end warehouses . Building and equipping six Refunding du.ie.s on foreign merchandise, per act August 8, 1846 Refunding duties collected under act August 39, 1842 Refunding duties in certain cases where they are unascertained Refunding duties per net May 8, 1846 Refunding duties collected in Mexico Refunding duti<;s paid by colleges, academies, &c Tonnage duties on Spanish vessels refunded Payment of debentures, drnwUirks, bounties, and allowances Repayment to importers of excess of deposites for unascertained duties Debentures and other chm-ges (customs) Compensation of ppecial examiners of drugs and medicines, Surveys of public lands Expenses of the mineral land service Debentures and other charges (lends). Repayments for lands erroneous^ sold Refunding money for land s o l i in Gret rieburg land district Payment of war bounty land warrants Three p :r cent, to the State of Ohio .. Three per cert. to the State of Indiana. . Three per cent, to the Stnte of Illinois Three prr cent, to the State of Alabama. Five p< r cent, to the State of Michigan Five per cent, to the State of Arkansas ... v Five per cent, to the State of Wisconsin Five per cent, to the State of Iowa T w o per cent, to the State of Alabama Correction of erroneous and defective surveys in southern Michigan Survey of the coast of the United .States Survey of reefs, &c., of south Florida Public buildings in Washington, /. Historical painting for the rotundo of the Capitol Support and maintenance of the penitentiary of District of Columbia Support of incline paupers of District of Columbia Support and medical treatment of twelve transient paupers.. Auxiliary watch for the city ot Washington Cleaning out and deepening Washington city canal.. T o reimburse city of Washington the cost of erecting one-half of City Hall building 172,158 162,379 97,111 587,531 21,432 12,954 302 9,517 2,556 614 270 53, 716 538,248 564,175 60,056 5,972 221,942 13,803 9,322 23,185 4,401 2!), G75 13,246 47,699 15,987 58,905 2,559 3,009 10,513 9,105 45,006 3,639 220,000 24,000 94,626 2,000 8,850 7,752 1,700 5,689 20 67 67 07 45 72 93 76 6-2 73 10 28 30 33 41 20 36 55 34 24 35 00 57 53 78 90 03 71 29 52 U9 74 00 00 90 00 00 82 00 55 20,000 00 30,000 00 A—Continued. Improvements in the city of Washington, 12th section act M a y 1 7 , 1 8 4 8 Relief of the several corporate cities of the District of Columbia Reimbursement of debt contracted by corporate cities of District of Columbia Expenses of running and marking boundary line between United States and Mexico. Results and account of the Exploring expedition Expenses incident to loans and treasury notes (Salaries of assistant treasurers and clerks Compensation of § per cent, to each designated depositary Compensation to special agents to examine books, &c., of several depositories . Contingent expenses under act for collecting, &c., public revenue Payment of horses, &c., lost in the military service of the United States Expenses of preparing forms, &c., preparatory to taking 7th census Expenses of taking 7th census Purchase of manuscripts and papers of Alexander Hamilton 1,000 sets of the continuation of the Statutes at Large T o pay for 12 copies of Congressional Globe and Appendix Printing and publishing papers of A. Hamilton Buildings ana library at seat of government of Oregon Territory Library for Territory of Minnesota Completing three rooms in capitol of Iowa for use of United States courts Expenses that may be incurred for relief ef bona fide setilera under the uct for tho armed occupation of Florida Expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, per act August 10, 1846 Patent fund Consular receipts Relief of sundry individuals Claims not otherwise provided for Expenses of collecting revenue from customs prior to January 1, 1850 Expenses of collecting revenue from customs subsequently to January 1, 1850 '. Expenses of collecting revenue from sales of public, lands Miscellaneous items 6.J2 50, 311 60,000 59,877 15,000 14,307 23,265 3,668 5,000 8,928 2,853 9,500 8,000 20,000 2,521 - 8,280 6,000 8,000 3,000 854 1,499 30,910 191,317 557 278,860 2,927 1,157,176 817,154 137,410 5,032 61 15 00 96 00 25 63 31 00 26 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 70 14 03 77 61 91 50 72 95 64 Total miscellaneous UNDER DIRECTION OF T H E D E P A R T M E N T OF T H E Indian department Pensions, military Pensions, naval of the State of Virginia for Claims FRASER Digitized _ O © * H* 6,958,360 24 INTERIOR. 1,516,327 1,477,399 157,192 244,500 46 04 76 61 5 , 1 0 5 00 Relief of sundry individuals 3 , 4 0 0 , 5 2 4 87 Total under Department of the Interior. UNDER DIRECTION OF T H E WAR DEPARTMENT. 6,277,786 ] 56, 550 660, 324 745,4JI 93,225 37,255 205,683 1,137,601 87,400 Army proper Military Academy Fortifications arid other works of defence Armorica, arsenals, and munitions of war Harbors, rivers, roads, &c Surveys Arming and equipping militia Payment* to volunteers and militia of States and Territories. Relief of individuals and miscellaneous 18 08 40 29 79 78 64 18 82 9 , 4 0 1 , 2 3 9 16 Total under W a r Department % UNDER DIRECTION OP T H E NAVY D E P A R T M E N T . 3,181,756 1,562,200 542, 506 1,209,184 9,621 78?,519 188,569 120,281 3-21,673 P a y and subsistence, including medicines, &c. Increase, repairs, ordnance, and equipments.. Contingent expenses Navy-yards N a v y hospitals and asylums Dry-docks Steam mail service Relief of individuals and miscellaneous Marine corps O 62 52 92 69 14 07 45 62 15 7 , 9 2 3 , 3 1 3 18 Total under N a v y Department. PUBLIC D E B T . Paying the old public debt Interest on the public debt. Interest on Mexican indemnity stocTf. S S S i n W .... J u l y 22,' 1846;'oif' which ^50 was'pai'd for in specie, $100 received for lands, and 15,7110 funded y,V„ ' '.'.'2 '• *" V,',; " " • " ' ! V * Reimbursement of treasury notes, per act July 22, 1846; of which ftloO was paid-for m specie, $ l , 6 J 0 received for customs, $2,650 fo« lands, and $83,500 funded 2,291 3,535,670 15,178 231,482 69 18 74 35. 5 , 8 5 0 09 8 7 , 9 0 0 00 60 OS A—Continued. Reimbursement of treasury notes, per act January 2 8 , 1 8 4 7 , all of which was funded JjJf $ 3 , 5 5 7 , 7 0 0 00 Redemption of treasury notes purloined, including interest 1 , 2 9 3 45 Total public debt . Total expenditures $7,437, 3G6 41 43,0H2,108 69 Balance in the treasury July 1, 1850 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 6 , 6 0 4 , 5 4 4 49 # Register's Office, November 2 9 , 1 8 5 0 . TOWNSENP HAINES, Regkter. g Doc. No. 11; 35 B. iStatement of duties, revenues, and public expenditures, for thefirst quarter of the fiscal year from July I to September 30, 1850, agreeably to warrants issued, exclusive of trust funds. RECEIPTS. From customs... From sales of public lands From miscellaneous and incidental source', including military contributions Mexico Prom avails of stock issued in funding treasury notes, under acts prior to July 2-2, 1346 #850 From avails of stock issued in funding treasury notes, under act of July 23, 1846 . 4,650 From avails of stock issued in funding treasury notes, under act o f January 28, 1847 110,550 $14,764,043 05 317,082 96 in 425,264 64 00 00 00 116,050 00 15,622,440 65 EXPENDITURES. Civil list, miscellaneous, and foreign intercourse Expenses of collecting revenue from customs Expenses of collecting revenue from lands Indian department , Pensions A r m y proper, &c Fortifications, ordnance, arming militia, &c. Navy. Paying the old public debt Interest on public debt, treasury notes, and Mexican indemnity Btock Reimbursement of treasury notes, under acts prior to July 22, 1846, funded $850 00 Reimbursement of treasury notes, under act of July 22, 1848, funded 4 , 6 5 0 00 Reimbursement of treasury notes, under act of January 28, 1847, funded 110,550 00 1,477,309 400,152 34,353 148,521 1,007,694 1,578,541 306, 786 1,408,732 30 82 83 54 94 50 99 73 2 , 0 9 0 61 3 , 1 9 8 73 116,050 00 Redemption of stock of the loan of 1847, including premium and commission 500,000 08 621,339 34 6 , 9 8 3 , 4 3 2 99 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Office, Mctmber 29, 1850. T O W N S E N D H A I N E S , Rector. 86 Doc. No. II. Statement of the number of persons employed in each district of the United States for the collection of customs, their occupation and compensation, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1850. Pas?amaquoddy Machlas, Frenchman's B a y . Penobscot. Waldoborough Wiscasset. Bath Weigher and measurer. | do j Boatman ....do ••••do J Collector | Inspector Appraisers Boatmen Collector Deputy collector and inspector. do. do do .do Inspector.. Boatman ...do ...do ...do... Collector Inspectors Merchant appraisers. Gauger, temporary.. Measurer, do Collector Inspectors.........\ ,...do ...do ...do ...do Collector Inspector, weigher, and measurer. do do Inspector ...do , . . .dot Boatman Collector Deputy collector and inspector. Inspectors, weighers, &c Revenue boat inspector Inspector...,. Doc. No. 11. STATEMENT—Continued. Districts. Bath—Continued Portland and Falmouth Saco Kennebunk York Belfast Bangor Portsmouth, N . I L Vermont. V a.. <9 ® . o. e S XI V £ s a Occupation. Inspector. ...do.... ...do.... ...do Occasional weighers, gaugers, &c. Boatmen Collector.. Deputy collector, &c Clerks Inspectors Occasional inspectors Weighers, gaugers, (fee Appraisers Surveyor.. Boatmen Collector Inspectors Collector Inspector ..do.. ...do Collector Inspector .do. Collector Deputy collector and inspector. Occasional collector and inspector Dep'y collectors, inspectors, weighers, &c. Collector Inspectors Weigher, gauger, and measurer Collector Deputy collector and inspector Naval officer Occasional inspector and dep'y naval officer Surveyor .... Weigher and gauger Inspectors and measurers Inspector I •• Inspector and deputy collector Inspectors Occasional inspectors do do ' Inspectors. Collector Deputy collector do do ,do. Inspector. ,.. .do.... ,...do.... Boatman. 38 Doc. No. 11. * STATEMENT- Continued. Districts. O O U Q>O-C _D QJ Vermont—Continued. N e w bury port Gloucester, Salem and B e v e r l y . . . 3 12 2 Marblehead, Boston and Chariestown. 1 3 Occupation. Boatmen Collector Naval officer Surveyor Inspectors Occasional inspectors, Weigher and ganger., Gauger Boatman.. ...do Surveyor at Ipswich Inspector Collector Surveyor Inspectors ...do....: ...do Boatman Assistant boatman. Weigher, gauger, and measurer. do. do Collector Naval officer Surveyors Deputy collector Clerk Weighers and gaugers. Inspectors Measurers Collector Inspectors Measurer Inspector ...do Surveyor Boatman Collector Assistant collector. Deputy collectors.. Cashier Clerks ..do ..do ..do ..do. ..do. Superintendent and messenger Assistant superintendent and messenger. do do Naval officer Deputy naval officer Clerk T ....do ,...do Doc. No. 11. STATEMENT—Continued. Districts* o o~ Boston & Charlestown—Gen, 55 Plymouth. Pall River. Barnstable. N e w Bedford. Occupation. Clerks Surveyor Deputy surveyor Clerk Clerk Messenger Appraisers Assistant appraisers Clerks ....do ....do . . . .do Special examiner of drugs. Public storekeeper Assistant storekeepers do Clerk ....do ....do ...do ...do Weighers Gaugers Measurers inspectors ....do ... ...do ....do Night inspectors Boatmen Collector Deputy collector and inspector do do do do Measurer. Collector Inspectors, weighers, and measurers. Weigher and measurer Boatman Collector Deputy collector and inspector do Inspectors Collector Deputy collector and inspector Inspector Inspector, weigher, and gauger, &c Clerk Boatmen Appraisers Inspector Deputy collector, inspector, weigher, &c . 39 40 Doc. No. 11. I STATEMENT—Continued. Districts. N e w Bedford—Continued. Edgartown, Nantucket. Providence. Bristol and Warren Newport, Aiiddletown. Occupation. Inspector ...do ...do Inspector and weigher. Collector Inspector .do. Temporary inspector Boatman . . .do Collector Dtputy collector and inspector. Inspector.. Superintendent revenue b o a t . . . Collector Clerk Naval office/ Surveyor ..do... Inspectors ....do ...do. ....do Weigher Gaugers Measurer of coal, dbc. Measurer of salt Boatman Collector.... Inspector Assistant storekeeper. Temporary inspectors. Weigher Gauger • Surveyor Boatman Surveyor Inspector Temporary inspectors, Weigher and gauger.. Boatman . . . Collector Naval officer. Surveyors ...do Inspector ....do ...do Temporary inspectors Inspectors Measurers Weigher Gauger Boatmen Collector Doc. No. 11. 41 STATEMENT—Continued. Districts. o e 05 o 5 •3 CU cm -C & Occupation. s.® s o o Bliddletown—Continued, Jfew London , N e w Haven. Fairfield Stonington , Sackett's Harbor. Surveyor. ...do.... ...do.... Inspector ...do ...do Public storekeeper Weigher and measurer Gauger Inspector for proving, marking, &c., spirits Collector Surveyor Inspector ...do ...do . . . .do.. ...do.... Weigher Boatman Collector Surveyor and storekeeper Deputy collector and inspector... Inspector ...do ...do ..do ....: . . do . Inspector, weigher, and measurer. Inspector, weigher, and gauger . . do do Inspector and boatman Collector Inspector ....do ....do ...do Temporary inspector Night inspector Collector Surveyor Inspector ...do Temporary inspector. Boatman do Collector. Deputy collectors and inspectors Inspector. ...do ...do. ...do. ...do. ...do ...do. ...do. $276 436 338 500 45(1 225 100 46 37 12 958 250 600 500 650 250 64 18 70 00 00 00 00 98 74 48 57 00 00 (10 00 00 100 00 940 31 >0 2,543 800 1,083 1,095 902 72 60 40 1,280 1,083 1,067 1,233 1,337 1, 493 418 165 12 00 00 ^0 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 85 40 00 73 96 50 00 00 22 00 . 2-2 253 150 500 300 3 216 144 750 730 640 547 412 366 275 300 240 CO 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00, 50 50 IK) 00 00 (10 180 00 42 Doc. No. 11. STATEMENT—Continued. Occupation. Districts. s £ Sackett's Harbor—Continued. Genesee Niagara. Buffalo. Oswegatchie. Sagr Harbor. New York. Boatman Collector Inspectors Temporary inspector Collector Deputy collector Clerk .do. Assistant public storekeeper. Inspectors Inspector Aids of the revenue Boatman Inspector. ...do .do. . . .do Night watchmen Secret night w a t c h m a n . . . Secret travelling inspector. Collector Deputy collector do. do Inspectors Secret inspector.. Night watchmen. Boatman Collector Deputy collector. . . . . .do Deputy collectors 1.. do Inspector ....do Inspectors Inspector Secret travelling i n s p e c t o r , . . . . Night watchmen Clerks Boatmen Collector Deputy collector and inspector. do. do .do do .do , . .do .do do .do .do. Boatmen and night watchmen. Collector Inspector ...do ...do Collector Assistant collector. 43 Doc. No. 11. STATEMENT—Continued. Occupation. Districts. N e w York—Continued. 5 1 1 1 1 2 8 26 21 21 4 7 2 6 1 2 4 1 2 Deputy collectors. Auditor Assistant auditor. Cashier Assistant cashier. Clerks ,..do ...do . .do ..do ..do ...do ..do Watchmen Fireman Porters and messengers. . . .do do Porter and m e s s e n g e r . . . Porters and messengers. Naval office. 1 1 3 1 8 6 10 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 Keeper of custom-house. Naval officer Deputies Clerk Clerks ..do ..do Clerk ..do Clerks Clerk .do Porter Messenger Surveyor's 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 189 2 1 2 75 19 18 office. Surveyor Deputy. Clerk Clerks Clerk Porter and messenger Surveyor at Albany Surveyor at T r o y Surveyor at Cold Spring.. Inspectors Inspectors at Albany Inspector at T r o y Inspectors on L o n g Island. Night inspectors* Weiehers Foremen. • 42 Itoc. No, 11. STATEMENT—Continued. DUtricta. 8.7 N e w York—Continued. Occupation. Gaugera . . Assistants, Measurers. Markers.., Assistants. Appraisements. 3 5 1 15 2 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 52 2 1 1 Principal appraisers Assistant appraisers Assistant a p p r a i s e r . . . . . . . Assistant appraisers do Assistant appraiser Assistant appraisers Clerks to storekeepers . . . .do do Porter Messenger Cooper Samplers Watchmen.......... .... Laborers Messengers Special examiner of drugs. Clerk Public 10 3 45 2 1 1 1 28 2 1 5 9 50 1 18 4 Champlain. 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 warehouses. Storekeeper. ». Assistants Clerks ...do ...do ..do CJerk Register Superintendent. Watchmen.... do. Porter. Laborers (foremen) Laborers ...do Messenger Bargemen Measurers of passenger vessels Watchman of assistant treasurer's office.. . do .do do. Collector Deputy collectors Deputy collector. do do. D e p u t y collectors Doc. No. 11. STATEMENT—Continued. Occupation. Districts. Ch&mplain—Continued Cape Vincent i*erth A m b o y Bridgetown Burlington liittle Egg Harbor Great Egg Harbor 'Newark 'ttomden Philadelphia 2 2 2 4 1 1 3 1 4 1 5 3 1 4 2 1 1 1 2 45 Inspectors. Clerk. Boatman. ....do. Colkctor: Deputy collector. Insoectors. Collector. Deputy collector. ....do Surveyor Bargemen. , Collector ....do ...do Inspectors Collector Inspector Boatkeeper Collector Deputy collector and i n s p e c t o r . . . . . Boatman < Surveyor Collector.. Naval officer < Surveyor Assistant collector Deputies, naval officer and surveyor. Deputy collector ....do Appraisers ....do Special examiner of drug* Weigher ....do ...do Gaugers Measurers Clerk ...do ...do ...do ...do . . .do ...do ...do ...do ...do ...do . .do Superintendent of public stores Assistant storekeeper Examiners, appraisers' stores inspectors 45 46 Doc. No. 11. STATEMENT—Continued. Occupation. Districts. Philadelphia—Continued. 1 16 4 2 24 4 3 3 4 1 2 1 6 2 Presqu'isle Pittsburg.. Delaware.. 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 Baltimore. 1 1 1 2 3 1 30 2 25 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Annapolis, 1 Inspector Occasional inspectors ...do Night inspectors . . .do.Boatmen ...do Messengers Laborers. ...do ...do.. ...do ...do Watchmen Collector Deputy collector. Surveyor Collector Inspectors . . .do Messengers Collector Deputy collector Cashier Clerks ...do Messenger Inspectors Watchmen....,..., ...do Boatmen Weigher Deputy weigher. Gauger Measurer Deputy m e a s u r e r . . . . . .do , Storekeeper . . .do , ...do Clerks in stores Porters in stores Appraisers Clerks to appraisers., ...do Porter to appraisers.. Keeper of lazaretto., Naval officer . Deputy naval officer. Clerk to naval officer Surveyor Deputy s u r v e y o r . . . , Clerk to surveyor . . . Collector Doc. No. 11. STATEMENT—Continued. Districts. Annapolis—Con tinued Oxford Vienna Havre de Grace Georgetown, D. C . . . . . Richmond, V a . Norfolk and Portsmouth. Tappahannock. Cherrystone. Yorktown... Petersburg.. Alexandria. Occupation. Inspector Surveyor at St. Mary's Surveyor at Lewellensburg. Surveyor at Nottingham . . , Collector ...do Surveyor ...do Collector Deputy collector, weigher, and measurer Gauger Deputy collector, at Washington Temporary inspector, at W a s h i n g t o n . . . Collector Deputy collectors, inspectors, weighers, and measurers Inspectors, weighers, and measurers. Collector Naval officer Surveyor ....do Inspector and storekeeper.... v Inspectors Inspector. Temporary inspectors Weigher and gauger Measurers Clerk, and deputy naval officer Clerk in collector's office.. Watchman Boatman Boatmen Collector Deputy collector and inspector Surveyor, at Fredericksburg Surveyor, at Port Royal Surveyor, at Carter's creek Surveyor, at Urbanna Surveyor, at Dumfries Collector Surveyor Collector Surveyor * Collector..... Deputy collector Inspectors Surveyor Weigher, gauger, and measurer Collector Sarveyor.. Deputy collector and inspector. Inspectors Weigher and measurer Gauger 47 48 Doc. No. 11. STATEMEiNT—Continued. c >> £ Districts. Occupation. Boatman Surveyor arid inspector Surveyor Collector. Temporary inspector, weigher, gauger, &c. . . .do do da ...do do do Collector Collector Surveyor.. Temporary inspector, gauger, and weigher do do Collector Deputy collector, inspector, weigher, ganger, measurer, and clerk. Collector '. Alexandria—Continued, Wheeling Yeocomico Camden, N . C . Edenton Plymouth, N . C Washington, N . C . . . . Newbern, N . C . . . . . . . Inspector.. Ocracoke, N . C * Beaufort, N . C Wilmington, N . C Charleston, S. C 15 Gauger Weigher Measurer Collector Inspector Boatmen Collector Inspector Measurer Collector Naval officer Surveyor Weigher and gauger Permanent inspectors. Temporary inspectors Boarding officer Messenger Collector Naval officer Surveyor Deputy collector Assistant naval officer Clerk ..do ..do. Appraisers C. Measurer Weigher... Gauger Inspectors Boardirtg officers. Storekeeper Steamboat inspector.., Examiner of d r u g s . . , Temporary inspector, do do Doc. No. 11. 49 STATEMENT—Continued. •Charleston, S. C.—Continued •Georgetown, S. C . , Beaufort, S . C . . . , . ^Savannah, G a 10 S t . Mary's.. Brunswick.. M o b i l e , Ala, P e a r l river Natchez "Vicksburg, M i s s F e n s a c o l a , Flor.. •St. A u g u s t i n e . . . K e y West. St. M a r k ' s •St. J o h n ' s . T e m p o r a r y inspector. do.... do do do.... Collector.D e p u t y collector Collector ....do D e p u t y collector Clerk N a v a l officer Surveyor Appraisers Storekeeper. Porter and night w a t c h . . . Inspectors W e i g h e r and gauger Bargemen.. Collector Inspector.. Boatmen Collector Inspector Collector Inspectors ....do ....do W e i g h e r s and measurers. Special a p p r a i s e r . . . . . . . . Gauger Clerks Collector ....do ...do Clerk Collector Inspector Collector Inspector do Boatmen ,...do Collector D e p u t y collector Inspector , ...do Collector Inspectors Temporary i n s p e c t o r . . . . Boatmer Collector Surveyor Boatmen... $999 966 969 1,020 963 252 125 250 3,016 1,200 00 00 00 t)0 00 27 00 00 82 00 800 00 942 38 919 73 1 , 5 0 0 00 800 00 362 .1,695 1,500 360 501 50 (W 00 00 40 200 00 30 252 250 6,018 1,095 720 360 1,500 00 30 00 49 00 00 00 00 606 00 1,500 405 250 506 500 300 525 1,095 542 0U 00 00 90 00 00 00 06 88 5 0 3 (30 7 3 0 00 180 00 180 00 1,583 1,095 1,095 550 551 1,095 90 300 504 46 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 80 300 00 105 0 0 Doc. No. 11. 50 STATEMENT—Continued. Occupation. Districts. Co P. o Ss 43 « £ Appalachicola N e w Orleans.. 1 1 2 76 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 11 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 6 8 2 Teehg. Texas.. Salaria., 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 Brazos de Santiago. 1 1 1 2 Collector Inspectors Weigher and gauger. Bargemen Collector Assistant collector... Deputy collector Clerks do .do. do. Porter Surveyor Deputies Inspectors. Gauger Deputy gauger. Weigher Deputy weigher Laborers Treasurer. Deputy treasurer. Laborers Boatmen ...do Naval officer Deputy naval officer Clerk ..do ..do Appraisers Clerks Porters Storekeeper Deputy storekeeper Laborers ....do..... Watchmen.... Collector.. Deputy collector and inspector Collector Deputy collector Inspector ...do Surveyor. Clerk Collector Deputy coiiector Surveyors ....do.. Bofimsn Collector Deputv collector and inspector. C'trk. ' 4674 1,095 1,500 300 C, 400 2,200 1,500 1,500 1,200 90 00 00 00 00 09 00 60 00 1,000 00 900 730 4,500 1,500 1,095 1,500 00 00 00 00 00 00 1,200 00 1 , 5 0 0 00 1,200 00 360 0 0 1 , 5 0 0 00 1 , 0 9 5 00 360*00 540 CO 360 00 5,000 00 1 , 5 0 0 CO 1,200 00 1,050 730 1,500 1,095 360 1,500 1,095 480 420 730 727 192 1,850 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 eo 00 24 00 00 600 00 1,000 00 1,200 00 1 , 0 9 5 00 1,000 00 800 00 1 , 2 5 0 00 500 00 600 00 5C<» 300 1,750 700 00 Oil 00 00 1,000 00 Doc. No. 11. 51 STATEMENT—Continued. Districts. "So u Occupation. <o «£ X> s•3 - — / Brazos de Santiago—Conti'd. Miami. Sandusky. Cuyahoga. Cincinnati. Detroit Michilimackinac.. Chicago, Illinois. Louisville. Nashville . St. L o u i s . . Oregon. TFTEA^cRT DEPAF.TKKWT, Clerk Inspector --..do Storekeeper Teraporarj/inspector. do do...*w.. do Boatmen ....do Collector , Inspector ....do ....do ....do Collector............ D e p u t y collector Inspectors ....do Collector Deputy c o l l e c t o r . . . . Inspectors ....do Surveyor Clerk.., Collector D e p u t j icollector ......do do do do Inspector ,...do ....do ....do ...do ...do ....do Secret inspector Collector D e p u t y collector and inspector. do. do Collector D e p u t y collector and inspector. do do Secret travelling inspector Surveyor . . . .do —do Aid to the customs ooileutor D e p u t y collector and inspector. 's OJICE, Jfovev&tr 2 3 , 1650. T O W N S E N D HAINES, Register. Doc. No. 11. 52 Statement of the advances from the treasury on account of the expenses u at each custom-house'in the United States" during the year ending June 30, 1850. District. Passamaquoddy Me. Machias do. Frenchman's Bay,(Ellsworth.) Maine Penobscot Me.. Waldoborough.w, do.. Wiscasset .do.. Bath do.. Portland and F a l m o u t h . , . d o . . Saco do.. Kennebunk do.. York do.. Belfast. do.. Bangor do.. Portsmouth . .N. H . Vermont Newburyport Mass. Gloucester . do.. S a l e m and Beverly do.. Marblehead do.. B o s t o n and Charlesto w n . . d o . . Plymouth .do.. Fall River do.. Barnstable do.. N e w Bedford do.. Ecjgartown -do.. Nintucket do. P r o v i d e n c e . . . . . . . . . . . . R . I.. Bristol and W a r r e n do.. Newport do.. Middletown Conn. N e w London. . . . . . . . . . . d o . . N e w Haven do.. Fairfield do.. Stonington do.. S a c k e t t ' s Harbor N . Y. G e n e s e e , (Rochester) . . . . d o . . Oswego .do.. Niagara do. ( Buffalo Creek, ( B u f f a l o ) , . d o . . Oswegatchie do.. S a g Harbor do.. N e w York do.. Champlain, ( P l a t t s b u r g ) , . d o . . C a p e Vincent do.. Perth A m b o y N . J.. Burlington do.. G r e a t E g g Harbor do.. l i t t l e E g g Harbor do.. Newark. do.. C a m d e n , {port) do.. Philadelphia Penn. Presqu'isle, ( E r i e ) . . . . . . . d o . . , Delaware, ( W i l m i n g t o n ) . , d o . . Baltimore..' Md.. Annapolis do.. Oxford do.. $ 1 7 , 7 3 4 00 2 , 2 8 9 79 3,593 6,285 4,491 3,422 7,300 14,721 00 00 00 52 00 00 729 570 4,082 5,395 8,784 8,608 5,634 3, 756 19,461 2,010 281,242 25 92 00 00 80 31 00 44 00 29 00 1,168 00 2,611 00 6,303 1,912 5,724 2,792 1,746 8,485 4,724 5,974 1,778 3,017 10,363 2,129 1,447 8,389 4,157 17,524 6,013 15,875 4,204 586 692,653 7,671 4,404 3,381 126 994 524 1,057 196 177,240 6,622 15,915 103,118 TREASITRT DEPARTMENT, Register's District. Amount. 00 86 00 41 00 46 66 69 00 00 CO 00 86 00 00 64 98 00 61 00 45 00 00 67 25 40 50 27 38 35 00 00 17 Vienna Md.. Havre-ae G r a c e , ( p o r t ) , . d o . . Georgetown D. C. Richmond Va.. NorfolkandPortsmouth, d o . . Tappahannock do.. Cherrystone do.. Yorktown do.. Petersburg do.. Y e o c o m i c o , (port) do.. Alexandria ...do.. Camden N- C . Eden ion do.. Plymouth do.. Washington do.. Newbern. do.. Ocracoke do.. Beaufort.:. .. .do.. Wilmington . do.. Charleston ..S. C. Georgetown do.. Beaufort do.. Savannah .Ga.. St. M a r y ' s do. Mobile . . .Ala. Pearl River Miss Natchez do.. Pensacola .Fla.. St. Augustine do.. K e y West do.. St. Mark's do.. St. John's do.. Appalachicola do.. N e w Orleans La.. Tcche do.. Texas, (Galveston). . . T e x a s . Saluria do.. Brazos de Santiago do.. Sandusky Ohio. Cuyahoga,(Cleveland), . d o . . Detroit Mich. Michilimackinac do.. Chicago lil.. California W e i g h t s and m e a s u r e s . . . . . . Designated collectors at— Louisville, K y . . . . $ 1 , 8 7 6 Nashville, T e n n . . 448 Pittsburg, P e n n . . 446 St Louis, M o 4,626 Wheeling, V a 59 64 14 72 10 00 7, 456 60 1 , 8 7 . 9 CO 2 0 3 43 Total Office, J V I m m b e r 1 . 1 8 5 0 . TOWNSEND ;.j 1,974,331 22 HAINES, Register. Doc. No. 11. G 5a C. Estimate for revenue cutter establishment. There are now eleven cutters in commission on the following stations, embracing the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and northern lakes, viz: Eastport, Maine; Boston, Massachusetts; New York, New York; Delaware bay; Norfolk, Virginia; Key West, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; two on the coast of California, and one on Lakes Erie and Ontario each. It is believed that six additional points should be supplied as follows: The coast of Maine; Chesapeake bay; coast of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia; the Gulf coast of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi; the coast of Texas, and the Oregon coast. Two of the above mentioned stations will be supplied by two cutters belonging to the service, now inordinary and about being repaired. Four new cutters will, therefore, be required to meet the wants of the other points, and for the construction and equipping of which there will be required the sum of $60,000 00 For expenses in keeping in commission thirteen revenue cutters for the year ending 30th June, 1852 - . 180,000 0® For expenses in keeping in commission four additional cutters, to be for the year ending 30th June, 1852 65,000 00 i .. .Total - 305,000 0d D. 2 Statement of the public debt on the 30th of November, 1850. Denomination of debt. Rate of interest. Principal and interest of the old funded and unfunded debt, treasury notes of 1812, and Yazoo scrip. Debt of the corporate cities of the District of Columbia, assumed per act of May 20, 183G Outstanding treasury notes issued prior to July 26, 1846, payable or fundable Outstanding treasury notes issued under the act of July 26, 1846, payable or fundable Outstanding treasury notes issued under the act of January 28, 1847, payable or fundable Stock issued for notes of 1837 to 1843, under the act of January 28, 1847 Loan of April 15,1S42 ; Loan of March 3, 1843 Loan of July 22, 1846 Loan of January 27,1847 Loan of March 31, 1848 Stock issued per act of August 9, 1846, in payment of the 4th and 5th instulments of the Mexican indemnity 5£ per cent. Amount. W h e n payable. 6 per cent. 6...do..., 5...do..., 6...do,... 6...do.,.. 6...do,... $60}000 perannuln On presentation.. .....do......... do......... January 1 , 1 S 6 8 . . December 31,18C2 July 1, J853 NovsmbV 12,1856 January 1 , 1 8 6 8 . . July 1 , 1 8 6 8 . . . ' . . 5 , . do. August 9, 1851... $119,5?ri 98 1)00,000 GO 139,011 64 25,850 00 44,70!) 00 154,328 00 8,19P, 686 03 6,468,2;>1 4, 999, 14!) 27,135, m 15,740,000 35 45 00 00 303,573 82 64,228,228 37 Amount of the debt, per statement, December 1, 1849. ; Add amount of treasury notes and stock of 184(j-'47 omitted in said statement On On On On Deduct account of account of account of account of payments during the year ending November 31, 1850, viz : the old debt „ the debt of the cities R 6 per cent, stock of 1847 purchased treasury notes paid for in money or paid for customs and lands 6 4 , 7 0 4 , 6 9 3 71 18,821 45 i...... $3,149 60,000 430,250 1,877 12 00 00 67 € 4 , 7 2 3 , 5 1 5 16 495,276 79 6 4 , 2 2 8 , 2 3 8 37 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Office, November 30, 1850. TOWNSEND HAINES, Rtgisler. © O n $ Doe. No 11. M E. Statement of the redemption of treasury notes during the fiscal year ending on the SOth June, 1850. Reimbursement of treasury notes issued under acts prior to the 22d July, 1816, of which $50 were paid for in specie, $100 received for lands, and $5,700 funded *per " act of the 28th January, 1S47 . $5,850 00 Reimbursement of treasury notes issued per act of the 22d , . July, 1846, of which $150 were paid for in specie, $1,600 received for customs, $2,650 for lands, and $>83,500 were funded - * . 87,900 00 Reimbursement of treasury notes issued under the act of the 28th January, 1847, all of which were funded - 3,557,700 00 3,661,450 00 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Office. October 31, 1850. T O W N S E N D HAINES," Register. P. Statement of the payments during the fiscal year ending on the 30<A of June, 1850, under the act of the TOth August, 1846, on account of treasury notes which had been purloined. Date of payment. lugust 15,1849... Deeember 1, 1849. December 1 0 , 1 8 4 9 January 1 7 , 1 8 5 0 . . M a y 11,1850 T o w h o m paid. J. P.Parker John Lowery James Perrine William H . McFarland H . Saunders Amount. $111 540 535 52 53 S3 50 58 34. 81 45 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Office, October 3 1 , 1 8 5 0 . TOWNSEND HAINES, Btgkter. 56 Doc. No. 11. G. Statement showing the actual and estimated receipts and expenditures for the years ending June 30, 1850, 18513 and 1S52. Receipts. §43,774,848 90 47,592,600 00 46,800,000 00 Total actual for 1850 Total actual and estimated for 1851 Total estimated for 1852 TREASURY Expenditures. $ 3 9 , 3 5 5 , 2 6 8 69 53,737,547 50 4 8 , 1 2 4 , 9 9 3 18 DEPARTMENT, Register's Office, .Ycvcmber 29,1850. T O W N 3 E N D H A I N E S , Rtgister. H. Statement of the aggregate annual expenses of the government, exclusive of trust funds, the expenses of the Post Office Department, and the payment of the principal and interest of the public debt, and the debt assumed per act of May 20, 1836, from July 1,1842, to June 30,1850, and of the appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1851. Aggregate expenses. Payments on account of the revenue from customs and land sales. Years. Total. $22,724,205 78 19,835,793 48 21,273,705 67 $4,034,643 79 3 , 8 2 2 , 3 1 3 04 4,53^,880 07 $26,758,849 5 7 23,658,106 52 25,813,585 74 63,833,704 93 12,39&, 836 90 76,230,541 83 21,277,901 64 4 , 1 3 2 , 2 7 8 97 25,410,180 61 26,690,774 40 5 5 , 8 1 1 , 6 2 3 66 42,698,619 05 4 , 6 9 3 , 9 5 4 76 4 , 0 5 3 , 2 9 0 97 3 , 2 4 1 , 4 0 4 13 3 1 , 3 8 4 , 7 2 9 16 59,864,914 6 3 4 5 , 9 4 0 , 0 2 3 18 125,201,017 11 11,98^,649 86 137,189, fi66 9 7 Average of 3 years 41,733,672 37 3 , 9 9 6 , 2 1 6 62 45,729,888 99 1849 1850 Estimates and appropriations for 1851 38,048,819 08 32,804,500 66 3 , 0 1 5 , 9 1 4 08 2 , 6 4 9 , 9 9 0 47 4 1 , 0 6 4 , 7 3 3 16 35,454,491 13 46,068,85$ 08 2 , 5 1 8 , 6 7 0 81 48,587,529 89 116,922,178 82 8 , 1 8 4 , 5 7 5 36 125,106,754 18 38,974,059 61 2 , 7 2 9 , 1 9 1 78 41,702,251 39 Ending June 30 1843 1844 1845 Average of 3 years 1846 1847 1848 Average of 3 years. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Office, November 29, 1850. TOWNSEND HAINES, Register. Statement of the actual and estimated expenditures, exclusive of the public debt, for the seven fiscal years succeeding the declaration of war with Mexico, showing the excess af expenditures for each year, and the aggregate, over what they would have been upon the basis of the peace establishment of the fiscal year ending June 3d), 1845. Expenditures for Expenditures for Expenditures for Expenditures for Expenditures for Expenditures for the fiscal year the fiscal year the fiscal year the fiscal year tne fiscal year the fiscal year ending June 30, ending June 30. ending June 30, ending June 30, ending June 30, ending June 30, 1845. 1846. 1849. 1847. 1850. 1848. W a r Department, (including Indian department and pensions). E x c e s s over 1845 $ 9 , 5 3 3 , 2 0 2 91 6 , 2 2 8 , 6 3 9 09 E x c e s s over 1845 399,668 54 $13,579,428 4,046,225 6,450,862 222,223 397,933 35 44 70 61 29 $41,281,606 31,748,403 7,931,633 1,702,994 391,113 62 71 68 59 95 $27,820,163 18,286,960 9,406,737 3,178,098 390,897 08 17 28 19 70 1,735 2,523,624 J 36,201 3,861,442 25 2) 15 35 8,554 2,562,008 174,585 3,762,732 931,616 59 99 94 04 27 8,770 2,647,955 260,532 2,546,216 84 92 87 05 E x c e s s over 1845 2 , 3 8 7 , 4 2 3 05 E x c e s s over 1845 2 , 8 3 1 , 1 1 5 77 E x c e s s over 1845 L e s s than 1 8 4 5 . . ) $17,290,936 7,757,733 9,869,818 3,641,179 7,972,832 7,573,163 68 77 20 11 01 47 $12,801,764 3,268,561 7,923,313 1,694,674 4,838,594 4 %, 4 3 8 , 9 2 6 03 12 18 09 76 22 2,865,615 478,192 3,179,192 348,076 88 83 66 89 3,042,770 655,347 6,958,360 4,127,244 07 02 24 47 284,'899* 72 / I—Continued. Actual and estimated Estimated expendi- Aggregate expendi- Aggregate accord- Aggregate of excess. ing to the basis of tures for 7 years tures for the fiscal expenditures for the year ending ending June 30, year ending June thefiscalyearendJune 30, 1845. 1852. June 30, 1852. i n g j u n e 30,1851. War Department, (including Indian department and * $20,474,393 10,941,190 10,917,591 4,688,952 H 4,062,879 3,663,211 02 11 61 52 65 11 $18,322,923 8,789,721 10,159,375 3,930,736 3,622,400 3,222,731 3,635,486 1,248,063 9,603,379 6,772,263 56 51 05 28 3,640,251 1,252,828 8,071,173 5,240, <*58 E x e e g i o v e r 1845.. Lees than 1845... TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Ofic*, November 91 00' 09 00 00 46 23 18 92 15 $151,571,215 69 $66,732,420 37 6 2 , 6 5 9 , 3 3 1 74 4 3 , 6 0 0 , 4 7 3 63 2 1 , 6 7 6 , 6 5 1 36 2 , 7 9 7 , 6 7 9 78 2 0 , 9 1 7 , 7 1 2 85 16,711,961 35 3 7 , 9 8 2 , 4 9 6 31 19,817,810 39 " " $ 8 4 , " 838,"795* 32 1 9 , 0 5 8 , 8 5 8 11 j _ 1 8 , 6 7 8 , 9 7 1 53 4 , 2 0 5 , 7 5 1 50 J 18,164, GS5 99 30,1850. T O W N S E N D HAJNES, Register, j. Statement of ike actual and estimated expenditures, exclusive of treasury notes funded, for the seven fiscal years succeeding the declaration of war with Mexico, shouHng the aggregate and the excess over what they would htxve been upon the basis of the fiscal year ending June SO, 1845, exclusive of and including public debt. • •— * V •• , . For the fiscal years War Department, N a v y Departending— ment. inotydingIndian department and pensions. June 3 0 , 1 8 4 5 $ 9 , 5 3 3 , 2 0 2 91 $6,228,639 June 30, 1846 June 3 0 , 1 8 4 7 . . . . . . . June 3 0 , 1 8 4 8 . . . . . . . June 3 0 , 1 8 4 9 June SO, 1850.. *June$>, 1851 •Jorie 8 0 , 1 8 5 2 . . . . . . 13,579,428 41,281,606 27,820,163 17,290,936 1& SO 1,764 20,474,393 18,322,923 09 35 6 , 4 5 0 , 8 6 2 70 62 7 . 9 3 1 , 6 3 3 68 08 9 , 4 0 6 , 7 3 7 28 68 9 , 8 6 9 , 8 1 8 20 03 7 , 9 2 3 , 3 1 3 18 02 10,917,591 61 9 i 10,159,375 09 State Department. Civil department. Miscellaneous. $399,668 54 $ 2 , 3 8 7 , 4 2 3 05 $2,831,115 77 397,933 391,113 390,897 7,972,832 4,838,594 4,062,879 3,622,400 29 95 70 01 76 65 00 2,523, 624 2,562,008 2, 647,955 2,865,615 3, 042,770 3,635,486 3,640,251 20 99 92 88 0756 23 3,861,412 3,762,732 2,546,216 3,179,192 6,958,360 9, 603,379 8,071,173 35 04 05 66 24 05 92 Total, exclusive of public debt. Public debt. Total, including public debt. $21,380,049 36 $8,588,157 62 $29,968,206 98 26,813, 390 55,929,09;) 42,811,970 41,178,395 35,564,80 > 48,693,729 43,816, 124 89 28 03 43 28 15 1,217,823 1,011,082 8,348,8.9 5, (.2ii,272 3,790,466 5,043,817 4,308,869 31 37 21 39 41 61 03 28,031,114 56,940,177 51,160,789 46, 798,667 39,355,268 53,737,517 48, 124,993 20 65 24 82 69 50 18 151,571,215 69. 6 2 , 6 5 9 , 3 3 1 74 2 1 , 6 7 6 , 6 5 1 36 20,917,7^2 85 3 7 , 9 8 2 , 4 9 6 31 j 294,807,407 95 2 9 , 3 4 1 , 1 5 0 33 j . 3 2 4 , 1 4 8 , 5 5 8 28 V * Estimated. Total expenditure* for seven years succeeding the declaration of war with Mexico, including public d e l $ W h a t they would "have been for seven years on the basis of 1845 ( $ 2 9 , 9 6 8 , 2 0 6 98) ..., Total excess Total expenditures for the tame period, exolusjve of public debt W h a t they would have been on the tiasis of 1845 ( $ 2 1 , 3 8 0 , 0 4 9 3 6 ) . $324,148,558 23 209,777,448 86 114,371,109 42 * :== &29I, 807,407 95 149,660,345 52 O O K. Exhibitit of the number of acres of public lands granted for various purposes, which have been selected, tye.yfrom January 345, to September 30, 1850, inclusive; mid showing in the last two columns the estimated number of acres which 1, 1845 will be selected in subsequent years. N o . of warrants located. Description of grant. Area. 1,600,000 Act of September 4 , 1 8 4 1 Mexican war bounties Internal improvements Choctaw certificates W a r of 1813 Revolutionary war. Colleges, salines, &c Bounties, act September 28, 1850 . Swamp lands Railroad from Chicago to Mobile, 52,269 2,228 529 7,840,440 1,478,220 415,458 86,560 146,647 106,880 Value at $1 25 per acre. N o . of warrants to be located. $2,000,000 9,800,550 1,847,775 519,322 108,200 *37,731 •(t). J188 Value at $ 1 25 per acre. 977,724 6,036,960 66,486 II, 2 2 2 , 1 5 5 7,546,200 83,107 30,086 37,607 48,000,000 20,785,337 3,025,920 25,981,671 3, 7 8 2 , 4 0 0 78,922,513 98,653,140 183,309 133,600 •(II). •I*)11,674,205 Area. 14,592,756 60,000,000 * Estimated. t There is no basis upon which to estimate these items. J T h i s amount will be increased by the issue of warrants from the W a r Department; the number here given being now outstanding. § If authority be given to locate outstanding warrants issued b y Virginia, it will amount to about 201,000 acres, according to estimates heretofore made, (j T h e number of warrants to be issued under the act of September 28, 1850, has been variously estimated from 250,000 to 500,000. I have here presented a medium number and estimated the area of each at 160 acres. G E N E R A L L A N D O F F I C E , December 5,1850. J. {lojf. SECKKTARY or THE TREASURY. „ „ , " ^ BUTTERF1ELD, „ » . . Commistioner. 5* Q Doc. No. 11. > WAR 61 DEPARTMENT, Washington, November 13, 1850. SIR: I have tlie honor to enclose herewith, in accordance with your request, verbally communicated, statements prepared by the heads of the jureaus of* this department, showing the expenditures in their respective branches of the military service during six fiscal years commencing July I, 1844, and the estimated expenses of the two succeeding years, with explanations of the causes of the increase in the expense of the military establishment during these periods. Yerv respectfully, vour obedient servant, C. M. CONRAD, Secretary of War H o n . THOMAS CORWIN, Secretary of the Treasury. Statement of the. actual ancl estimated annual expenditures in the different bureaus of the War Department from June 30, 1845, to June 30, 1852: also, the excess of expenditure for each fiscal year during that period over what it would have been upon the baste of the peuce establishment of 1845. Bureaus. Expenditures in the Expenditures in the Expenditures in the Expenditures in the Expenditures in the year 1845. year 1849. year 1846. year 1847. year 1848. $377,794 G8 Excess over 1845 2 , 1 0 6 , 0 4 4 16 988, 723 74 2 1 , 1 5 6 06 E x c e s s over 1845 Q.uartemiat-ter Gentral's statement E x c i c s over 1845 Adjutan' General's statement E x c e s s over 1845 Engineer department Excess over 1845 Loss than in 1845 ! 9 8 5 , 7 0 8 50 3 9 , 7 6 8 08 5 7 2 , 7 6 9 00 $477,716 " 99,922 2,680,443 » 574,399 1,396,782 408,059 34,604 13,448 2,327,302 1,341,593 35,658 88 20 53 37 86 12 10 04 13 63 00 4 , 1 1 0 08 8 5 2 , 0 0 0 00 279,231 00 $1,989,398 1,611,603 7, 752,390 5,646,346 1,973,364 984,641 112,087 90,931 17,126,386 16, 140,677 81,019 41,250 $3,780,682 3,412,887 8,488,779" 6,382,735 1,363,120 374,395 170,335 149,179 17,214,382 16,228,673 ' 437,575 397,806 14 46 34 18 95 21 91 85 24 74 00 92 1 , 1 7 7 , 0 0 0 00 604,231 00 14 46 53 37 43 69 67 61 85 85 00 92 2 3 5 , 0 0 0 00 3 3 7 , 7 6 9 00 5 , 0 9 1 , 9 6 4 22 3 5 , 6 4 3 , 7 4 9 54 J 1 $1,024,994 647,199 7,636,660 5,530,616 1,186,814 198,091 71,904 50,748 6,177,536 6,191,827 53,060 13,291 41 73 52 36 98 24 21 15 01 51 00 92 6 3 6 , 7 5 5 00 6 3 , 9 8 6 00 L—Continued. Bureaus. rray t '\ksistence. . r e c e s s over 1 8 4 5 . . . . . . . . . . , < f the army 1 xccfis over 1845.., O. dtiaiir j depar'ment I xcees over 1845 Surge<\: General's s t a t e m e n t . . . . . . . Excess over 1845 Quarter -naster Gcuaral's statement £ xcess over 1845 AJjutan-. General's s t a t e m e n t . . . . . Excess over 1 8 4 5 . . . . . . . . . . . Less than in 1845 Engince. - department Excess over 1845. Less than in 1845 r«jr, Expenditures in the : Estimated expendi- 'Estimated e.vpc/!?- j Total expenditures from June 30, '45, yepr 1850, tures for tho year lures for the year to June HO, 1852. 1852. 1851. 159,277 780,482 642,092 536,048 1, 168,338 llJ9, 615 99,299 78,143 295,298 309,590 48,616 8,847 753,993 181,224 ,235,631 857. £36 2,866,464 7f;0, 419 1,083,240 101,516 62,500 41,343 '3,915,954 2,930,245 66,616 26,847 G3 05 (JO 84 00 26 00 94 00 50 00 92 851,796 30 279,027 30 A 1,062.371 704, 576 2, 897,720 791,675 1,199,315 210,591 67,395 46,238 4,992,538 4,106,830 64,048 24,279 00 32 00 84 01) 26 00 04 65 IT. 00 92 791,235 00 218, 466 00 Totalexccseoverthe basis of 1845. $10,759,071 28 $8,114,508 52 ' 31/JC4,'550'59' 20,'222,24i'47 '"'mom^'OS *2 j 479,9 i o ' 8 7 618*126^6' 470,03 i "56,049,'397*98' '49,149,'438* 48 786,"592* 66" P 508,215 44 o 5,297, 779 91 J 1X7,876,495 31 1,288,396 91 82,232,745 77 O 64 Dk>c. No. 11. L—No. 1. QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, November 11,1850. SIR: I have the honor to submit a statement of the aggregate expenditures of the several branches of the Quartermaster's department in each of the last five fiscal years as compared with the aggregate expenditures of the year ending on the 30th of June, 1844Reference to the statement will show that the aggregate expenditure of the department for the year ending in Jnne, 1844, was less than a million of dollars. Early' in the next fiscal year movements were made into Texas, which accounts for the increased expenditures of that year. In May of the following year war was declared against Mexico, which, with the acts of Congress for increasing the army, employing large bodies of volunteers and prosecuting the war, will account for the great increase of expenditure in the two following years. , In the early part of the year ending the 30th of June, 1849, the war expenditure was continued in consequence of many of the troops raised for that year not arriving at their homes and being discharged until some months,of the year had elapsed. Many of the disbursing officers were retained in service to settle their accounts until the 3d of March, 1849, when they were discharged by order of President Polk. On the return of peace, the United States had an extensive additional territory to occupy: iii many cases roads were to be opened, buildings to be erected, and supplies to be taken by land from four hundred to a thousand miles, and in the case of the mounted rifle regiment entirely across the continent. The expenditures of the year ending the 30th June, 1849, influenced by all these causes, were more than six times greater than the aggregate expenses for the year ending June 30, 1844. The aggregate expenditures in the last fiscal year, as far as accounts have been received, as shown by the statement, amount to four million two hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars; and it is estimated that accounts yet to be received will increase that expenditure to four million seven hundred thousand dollars—over five times the amount of the expenditure of the year ending June 30, 1845. The forces as increased by the legislation of Congress are now greater by one-half than in 1844, and a greater proportion than one-half the increase are mounted. At first view it may seem strange that an increase of the peace establishment of only one half should swell the expenditures to five times the amount before the increase. But the statement of a few facts will, I have no doubt, satisfactorily ex^l^iti the matter. In 1844 our extreme outposts on the whole western line, from the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Superior, were Fort Jesup, in Louisiana, within twenty-four miles of steam navigation, on Red river; Fort Towson and Fort Washita, on Red river, above Fort Jesup; Fort Smith, on the Arkansas river, and Fort Gibson, about fifty miles in advance; Fort Scott, on the southwestern frontier of Missouri; Fort Leavenworth, on the Missouri river, on the western frontier of the State of Missouri; Fort Atkinson, twenty-four miles west of the Mississippi river, in Iowa: and Fort Snelling, at the mouth of the St. Peter's river, on the Mississippi river. The Rio Grande^ the Gila, and the Pacific, now form the exterior lines south and west, with long lines of posts extending from the former to the present exterior lines. On the old exterior line, the aggregate cost per annum of foraging a Doc. No. 11. 65 horse isfifty-fivedollars; while on the Rio Grande, and including the whole of Texas, it is one hundred and eighty-nine dollars; in California, two hundred and fifty-two dollars; and in Oregon, including the^posts on the. Oregon route, it is three hundred and thirty-four dollars. The cost of the army transportation in the year ending June 30, 1844, amounted to $115,299 25; in the last fiscal year it is estimated to have exceeded two millions of dollars. The difference arises almost entirely from the extrenlely long lines of transportation, both by water and by land, which have been kept up, and from the troops in Texas and New Mexico having been almost constantly in the field. Indeed the cost of maintaining the troops in all the new territories, including every branch of expenditure under the administration of this department, has increased beyond any former example. The cost to the Quartermaster's department of maintaining the small force now in California is more, byfiftyper cent., than that of the whole army before the Mexican war. While the present state of things continues in that country, and the people on the frontiers of Texas and in New Mexico are prevented by the hostile Indians from cultivating their lands, the expense of maintaining the troops may be increased, but cannot be diminished. The same causes that increased the expenses last year are now operating, and will, it is feared, continue to operate for years to come. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, T. S. JESUP, Quartermaster General. Hon. C. M. CONRAD, Secretary of War, Washington City. Statement showing the increased annual expenditures on account of the Quartermaster's department for each of the last six years, over and above the regular authorized expenditures of the military establishment as it existed on the 30th of June, 1844; also the supposed and estimated expenditures for the fiical years ending June 30,1851, and June 30,1852. Fiscal years ending— June 30, 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 Estimated expenditure for fiscal year ending June 30, 1851 Estimated expenditure for the year ending June 30,1852 5 A m o u n t of expenditure. Increased expenditure over fiscal year ending June 30, 1844. $870,999 985,708 2,327,302 17,126,386 17,214,382 6,177,536 4,295,298 73 50 13 24 35 01 60 $114,708 1,456,302 16,255,386 16,343,382 5,306,536 3,424,298 77 40 51 62 28 87 3,915,954 00 3,044,954 27 4,992,538 65 4,121,538 92 Dk>c. No. 11. 66 REMARKS.—The increase of expenditures commences by the acquisition of territory consequent on the annexation of Texas in 1845. 1845.—The cost of providing transportation, equipage, and supplies for the "army of observation," and concentrating and maintaining the forces at Corpus Christi. March, 1846.—The increased cost of furnishing land transportation for active operations in the field, and for the march of the arjpy from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande, and its support there. May 13, 1846.—The act declaring war with Mexico, followed by the immediate increase of the number of privates in each company in the different regiments to one hundred men, and the accepting the services of 50,000 volunteers. May 15, 1846.—The act creating a company of sappers, miners, and pontoniers. May 19, 1846.—The raising of the regiment of mounted riflemen. June 17 and 26, 1846.—The increase of the general staff for the Avar, and the enlisted ordnance men. 1847.—The maintenance of hostilities with Mexico. February 11.—The transportation, equipage, supplies, (fee., for the 3d dragoons, and. nine additional regiments of infantry. March 3, 1847.—The increasing of the companies of the artillery regiments, two companies being added to each regiment, and the expense of four additional companies of light or field artillery. 1848.—The continuance of the war with Mexico, the withdrawal of the army, and subsequent transportation to Texas, New Mexico, and California. 1849.—The establishment of the frontier posts in Texas, New Mexico, California, and Oregon, and the continuous expense of the transportation of their necessary supplies; involving enormous cost of land transportation in Texas, New Mexico, and overland expeditions to California and Oregon. Also the maintaining a force of Texas mounted volunteers in the field. 1850.—The increased cost of maintaining the troops in California, Oregon, and New Mexico, and the supplies, &c., for the Texas mounted volunteers, and the temporary mounting of infantry in the 8th military department, and the maintenance of the forces in the field in Florida for the suppression of Indian hostilities. June 17, 1850.—Increase, by law, of the number of privates in the companies serving on the western frontier, and provision for the mounting: of the same when necessary. T. S. JESUP, Quartermaster General. QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington Oity, November 12, 1850. Doc* No* 1 ]L.| 67- L—No. 2. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT, Washington, November 1, 1850. STR: In answer to your call of the 29th ultimo, I have the honor to. report, that the expenditures of the Ordnance department of the military establishment for the year whieh ended 30th June, 1844, amounted to $864,059 96; and for 1845, amounted to $988,723 74. During the years which ended 30th June, 1846 $1,396,782 86 Increase over 1844 $532,722 90 1847 1,973,364 95 do 1,109,304 99 1848 1,363,120 43 do 499,060 47 1849 1,186,814 98 do 322,755 02 1850 1,188,338 83 do 324,278 87 The increased expenditures during these years were provided for in part by an increase of the annual appropriations for the Ordnance department, and in part by the appropriations made in an act of Congress, passed May 13, 1846, for the prosecution of the war with Mexico; an act of July 20, 1846, for the support of volunteers and other troops employed in the war with Mexico; and an act of March 27, 1848, further to supply deficiencies. The best estimate that can be made of the probable expenditures of this department for the year ending 30th June, 1851, is $1,093,240; and for the year ending 30th June, 1852, $1,199,315. I have the honor to be, sir, with great respect, G. T A L C O T T , Brevet Brigadier General, Colonel of Ordnance. Hon. C. M. CONRAD, Secretary of War. L—No. 3. PAYMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE, November 1, 1850. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith the statement called for by your letter of the 29th ultimo, showing the increased annual expenditures on account of the pay of the army, for each of the last six years, over the expenditures for the year 1844; and an estimate of the amounts that will be expended in the present and next fiscal years. The increase in the expenditures for the year ending 30th June, 1845, "was caused by the payment of certain Florida volunteers, under the act of 3d March, 1845, "providing payment for certain military services in Florida.*' The increase in the expenditures for the year ending 30th June, 1846, was in consequence of the act of May 13, 1846, providing fir the prosecution of the war with Mexico, and act of the same date for the increase of the rank and file of the army. The increased expenditures for the years ending 30th June, 1847, 1848, and 1849, were caused by the acts of the 13th May, 1846, and also by 68 Dk>c. No. 11. the following acts, viz: act of the 15th May, 1846, for the organization of a corps of sappers and miners; act of 19th May, 1846, for raising a regiment of mounted riflemen; act of 18th June, 1846, supplemental to the act of 13th May, 1846, providing for the prosecution of the war with Mexico; act of 26th June, 1846, providing for the organization of the volunteer forces; act of 11th February, 1847, to raise for a limited time an additional military force; act ef 3d March, 1847, making provision for an additional number of general officers, <fcc. The expenditures for the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1849, are further increased by the act of July 19, 1848, authorizing three months' extra pay to the troops disbanded at the close of the war. The increase in expenditures for the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1850, is owing to the payment of arrears of pay and three months' extra pay due to the troops that served in Mexico. The estimated increase in the expenditures for the current, apd next fiscal years is caused by the act of 17th June, 1850, increasing the rank and file of the army, and the army appropriation bill of 28th September, 1850, authorizing additional pay to officers and men serving in California and Oregon. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, BENJ. F. LARNED, Acting Paymaster General. Hon. C. M. CONRAD, Secretary of War. L—No. 3. Statement showing the increased annual expenditures on account of the "pay, fyc., of the army," for each of the last six years, over and above the regular authorized expenses of the military establishment as it existed on the 30th June, 1844 ; also the supposed and estimated expenditure for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1851, and June 30, 1852. Expenditures in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1844. Expenditures in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1845. $ 1 , 9 9 9 , 5 1 6 43 $ 2 , 1 0 6 , 0 4 4 16 Increase over the fiscal year ending June 30, 1844. $106,527 73 Expenditures in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1846. $ 2 , 6 8 0 , 4 4 3 53 Increase over the fiscal year ending June 30, 1844. $680,927 10 Expenditures in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1847. $7,752,390 34 Increase over the fiseal year ending June 30, 1844. $5,752,873 91 Expenditures in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1848. $8,488,779 53 Increase over the fiscal year ending June 30, 1844. $6, 489,263 10 Expenditures in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1849. $7,636,660 52 Expenditures in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1850. $2,642,092 67 Increase over the fiscal year ending June 30, 1844. Increase over the fiscal year ending June 30, 1844. $5,637,144 09 $642,576 24 Supposed and estimated expenditures for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1851, and June 30, 1852. Supposed amount of expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1851. $2,866,464 00 F4TMAITER GENERAL'* OFFICE, NWTMBER 1,1850. Increase over the fiscal year ending June 30, 1844. $866,947 57 Supposed amount of expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1852. $2,897,720 00 Increase over the fiscal year ending June 30, 1844. $898,203 57 BENJ, F. EARNED, deling PaymsUr Gent-rat, L—No. 4. Surgeon GeneraTs statement shaving the increased annual expenditures on account of Hie medical and hospital depart mevt of the army for each of the last six years over and above the regular authorized expenses of the military establish y ment as it existed on the 3Qth June. 1844; also the supposed and estimated expenditures of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1851, and June 30, 1852. Payments made Payments made Payments made in the fiscal in the fiscal year in the fiscal year ending ending June 30, year ending June 30, 1844. 1846. June 30,1846. $18,324 38 $21,156 06 $34,604 10 Payments made Payments made Payments made Payments made Supposed payin the fiscal year in the fiscal year in the fiscal year in the fiscal ments made ending June 30, ending June 30, year ending ending June 30, in the fiscal 1848. 1847. June 30,1850. ye&r toidiiig 1849. June 30,1851. $112,087 91 $170,335 67 $71,904 21 $99,299 61 Supposed payments made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1852. $62,500 00 $67,395 00 Increase over Increase over the Increase over the Increase over the Increase over the Increase over Increase over Increase over the fiscal year fiscal year end fiscal year endfiscal year end- the fiscal year the fiscid year fiscal year endthe fiscal year ending June ing June 30, ing June 30, ending June ing June 30, ing June 30, ending June ending June 30, 1844. 1844. 1844. 30, 1844. 1844. 1844. 30, 1844. 30,1844. $2,831 68 $16,279 72 $93,763 53 $152,011 29 $53,579 83 $80,975 23 $44, 175 62 $49,070 62 Svrgeon General's Office, November 6, 1850. TH. LAWSON, Surgeon General. li—No. a. 5 Vol. Page Decrease. Increase. i | i | Date. S «" S-S" rS * •a c w o ts 5 ®*s W o Increase or decrease, as compared with fiscal year ending 30th June, 1844. For the fiscal year ending J June 30,1844 ' For the. fiscal year ending June 30,1845 For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1846 For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1847 Mar. 3, 1843 5 Mar. 1, 1843 Mar. 3, 1843 5 M a y 31, 1844 5 June 17, 1844 April 12,1844 5 5 June 17, 1844 5 Mar. 3, 1845 Mar. 3, 1845 5 5 | Estimate of amount 1 j required for expendj iture during the next 1fiscalyear. j 5 S "O P * £ « t r0 j >O. <u «. v JT © hog W S « c '3d Estimate of amount required for expenditure during present fiscal year. < Reference to laws authorizing the expenditures. Total authorized to be expended in each fiscal year ending on , the 30th June. Statement showing the amount authorized to be expended by the Engineer department during the fiscal year ending on the 30th of June, 1844; the amounts authorized to be expended'during each subsequent fiscal year; and an estimate of the amount required for expenditure during the fiscal years ending on the 30 th of June, 1851, and on the 30 th of June, 1852, respectively. | $568,500 $631,264 20 1*56,214 20 $6,550 Mar. 3, 1845 5 May 15, 1846 Aug. 8 , 1 8 4 6 Pam. Para. Aug. 10, 184C Pam. 544,000 579,319 00 28,769 00 $51,945 20 ! 6,550 800,000 52,000 00 858,550 00 $227,285 80 6,550 . 1,140,000 ; '37^666 00 1,183,200 00 551,935 80 6,200 i i i 1 i —J For the fiscal year ending) June 30,1848 ) Date. Vol. Mar. 2 , 1 8 4 7 Mar. 2, 1847 Mar. 3, 1848 Pam. Pam. Pam- For the fiscal, year ending S June 30,1850 i For the fiscal year ending June 30,1851 May 3 1 , 1 8 4 8 s 5f> a v bp< "5 B.s < Page. July "20",'1848' Pam. For the fiscal year ending June 30,1849 o 5> $241,200 00 $35,000 00 | © O 643,405 00 $12,140 80 53,155 00 o 6,650 Pam. Mar. 3 , 1 8 4 9 Feb. 19, 1849 Mar. 3, 1849 Pam. Pam. Pam. 671,000 S e p t . 2 8 , i 850 Pam. 739,800 Enginekr Department, October 31,1850. $390,064 20 583, GOO 760,643 61 129,379 41 82,993 61 6,650 858,696 30 227,432 10 111,996 30 6,900 Sept. 30,1850 Decrease. $6,200 Aug. 12,1848 Amounts that will probably be required for expenditure during the present fiscal year ending June 30, 1 8 5 1 . . . . . . . . Amounts that will probably be required for expenditure' during the next fiscal year ending June 30, 1852 Increase. $200,000 Pam. Sept.* 16,'i 850 Sept. 28,1850 Increase or decrease, as compared with fiscal year ending 30th June, 1844. Estimate of amount required for expenditure during the next i fiscal year. !§ i 5 " =-3 Estimate of amount required for expenditure during present fiscal year. < Reference to laws authorizing the expenditures. Total authorized to be expended in each fiscal year ending on the 30th June. h 5— Continued. 739,800 111,996 30 6,900 739,800 51,435 00 6,900 858,696 30 *798,135 00 166,870 80 1858,696 30 $798,135 * Estimate. FRED. A. SMITH, Captain Engineers, (in charge.) [rDoc. No. 11. 73 L 5—Continued. RECAPITULATION, Embracing expenditures for military purposes only. For the years ending— June June June June June June June June June 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 Expended. $624,714 572,769 852,000 1,177,000 235,000 636,755 753,993 851,796 (estimate). 791,235 (estimate). 20 00 00 00 00 00 61 30 00 6 , 4 9 5 , 2 6 3 11 Engineer Department, Novtmbtr 23, 1850. Increase. Decrease. $51,945 20 $227,285 80 552,285 80 389,714 2 0 12,040 129,279 227,082 166,520 80 41 10 80 1 , 3 1 4 , 4 9 4 71 441,659 40 Dk>c. No. 11. 14 L—No. 6. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, November 6, 1850. SIR: In compliance with your instructions of October 29, I respectfully furnish the following statement, showing the expenditures on account of the recruiting service in each of the fiscal years commencing July 1, 1845, &c.; with an estimate of the amount deemed necessary for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1851. ib s & i>. a « -o a •H V " u « j= a.— •2 2 C O 3 V o Tear commencing 5 2 ® 2 - 3 1-.2 5 «B > <3 J u l y l , 1845 $14,827 92 $ 3 7 , 7 2 7 1846 16,897 0 0 1 1 6 , 8 0 2 1847 5 2 , 6 8 0 00 3 3 4 , 8 9 5 53,060 1848 None. 48,616 1849 None. 66,616 1850 None. o S s« = r a> ^ - ^ CO 08 $52,555 00 133,699 00 437,575 00 5 3 , 0 6 0 00 4 8 , 6 1 6 00 66,616 00 $ 9 5 , 6 5 8 00 8 1 , 0 1 9 00 437,575 00 5 3 , 0 6 0 00 48,616 00 a. 00 $16,897 00 $ 4 , 1 1 0 03 $41,250 00 5 2 , 6 8 0 00 397,806 00 None. 13,291 00 None. 8,847 00 None. 92 92 92 92 Expenditure for the year commencing July 1, 1844, $39,768 08. The amount expended during the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1845, was $35,658, when the number of regiments in the army were iwo of dragoons, four of artillery, and eight of infantry, with a total of eDlisted men amounting to 7,590. The 29th section of the act of July 5,1838, authorizes a bounty of three months' extra pay to each non-cominissioned officer, musician or private soldier, who may re-enlist into his company or regiment. To provide for this bounty requires an annual appropriation of about $10,000. The other appropriation is for expense of recruiting, which varies according to the number of men to be enlisted in each year, experience showing that the average cost per man is about $12. The expenditure during the year commencing July 1, 1846, was $81,019. This increased expenditure was rendered necessary by the war with Mexico. The act of May 13, 1846, raised the several companies of the army to one hundred privates, adding thereby 7,960 men. The act of May 15,1846, further added to the army a regiment ©f mounted riflemen, with a total of 765 enlisted men. The passage of these two laws increased the rank and file to 16,315. During the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1847, the expenditures were the greatest, and came up to the full amount of the appropriations. being $437,575. The first act which caused this large increase of expenditures was that of January 7, to encourage enlistments in the araiy, providing a bounty of $12 to each man who should enlist. Six thousand recruits were then required; which, at $12 per man, amounted to $72,000. The act of February 11, 1847, added to the army one regiment of dragoons and nine regiments of infantry, giving a total of 10,051 [rDoc. No. 11. 75 men, to raise which force required an appropriation of $262,895. The 18th section of the act approved March 3, 1847, added two companies to each regiment of artillery, making a further increase of 912 enlisted men. The whole force then consisted of 27,278 enlisted men. Under the 3d section of the act of March 3, 1847, authorizing the President to accept the services of individual volunteers to fill vacancies, about $4(3,000 were furnished to volunteer officers ordered on the recruiting service. This amount was taken from the appropriation for "expense of recruiting," and no additi6nal appropriation was asked for. After the declaration of peace and the reduction of the army by the 2d section of the act approved August 14, 1848, making appropriations for the support of the army, the regiments consisted of two of dragoons, one of mounted riflemen, four of artillery of twelve companies each, and eight of infantry, with a total of 8,787 enlisted men. After the discharge of the ten additional regiments, and the men in the old regiments enlisted for " during the war," the sum of $53,060 was necessary to fill the vacancies in the army. The expenditures in the next year were somewhat less, being $48,616. The act ©f June 17, 1850, to increase the rank and file of the army and to .encourage enlistments, again rendered it necessary to increase the expenditures. To raise the additional number of men thus authorized, Congress appropriated $18,000, which, with the regular estimate submitted at the opening of the session, of $48,616, also appropriated, made a total of $66,616. It is supposed that this entire amount will be expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1851. It is estimated that during the next fiscal year the sum of $64,048 will be necessary. Respectfully submitted: L. THOMAS, Assistant Adjutant General. Hon. C. M. CONRAD, Secretary of War. L—No. 7. OFFICE OF COMMISSARY GENERAL OF SUBSISTENCE, Washington, November 1, 1850. Sir: I have had the honor to receive your instructions of the 29th ultimo, and now enclose you a " statement showing the increased annual expenditures, on account of 'army subsistence,' for each of the last six years, over and above the regular authorized expenses of the military establishment as it existed on June 30, 1844; also the supposed and estimated expenditures for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1851, and June 30, 1S52. The strength of the army at the commencement of the war with the republic of Mexico in April, 1846, was only 7/244 men. On the 13th May, 1846, Congress authorized the President to increase the rank and file of each company of that army to one hundred men. On the same day the President was authorized by Congress to call into service volunteers not exceeding fifty thousand. Dk>c. No. 11. 76 This volunteer force was divided into three months men, six-months men, twelvemonths men, and volunteers for the war. The strength of the first, when mustered into service, was 1,390. The strength of the second, when mustered into service, was 11,211. The strength of the third, when mustered into service, was 18,210. The strength of the fourth, when mustered into service, was 33,956. On the 15th May, 1846, one company of engineers (100 men) was authorized. On the 19th May, 1846, one regiment of riflemen (820 men) was authorized . On the 11th February, 1847, ten additional regiments of regular troops were authorized, amounting to 11,351 men. All the troops here enumerated were not, as their terms of enlistment show, in the service at one and-the same time, but the greater portion of them were in service, particularly during the years 1847 and 1848, and the large increased expenditures in those two years are thus accounted for. The expenditures of the commissariat have also been greatly increased during the whole time from June 30, 1845, to the termination of the war with Mexico in 1848, by losses by wrecks of transports, and by large wastage consequent upon a state of war. Since the close of the war and the reduction of the army, it has been found impossible to reduce the expenditures for the years 1849 and 1850 to that of 1845, because a very large part of the troops were stationed in the distant regions of California, Oregon, and New Mexico; to which places shipments of subsistence stores had to be made yearly in advance, owing to the utter impracticability of procuring supplies in those regions, and such will continue to be the case. Most respectfully, your obedient servant, GEO. GIBSON, C. G. S. Hon. C. M. CONRAD, Secretary of War. L—No. 3. Statement showing the increased annual expenditures on account of " army subsistence" for each of the last six years over and above the regular authorized expenses of the military establishment as it existed on June 30, 1844; also the supposed and estimated expenditures for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1851, and June 30, 1852. Payments made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1844. Payments made in the fiscal year ending June 30,1845. • 3 4 7 , 3 8 9 05 #377,794 68 Increase over the fiscal year ending June 30, 1844. $30,405,63 Payments made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1846. Payments made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1847. # 1 , 9 8 9 , 3 9 8 14 8477,716 88 Increase over the fiscal year ending June 30, 1844. Increase over the fiscal year ending June 30, 1844. $130,327 83 $1,642,009 09 Payments made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1848. $3, 790,682 14 Increase over the fiscal year ending June 30,1844. 3,443,293 09 Payments made in the fiscal year ending June 30,1849. $1,024,994 41 Increase over the fiscal year ending June '30, 1844. Payments made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1850. $1,158,277 08 Increase over the fiscal year ending June 30, 1844. $677,605 36 $810,888 03 Supposed and estimated expenditures for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1851, and June 30, 1852. Supposed payments made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1851. 11,235,631 63 Increase over the fiscal year ending June 30, 1844. $888,242 58 Supposed payments made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1852. $1,082,371 Op Increase over the fiscal year ending June 30, 1844. $734,981 95 Office of Commissary General of Subsistence, Washington, November 1, 1850. GEO. GIBSON, C. G. S. ^ Dk>c. No. 11. 78 M—No. 1. Statement of the amount of payments on account of pensions, under the several pension acts, for tfte years 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, and 1850. • Under acts from J u l y 1,1844, to June 3 0 , 1 8 4 9 . Under acts prior to July 1, 1844. Years. $2,434,424 1,877,139 1,352,085 946,493 995,186 874,410 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 76 39 40 95 84 36 $118,650 00 434,024 51 645,466 67 Total payments. $2,434,424 1,877,139 1,352,088 1,065,143 1, 429,211 1,519,877 76 39 40 95 35 03 j 9 , 6 6 7 , 8 8 4 88 : Treasdrt Department, Third Auditor's Office, November 15„1650. JNO. S. GALLAHER, Auditor. M—No. 2. P E N S I O N O F F I C E , December 6 , 1 8 5 0 . SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a statement showing "how much of the amounts estimated for pensions for each year ending 30th June, 1851 and 1852, will be required under acts consequent upon the Mexican war, and the number of claims yet to be presented under those acts, and the amount required for those estimated claims yet to be presented," in compliance with your request of the 2d instant. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAS. E. HEATH, Commissioner of Pensions. Hon. THOMAS CORWIN, Secretary of the Treasury. [rDoc. NO. 1 1 . 79 A statement showing "how much of the amounts estimated for pensiom for each year ending 3Oth June, 1851, and ZOth June, 1852, will be required under acts consequent upon the Mexican war; and the number of claims yet to be presented under those acts, and the amount required for those estimated claims yet to be presented;'' prepared in compliance with a request from the Secretary of the Treasury, It is estimated that the amount required for the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1851, for paying the invalid pensioners who were wounded or disabled from disease contracted while in the Service of the United States, during the Mexican war, will be - $300,000 00 For the fiscal 3'ear ending 30th June, 1852, for paying the same class of pensioners, will be required - 360,000 00 For paying pensioners under the first section of the act of 4th July, 1836, 21st July, 184S, and 22d February, 1849, and joint resolution of September 28, 1850, giving five years' half-pay to the widows and orphans of all officers and soldiers who died of wounds or of disease contracted while in the service of the United States, during the war with Mexico, for the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1851 250,000 0® For the same class of pensioners for the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1852 . . . - 300,000 00 There will probably be added to the rolls before the close of the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1851, five hundred invalid pensioners, who were wounded or otherwise disabled while in the service of the United States, during the war with Mexico, which to pay them will require, at $'120 per annum for each pensioner . . . 60,000 00 For the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1852, there will in all probability be added que thousand more, which, at an average of $120 per annum for each pensioner, will require 120,000 00 For pensioners under the first section of the act of 4th July, 1836, and act of 21st July, 1848, act 22d February, 1849, , and joint resolution of September, it is estimated that twelve hundred and fifty will be added before the close of the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1851, which, at an average of $60 for each pensioner, will require 75,000 00 For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1852, the additions to the rolls will probably exceed those whose five years' half-pay will expire by one thousand, which, at an average of $60 per annum for each pensioner, will require 60,000 00 JAMES E. HEATH, Commissioner of Pensions. PENSION OFFICE, December 6 , 1850. Dk>c. No. 11. 80 N. DEPARTMENT OF T H E INTERIOR, Office Indian Affairs, December 6, 1850. SIR: In compliance with your request of this date, I have the honor respectfully to refer you to the accompanying statement, as containing the information desired respecting the amounts expended and estimated for, on account of the Indians in California, Utah, and New Mexico. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, L. LEA , Cqpimissioner. H o n . THOMAS CORWIN, Secretary of the Treasury. Statement of the amounts of expenditures made, appropriated, mnd estimated for, on account of the Indians in California, Utah, and New Mexico. Expended in— Appropriated for 1851. 1847. 1848. California Utah and N e w M e x i c o . 1849. Estimated for 1852. 1850. $ 1 , 4 0 0 25 5, 413 12 $3,017 28 $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 00 $91,750 00 3 1 , 5 0 0 00 3 9 , 0 5 0 00 N o t e . — I n addition to the amounts expended as above stated, there were placed in the hands of agents, which has not been accounted for, as f o l l o w s : $1,449 75 3,500 00 2 , 7 5 0 00 In California ( A . Johnston sub-agent) In Utah (J. Wilson agent) In N e w M e x i c o ( E . Cooper agent) 7,699 75 Office of Indian Affairs, December 6,1850. L. LEA, Commissioner. Total. Estimated expenditures for the .fiscal year ending June 30, 1852. Actual and estimated expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30,1851. Expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1850. Expenditures /or the fiscal year ending June 30, 1849. Expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1848. Objects. Expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1847. Expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1846. O.—Statement shotting in part the actual and estimated civil expenditures for the seven years ending June 30, 1852,for objects not appropriated for or mot included in the sum o/$21,380,049 36, exhibited as the expenditures of the year ending June 30, 1845, exclusive ef the public debt. 1 Instalments and interest under 12th article of the treaty with AS. 539.530 06 ^ 4 . 3 0 8 , 8 6 6 31 $3,360, 000 00 $3,180,000' 00 $16,388,396 37 Payment of liquidated claims hgainst M e x i c o , per act of July Renewal «f diplomatic 2 , 0 8 9 , 5 7 8 84 2 , 0 8 9 , 5 7 8 84 inter$21,776 65 $ 4 , 5 0 0 00 Expenees of board of commisSurvey of the boundary line between the U . Statea and Mexico Survey of the coast of California Light-houses, dry-dock, customhouse, and marine hospital in 7,851 48 • 3, 432 48 4 , 0 0 0 00 20, 428 39 23, 475 00 59,877 96 ! Territorial governments in Utah Expenses of loans and treasury # 2 , 4 0 0 00 Supply ins: a n y deficiency in the regular revenues from postage, 650,000 00 26, 184 34 | 2 5 , 5 3 2 02 3 9 , 0 7 6 87 500 00 5 , 0 0 0 00 • 14,307 25 1 7 , 5 0 0 00 112,800 00 8 7 , 5 6 0 61 2 0 , 0 0 0 00 44,428 39 151,647 04 100,000 00 100,000 00 100,000 00 335,000 00 200,000 00 340,000 00 300,000 00 640,000 00 77, 100 00 70,200 00 147,300 00 2 3 , 3 7 8 93 1 , 2 5 8 , 0 0 0 00 132,200 00 2 0 , 0 0 0 00 150,879 41 1 , 2 7 6 , 0 0 0 00 600,000 00 350,000 00 875,000 00 X 1—Continued. TJ a> w JS O •3 a IT? Object*. v "it is c 3 t) , . -3 03 lO o H a £.ao &-_> * SS 2 fi<* 1 -2 M 09 O Postage charged to the executive departments or bureaus there$160,231 62 $311,298 99 of, &c. Compensation to the Post Office Department for mail services performed for the several departments of government, per act March 3, 1847 Expenses of collecting the revenue from the saleB of public lands Expenses of collecting the revenue from customs Payment of debentures, drawbacks, bounties, and allowances, per act March 3, 1849. Expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, per act August 10, 1846 257,584 07 Building light-houses, beacons, buoys, &c.. Refunding duties under various acts passed since March 3, 1845, and in conformity with decisions of courts 127,071 37 812,631 62 &S - 111 a> n g-go CS <U <—< a o.g „ t5 X ® S5 2 « V3 gf. $22,221 96 $200,000 00 $137, 410 95 170,835 0 0 ! 1,974,331 22 | 1,910,780 78 $200,000 00 170,200 00 2 , 4 5 0 , 0 0 0 00 538,248 30 } 437,055 03 509,000 00 30,910 07 $30,910 14 30,910 14 30,910 14 30,910 14 182,169 88 141,203 01 172,158 20 245,184 17 234,080 00 90,812 66 57,601 51 557, 176 07 534,775 04 951,638 77 I 373,423 24 7 , 9 3 8 , 7 2 6 91 7,470,697 58 I 9 , 0 1 4 , 2 6 7 16 8 , 2 4 0 , 1 6 5 18 80,426 38 j 83 Doc. No. 110—Continued. /Note.—The various items included in the foregoing statement amount t o . . . . $34,801,550 46 T o which add the following: Aggregate increase in the civil list, v i z : Legislative Executive Judiciary #2,671,679 18 1,543,120 58 43,762 80 4 , 2 5 8 , 5 6 2 56 52,811 06 in other items included in the civil list 4,305,751 50 Aggregate increase of sundry items included in miscellaneous, viz: Building marine hospitals Building custom-houses Building revenue cutters Support and maintenance of light-houses, & c . . . . . . . . Marine hospital establishments s $249,635 448,403 101,999 515,310 75,392 53 61 50 23 50 — 1,390,741 37 40,398,043 33 TaiAioRY Department, Register's Office, December 10, 1850. TOWNSEND HAINES, Register, P—No. 1, S'atement of the amount of interest paid upon the loans of 1846, 1847, and lB4B,and upon treasury notes issued under acts of July 22, 1846, and January 28, 1847, during the fiscal years ending June 30, 1847, 1848, 1849, and 1850, and to be paid during the years 1851 and 1852. Loan of 1847. Fiscal years ending— June 30, 1847 1848 184 9 1850 185 1 185 2 Loan of 1846. $173,524 299,948 299,948 299,948 299,948 299,948 66 96 96 96 96 96 1,673,269 46 T r e a s u r y Department, Register's Office, November 21, 1850. On stock. $54,555 566, 035 1, 119,495 1,543,703 1,627,050 1,597,050 33 84 65 64 00 00 6,507,890 46 Loan of 1848. On treasury notes, act* of 1846 and 1847. $45,935 731,817 672,664 239,558 1,730 25 13 89 77 73 1,691, 706 77 ; *680,91*3 944,963 914,400 944,400 62 75 00 00 3 , 5 1 4 , 6 7 7 37 Total. $274,015 1,597,801 2,773,023 3,028,175 2,873,129 2,841,398 24 93 12 12 69 96 13,387,544 0C TOWNS END HAINES, Register, Doe. No. 11. P—No. 2. Estimate of the interest which will accrue on the loans of 1846, 1847, and 1848, from July 1, 1852, to the periods ichen each will become reimbursable. T o July 1, 1853, on loan of 1846 184 7 1848 $299,948 96 1 , 5 9 7 , 0 5 0 00 944,400 00 1854, on same 1855...do 1 8 5 6 . . . do 1857, on loan of 1846 to November 12,1856, when reimbursable 1847 184 8 2,841,398 "2,841,398 2,841,398 2,841,398 96 96' 96 96 2,650,472 2,541,450 2,541,450 2,541,450 2,541,450 2,541,450 2,541,450 2,541,450 2,541,450 2,541,450 2,541,450 54 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 109,022 54 1 , 5 9 7 , 0 5 0 00 944,400 00 1858, on loans of 1847 and 1848 1859 do do 1860 do do 186 1 do do 186 2 do do 186 3 do do 1864 do do 186 5 do do 186 6 do do 186 7 do do 1868, on loan of 1847 to January 1, 1868 1848 to July 1, 1868 798,525 00 944, 400 00 1,742,925 00 4 1 , 1 7 3 , 4 9 3 38 Treasury Department, Register's Office, November 30, 1850. T O W N S E N D HAINES, Register. Q. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, T H I R D AUDITOR'S OFFICE, December 9, 1850. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following statement of the cases pending and anticipated, with the amount of each, growing out of the Mexican war: Cases pending 673, amounting to $223,069 37 500,000 00 Cases anticipated 500, " 7,000 Mexican horse claims, at $60 each 42,000 00 7§5,069 37 I have the honor to be, most respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. S. GALLAHER, Auditor. H o n . T H O M A S C O R WIN*, Secretary of the Treasury. W Doc. Np. 11. R. Statement of the annual expenses of the government, exclusive of the payments on account of the public debt, of trust funds, and of the collection of the revenue,from January 1, 1828, to December 31, 1845. Expenditures. Years. From-January 1 to December 31, Average annual increase of expenditure from 1828 to 1841, $943,923 56. 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 $12,530,846 12,632,321 13,229,533 13,863,786 16,514,134 22,044,237 ' 18,410,393 17,005,418 29,358,902 31,505,680 43 84 33 14 69 31 10 55 16 18 187,095,253 73 1838 1839 1840 11841 31,468,829 25,410,050 23,249,626 25,745,776 04 67 95 28 1 Average annual expenditure,. > $ 2 6 , 4 6 8 , 5 7 0 73. 105,874,282 94 From January 1 to June 30 July 1,1842, to June 30 July 1, 1 8 4 3 . . . . d o July 1, 1 8 4 4 . . . . d o July 1 to December 31 1842 1843 1814 1845 1845 12,888,228 22,724,205 19,835,793 21,273,705 15,227,713 63 78 48 67 58 Average annual expenditure,. $ 2 2 , 9 8 7 , 4 1 1 78. 91,949,647 14 Treasury Department, Register's Office, November 1, 1850. TOWNSEND HAINES, Register. s. A r m y s u b s i s t e n c e . . . $377,794 68 $ 9 9 , 9 2 2 P a y , &c., of the army 106,044 16 5 7 4 , 3 9 9 Ordnance department 988, 723 74 408,059 Surgeon General's statement 13,448 2 1 , 1 5 6 06 Quartermaster General'e s t a t e m e n t . . . . 9 8 5 , 7 0 8 50 1 , 3 4 1 , 5 9 3 Adjutant General's statement *4,110 3 9 , 7 6 8 08 Engineer department. 572,769 00 2 7 9 , 2 3 1 04 9 0 , 9 3 1 85 149, 179 61 63 1 6 , 1 4 0 , 6 7 7 74 1 6 , 2 2 8 , 6 7 3 85 08 00 i 4 1 , 2 5 0 92 604.231 00 2 , 7 1 6 , 6 5 3 36| * 4 , 1 1 0 OB; 3 9 7 , 8 0 6 92 *337, 769 00 Total. Excess over 1845, in the year ending June 30, 1852. t 1. Excess over 1845, in the year ending June 30, 1851-1 I Excess over 1845, in the year ending June 30, 1850. j t 20 $ 1 , 6 1 1 , 6 0 3 46 $ 3 , 4 1 2 , 8 8 7 46 37 5 , 6 4 6 , 3 4 6 18 6 , 3 8 2 , 7 3 5 37 3 7 4 , 3 9 6 69 12 984,641 21 j Excess over 1845, in the year ending June 30, 1849. Excess over 1845, in the year ending June 30t 1848. Excess over 1845, in the year ending June 30, 1847. Exccss over 1845, in the year ending June 30, 1846. i Expenditures in the year ending June ! 30, 1845. Statement showi?ig the annual increase of expenditure in the different bureaus of the War Department from June 30, 1845, (the year immediately preceding the Mexican wary) to June 30, 1850; and the estimated excess for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1851 and 1852. $647,199 73 $780,482 40 $857,836 95 $704,576 32 $ 8 , 1 1 4 , 5 0 8 52 5 , 5 3 0 , 6 1 6 36 536,048 51 760,419 84 791,675 84 2 0 , 2 2 3 , 2 4 1 47 198,091 24 199,615 09 104,516 26 210,591 26 2 , 4 7 9 , 9 1 0 87 50, 748 15 78,143 55 41,343 94 4 6 , 2 3 8 94 470,034 08 5 , 1 9 1 , 8 2 7 51 3 , 3 0 9 , 5 9 0 10 2 , 9 3 0 , 2 4 5 50 4 , 0 0 6 , 8 3 0 15 4 9 , 1 4 9 , 4 3 8 48 13,291 92 6 3 , 9 8 6 0u 8 , 8 4 7 92 181,224 61 2 6 , 8 4 7 92 279,027 3« 2 4 , 2 7 9 92 218, 466 00 508,215 44 1 , 2 8 8 , 3 9 6 91 2 6 , 9 4 5 , 6 7 9 90 337,769 00 2 , 7 1 2 , 5 4 3 98j 2 5 , 1 1 9 , 6 8 2 36 2 6 , 6 0 7 , 9 1 0 90 1 1 , 6 9 5 , 7 6 0 91 5 , 0 9 3 , 9 5 2 18 5 , 0 0 0 , 2 3 7 71 6,002, 658 43 8 2 , 2 3 2 , 7 4 5 77 * Decrease. f Estimated. [rDoc. No. 11. 88 T . TREASURY DEPARTMENT, September 26, 1850. SIR: In compliance with the resolution of the Senate, "that the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to report what have been the measures adopted to prevent frauds upon the revenue since the passage of the act of 1846, and what has been the result," I have the honor to state, that the measures which have been adopted by this department to prevent frauds upon the revenue, under the present tariff act, may be found in the circular instructions that were issued to collectors and other officers of the customs before the act went into operation, viz: November 11, 26 and 28, J.846, and those issued since the 1st December, 1846. Upon reference to these circulars, it will be perceived that unusual apprehension was felt that under the change from specific duties to duties levied upon the foreign value of imported merchandise, there would ^>e great temptation to the commission of frauds by undervaluation in invoices and entries; and in the circular of the 28th November, 1846, the officers of the customs were advised that it was " the determination of the department to exercise its whole power, under the law, to guard the revenue of the government against fraud and undervaluation in invoices and entries, and to maintain the business of importing in the hands of the honest merchant and fair trader." The officers were instructed to take the duties in the goods imported when there was reason to believe that there was fraud or undervaluation, to exact penalties, and to make seizures in cases authorized by law; and in the circulars of the 11th and 26th November, 1846, their special attention was called to the provisions contained in the 2d section of the civil and diplomatic appropriation act of the 10th August, 1846, requiring that "in appraising all goods at any port of the United States, heretofore subjected to specific duties, but upon which ad valorem duties are imposed by the act of 30th July , 1S46, reference shall be had to im'oices and values of similar goods imported in the last fiscal year, under such general and uniform regulations for the prevention of fraud or undervaluation as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury." Notwithstanding the instructions contained in these circulars, issued in advance of the operation of the act which commenced 1st December, 1846, it became necessary to issue another "to collectors, appiaisers, and other officers of the customs," on the 6th July, 1847, with rules and regulations in regard to appraisements, in which Mr. Secretary Walker stated that " this course was rendered necessary by recent attempts upon the part of merchant appraisers, in a few of the ports of the United States, to establish for themselves certain regulations in regard to appraisements wholly inconsistent with law and instructions." It is stated "that in some of the ports these appraisers estimate the value of the goods as at the date of the purchase, however remote or distant, and in other ports they take the value at the date of shipment to the United States. The last is the true construction of the law, long since declared by this department, and adopted generally throughout the Union. The proviso of the 16th section of the act of the 30th of August, 1842, is clear and emphatic upon this subject, and prescribes the date, in reference to which the value is to be estimated, as 'the period of exportation to the United S'.ates,* and air words preceding in that section, under the [rDoc. No. 11. 89 settled rule of interpreting statutes, must be made to conform to the succeeding language of the proviso. This would be the rule, even if there was an absolute conflict between the words of the proviso and of any preceding part of the section; for the language of the proviso, being the last expressed will of the legislature,must prevail. Were it otherwise, the law would prescribe two kinds of market values—the one in the first part of the 16th section, being the date of the purchase, and the other in the proviso, being the date of shipment. The most enormous frauds, also, would be the consequence of such construction. Simulated, fictitious and ante dated purchases, to suit the period of lowest price, would prevail extensively, to the great injury of the fair trader and of the revenue. In truth, under such system the whole importing business would soon be thrown into the hands of the dishonest and fraudulent, who would be willing to produce ante-dated or fictitious foreign sales, and that most useful and meritorious citizen, the honest and fair trader, would be thrown entirely out of the market. It is known at present—at the commencement of the proposed system—that etan where the purchases are not deemed ,by the parties fraudulent, the designing, to import into the United States, goes to some prior purchaser, who has purchased,not for importation into the United States at some prior date, when the goods were much lower in value, and imports the goods in the name of thefirstpurchaser, consenting to give a certain profit or price on the delivery here, and thus deprives the revenue of the difference in value, and obtains a most unjust advantage over the fair trader, who will resort to no such artifices. It is the duty of tlfis department to declare that such a practice is a fraud upon, the revenue, and subjects the goods to seizure and confiscation, and the parties committing the fraud to all the penalties * prescribed bylaw; and the utmost vigilance is enjoined upon collectors, appraisers, and all other officers of the customs, in taking all proper measures to detect and punish all who are engaged in such fraudulent practiced." Notwithstanding this emphatic and just condemnation of the fraudulent practices here described, and the efforts made to protect the fair trader, the result has shown that they have not been effectual. The temptation proved too great, and fraudulent invoices continued to multiply. On the Tth of August,.1848, Mr. Secretary Walker instructed the officers of the customs that " forced sales of goods in the foreign markets at reduced prices, under extraordinary and peculiar circumstances, cannot be taken as the true market value of such goods." And on the 26th December, 1848, he found it necessary to repeat much that he had previously said, and extend his instructions, in consequence of "differences of practice existing in the several ports relative to the appraisement of merchandise." In this circular, Mr. Walker says that •"the interests of the country, and of fair and hqnorable merchants, require that this department should, by e\rery means in its power, secure not only the revenue against loss, but should maintain such merchants, in their Business, against sales of imported articles at diminished rates, arising from fraud or undervaluation." "Whenever it is found necessary by the regular appraisers, or merchant appraisers, to guard against fraud or undervaluation, they will carry into effect the provisions of the 2d section of the act of the 10th August, 1846, i s enforced b y c i r c u l a r instructions of the 11th and 26th November, 1846. The last fiscal year designated in this section was the last fiscal year pre [rDoc. No. 11. 90 ceding the enactment of that law, which was the fiscal year ending the 3Qth June, 1S46, to whicty reference is required by the law to values and invoices of similar goods, when necessary to prevent fraud or undervaluation." In presenting to the Senate "what have been the measures adopted to prevent frauds upon the revenue since the passage of the tariff act of the 30th July, 1840," it has been considered due to Mr. Secretary Walker that the measures which originated with himself should be made prominent; all the instructions issued by him continue in fullforceat the present time, and govern the officers of the customs in the execution of the revenue laws. In this connexion the special notice of the Senate is invited to an important question, which is likely to call for the early interposition of Congress, as well to guard the revenue as to protect the honest importer. Upon reference to the treasury circular dated 6th July, 1847, it will appear that by the 23d section of the act of 30th August, 1842, which makes it "the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, from time to time, t6 establish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of the United .States, to secure a just, faithful and impartial appraisal of all goods imported into the United States, andjust and proper entries of such actual market value or wholesale price thereof," Mr. Secretary Walker decided that the 16th section of the act of 30th August, 1842, prescribed that the date in reference to which the value of foreign merchandise is to be estimated was the period of exportation to the United States, and very clearly exhibited the consequences of any other construction to the revenue arid the importer. This matter was involved in a suit commenced by Thompson & Forman, of London, extensive manufacturers of railroad iron, against Philip Greely, jr., collector of the customs at Boston. Thompson <fc Forman shipped a cargo of railroad iron from Newport, in Wales, to Boston. The invoice and bills of lading for the same bear date the 24th of February?- IS49, and the price per invoice was JSo per ton, The United States appraisers appraised the value at per ton. On an appeal to merchant appraisers, it was appraised at J?5 155. per ton. The duty was paid, and a penalty for undervaluation imposed and likewise paid. It was admitted that on the 24th of February, 1849, the date of the invoice and bill of lading, S o 15s. per ton was the true market value of such iron. Thompson & Forman, the manufacturers, claimed that this iron was contracted for on the 24th of January, 1849, at which time the market value thereof was only £ o per ton. On this point the charge of Judge Woodbury, of the Supreme Court, as reported, was, "that the acts of Congress expressly provide that the time to be selected for fixing the value is the time when the article is purchased or procured abroad, unless the article is one imported from a country where it was not grown or manufactured. There, the provisions in the acts of 1823 and 1S42 provide that the value shall be fixed as at the time of exportation." "I am aware that in practice at some custom-houses, the time of the purchase and procurement is usually, as a general rule, considered the date of the bill of sale. This would in most cases not differ from the value at the time of the purchase, as it varies often but a few days or weeks, and the price but a few farthings. But in cases where the difference in time and price is in truth considerable, and the importer requests the true time of purchase to be taken, the custom-house and courts and [rDoc. No. 11. 91 juries would not comply with their oaths to follow the law, unless all were governed by the value at the time of purchase or procurement." Upon a comparison of the opinions of Mr. Secretary Walker and those of Judge Woodbury upon this point, it will be seen that if the judge be correct, the foreign manufacturer can make his selection of the date at which his merchandise was procured, and thereby be enabled to value his commodity to suit his interest—whether at the time of shipment or time of manufacture; whereas a purchaser is confined to the date of purchase.. If the law allows any distinction between the duties which shall be payable by manufacturers and purchasers of iron, an immediate correction should be made. Among the provisions of law for the prevention of frauds upon the revenue, will be found the second section of the civil and diplomatic appropriation bill of the 10th August, 1846, which requires that4'in appraising all goods, at any port of the United States, heretofore subjected to specific duties, but on which ad valorem duties are imposed by the act of 30th July, 1S46, entitled 'An act reducing the duty on imports and for other purposes,' reference shall be had to values and invoices of similar goods imported during the last fiscal year, under such general and uniform regulations for the prevention of fraud or undervaluation as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury." Appeals have been made to this department to execute the power conferred upon the Secretary of the Treasury by this act. It is represented by persons familiar with this subject, that it was the intention of Congressto provide against frauds by the undervaluation of articles that had previously paid specific duties, by requiring a reference to the values and invoices of similar goods imported during the previous fiscal year, and the adoption of those values in the assessment of duties. That frauds and undervaluations have been perpetrated to a fearful extent in the importation of articles that formerly paid specific duties is undeniable, and that effectual means to prevent them should be applied all agree. Hitherto the provisions of this act have been inoperative. If the power which is contended for should be exercised to the extent and in the manner desired, it would entirely change the operation of the act of 30th July, 1846, by fixing the value of a great number of articles for the assessment duty much above their present market value in foreigrrcountries. It has been questioned whether Congress intended to confer powers of this kind upon the head of this department, and it is respectfully submitted to the Senate what construction should be placed upon, this provision, or what means shall be adopted to accomplish the object in view. The circular issued by Mr. Secretary Walker, under date of December 26, 1648, was his last upon this subject. My immediate predecessor found new modes of evading the revenue laws in practice; and, on the 12 th. October, 1849, instructed the officers of the customs upon several important points, viz: that it had been '-'represented that importers were in the practice of omitting to produce invoices of merchandise on the alleged ground that none had been received, and asking entry to be allowed on appraisement. The frequency of these occurrences forbid the idea that the non-reception of an invoice usually proceeds from mistake or accident, but induces the belief of intention and design, probably with th& view of evading the additional duty imposed by the 17th section of th& m Doc. No. 11, tfct of August 30, 1842, and the 8th section of the existing tariff act o f July 30, 1846. " Where goods have been actually purchased, the law requires the invoice to state the true cost, and not the market value abroad. The privilege, therefore, given in the 8th section of the act-referred to, is to enable importers of any goods that have been actually purchased, on making entry of the same, to add to the cost given in the invoice to bring it up to the true market value abroad. Where goods have been obtained by the owner in any other way than by actual purchase, the law requires the invoice to exhibit the fair market value abroad. " Where the value declared in the entry shall, on due appraisement of the goods, be found so for below the foreign cost, or market value, as to raise a presumption of being fraudulently invoiced, seizure and confiscation of the goods should take place under the provisions of the act of 2d March, 1799, and prosecution of the offending party under the 19th section of the tariff act of 30th August, 1842, instituted." And on' the 5th of July, 1850, it became necessary to repeat, in substance, the rules and regulations prescribed by Mr. Secretary Walker, in regard to the date in reference to which appraisements of the market value of imports should be made: " It has been represented that in many cases the appraisers have felt restrained, in the discharge of their duties, by the result of frequent appeals from their decisions. In order, therefore, to s e c u r e a just, faithful, aind iriapartial appraisal of all goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the United States, the following rules and regulations are established: "1. That the period of the exportation of merchandise is the time at which the value or price of any article is to be fixed by the appraisers. "2. That in ordinary cases the date of the bill of lading may be regarded as the period of exportation. "3. That in all important cases the appraisers will pursue the course indicated in the 17th section of the act of 30th August, 1842, and the collector will preserve the evidence and papers in each such case, to be transmitted to the department when called for. "4. That in all cases of appeal from the decision of the appraisers, the result of such appeal, with all the papers connected therewith, and the views of the collector thereon, are to be forwarded to the department immediately. "5. That in order that the department may be informed, as far as may be, of the appraised value of the principal articles imported, and with a view to secure the greatest practical uniformity, a mouthly report shall be forwarded according to the form herewith, (A.) "6. That where merchandise shall be entered at ports where there are' no appraisers appointed, the foreign value is to be ascertained, in the itianner before prescribed, by the revenue officers to whom'is comiii£tted bv the laws the estimating ^nd collection of duties in such cases.'* In order to ascertain the operation of the tariff act of the 30th July, 1846.,'the extent and the manner in which frauds upon the revenue were committed, Mr, Secretary Meredith issued a circular, under date of the 6th bf August, 1849, as follows: <4 Representations have been made to this department of the unequal ojietation of the act of Congress of the 30th July, 1846, 'reducing the Doc. No. I h m •duty on imports, and for other purposes,' and likewise of the increase of frauds upon the revenue since this act went into effect. " In order that information of a definite and reliable character upojri these and other points may be in the possession of the department, r e quest that you will state such facts as are within your knowledge of tfye practical operation of the act referred to—especially, ' "1. In regard to the equality of its operation throughout the Union— the agreement or variance of appraisements at the different ports. " 2. In regard to fraudulent invoices. "3. In regard to the undervaluation of merchandise. "4. In regard to the effects of abolishing specific duties* " 5. The practical operation of the third section of this act, under which, on all merchandise 'not specially provided for, a duty of twenty per cent, ad valorem' is levied; this rate of duty being less than the rates imposed upon the manufactures of wool, worsted, cotton, silk, leather, wood, paper, glass, bone, ivory, iron, copper, tin, lead, or other metal, &c. " 6. The effects of levying different rates of duty upon the manufactures of the same material, viz: wool, cotton, silk, hemp, glass, wood, paper, copper, &c. ' ' " 7. The effect of levying different rates of duty upon the 'manufactures of wool' and the 'manufactures of worsted.' " 8. The effect of levying the same rates of duty upon raw materials as are imposed upon the manufactures thereof, as in the cases of wool, iron, &c. "And also the effect in those cases where the rates of dtity upon tfye manufacmres are less than the rates imposed upon the raw material, as in the cases of wool, hemp, copper, &c. "9. In regard to the effect upon the business of American merchants engaged in the importation of foreign merchandise." To this circular numerous replies were received, a portion of which were presented in the last annual report to Congress from this department, and to which the Senate is respectfully referred, as showing the results of the measures which had been adopted to preventft-audsupon the revenue so far as they were known to the parties. In order that the Senate may appreciate some of the difficulties of securing a just, faithful and impartial appraisal of all goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and just and proper entries of the actual market value or wholesale price thereof, under our present system and laws, a single case of recent occurrence will be given: Three shipments of pimento were made from the island of Jamaica at about the same period—two of them to, New York by the same Ve^stjl, the invoices of which bear the same date—the other to Baltimore, all for account of the shippers. "',"<„ The New York invoices were both at 2fd. ger pound; but b§fote making entry, one of the parties added \d. j^rpound, to make the . f e e conform to the fair market value. The other entered his )dthoUt;fifing any addition to'the value. The appraisers &dded|c£ per pourfd value. The parties demanded a reappraisemenVfeymerchants, ^niph was held, and the appraisers'valuation was stistained. The additionar duty was accordingly assessed. At Baltimore, entry was made without any addition to the value; the appraisers added \d. to the value. A reappraisemen iby merchants was 94 Dk>c. No. 11. demanded, and the appraisers' valuation was not sustained. Upon a report of all the facts to the Secretary of the Treasury, he decided that "as these merchant appraisers had placed before them, at the time, evidence furnished on appraisement at New York of importations of pimento from Jamaica, shipped about the same time, going to show that the market value of the article was higher than that stated in the invoice under review, the department is compelled to infer that their estimate of value refers solely to the price or cost paid by the owner or shipper, and not the actual market value or wholesale price, at the time of shipment, in the principal markets of the country. This being the case, their appraisement is not in conformity with law, and cannot be treated or taken as valid and effectual, and must consequently be disregarded." From this review of some of "the measures adopted to prevent frauds upon the revenue since the passage of the act of 30th July, 1846," it is believed that all the authority conferred by law upon this department has been executed, unless it should be decided that the construction of the 2d section of the civil and diplomatic appropriation bill of 10th August, 1846, contended for by those interested, is the true one. Without extending this communication to an unreasonable length, the answer to the inquiry contained in the resolution of the Senate, "what has been the result of the measures adopted to prevent these frauds?" may be briefly stated. All the frauds which can be perpetrated, by double invoices and false valuations, continue without abatement. Honest merchants and fair traders have been driven from the business of importing foreign merchandise, being unable to compete with the dishonest practices that prevail, and which our present system favors. The business of importing merchandise has fallen rapidly and permanently into the hands of foreign manufacturers and merchants, and our own citizens are deprived of a lucrative employment in consequence of these systematic frauds. In the last annual report from this department several tables were inserted, to illustrate the effect of the substitution of duties on the foreign value of merchandise in place of specific duties. Tailing two as examples of the operation of our present system, the attention of the Senate is invited to the result, viz : Madeira wine. For five months ending 30th November, 1846, under specific duties, average value per gallon For seven months ending 30th June, 1847, under ad valorem duties, average value per gallon For the year ending 30th of June, 1848, under ad valorem duties, average value per gallon Foj; the year ending 30th June, 1849, under ad valorem duties, average value per gallon . . . . . For nine months ending 31st March, 1850, under ad valorem duties, average value per gallon - $1 09 41 48 54 48 m Doc. No. 11, Brandy. * Por five months ending 30th November. 1846, under specific duties, average cost per gallon - $1 .07 Por seven months ending 30th June, 1847, under ad valorem duties, average cost per gallon 92 Por the year ending 30th June, 1848, under ad valorem duties, average cost per gallon , • 82 For the year ending 30th June, 1849, under ad valorem duties, average cost per gallon 65 For nine months ending 31st March . 1850, under ad valorem 1 duties, average cost per gallon 64 From inquiries instituted by this department, it was clearly shown that • the value of these articles did not decline in the countries from which they were imported to the extent which the above tables would indicate; nor did the prices at which they were sold to consumers at all conform to the declared values in the invoices and entries. The particulars of many cases of the grossest fraud have been furnished to the department, and the evidence is conclusive that, so long as the present ad valorem system is continued, they will prevail. The appraisers in the seven principal ports, where alone any appraisers are employed, have been excited to labor and vigilance in the highest degree commendable, and have been sustained by the department in their efforts. There are, however, ninety five ports of entry where there are no appraisers. From these very few instances have been reported of the detection of frauds or undervaluations, while there is every reason to believe that they are as frequent at these ports as at others. The increase, annually, of new collection districts, without appraisers, opens new avenues for the introduction of foreign merchandise, without sufficient protection to the revenue. Many frauds have been detected, and the penalties imposed by law have been inflicted; seizures have been made; and, recently, prosecutions of the offending parties have been commenced. The facilities for ascertaining the true market value of the great variety of foreign, merchandise in the principal markets of the countries of production or manufacture are very limited at best, and are lessening rapidly, as merchants of known character are forced to abandon their business as importers. The means at the disposal of this department are entirely inadequate to such an examination of imports as will effectually suppress the systematic frauds known to be extensively perpetrated. In conclusion, I take the liberty to suggest that adequate remedies for these frauds can only be provided by acts of Congress; that mainly they attach to the system of levying ad valorem duties upon the market value of merchandise in foreign countries, which it is almost impossible for the officers of the customs to ascertain under the most favorable circumstances; and that, practically, very few of them pretend to accurate knowledge concerning them; that the longer this system is continued, the "weaker will become the restraints—the stronger the inducements to defraud the revenue. * Our dependence for revenue is now upon the receipts from duties levied upon the importation of foreign merchandise. The rates of dutyare fixed by law, but the values upon which they are imposed are left entirely to interested foreigners. I would, therefore, respectfully submit that many of the inequalities of our present system would, in my opinion, be remedied by the substitution of home for foreign valuation of dutiable merchandise. This change would place all importers upon an equal footing in respect to the .valuations for duty; it wquld both guard the revenue against most of the fraudulent practices complained of, and tend to its increase. Although the period of the adjournment of Congress has been fixed, and is now at hand, I venture to recommend that the change be made at the present session. Most respectfully, your obedient servant, THOS. CORWIN, Secretary of the Treasury. Hon. WM. R. KIN«, President of the Senate. Statement thoibing tke advances made at the offices ~ofthe United States appraisers, at New York and Boston, from January 10, 1849, to October 1, 1850; compiledfrom official returns. -v . t Number Number Number Number Number . Number Number of Advances tfftder 10 per cent o f tidvancen from 10 10 UQ ptr cent o f ad vances frpm £0 to 30- per cent of aflvatjewfrom .SO to i{) jper ocut of advances from 50 to 100 ror ccnt of advances from 100 to 200 per o n t of advances from 200 per ccnt. and upward - N e w York. 1849. 793 - 126 86 51 30 9 4 • . » 1,099 •• •• •» — j I860: Total. " 1,84* 1S8 157 94 55 15 4 1,053 62 71 43 256 Boston. ) I 1 I i i 1849. :. i i • 629 143 * 59 «5 .25 20 2 1850. ' ' , * Total. 598 84 34 46 24 .7 2 1,927 287 93 111 49 27 5 795 1,739 • 1,260 2,359 944 | — W h o l e i.umber of advances in N e w York . • > « . . . . . . . . f , W t t ^ e number of advanoes in Boston.. Total.....; 2,359 ],739 • 4,086 3 Doc, No. 11. gS y. CUSTOM H O U S E , BOSTON, Collector's Office, November IS, 1850. S I B * I return to you herein the papers that were enclosed to me in yo«v Ife't; c thj instant, regarding an importation of oranges into Ph-lsdcJjrhia in Feoruary last, and also a statement from our appraisers, showing the value at which this article has entered in New York, Philadelphia and Boston. You cannot fail to observe that this case affords a fair illustration of the inequality of the operation of the law of 1846, and the variance of appraisements at different ports, about which I wrote to your predecessor at length, under date of November 1, 1849. Respectfully, your obedient servant, P. GREELY, JR., Collector. H o n . T H O S . COR WIN, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington. APPRAISER'S OFFICE, Boston, November 15, 1850. , SIR: Agreeably to your request, I have examined and compared the invoices and entries of two cargoes of St. Michael's oranges, furnished by the collectors of Philadelphia and New York. I find they correspond with an importation at this port in March last. The fruit is identically the same in mark, quality and value; one cargo having been shipped by the St. Michael's .Fruit Company, from St. Michael's, on the 11th January, consigned to George McHenry, of Philadelphia; another on the 14th of same month to J. B. Ketching, of New York; and the third on the 23d February, to Dana Company, of Boston. The invoices are all in the same handwriting, and uniform in value, viz: 400 reis per box; equal, with commissions added, to 34 cents per box. At Philadelphia the oranges passed the custom-house at the invoice; at New York the appraisers raised the value to 700 reis, equal to 60 cents per box; this subjected the fruit to the penalty which was exacted and paid by the importer, without a demand for a reappraisement by two merchants, according to law. At Boston, the importer added on entry sufficient to raise the cargo to 700 reis, the value returned by the appraisers at New York. But a still further advance was made by the appraisers here of 69 reis jper box; making in all 769 reis, equal to 66 cents per box. I enclose copies of the original invoices, with a statement showing the irregularities of appraisements at the three ports. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, S A M . J. BRIDGE, Appraiser. PHILIP GREELY, JR., Esq., Collector, Boston. Doc. No. 11. 3 9 Invoice of one thousand sis hundred and scveniij-six American boxes of China oranges shipped on board the schooner Post Boy, Capt. Thomas Poingdestre,for account of the St. Michael's Fruit Company. C.—1,676 American boxes China oranges, at 400 reis The directors: V. L. VIEYRA. Added by custom-house, Philadelphia— Commission per cent. Milreas of the Azores At 83J- cents is Equal to 34 cents per box. S T . M I C H A E L ' S , January 1 1 , - - : 67O||4O0 \' 16||?6® . - 687||160 $572 63 1850. Invoice of one thousand seven hundred and ninety American boxes of China oranges shipped on board the schooner King Alfred, Captain. Michael Knia, for account of the St. MichaePs Fruit Company, bound for New York. « —1,790 American boxes China oranges, at 400 reis - 716jj009 The directors of the company: V. L. VIEYRA. Added by custom-house, New York— Commission 21 per cent. - . - . 17|j900 733;i900 Added by appraisers at New York— 1,790 boxes oranges, at 300 reis per box Commission 2\ per cent. Milreas of the Azores . . At 83£ cents, is Equal to 60 cents per box. S T . M I C H A E L ' S , January 14,.1850. . 537,000 13,425 . - - 550,1425 l,2S4j|325 $1,070 2T Invoice of two thousand one hundred and fifteen American boxes of China oranges shipped on board the brig Lavinia, Captain John Keller, for the account of the St. MichaelFruit Company, bmnd for Boston. <3.—2,115 American boxes China oranges, at 400 reis The directors: V. L. VIEYRA. - 846^000 Dk>c. No. 11. 100 fAdded by custom-house, BostonCommission 2^ per cent. - 21j|l50 867||150 Added by importer before entry— 2,115 boxes oranges, at 300 reis per box Commission 2A- per cent. 634,500 15,862 650)1362 l,517j|512 Added by appraisers at Boston— 2,115 boxes oranges, at 09 reis per box Commission 2^ per cent. - 145,935 3,648 149j|583 1,667||095 $1,389 25 Milreas of Azores At 83£ cents, is Equal to 66 cents per box. ST. MICHAEL'S, April 23, 1850. Statement of three cargoes St. Michael's oranges entered at Philadelphia Aew York, and Boston. IPort of entry. Date of entry. ' N a m e of vessel. February 2T, 1850 ! Post Boy. .. February 15, 1850 ! King Alfred. March 30,1850 Lavina. . . . Philadelphia New York.. Boston;.... N o . of b o x e s . 1,676 1,790 2,115 Total.. 5,581 Average 1,860 COMPARISON. Philadelphia.,860 boxes oranges, at 400 reis commission 2h per cent. 744^000 1-8,600 762,600 = New York.—1,860 boxes ©ranges, at 700 reis commission per cent. $635 5§ 1,302,000 32,550 1,334,550=: $1,112 1& 101 [ r Doc. No. 11. Boston. —1,860 boxes oranges, at 769 reis commission percent. - 1,430,340 35,758 1,466.098= Difference between appraisement at New York and appraisement at Philadelphia - $1,221 7^ $1,112 12 635 50 $476 62—75 p. ct Difference between appraisement at Boston and appraisement at Philadelphia - 1,221 75 635 50 586 25—92 p. ct Difference between appraisement at Boston and appraisement at New York - 1,221 75 1,112 12 109 63—10 p. ct December 6 , 1 8 5 C . SIR: I have the honor to fiirnish you the number of acres of public land sold annually, in the years 1847, 1848, and 1849, giving the amount received from sales; also, the number, as nearly as can now be ascertained, of acres selected by the States for internal improvements, located by military land warrants, &c., for each of said years, with the value-thereof, at $1 25 per acre. With great respect, 3. B U T T E R F I E L D , Commissioner. GENERAL LAND OFFICE, HON. SECRETARY Years. 1847. 1848. 1849. Total. OF T H E TREASURY. Acres sold. Receipts. Acres selected, located, &c. Valuation, at SI 25 pur acre. 2,521,305.59 1,887,553.04 1,329,902.77 $3, S96,404 08 2 , 6 2 1 , 6 1 5 26 1 , 7 5 6 , 8 9 0 42 1,162,180 3,158,867 4,667,934 $1,452,724 3,948,584 5,834,917 5,738,761.40 7 , 6 7 4 , 9 0 9 76 8,988,981 11,236,225 • Aggregate sales, die ; it ere.;. Ag^re^ate, receipts und valuation, at $1 25. 3,683,485.59 5,046,420.04 5,997,836.77 $4,749,128 08 6,570,19.9 2 6 7,591,807 $2 14,727,7.42 40 1 8 , 9 1 1 , 1 3 4 76 X - N o . I, Statement exhibiting the quantity and value of bar iron, pig iron, and old and scrap iron, imported annually from 1821 to 1850. Y e a n ending— September 3 0 , 1 8 3 1 . . . September 3 0 , 1 8 8 2 . . . September 3 0 , 1 8 2 3 . . . September 30, 1 8 2 4 . . . . September 3 0 , 1 8 2 5 . . . September 3 0 , 1 8 2 6 . . . September 30, 1 8 2 7 . , . September 30, 1 8 2 8 . . . September 30, 1 8 2 9 . . . September 30, 1 8 3 0 . . . September 30, 1 8 3 1 . . . September 30, 1 8 3 2 . , . September 30, 1 8 3 3 . . . September 2 0 , 1 8 3 4 . . . Sfptetrtber 30, 1835. . . September 30, 1 8 3 6 . . . September 30, 1 8 3 7 . . . September 30, 1 8 3 8 . . . September 30, 1 8 3 9 . . . September 3fl, 1 8 4 0 . . . September 30, 1 8 4 1 . . . September 30, 1 8 4 2 . . . http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9 montha to June 3 0 , 1 8 4 3 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Bar, manufactured by rolling. Cwt. 386,778 634,139 698,013 115,809 85,0i0 88,741 162,152 205,897 66,408 138,981 <344,918 427,745 560,566 577,927 566,204 933,514 956, 792 723,486 1,205,697 656,-574 1,261,118 1,231,985 315,157 Value. #1,213,041 1,864,868 1,891, 635 240,727 224,497 223,259 347,792 441,000 1J 9 , 3 2 6 5=226 , 336 544, 6G4 701,549 1,002, 750 J, 187, 236 1,050,152 9,131,828 2,573,267 1,825,121 3,181,180 1,707,6*9 2,172,278 2,053,453 511,283 Cwt. 425,966 492,998 467,515 440,200 C67,84') 589,638 613,865 466,359 763,002 722,486 635,698 6 JO, 584 658,752 626,512 426, 389 711,151 376,3*1 592,108 390,236 125,681 Value. $1,205,856 1,563,146 1,590,350 1,323,749 2, 141,178 1,884,049 1,730,375 1,960, 166 1,929,493 1,837,473 1,742, 883 1,641,359 1,891,214 2,017,346 1,166, 196 2,054,094 1,689,831 1,614,619 1.04K4JW 337,550 Old and scrap iron. Pig iron. Bar, manufactured otherwise. Cwt. 2,313 16,309 34,093 35,118 69,937 22,771 22, 499 '138,967 203,025 186,601 222,265 245,917 170,822. -282,571 243,830 250, 154 1T0.31T 245,353 373,881 77,461 Value. Cwt. Value. #3,444 36,513 67,004 46i 881 93,025 28.811 25,614 160,681 222,303 217, C68 270,325 289,779 272,978 422,929 319,099 285,300 TT4,5GJ 2-23,228 295,284 48,251 19,963 32,746 12,806 24,353 15,33 i 8, 739 11,783 IT,142 15,670 13,713 3,157 $24, 035 33, *43 11,609 S8 T 224 18,3911 7, 567 10,161 i 15,749 10,537 8,207 2,743 X 1—Continued. - • r • , . • IRON' Years ending— June June June June June June 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 Bar, manufactured by rolling. Cwt. Value. 757,824 1,023,772 482,176 803,676 1,611,786 3,469, 142 4,959,022 $1,065,582 1,691,748 1,127,418 2 ,1 2 9 ,4 8 9 3,679,598 6,060,068 7,397,166 Cwt. 236,451 363,530 436,569 308,223 403,127 211,964 294, 132 Treasury Department, Register's Offiot, December 10, 1850. Pig iron. Bar, manufactured otherwise. Value. $583,065 872,157 1,165, 429 854,708 975, 214 525,770 744,735 Cwt. 298,880 550,209 483,756 557,114 1,032,641 2,112,649 1,497, 487 Value. $200,522 506,291 489,573 554,486 815,415 1,405,613 950, 660 Old and scrap iron. Value. Cwt. 42,663 116,950 47,247 37, 871 132, 6CT) 189,001 202,090 Total value. . $43,396 119,740 56, 534 40, 699 140,037 144,424 161,981 $1,892,565 3,189,936 2,838,954 3,57>, 383 5,610,264 8,135,875 9,254,542 TOWNSEND HAINES, -Register. X—No. abatement exhibiting the quantity and value of bar iron manufactured by rolling and otherwise, pig iron, and old and scrap, imported annually from 1843 to 1850, inclusive, and also the average cost per ton and the estimated amount of duties which accrued on each during the same period. BAR IRON MANUFACTURED BY ROLLING. T o n s and cwt. During 9 month* to June 8 0 , 1 8 4 3 During year to June 30, 1845 During year to June 30, 1846 During 5 months to November 3 0 , 1 8 4 6 Dining year to June 30, 1848 15,757 37,891 51,188 24,108 8,098 32,085 81,589 173,457 247,951 I 1 17 j 04 12 16' 08 08 06 02 1 03 j Value. |511,282 1,065,582 1,691,748 1,127,418 431,316 1,695,173. 3, 679,598 6,060,068 7,397,166 Average cost. Rate of duty. • $33 28 33 46 53 52 45 34 29 45 12 05 76 63 83 10 93 83 $25 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 30 per cent. 30 do 30 do 30 do Duties. $393,946 947,280 1,279,715 602,720 202, 460 508,551 1,103,679 1,81?, 020 2, 319,149 25 00 00 00 00 90 40 40 80 X 2—Continued. B A R I R O N M A N U F A C T U R E D O T H E R W I S E T H A N BY R O L L I N G . T o n s and cwt. During 7 mon'lis to June 30,1847 Durirg year to Juue 30, 1849 t. 6,254 11,822 18,176 21,328 10,413 4,998 20,156 10,598 14,706 01 11 10 09 02 01 07 04 12 Value. $327, 550 583,065 872,157 1, 16.>, 429 5^8,322 266,386 975,214 525,770 744,735 Average e s t $52 49 47 54 56 53 48 49 50 37 32 99 63 50 30 38 61 64 Rate of duty. $17 00 ' 17 00 If OU 17 00 . 17 00 30 per cent. 30 do 30 do 30 do Duties. $106,318 200,983 209,000 362, 513 177,022 79,915 292,564 157,731 223,420 85 35 50 65 70 80 20 00 60 X 2—Continued. P I G IRON. T o n a and cwt. During 9 months to June 30, 1843 During year to June 30, 1845 During year to June 30, 1846 During During During During 7 months to June 30,1847 year to June 30, 1848 year to June 30, 1849 year to June 30, 1850 3,873 14,944 27,510 24,187 4,478 23,477 51,632 105,632 74,874 01 00 09 16 05 09 01 09 07 Value. $48,251 200,522 506,291 489,573 82,398 472,088 815,415 1,405,613 950,660 Average cost. $12 13 18 20 18 20 15 13 12 46 42 40 24 40 11 79 30 69 Rate of duty. 30 30 30 30 $9 00 9 00 9 00 9 00 9 00 per cent. do do do Duties. $34,857 134,496 247,594 217,690 40,304 141,626 244,624 421,683 285,198 45 00 05 20 25 40 50 90 00 X 2—Continued* OLD A N D S C R A P IRON. T o n s and cwt. Value. Duties. Average coat. Rate of duty. V1. During year to June 30, 1846 During year to June 3 0 , 1 8 4 8 During year to June 30, 1849 157 2,133 5,847 2,360 250 1,643 6,630 9,450 10,104 14 03 10 07 03 08 00 01 10 $2,743 43,396 119,748 66,534 5,831 34,868 140,037 144,424 161,981 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 $17 20 20 23 23 21 21 15 16 43 34 48 95 32 22 12 28 03 30 30 30 30 #10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 per cent. do do do $1,578 21,331 58, 475 23,603 a , 501 10,460 42.011 43,327 48,594 50 50 00 50 to 40 10 20 30 Statement exhibiting the quantity of bar, pig, and old and scrap it.on,, reduced into pounds r>imported during the years 1840, 1842, 1844, 1846, 1848, 1 849, and 1850, and the quantity, per capita, of such importations during these y6ars respectively. Iron. o Year ending-. Population. 17,069,453 18, 155,5(51 19,241,670 20,327,780 21,413.890 21,956,945 22,500,000 September 30, 1840. September 30, 1842. June 30, 1844 June 30, 1846 June 30, 1848 June 30, 1849 June 30, 1850 165.323,44^ 241,711,213 161,440,768 178,776,943 397.897,096 714,327,913 840,334,285* Sc »1) 9 cu « ts a 9.68 13.31 8.40 8.79 18.58 32.53 37.35 Treasury Department, . Register'< Offict, December 10,1850. TOWNSEND RAINES, Register. 110 Dk>c. No. 11. Y. Statement exhibiting the aggregate value of breadstuff's and provisions exported annually from 1821 to 1850, inclusive. Breadstuffs and provisions. Year ending September 30, 1 6 2 1 . Do Ido 1822. Do do 1823. Do do 1824. Do do 1825. Do do 1826. Do do 1827.. Do ..do 1828.. Do .do 1829.. Do do 1830.. Do do 1831.. Do do 1833. Do do 1833. Do do 1834. Do do 1835. Do do 1836. Do do 1837. Do do 1838.. Do do 1839.. Do do 1840.. Do .....do 1841.. Do do 1842.. 9 m o n t h s ending J a n e 30, 1 8 4 3 . . . . , Year ending J u n e 3 0 , 1 8 4 4 Do do. . . 1 8 4 5 D o . . . . . . . d o . . , 1846. D o . . . . ...do...1847. D o . . . . . . . d o . . . 1848., D o . . . . . . . d o . . . 1849. D o . . . . ...do...1850. Value. $12,341,901 13,886,858 13,767,847 1'>,059,484 11,634,449 11,303,496 11,685,556 11,461,144 13,131,858 12,075,430 17,538,227 12,424,703 14,209,128 11,524,024 12,009,399 10,614,130 9,588,359 9,636,650 14,147,779 19,067,53& 17,196,102 16,902,876 11,204,123 17,970,135 16,743,421 27,701,121 68,701,921 37.472,751 38,155,507 26,051,373 \ 535,207,285 TAXASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Office, November 12, 1850. TOWNSEND HAINES, Register. /Statement txhibiting the quantity and value of cotton, tobacco, and rice, exported annually, from 1821 to I860, inclusive. Years. Value. Pounds. 1831. 1822, 1823, 1824. 1825 1836 1827, 1828 1829, 1830, 1831, 1833 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1639 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 11, 344, 066 ' 11, 250, 635 12, 136, 688 9, 525, 722 9, 665, 278 5, 972, 852 15, 140, 793 11, 2*-8, 419 12, 833, 307 8, 147, 165 311, 762 8, 743, 373 I t , 142, 987 085, 937 752, 7:j6 84!), 597 286,971 286, 340 107, 404 779, 669 237, 424 254, 099 515, 079 099, 076 Hogaheada. Value. Tierces. Value. Pounds. 113,549,339 133,424,460 161,586,582 132,843,941 166,784,629 198, 562,563 279,169,317 139,302,044 252,003,879 290,311,937 268,668,022 313,471, 749 3(3,555,617 376, 631,970 379,606,256 415,781,710 438,924,5G6 5-8,665,957 408,516,808 735,161,392 523, %f>, 676 577, 46:3,9ib 784,782,027 657,534,379 $20,157,484 24,035,058 20,445,520 21.947.401 36,846,649 25,025,214 29,359,545 22,487,229 26,575,311 2!), 674,883 25,289, 492 31,724, 682 36,191,105 49.448.402 64,961,302 71,284,925 63,240,102 61,556,811 61,238,982 63,870,307 54, 330, 341 47,593,4R4 49,119,806 54,063,501 66,858 83,169 99,009 77,883 75, 984 64,098 100, 025 96,278 77,131 83,810 86,718 106,806 83,153 87,979 94, 353 109, 042 100, 233 1(,0, 593 78,995 119,484 147,828 158, 710 94,454 163,042 $5, 648, 962 6,222,838 G, 232, 672 4, 85.), 566 6, 115, 633 5,347,208 (j, 5 7 7 , 1 2 3 5, 269, 960 4,982,974 5,586,365 4,892,388 5,999,769 5, 755,968 6, 595,305 8, 250, 577 10,058,640 5, 795, 647 7,592,029 9, 832,943 9,883,957 12, 576, 703 9. 540, 755 4,650,979 8,337,255 88,221 87,089 101,365 113,229 97,015 111,063 133,518 175,019 132,923 130, 697 116,517 J 20, 327 144,163 121,888 110, 851 213,983 106,084 71,018 93, 320 ioi,6(;o 101,617 114,617 106,766 134,715 4,1,494, 3i > 7 J, 553, 482 1,820, 985« 1.832, 932 1,925, 245 1,917, 445 2,343. 9;,<s 9.. G20, 6f!6 2. 514, 370 1, 98i!, 824 2, 016, S«7 2,152, e:-!i 2,74-3. US 2, 123; 2,210, 331 2, 548, 750 2, SOU, 279 1,721, 819 % 460, 193 1,94'?, 07'i 2 , 0 . 0 , 107 1,907. 2>-7 1,625, 7:?i; 2, 182; 4(k> a o Z—Continued. • COTTON, JUfcE. TOBACCO. | ! Years. Sea island. Other. »- Value. Pounds. ' Hogsheads. j I 8 f 0 • • < t l l l l . M M I I t . i l ' 9,389,625 9,388,5?3 6,293,973 7, 72-1,1 ;iH 11,969,2;!) 8,230, 4( 3 I 863,516,371 538,169,522 520,925, 985 806,550,283 1,4'J 4, 633,0J0 627,145,141 $51,739,643 42,767,341 53,415,848 61,998,294 Ii96,9f7 71,984,616 147,163 147,998 • 135,762 130, 665 101,5,1 143,729 , t7,469,819 8,478,270 .7,242,086 7,551,122 5,804,207 9,951,023 ' ., » ! Pounds. - 1845«••«•••••••«•••»«•*• 1846••••••••»••«••••«••• 1847 1 8 4 8 « « • . • • . » • • « , 1849.••••••.•««••••••*•• Value. Tierces. Valtie. 118,621 321,007 144,427 ! 100,403 ; •J28,661 ! : 127,069 : 160,456 2,564,901 3,605,"89 5 2,331,824 2,569,362 2,631,557 .• —»-• T r e a i u k t Department, Register's Office, December 10.1850. ' T O W N S E N D H A I N E S , Register. © O o J L—No. 4. Statement exhibiting the value of foreign merchandise imported, re-exported, and consumed annuqUy from 1821 to 1850, inclusive; and also the estimated population, and rat- of consumption per capita, during the same penod. Value of foreign merchandise. CO Yeara ending- Population. Imported. Re-exported. Consumption per capita. Consumed and on hand. O O p September 30 .1821. 1822. 1823. 1824. 1825. 1826. 1827. 1828. ' 1829. 1830. 1831. 1832. 1833. 1834. 1835. 1836. 1837. 1838. 1839. 1840. 1841. 1842. $65,585,724 83, 241,511 77,579,267 80,549,007 • 96,340,075 84,974,477 79,484,068 88,509,824 74, 492,227 70,876,920 103, 191, 1:24 101,029,266 108, U 8 , 3 l l 126.521,332 149,895,742 189, 980, o:ir. 140,989,217 113,717,404 162,092,132 107,141,519 127,946, 177 100, 162,087 $21,302,488 22,286,202 27,543,622 25,337,157 32,590,643 24,539,612 23, 403,13C ' 21,595,017 16, 658,478 14,387,479 20,033,526 24,039,473 19,822, 735 23,312,811 20, 504, 495 21,746,360 21,854,962 12, 452, 795 17,494,525 18, 190,312 15.499.0W l l ; 781,538 $41,283,236 60,955,309 50,035,645 55,211,850 63,749,432 60,434,665 56,080,932 66,914,807 57,834,049 56,489,441 83,157,598 76,989,793 88,295,576 103,208,521 129,391,247 168,233,675 119, 134,255 101,264,609 144,597, 607 88,951,207 112,447,096 88,440,549 9 , 9 GO, 974 10,283,757 10,606,540 10,929,323 11,252,106 ll,574f889 11,897, 672 12,220,455 12,543,238 12,866,020 13,286,364 13,706, 707 14,127,050 14,547,393 14,967, 736 15,388,079 15,808,422 16,228, 765 16, 649, 108 17,069,453 17,612,507 18,155,561 $4 14 5 92 4 71 5 05 5 66 5 22 4 71 5 47 4 61 4 39 6 25 5 61 6 25 7 09 8 64 10 93 7 53 6 23 8 68 5 21 6 38 4 87 © CO No. 1—Continued. Value of foreign merchandise. Population. Years endingImported. 9 months to June 30, 1843. 18144., Year to June 30 1845., 1846., isp.'.; 1S49.' -1850., 164, 753,799 108, 435,035 117, 254,564 121, 691,797 r 146, 54. », 638 154, 998,928 147, W>7, 4.TJ 178, 136,318 Treasury Department, Register'j Office, November 29, 1850« Kc-exported. $6,552,707 11,484,867 15,346,830 11,346,623 8,011,158 21,132,315 13,088,865 14,951,808 Consumption per capita. Consumed and on hand. $58,201,092 96,950,168 101,907,734 110,345,174 138,534,480 133, 860,613 134,768,574 16J, 184,010 18,698,615 19,241,670 19,784,725 20,327,780 20,870,83.5 31,413,890 21,956,945 22,500,000 TOWNSEND HAINES, Register. L—No. 3. Statemerit of the amount and value of American cotton-wool exported from, the United Stales to Great Britain, from 1844 to 1848, inclusive; also, the amount and value of cotton-woof and the value of cot ion manufactures, exported from Great Britain during the same period, as appears from official statements. Yeare. Am't of cotton-wool Average Value of cotton • wool A.mH of cotton-wool Average Value of cotton-wool Value of cotton maexported from the price. exported from the exported from Gt. price. exported from Gt. nufactures exportU. States to Great U- States to Great Britain. Britain. ed from G. Britain. Britain. Britain. Pounds. 184 4 184 5 1846.. 184 7 1848 4*6,729,222 605, 144,786 316,158, 667 351,268,7<J9 572,003, 127 Cents. Dollars. rounds. Cents. Dollars. 8.13 5.9 8 10.2 7.32 39,591,351 35, 675, 859 27,707,717 35,841,265 41,925,258 37,222, 560 42,916,384 65, 930, 704 74,954,336 74,019, 792 10.13 7.9 10 12.2 9.32 3, 770, 645 3, 390,394 6,593,070 9,144,428 (5,898, 644 Treasury Department, OftictoJ Commissioner of Customs, December 6, 1850. Dollars. 32 33 40 99 61 124,897,884 126,417,562 123,903,157 112,932,809 109,777,008 32 04 84 00 00 B O n © L—No. 4. Oi Value of exports of cotton-wool and cotton manufactures from the United Stales for five years. 1846. 1850. 1849. 1848. 1847. Countries to which exported. Russia Prussia Sweden and Norway Swedish W e s t Indiea Denmark Danish Weat Indies Hanse T o w n s Hanover Holland Dutch East Indies Dutch W e s t Indies Dutch G u i a n a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belgium Great Britain Gibraltar Malta British East Indies Cape of Good Hope Mauritius Honduras British Guiana British West Indies. British American c o l o n i e s . . . . . . . . France : French W e s t Indies French Guiana Miquelon and French fisheries.... Cottonwool. Cotton manufactures. Cottonwool. $523,616 |405,210 11,090 189,391 " ' 6 2 ,'609 j 557,276 45,981 371 l ] 069,'(>95 ! 277,500 7,739 7,996 10,381,318 248 6,815 Cottonwool. 1i *963 $852,198 'ih'.m ' i,348 1,331,525 765 41,925,258 7,865 11,07?-' 3,502 , 770 66,432 39,665 5,800 20,457 1,539 13,442 14,669 2,407 216 11,428,850 6,759 . 197 2,585 * 11 i 574* 102 431 • 9 607 1, 514 1,747,660 817 ,801 413 .433 259 166 ,804 ,789 374 ,865 4,041 35*603 " '46^831 140,933 26,534 1,206 228,399 24,329 28 47,444,899; 3 3 324 4 "'2|272 " 5 2 9 ] 096 "7681798 "389'l'i6 $1,253 302 ''862^536 342,9471 6,046! 10,185,713| Cotton manufactures. $540,422 4,917 412,132 $1,947 i [439,045 81,626 7,508 227 Cottonwool. Cotton manufactures. "482*474 $342 7,944 "i95,'i08 1,003,519 I 524,042!.., j27,707,717j "a'tioi 35,841,265 72,118 6,761 14,545 7,421 77,575 321 37,699 24 15,881 10,634 Cotton manufactures. $1,224 $3,758 474 27,108 11,238 163 Cottonwool. $975,304 8,750 382,780 " 3 6 0 ,'277 2,116 4,674! 10,080,465! Cotton manufactures. 1,356,899 2,591 48,884,453 3,223 14,163 1,981 124,267 580 58,562 9,444 13,275 248,316 "'5,876 30 1,143 50 2,169 6,026 310,265 3,428 43,671 4,441* 14,395,449 24,115 248,163 539 11,b74 « © O A o rt » »•"» • ». Jurt QflJirCaunrf<n. . *md Pk»kppttie istaad*. 744,643 1,041 1,490 ibor Spanish We»t Indies >rt«g«l . Udena Fayal and other Apores. CajWde Verds. 70,400 47,J Tuscany Trieste and other Austrian ports Turkey, Levant, &c Hayii ; Mexico Central Aoierica "3*313 908,157 i 347,726 Nfcw Grenada.... Venezuela Brazil Cisplatine tepublid Argentine republic. ,.r. 5,655 China West Indies generally..... . Europe generally Asia generally Africa generally ' South seat! and Pacific ocean. South America generally..... Texas 750,567 38,978 414,931 J773 14,588 390 645 800 1,117,159 27,37.6 52,274 73,816 44,783 1,057 54,187 457,861 9,480 9,666 981,984 Paru, 1,260 • Sardinia Total. 303,551 6,002 10,031 813,606 259,614 149,089 117,045 19,052 59,298 33 ,056 37 ,919 59 ,512 31 ,084 1 ,663 39 ,323 597 ,314 20 ,028 14 ,638 33,087 1,030 ,541 67 ,746 1,419 ,909 481 41,391 ' 17^885 3.Q45 440 116,446 34,926 498 3,830 435,718 639,821 501 24,201 2,400 165,987 342,905 1,045 1,649,924 3,165 844,796 6,933 87,347 33,077 170,899 1,516,807 363 13,310 31,480 2,386 131 706,966 48,107 164,994 CWH 1,326,633 7,664 139,473 131,267 85,325 35,101 314,469 8,256 1,527,720 36,411 32,762 952 4,808 103,913 3,170,086 19,006 100 12,004 24,421 5,347 1,482 ^5 9,913 39,365 39,558 943,878 10,430 6,087 21,032 611,054 9,147 32,709 1,076,261 61,852 850 1, 691,959 1,372 238,713 162,289 86,466 33,125 150,988 45,085 21,600 22,099 37,758 493,566 19,075 194,346 1,166,750 41,840 40,281 1,095,283 1,602 310,921 164,647 79,395 63,374 833,654 6,711 152,910 7,334 1,543 189 70 1,037,621 100,580 264,992 304,678 157,553 17,674 25,8/0 62,340 533,187 1,0^3 169,922 594,691 74,275 1,203,997 278,776 146,300 35,099 12,661 42,767,341 3,535,481 53,415,84®4,082,523 61,998,294 5,718,105 66,396,967 4,933,129 71,984,616 4,734,424 118 Doc. No. l i : a No. 4.— Value of the exports of cotton manufactures from Great Britain and the United States irfthe year 1848. • Countries to which exported. United States Great Britain British territories, East I n d i e s . . . . , British settlements in A u s t r a l i a . . . , British North American provinces. British W e s t Indies. Gibraltar Hanse Towns Turkey Holland Italy. Brazil China Portugal, Madeira, and Azores. Russia Mexico Buenos Ayres Chili Peru Foreign W e s t Indies. Egypt France Africa Asia Belgium Kingdom of Greece. Syria and Palestine. Java Malta Ionian islands Wallachia and Moldavia.. Cape of Good H o p e . . . Channel islands < Hanover... Sweden Norway Denmark Prussia Mecklenburg Spain and the Balearic islands Spain and the Canaries Mauritius Philippine i s l a n d s . . , South sea islands, Central America N e w Grenada Venezuela Ecuador Oriental republic of U r u g u a y . Dutch East I n d i e s . . . . Cape Verd islands. Ascension and St. Helena .' Morocco Persia Hayti South America Argentine Republic Cisplatine Republic. Honduras Russian settlements, northwest coast of America. Other countries .':..:. From Great Britain. From United States. $8,291,036 $28 14,703,295 679,957 1,911,015 1,941,972 2,668,403 12,089,313 10,701,467 7,547,166 6,775,840 5,123,261 4,604,025 3,889,365 3,390,579 2,337,448 1,110,610 2,506,829 2,271,339 1,640.271 1,871,265 372,568 1.154,949 1,281,331 1,092,954 1,144,756 1,113,262 827,838 608,784 743,554 614,989 429,593 580,833 312,702 180,962 360,449 47,490 145 39,847 148,016 308,608 514,516 lv7,272 263,813 . 841,317 153,592 9,922 339,012 11,693 9,234 68,045 15,846 324,403 .57,789 21,864 3,817 39,365 611,054 1,691,959 4,808 "*943,'878 1,076,261 61,852 60,084 162,289 238,713 3,801 4,433 30,411 86,466 10,430 <J,037 21,032 102,431 9,943 39,568 33,125 32,709 9,147 22,259 4,602 38 8,199 109,777,008 5,718,205 o C M «3 si « . £ ••3 8 ' Ot3» ®d, e g o .5® a.® £ h-5 O ® <n En S b sc. . ^ K.2 £S • <U u ** - e, « o °1 oS . «2 -a,S S X — o sa « 5® C Cm ©O o o « . O 3 Doc. 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H C I l H ^f» of oo ocTus a t - r-^co t - x - I Mof -iH I -t-^cT® 1 I-l—t «s>no>n>ni OCOCT—'CTUSOCi — COCT ' : ao a? -— — co i eta ( > X CO nootti • CO o c •OCT O US 35 ^ CIX COi^^Tqo csTcs« os o o o us o coos' oc < us ad- I!i O— X CT I ~ "" —' — "" ~ CO t~OCO tot- < 00 «-< SO C5 x oj OU5CI co of ^ ^ CO ^ co aZt- o t-®.C5 X t^OO h h H SC MH TH f fHl f- lnrOt H O rCt H tOO ^O tMO nM rt O ^- W ft rl rmI ~' r-> t US USCO f - CT I X PJ t - X US ~ l O l O O O t - N v C I ' • X CO us 05 00 33 X < OCT eo CO CT ; O cs t - o i - t - o i ^ o o ' a v r ' o i • c; —< fO O —' CT • ->r » —O U S 1 — < U S O ' 33 U S f« — • coi-^c .us — US X f» O < o us us c > r— I- o 35 CO < CT t - I xeousooCTt«-o»«psiJso CT Oi co e*3 ( 1 35 t—US X x'cj >35 us — < » o—<CTPs-^uscat-oooso US x x x x x x s o x x x ® Doc. TCo. l l . 120 No. 6. Statement exhibiting the value of dutiable merchandise re-exported annually from 1821 to 1850, inclusive, and showing, also, the value reexported from warehouses under the act of August 6, 1846. Dutiable value of merchandise reexported. Years. 1821. $10,537,731 11,101,306 19,846,873 17,222,075 22,704,803 19,404,504 15,617,986 13,167,339 11,427,401 12,067,162 12,434, 483 18,448,857 12,411,969 10,879,520 7,743,655 9,832,867 9,406,043 4,466,384 5.007,698 5,805,809 4,228,181 4,884,454 3,456,572 3,362,508 5,171,731 5,522,577 1822. 1823. 1824. 1825. 1826. 1827. 182S. 1829. 1630. 1831. 1832. 1833. im. 1835. 1836. 1837. 1838. 1839. 1840. 1841. 1842 1843. 1844. 1845. 1846. 1847, 5 months, to November 30 1847, 7 monihs, to June 30 $2,333,527 2,020,380 4,353,907 6,576,499 6,625,276 7,376,361 1848, 1849, 1850, Total in 30 years . . . 301,092,531 Average per annum. 10,036,417 * From warehouses in three years and seven months. Treasury Department, Register's Office, December 10, 1850. . . # M . N O U R S E , Acting Register. Doc. No.Ihm No. 7. Statement showing the value of goods remaining in warehouses at the close of each quarter,from the 30th of September, 1847, to the 30th of June, 1850, as exhibited by the quarterly returns of the collectors of the customs, under the provisions of the act of the 6th of August, 1846j and also the amount of duties payable thereon. • Goods remaining in warehouses. Periods ending— Value. September 30, 1847 December 31, 1847 March 31,1848 June 3 0 , 1 8 4 8 September 30, 1848 December 31, 1848 March 31, 1849 June 30, 1849 September 30, 1849 December 31, 1849 March 31, J850 June 3 0 , 1 8 3 0 . . . . . Total Average quarterly value Duties. S3,618,758 4,863,591 5,291,179 6,272,275 5,419,676 7,201,246 5,450,593 7,830,010 6,021,627 6,163,151 5,600,318 8,247,055 $1,264,624 1,524,887 1,669,067 1,936,464 1,649,182 2,152,544 1,702,639 2,501,394 1,927,754 1,997,536 2,009,165 3,077,129 55 16 39 00 85 50 37 35 72 75 33 80 71,979,479 23,412,390 7 7 5,998,290 1,951,032 5 6 Treasurt Department, December 10, 1850. TOWNSEND HAINES- Register. L—No. 4. Statement exhibiting the value of hempen goods imported annually, from 1821 to 1850, inclusive. Manufactures of hemp. Cotton bagging. Years ending— Sail duck. September 30, 1821 1822 1823 182 4 182 5 .. 182 6 182 7 1828 182 9 1830 1H31 1832 1833. 183 4 183 5 183 6 183 7 183 8 183 9 184 0 184 1 184 2 N i n e months to June 30, 1843 $894,276 1,524,486 1,024,180 990,017 677, 151 856,474 766,310 1,091,749 362,333 317,347 470,030 776,191 860,323 720,780 828,826 662,652 540,421 683,070 760,199 615,723 904,493 516,880 236,965 Sheeting, brown TiekJenburgs, osijaburgs, and white. and burlaps. $226,174 332,842 472,826 673,735 405, 739 470,705 336,124 352, 483 247,865 250,237 351, 499 346,027 327,518 400,000 426,942 555,141 541,771 325,345 535,789 261,173 325,167 110,782 83,503 $37* 338 381.063 411,667 353,826 604,674 531,709 563, 665 514,645 366,320 648,891 300,000 337,011 392,194 384,716 362,725 483,269 <.329,054 539,772 187,006 58,699 Square yards. 693,775 4,470,775 2,204,822 3,346,427 3,667,121 2,729,835 688,015 207,906 803, 489 1,421,185 1,962,920 7,054,789 13,203,095 3,431,675 1,670,337 2,093,693 2,986,075 6,786,889 4,855,255 1,410,628 Value $111,436 637,023 274,973 366,913 408, 626 274,073 69, 126 18,966 87,966 158,681 217,260 924,036 1,701,451 429,251 173, 325 220,023 310,211 733, 678 4$1,824 105,493 Other m a n u f a o tures of hemp. *60,G18 33,408 48,909 60,293 43,052 52,505 133,103 122,009 84,114 40,«22 21,955 39,032 54,459 55,467 47, 292 97,436 71,994 73,271 37,042 41,849 Tgtal value. $1,120,450 1,857,328 1,497,006 1,873,144 2,134,384 2,062,728 '1,883,466 2,500,584 1,468,485 1,333, 478 M'7,149 1,660,618 2,036,035 1,679,995 2,555,847 3,365,897 1,951,626 1,591,757 2,096,716 1,588,155 2,566,381 1,278,534 526,503 Year to June 30, 1 8 4 4 . . . . 4 . 1845...... 1846 1847...... 184 8 184 9 1850 Trbasury Department, 350,317 272,031 217,162 200,215 106,730 64,010 380,518 125,783 68,386 49,546 52,353 13,670 305,593 . 153,094 117,331 5,972 10,396 27,525 121,368 251,905 63,067 305,71-2 201,211 184,856 }05,329 101,053 187,121 . Rrguter's Qgice, Dtctmber 10, 1850. 60,066 1,695,868 1,551,044 79,965 133,189 298,918 1,453,348 2,914,304 TOWNSEND RAINES, RegiiUr. L—No. 4. Statement exhibiting the quantity and value of hemp and cordage imported annually, from 1821 to 1850, inclusive. hemp an1) cordage. Years ending Hemp, unmanufactured. .Cwt. September 30 1821 1822 1823 182 4 1825 « 1826 182 7 1828 1829 1830 183 1 183 2 1833 183 4 183 5 1836. 1837 1838.. 183» 1840........... 1841........... 1842..... 9 months, to June 30, 1 8 4 3 . . . . . . . ; . . . Year, to June 30, 1844.... •»«> 86,192 178,503 115,735 94,846 76,817 88,116 100,566 161,604 95,195 30,782 51,909 150,739 94,026 102,211 102,163 147,190 84,965 81,391 87,461 93,788 72,962 39,730 36,269 50,752 28,155 Value. $510,489 1,054,764 674,454 485,075 431,787 551,757 635,854 1,075,243 655,935 200,338 295,706 866,865 470,973 514,743 528,981 815,558 483,792 512,506 607,766 686,777 561,039 267,849 228, h82 262,365 145,209 Cordage, tarred, and cables. Pounds. Value. 931,697 1,725,142 1, 424,900 489,877 858,438 1,505,167 1,127,109 2,164,096 1,848,254 1, 437,735 684,507 2,459,391 3,012,738 3,395,598 2,157,071 1,866,773 754,582 1,441,464 1,881,152 1,480*933 1,813,045 1, 019, 740 381,013 1,124,526 1,114,839 $107,867 147,321 122,277 19,170 42,646 77,186 56,162 109,454 97,436 71,291 33,522 116,389 142,538 147,805 81,594 82,561 34,108 75,142 106,902 89,504 112,995 66, 548 26,570 68,349 67,209 Cordage, untarrcd, and yarn. Pounds. 49,230 105,086 119,107 85,236 81,629 109, 775 152,826 105,725 79,129 148,509 160,727 152,551 147,613 262,655 194,914 30,901 379,014 1,408,247 390,806 258,643 319,829 415,963 Total value. Value. $4,923 10,393 7,413 6,339 6,744 8,868 8,114 6,344 3,999 10,543 6,759 5,766 5,984 12,180 0,917 2,331 13,434 68,936 19,491 6,826 14,817 22,391 $618,356 1,202,085 796,731 509,168 484,826 636,356 698, 355 1,191,441 762,239 279,743 335,572 987,253 624,054 669,307 616,341 904,103 530,080 597,565 716,999 789,715 742,970 353,888. 262, $78 345,531 334,609 % © 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 31,131 9,545 27,157 86,892 85,394 180,281 56,377 187,905 491,633 579,814 805,509 763, 655 3,13H, 920 1.887,4*2 2,040,091 47,289 46,711 223,904 129, 120 139, 75 J 825,828 388,727 287,874 252, 271 1,884,400 38,618 20,881 15,622 17,290 117,626 266,188 123,969 427,431 638,043 837,191 T r e a s u r y Department, REGISTER'S Office, December JO, 1850. TOWNSEND HAINES, Register. No. 10. Statement exhibiting the value of certain articles imported, during the years ending on the 30th of June, 1844, 1845, 1846,1848,1849, and 1850, (after deducting the rc exportation;) and the amount of duty which accrued on each during the same periods, respectively. 1845. 1844. 1846. Articles. Value. Woollens Cottons Hempen goods Iron, and manufactures of Sugar H e m p , unmanufactured.. Salt. Coal Total Duties. Value. Duties. Value. Duties. $9,408,2*9 13,236,830 865,427 2,395,760 G,897,245 261,913 892,112 203,681 $3,313,495 4,850,731 213,862 1,607,113 4,597,093 101,338 654,881 133,845 810,504,423 13,360,729 801,661 4,075,142 4,049,708 140,372 883,359 187,962 $3,731,014 4,908,272 198,642 2,415,003 2,555,075 55,122 678,069 130,221 $9,935,925 12,857,422 696,888 3,660,581 4,397,239 180,221 748,566 336,691 $3,480,797 4,865,483 138,394 1,629,581 2,-713,866 62,282 509,244 254,149 34,161,217 15,472,358 - 34,003,356 14,671,418 3 2 , 8 1 3 £33 13,653,796 No. 10—Continued 1848. 1850. 1819. Articles, Value. Woollens Cottons Hempen goods Iron, and manufactuies o f . Sugar H e m p , unmanufactured... Salt Ccal Total. Value. Duties. $15,061,102 17,205,417 GOG,900 7,060,470 8,775,223 180,335 1,027,666 426,997 ,196,007 ,166,673 121,380 ,118,141 ,6.12,567 54,100 205,531 128,099 $13,505,720 15,182,518 460,335 9,189,743 7,576,303 478,232 1,424,529 387,370 $3,726,989 3,769,294 92,01,7 2,756,923 2,272,891 143,470 284,906 50,344,100 13,622,498 48,204,750 Treasury Department, Register's Office, December 2,1850. Duties, Value.. DGtiea. 116,211 $16,900,916 19,685,936 520,2&2 16,232,013 6,332,068 574,783 1,227,518 361,855 $4,682,457 4 898,475 104,046 4,896,604 1,899,620 172,435 245,504 108,557 13,163*751 61,835,321 16,980,698 TOWNSEND HAINES, Register. Doc^JJokii. No. 11. COTTON. Sea Island. Other. Tot»l. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. 11,344,066 11,250,635* 12,136,688 9,525,722 9,665,278 5,972,852" 15,140,798 11,288,419 12,833,307 8,147,165 8,311,762 8,743,373 11,142,987 8,085,937 7,752,736 7,849,597 5,286,971 7,286,340 5,107,404 8,779,669 6,237,424 7,254,699 7,515,079 6,099,076 9,389,695 9,388,533 6,293,973 7,724,148 11,969,259 8,236,463 113,549,339 133,424,460 161,586,582 132,843,94k 166,784,629 198,562,563 279,169,317 199,302,044 252,003,879 290,311,937 Value. 268,668,022 313,471,749 313,555,617 376,631,970 379,606,256 415,781,710 438,924,566 588,665,957 408,516,808 735,161,392 523,966,676 577,462,918 784,782,027 657,534,379 863,516,371 538,169,522 520,925,985 806,550,283 1,014,633,010 627,145; 141 124,893,405 144,675,095 173,723,270 142,369,663 176.449,907 204,535,415 294,310,115 210,590,463 264,837,186 298,459,102 276,979,784 322,215,122 324,698,604 3^4,717,907 3S7,358,992 423,631,307 444,211,537 595,952,297 413,624,212 743,941,061 530,204,100 584,717,017 792,297,106 663,633,455 £72,905,996 547,558,055 527,219,958 814,274,431 1,026,602,269 635,381,604 $20,157,484 24,035,058 20,445,520 21.947.401 36,846,649 25,025,214 29,359,545 22,487,229 26,575,311 29,674,883 25,289,492 31,724,682 36,191,105 49.448.402 64,961,302 71,284,925 63,240,102 61,556,811 61,238-, 982 63,870,307 54,330,341 47,593, 464 49,119,806 54,063,501 51,739,643 42,76Z, 341 53,415,843 61,998,294 66,396,967 71,984,616 Treasury Department, Register's Office, December 10, 1850. TOWNSEND HAINES, Register. [rDoc. No. 11. 129 No. 12. • Statement of the coinage of the mint and branch mints of the United Stales, from the commencement of their operations until October 31, 1S50. 1 . M I N T OF T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S A T P H I L A D E L P H I A . cold coinage. Period?. Pieces. 1793) 1794 > 1795 S 1796... 1797.. 1798.., 1799.. 1800... 1801.. 1802... 1803 . 1804.., 1805.. 1808... 1807.. 1803.. 1809... 1810.. 1811... 1812.. 1813... 1814 . 1815... 1816.., 1817... 1818 . 1819... 1820... 1821... 1822.., 1823... 1824... 1825... 1826... 1827... 1828... 1B29... -1830... 1831... 1832... 1833... W34... 1835... 1836... 1837... Pieces. Pieces. , "2,795 ""8,101 ""6,934 8,323 7.974 17,483 25,965 29,254 15,090 8,979 9,795 ' " 6,'i96 3,609 24,867 7,451 11,622 Pieces. 963 859 614 480 26,006 53,176 33,506 30,475 33,183 64,093 84,093 55,578 33,875 100,287 99,581 58,087 95,428 15,454 635 48,588 51,723 263,806 34,641 17,796 14,485 17,340 29,060 18,069 24,913 28,029 57,442 126,351 140,594 157,487 193,630 732,169 371,534 553,147 2v7,121 2,612 423 3,327 1,781 1.616 6,'812 2,710 6,448 2,600 4,434 760 2,800 "*3,'403* 4,540 4,520 4,400 4,160 117,370 131,402 547,986 45,030 1 8 0 D o c . N o . 11. No. 12—Continued. M I N T OF T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S A T P H I L A D E L P H I A — C o n t i n a e d . GOLD COINAGE. Periods.. a 184 3 184 4 1845. 1846 184 7 1848 1849 1850—to October 1. 784,270 Pieces. 7,200 38,248 47,338 63,131 81,507 75,462 6,361 26,153 20,095 862,264 145,484 653,618 291,451 Total. 784,279 2,450,904 Pieces. 1 8 38 1839 1 8 40 184 1 1 8 42 X Piecff. 286,583 118,143 137,382 15,833 27,578 611,205 340,370 417,099 395,942 919, 781 260,775 133,070 64,491 7,662,091 Pieces. i 47,030 27,021 18,859 2,823 100, 546 6, 784 91,051 21,598 29,814 8,886 23,294 180,603 1,460,409 [ Doc. No. 11. r 131 No. 12—Continued. M I X T OP T H E UNITED STATES AT PHILADELPHIA—Continued. SILVER Perots. 1793) 17;t4} 1795 ) 17y (J 1?97 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 15)04 . . . . 18i>5 1806 1807 *.. 18u8 1809 1810 1811 181 > Ibt.i 1814 . . . 1815 . 1816 1817.. 1818 1819 1820 1821.. . 1822.. . . 1823 . 1 8 >4 1825.... 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833.... 1834 1836 1837 1831+ 1810 184 1 1842 1843 1844 ... 1815 1846 1817 .. 1843 1849... 1850—to Oct 31 Tetal COINAGE. Hollars. Half dollars. Cluai tei- dollars Dimes. Pieces- Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. 204,791 , 72.9-20 7. 7"t> .'i-7, o.'ili 4-2:1, 515 220,920 54, 454 41,650 6-i,t!«i 19, 570 321 30,589 29, SitO 31,715 156,519 211, m 839, 576 1,051,576 1,3«8, 6< '0 1, 405, H10 1, 278, 276 1,2< 3,64 4 1, (>28,059 5,894 252 6,738 121,394 205, 124 220,643 1,000 3(10 61.005 173,000 184,618 165, ICO 20,000 24,5'>0 110,600 140,750 15,000 6=!, 600 7,500 2,405,490 119,160,326 22,135 25,261 27, 550 10,230 44,527 21,760 34, 640 10,975 33,04' > 8,265 120,180 24,000 33,910 13,010 37,850 15,600 165,000 44,710 6,355 65,180 421,500 1,039,075 47,150 1,215,567 1,960.322 2,208,000 751,122 1, 305, 797 1,5 i9.573 1,6:14/200 3,504,954 2 , 9 4 3 , 166 4,004,180 5.193,400 3.075,200 3,712,156 4,761,800 5,873,660 4, 797. ('00 5,206.000 6.412,004 5,352,006 6,516,200 3. 629, H20 3,516,000 3,314,561 1,435,008 310,000 2,01-2,764 3,844,000 1,76«,000 589,000 2,210,000 I, 156,000 5b0,000 1,252,''(JO 227,000 Pices. 86,41S 323,144 3,918 Half diir.es. 69,232 20,003 361,174 144,000 127,444 216,851 64,080 17,800 942,597 1,186,512 100,000 440,000 168,000 510,000 4,000 102,000 1,215,000 125, OoO 770,000 510,000 771,350 522,500 485,000 635,000 1,410,0 0 1,190,000 1,042,000 1,992, 500 1,053,115 1,358.580 1,622, 5'•(» 1,887,500 1,370,000 72,500 1,755,000 31,300 245,00 451,500 8'<9.000 1,641,500 1,230,010 1,240, IM)0 1,242,700 9<;s. 0"0 1,370,0001,480, Oi'O 2,76r>, 000 1,90'>.000 2,276,000 2 , 2 5 i . 001 \ 1,069,15* 1,344,085 1,150,000 815,00© 1, 165,000 430,000 1,561.000 27,000' 1,271,000 CG-,000 1,309,000 66 j, 000 27,182,085 28,464,473, 398,000 320,000 156,000 286,000 1,953.000 472,000 252,400 8*2,0(!0 49', 146 188,1*7 120,0'!0 8*,000' 645,600 421,200 922,000 510,000 734,000 146,000 340,000 124,000 11,254,102 132 •c. 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No. 11. No. 12—Continued. 2. B R A N C H M I N T A T N E W O R L E A N S . m Double eagles. e «01 m 0> a E "Siti c. e> 03 "u aS 3 of i Ptriods. 97,500 Total 97,500 Pieces. Pieces. . Fleets. 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850—tc October 31 . 32,500 K 35(1 16,400 179,075 364,60'I 41,000 £8,000 12,000 4,500 27,300 1 7 5 ,( 6 2 118,700 47,501) 81,780 511,500 35,850 23,900 57,500 Pieces. j Gold dollare. gold c oik age. Puces. 17,346 26,20') 7,180 19,800 290,002 66,000 124,000 215,001* 82,000 1,143,592 769,925 632,528 215,000 B R A N C H M I N T A T N E W ORLEANS—Continues;. silver coinage. of Pieces. 1838 1839 1840 184 1 1842 184 3 184 4 184 5 1846 184 7 1848 1849 1850—to October 3 1 . . . Total, Pieces. 115,000 815,000 367,000 957,000 2,268,000 40,000 2 ,0 0 5 ,0 0 0 2,094,000 2,304,000 2,584,000 3,180,000 2 ,3 1 0 ,0 0 0 1,898,000 99,000 20,897,600 59,000 Pitces. 426,100 452,500 769,000 518,000 740,0U0 B Pitces. 205,000 690,000 1,241,0110 2,007,500 1,950,000 150,000 Pieces. 35,000 460,000 909,000 815,000 350,000 * 220,000 " '23O!66O 368,000 606,000 3i2,66o 300,000 440,000 140,000 500,000 3,585,600 7,213,500 4,029,000 W Doc. Np. 11. No. 12—Continued; T O T A L OF N E W O R L E A N S B R A N C H M I N T . Periods. 1338 1839 . . . , 1840 . . . / ; 184 1 1842 1843 1844 184 5 1846 184 7 1848 1840 1850—to October 31. Total. Number. 240,000 1,282,346 3,449,800 3,660,030 4,089,500 3,580,139 3,448,300 2,412.500 2,568,780 3,C5'),500 3,815,830 2.988,900 3,427,000 38,622,645 43,365 223,000 94,700 404,500 3,371,000 3,010,000 680,000 1,272,800 6,085,000 358,500 454,000 2,730,000 Dollars. 22,2'0 149,500 683,575 538,125 883,250 1,278,500 1,198,500 1,070,000 1,211,000 1,384,000 1.620,000 i;i92,000 1,136,000 18,731,865 12,366,700 Dollars. Dk>c. No. 11. 136 No. 12—Continued. 3. B R A N C H M I N T A T C H A R L O T T E , N O R T H CAROLINA. Total. G o l d coinage- Period;). 3838... 1 8 39 1 8 40 1841 184 2 184 3 1844 1845". 184 6 184 7 184 8 1849 1850 to October 31 Total.... 8,642 26.036 11,622 Number. 20,760 41,640 31,e£8 31.748 36,122 70,449 35,553 Dollars. 84,165 162,767 127,055 133,037 159,(05 287,005 147,210 00 50 00 50 00 00 00 12,995 84,151 64, 472 64,823 46,905 4.603 23.226 16,788 10,220 9,148 11.634 6.9C6 17, 603 107,377 81,260 66,677 63,019 76,895 478,820 364,330 361,299 264,361 00 00 00 00 00 445,624 159,732 18,600 C23,95G Pieces. 12, 886 23,467 18.994 21,467 27,4?0 44,353 23,631 Pieces. 7,894 18,173 12,834 Pieces. 10,281 2 , 6 4 6 , 0 5 0 00 4. BRANCH M I N T AT DAHLGN'EGA, GEORGIA. Total. Gold coinage. Periods. Cf 1 8 38 1839 1 8 40 184 1 1 8 42 184 3 184 4 184 5 1 8 46 184 7 1848 184 9 1850 to October 31 Total.... Piece.*. 20,583 18,939 23,896 30,695 59,608 93, 450 89,054 90,629 80,294 64,405 47,465 39,036 37,334 700,388 Pieces. Cu Pieces. 13,674 3.532 4,164 4,643 36,209 17,332 19,460 19,303 15,784 13,771 10,945 9,175 21,588 7,158 Number. 20,583 32,613 27,428 34,859 64,251 134, 659 306,386 110,089 99,597 80,189 61,236 71,569 53.667 167, S92 28,746 897,126 Dollars. 102,915 00 3 , 9 5 0 , 6 6 6 00 128,880 00 1-28,310 163,885 309,647 582,772 488,600 501,795 449,727 361,485 271,752 244,130 216,765 00 00 50 50 00 00 50 00 50 50 50 w •ssbuiod aadjoq •a3eu:oo i3A]ig •aSsuioa pjof) 2 £ c »- ® © » P 5 « C tO tn co co T <£> 1-CCfflO h C i -5T IfJ ousts® CtTr; ' t o ofoj T o lis CO to fif U5C! —^CO CD ^ fN OJ P5 f^ c 'C 00 00 H- 1 [rDoc. No. 11. Ch •O^BUIOO j o ;aa«i9Duaiuraoo ' s OS a 60 -J: ^O o = ••f * J*S |3 Sfcoc 137 I S3 O u ej c s o cc o qj O si £ Doc. 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No. 11. caoir.intosc W 33 N c- O — t - ' CJ rf cf t-^" to -r cT cT i "f r-1 CO <N Of CO t- t- to Oi T O r1-1 ~ 1-1 o! —i— CO COT.CC O o © lo — ?! c m — t- l-T— Oi _ — CO SO CO « 1—I t- LO CO C5 ci t- o tocttr.C5oC2 ao of ro oww nt - n tCtOctOs 00 c o i c - c rto' o c T o xT o to o —, a,-. — _ o—.*cmo 00000000000)0000 00 00 00 30 00 rtHrll-l^rtHHHIHnH 141 142 o O ushuo o i n s o to ot— oi t - ro ac —«CJ era CM v t- c* — cj lo fff eo o<o sT oT C» t - C» —I k.1 m h eo —i to o —i oo — h ^ ncd g ici ) ^t* 0150 so oof00 8 cj 15 3 bjB 2 a S > $ dj: -c ^S -13 5 Sk&OQ Doc. No. 11- £ o H Doc. No. II. 148 No. 14. Expenses of the mint and branches to October 31, 1S50. PHILADELPHIA MINT. Periods. Expenditure. $23,799 22 13,000 00 50.150 90 14,000 00 7.0O0 00 26,672 93 32,481 43 35.151 44 37,766 09 19*572 20 i{fi,874 42 9,335 08 9,104 48 31,721 85 14.234 00 25,614 00 12.158 36 28,999 96 17.975 80 16,804 62 11,988 17 23,644 44 45,379 85 38,500 00 42,60S 33 36,975 00 31,850 00 45,850 00 17,150 H) 14,139 12 Periods. 1824 1825.....'. 18-;6 1827 18*8 182 9 183 0 183 1 1-32 1833.. 1834 183.") 18'iG 183 7 183 8 1839 1840, 184 1 184 2 1^43, to June 30. 1843-4 1844- 5 1845- 6 1846-7 1847-8 1848-9 1849-50, to October 31 Total Expenses of the mints—Continued. nktt orleans mint. charlotte hint. dahlonega mint. Periods. Expeftiture. *7,679 60 87,163 48 69,227 50 63,674 18 52,819 92 49,769 07 .52,319 10 58,541 04 54,380 46 52,129 69 50,946 82 54,027 90 61,691 57. 64,867 09 Total. 779,237 42 Expenditure. 916,836 14,590 13,875 11,525 30 28 17 95 11,070 86 11,221 10,471 3,767 7,839 11,358 11,238 11,529 8,638 41 95 50 53 46 56 02 16 143,963 15 Dk>c. No. 11. 144 No. 15. Statement exhibiting the amount of coin and bullion imported and exported annually, from 1S21 to 1S50, inclusive; and also the amount of importation over exportation, and of exportation aver importation, during the same years. coin and bullion. Excess of Years ending Imported. Exported. 1829. 1830. 1831. 1832. 1833. 1834. 1835. 1836. 1837. 1838. 1839. 1840. 1841. 1842. 9 months to June 30,1843. Year to June 3 0 . . . . 1844. 1845. 1846. 1847. 18 48. 1849. 1850. $8,064,890 3,369,846 5,097,896 8,379,835 6,150,765 6,880,966 8,151,130 7,489,741 7,403,612 8,155,964 7,305,945 5,907,504 7,070,368 17,911,632 13,131, 447 13,400,881 10,516,414 17,747,116 5,595,176 8,882,813 4,988,633 4,087,016 22,320,335 5,830,429 4,070,242 3,777,732 24,121,289 6,360,224 6,651,240 4,6-28,792 $10,478,059 10,810,180 6,372,9H7 7,014,552 8,797,055 4,704,533 8,014,680 8,243,476 4,924,020 2,178,773 9,014,931 5,656,340 2,611,701 2,076,758 6,477,775 4,324,336 5,976,249 3,508,046 8,776,743 8,417,014 10,034,332 4,813,539 1,520,791 5,454,214 8,606,495 3,905,268 1,907,739 15,841,620 * 5,404,648 • 7,522,994 Total. 263,449,873 193,390,048 September 30 1821. 1822. 1823. 1824. 1825. 1826. 1627. 1828. Exportation over importa* tion. Importation over exportation. $2,413, 7,440,334 1,275,091 $1,365,283 "2," 646,'290 "2* 176*433' , 136,250 "*753,735 "2,479,592' 5,977,191 251,164 4,458,667 15,834,874 6,653,672 9,076,545 4,540,165 14,239,070 j. j. J. '. j. . i. ' 1,* 70S, 956 3,181,567 465,799 5,045,699 726,523 20,799,544 376,215 4,536,253 127,536 22,213,550 9,481,396 "i,246,592 2*894,202 112,290,606 42,230,781 Treasury Department, Register's Office, December 2, 1850. TOWNSEND HAINES, Register. Doc. No. II. No. 16. ' Statements exhibiting the quantity and value of wines, spirits, tyc., import ul annually, from 1843 to 1850, inclusive; and also showing the ; • foreign cost pergallon under specific and ad valorem duties. No. 1.—MADEIRA-WINE. • Period of importation. Gallons. 9 months, ending Jane 30, 1843 Year end;ng June 30, 1844 Year ending June 30, 1845 Year ending June 30, 1846 5 months, ending November 30, 1846. 7 tnonihR, ending June 30. JS47 Year ending June 38, 1848 Yeat ending June 30, 1849 Year ending June 3 0 , 1 8 5 0 Value. Average cost per gallon. Duty. • 3,949 16, 754 101,176 109,797 117,117 13,606 44,634 193,971 303,125 §9,075 39,575 145,237 122, £95 128,613 5,717 2 L 630 lOo, 302 150,096 $2 1 1 1 1 23.8 82.5 43.5 11.9 09.8 41.4 48 4 54.3 49.51 Specific. Ad valorem. • No. 2.—SHERRY 9 months, ei.ding June 30, 1 8 4 3 . . . . . Ye^r ending: June 30, 1844 Year ending; June 30, 1845 Year ending June 30, 1846 5 months, ending November 30, 1846 7 months, ending June 30, 1847 Year ending June SO, 1848 Year ending June 30, 1849 Year ending June 30, 1850 4,685 18,665 23,616 26,538 14,543 77,521 215,935 170,794 212,092 WINE. $6,491 23,418 38,289 41,761 26,194 56,061 109,983 128,510 118,952 §1 1 1 1 1 38.5 25,4 62.1 57.0 79.5 72.3 50.9 75.2 56.08 Specific. SO 60 6 48.1 50.4 35.4 43 26.2 35.4 24 6 27.36 Specific. Ad valorem. No. 3.—SICILY W I N E . 9 months, ending June 30, 1843 Year ending June 30, 1844 Year ending June 30, 1845 Yfeur ending June 30, 1846 5 m in:hs, ending November 30, 1846. 7 mon'hs, ending June 30; 1847 Year ending June 30, 1848 Year ending June 3 1849 Year ending June 3'J, iS50 14,579 31,180 110,590 209,131 21,281 92,611 190,294 130,851 91,123 $6,617 15,000 46,033 74,000 8,933 24,230 67,364 32,231 24,933 Ad valorem^ No. 4.—PORT W I N E , I N CASKS. 9 month* ending June 30. 1 8 4 3 . . . . . Year ending Tune 30, 1844 Ik Year •mi ins June 30, 1 8 4 5 . . . ^ Year ending June 30, 1846 5 months ending No* ember 30, 1846 7 month* ending June 30. 1817 . . . . Year « . d i n g June JO, 1848 Y«*»r vRdyng June 30, 1849 Year ettdktg June 30, 1&5D....- 1* 38,593 223,615 260,593 372,528 80,991 8,075 501,123 711,268 626,211 #25,714 156,878 162, 358 148,895 62,851 3,791 170,134 278,700 305,454 $0 66.C 70.2 62.3 40 77.6 47 34 3* 3 48.77 Specific. Ad Yafereife 16 Doc. No. 11. No. 16—Continued. No. 5.—CLARET, IN CASKS. Period of importation. tenths ending June 3 0 , 1 8 1 3 ur ending June 30, 1846 ionthe ending November 30, 1 8 4 6 . . onths ending June 36, 1847 ir ending June 30, 1848 ir ending June 39, 1850 Gallons. Value. 873,895 993,198 1,851,862 951,351 294,433 591,656 1,227,071 1,912,701 1,919,766 $134,598 218,239 249,633 249,703 111,453 119,844 221,416 263,836 267,445 ' I ! 1 j « i ; i Average cost per gallon. Duty. SO 1 5 . 4 0 21 97 23.73 26.24 37.85 20.26 18.04 13.79 13.93 Specifis. $0 1 7 . 6 5 28.90 33.19 30.65 22.14 23.16 22.24 18.10 Specific. $0 2 2 . 7 7 27.98 35.69 43.96' 48 25.08 23 21.62 19.79 Specific. $8 5 5 . 4 0 77.52 75.79 87.13 1 07.30 92.35 82.84 65.28 64.14 Specific: Ad valorem. No. 6.—OTHER R E D WINKS. Bnths ending June 30, 1843 r ending June 3 0 , 1 8 4 4 340,387 495, 588 954,646 1,072,589 539,454 781,078 994,458 1,469,256 r ending June 30, 1846 : pnths ending November 3 0 , 1 8 4 6 . . onths ending June 30, 1847 t ending June 30, 1849 r ending June 30, 1850 $60,696 143,210 316,821 328,814 119,411 i€Q, 928 221,177 265,988 No. 7.—OTHER W H I T E B n t h s ending June 3 0 , 1 8 4 3 B ending Jane 30, 1814 B ending June 30, 1846 B n t h s ending November 3 0 , 1 8 4 6 . . B n t h s ending June 30, 1847 B ending J une 30, 1848 B ending June 3U, 1849 B ending June 30, 1850 1 WINES. $28,205 75,090 211,183 310,241 296,736 69,831 193,358 210,139 215,353 Ad valorem. No. 8 — BRANDY. H •filths ending June 30, 1843. . B e n d i n g June 30, 1844 I ending June 30, 1845 I ending June 3 0 , 1 8 4 6 I oths ending November 3 0 , 1 8 4 6 . . 1 nths ending June 3 0 , 1 8 4 7 . . . . . . . I ending J u i e 30, 1848 1 ending Jans 30, 1849 I ending June 30, 1850. 123,832 268,414 591,735 705,808 618,267 278,482 840,687 971,895 1,088,801 A d valorem. 1 9 f , 832 782,510 1,081,314 963,147 331,108 623,309 1,370,111 2,064,091 4,145,802 $106,267 606,633 819,540 839,231 355,451 575,631 1,135,089 1,347.514 2,650/537 • A d valorem. [rDoc. No. 11. 147 No. 16—Continued. ' N o . 9 — G R A I N SPIRITS. Period of importation. Gallons. 9 months ending June 30,1343 Year ending June 30, 1844. Year ending June 30, 1845 Year ending June 30, 1846 5 months ending November 30, 1846.. 7 months ending June 30, 1847 Year ending June 30, 1848 Year ending June 30, 1849 Year ending June 30, 1850 259,129 416,918 606,311 677, 785 136,323 327,635 676,683 796,276 751,183 Valus. S121,547 171,015 262,543 345,352 86,073 143,549 327,493 327,957 361,078 Average cost per gallon. Duty. $0 46.91 41.02 43 30 58.95 63.14 43.81 43.40 41.19 48.07 Specific. SO 23.7 37.07 29.12 36.92 44.08 35.96 33.21 26.87 33.57 Specific. Ad valorem. N o . 1 0 — O T H E R SPIRITS. 9 months ending June. 30,1843 Year ending June 30, 1844 Year ending June 30,1845 Year ending June 30,1846 5 months ending November 30,1846 7 months ending June 30,1847 Year ending June 30,1848 Year ending-June 30,1849 Year ending June 30,18E0 135,399 210,477 270,484 221,344 65,477 160,747 228,671 542, 492 339,169 $32, 095 j 78, 027 i 73, 957 81, 713 I 23, >•>62 57, 806 i 75,' 943 I 145, 784 113, 779 Ad va]or3m. N o . 11.—BEER, A L E , A N D PORTER FROM E N G L A N D . 9 months ending June 30,1343 Year ending June 30,1844 Year ending June 30,1845 Year ending June 30,1346 5 months ending November 3 0 , 1 3 4 6 . . 7 months ending June 3 0 , 1 8 4 7 . . . . . . . Year ending June 30,1848 Year ending June 30,1849 Y«ar ending June 30,1850 63,612 107,489 79,302 117,621 46,146 132,157 130,008 146,473 156,735 $57,098 102,157 73,729 110,397 42,987 67,305 101,171 118,233 129,957 $0 89.76 95.04 92.97 94.71 93.15 50.93 77.82 80.72 82.92 Specific. Ad valorem- N o . 12.—BEER, A L E , A N D PORTER FROM S C O T L A N D . |i9 months ending June 30,1843 ;Year ending June 30,1844 Year ending June 30,1845 Year ending June 30,1846 •j5 months ending November 30,1846.. '7 months ending June 30,1847 .Year ending June 30,1848 'JYear ending June 30,1849 IjYear ending June 30,1850 7,423 19,236 26,711 38,464 2,151 15,375 39,282 52,297 52,856 $6,335 18,343 21,294 39,831 1,895 8,657 21,533 30,088 41,790 $0 85.34 95.36 79.72 1 03.55 88.1 56.31 54.05 57.53 79.07 Specific. Ad valorem. gS No. 11. Doc, No. 16—Continued. e capitulat ion of the average cost of wines, spirits, and ale and porter. Wines, &c. 2.—Sherry 3.—Sicily 6.—Other red wines 7.—Other white wines 10.—Other spirits 11.—Ale and porter from England. 12.—Ale and porter from Scotland. Under specific Under ad vaduties. lorem duties. Difference. Equal to— Per gallon. Per gallon. $1 55.5 $0 4 8 . 4 63.62 1 52 5 47.3 28.4 63.3 41.8 16.5 25.3 27.6 21.41 35.68 22.37 80.63 . 76,15 45.37 49.06 32.4 34.18 73.1 93.13 61.74 90.41 Per gallon. «1 07.1 ' 88.88 18.9 21.5 8.8 6.19 13.31 4.48 3.69 1.78 20.03 28.67 Per eenU 63.9 58.3 39.9 33.9 34 21.6 37.3 5.5 7.5 4.6 21.5 31.7 reascry pltartmbmt, Register's Office, December 10,1850. TOWNSEND HAINES, Register. 149 [rDoc. No. 11. No., 17. BVREAU OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, Washington, November 4, 1850, SIR: Having been engaged, under the Treasijy Department, in 1 construction of several marine hospitals, it is deemed advisable, in trai mitting a report of the same, to famish a full and detailed narration, order that the department may judge correctly of the course that has be pursued. I have therefore the honor of submitting to your consideration the i lowing narrative of these several works, and estimates for their coi pletiou. 1 beg leave to call your attention to the suggestion in the report in r< erence to furnishing hospitals, for which purpose there is an ample exi ing appropriation. If it be the wish of the department that this bur© should attend to that duty lor the four hospitals it has erected and is nc erecting, your early directions in that respect are very desirable;. With great respect, your obedient servant, J. J. ABERT, Colonel Corps Topographical Engineers. Hon. THOMAS CORWIX, Secretary of the Treasury. MARINE HOSPITALS, Previously to the year 1848, the Treasury Department having to en a marine hospital at Louisville, Kentucky, applied for the services of officer of the, corps of topographical engineers, stationed at that place, superintend the work. The application being approved by the War I partment, Brevet Colonel S. H. Long was directed on the 8th May, 1& to take the directions of the Treasury Department in reference to tl work. Afterwards, in October, 1848, the Treasury Department being desire of availing itself in other cases of the services of the corps in the c< struction of marine hospitals, it was decided, after due conference a consideration of all effects and consequences, that officers of the coi were not to be detached for such purposes, but the bureau could take t directions of the Treasury Department in reference to them, and ca them into effect. Leaving, therefore, the case of the Louisville hospi as it had b«en already previously arranged, a letter was written to t Treasury Department from this office, dated 14th October, IS48, in whi it is said, "that under the approval ofthe course By the War Departme this bureau is ready to take charge of the construction ofthe marine h< pitals named in your letter (of the 11th.) It is only necessary now tl the Treasury Department should express its desire that this bureau shoi go on with the work." This desire being subsequently expressed, tl bureau took charge (being to that extent a bureau of the Treasury Depa ment) of the construction of the marine hospitals at Chicago, Lake Mic gan; at Paducah, on the Ohio; at Napoleon, on the Mississippi; and 150 Dk>c. No. 11. Natchez, on the Mississippi; andhds continued since then, and to that extent, a bureau of the Treasury Department for these buildings. The foregoing explanation is made in order to explain to you the reasons of addressing to you this report. I will now give a detailed account of each of these several works: 1. Marine hospital at Chicago.—The first appropriation for this work is in a law of August 3, 1S48, appropriating ten thousand dollars in its fevor, and requiring it to be located on the lands owned by the United States at-Chicago. The only lands owned by the United States at that place were certain lots reserved for the convenience of the light-house establishment, and certain other lots reserved for the convenience of the harbor works. These last were usually called the old Fort Dearborn site, and upon these last the site for the marine hospital was selected, which being approved, the plan of the building was digested and tlrawn. In conversing with the Hon. Mr. Walker in reference to the plan, and the probable cost of the Chicago hospital, it was conceded that its locality made it proper that the plan should be made to accommodate a greater number of patients than would probably be necessary at either of the other hospitals which the bureau had /to build, and that its cost would be proportionally greater; and in reference to those other hospitals, I assured him that, in my opinion, the sum ($30,000) which appeared to occupy his mind as a limit of cost lor each, would not prove to be sufficient; that I had not seen the estimates which had created this impression of cost, but, according to some trial estimates which I had made, my impressions were that every one of the hospitals, when completed and fit for use, would exceed that sum; that estimates should be closely examined to be properly understood, ip order to see what was contemplated to be done by the estimate. No doubt good and large buildings could be put up and covered in for that sum; but inasmuch as these buildings could not be used without numerous accessory structures, which could with, propriety be considered fixtures to such buildings, the cost of such fixtures became of necessity legitimate parts of a judicious estimate. I further illustrated my notions by reference to the well-known subject of railroads, in which the road-way could be made, bridges be put up, and therailbe laid for a given sum; but in this condition the road was of no use whatever^ and all its cost would be a dead loss, unless the necessary locomotives, passenger and train cars, watering places, station-houses, &c., were also provided. These, therefore, became legitimate parts of such estimates. There were similar accessories to marine hospitals,* independent of a mere building of certain dimensions, which became also legitimate parts of estimates for such establishments. He admitted that in reference to the greater size of the Chicago hospital, it was very probable its cost would exceed that of either of the others; but he urged me tcvuse my best efforts to keep the #ost of the others within the anticipated limit. With this understanding, the works were begun. The construction of the hospitals at Paducah, Napoleon, and Natchez were placed under the superintendence of Brevet Lieut. Col. Long, and the bureau engaged itself in preparing the plan for the hospital at Chicago. This was not completed until after Mr. Walker had left the office, and until the Treasury Department was under the direction of Mr. Meredith. After the plan for Chicago had been completed, my estimate so much exceeded the anticipated limit of the Treasury Department, that I deemed it advisable to consult other au 151 Doc. No. Ilt thorities. Without, therefore, saying a word of what in my judgmei the building would cost, the plan as prepared was sent to Neirnsee & Nei son, of Baltimore, with a desire that they would prepare an estimate i accordance with the plan. These gentlemen, it is well known, are amon the most accomplished architects of our country—of great experience a builders, and highly celebrated for the accuracy of their estimates, whic have been always found to accord with great nicety to actual expenditure! They spent great labor upon the estimate, enumerating every item of coi with singular care. This enumeration of items occupies thirteen pages < foolscap, and the total amount is $45,SOI 22, viz: Excavation and grading Brick work . Sheet roofing . . . Stone work Lumber and flowing Carpenter's work Plasterer's work and materials . Counter ceiling Marble work Hardware Copper and tin roofing and spouting Iron work of ail kinds Plumbing Painting and glazing Slate roofing - . - . . - - - - „ . - - - . . - $493 - 13,616 440 1,357 S,4S7 - 9,850 2,167 412 - 1,200 - 1,276 - 1,312 1,159 - 1,046 2,030 954 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 0 45,801 2i The plan of the Chicago hospital is 128 feet long by 90 wide; am without interfering with the officers which such an establishment require? with rooms for attending physician and nurses, kitchen, pantry, mesa room, <fec., <fcc., it can readily accommodate 180 patients; and withou inconvenient crowding, it can accommodate 240 patients. \ The estimate of this office had made the probable cost much neare: $50,006 than that of Neirnsee & Neilson, but it was deemed advisable t< assume the estimate of these gentlemen. Having pow the plans and estimates which were not prepared at thi time of the interview with the Honorable Mr. Walker, I waited with thesi upon his successor, the Honorable Mr. Meredith, with whom 1 had i similar conversation. He appeared also impressed with the opinion tha although no limit^of cost had been fixed by law, yet there seemed to be « general expectation that these buildings would not seriously differ in thei cost from $30,000 each. He appeared, however, satisfied that the grea and increasing wants of such a position at Chicago would necessarily involve a more extensive plan, and a greater cost; but with much cour tesy he added, that in these matters (to the extent of the number of hos pitals which the bureau was desired to build) much reliance had to b< placed upon the experience of the bureau; that I could go on, beini held rigidly responsible for the judiciousness of plans and the economy of e x p e n d i t u r e . Tiie work was therefore commenced. The officer o the corps stationed at Chicago was Lieutenant J. D. Webster. On th< W Doc. Np. 11. 30th October, 1848, Lieutenant Webster was informed of the site which had been selected for the position of the hospital; and on the 15th June, 1849, the plan for the building, which had been drawn with all its details in this office, and which had been the subject, as just narrated, of the interview with Mr. Meredith, was also sent. A copy of that letter is hereto appended, (No. 1,) and on the 25th June another letter was written to Lieutenant Webster, of which a copy is appended, (No. 2.) On the 10th July, further instructions were given, a copy of which will be found as appendix No. 3. On the 14th August, 1849, he was further instructed as exhibited in appendix No. 4. The letters exhibit the points of the correspondence up to that day, and the instructions which had been given. On the 9th of August, Lieutenant Webster reports: "In conformity with your instructions of 10th July, to contract for the masonry and carpentry of the marine hospital, I advertised for proposals to execute the masonry of the basement; proposing to separate that from the brick-work of the superstructure, because fevas apprehensive that I should not get for the whole job any considerable number of bids from respectable men. The time set in my notice has expired, and I have not as yet received a single proposal even for that limited portion of the work. I attribute this principally to the depression of business aiid enterprise, caused by the prevalence of the cholera. I have been very often told by intelligent men, well acquainted with business matters, that there is a general indisposition to engage in anything beyond temporary jobs or employment. Many of the mechanics have left the city. I have strong hopes that the epidemic has now passed its worst stage, and that we may soon look for a revival of confidence and enterprise. In the mean time I think we should save time by contracting for the stone, which could be readily done, because there are many canal boats lying idle, and the st.'ne are already quarried along the canal. There are many men who could undertake to furnish some hundreds of cords of stone, who would riot be disposed nor competent to contract for the execution of the masonry complete. I am still of the opinion heretofore expressed to you, that I can contract for the material and put it together by hired hands to great advantage, and I would, particularly under present circumstances, .recommend that course in reference at least to the making of the foundations arid basement." And in a letter of the 11th of the same month, he further says: " I wish to ad$ a few considerations to those mentioned in my letter of the 9th inst., relating to the method of executing the work on the marine hospital. There have recently occurred in this city several large and destructive fires. The buildings destroyed were mostly of wood; but, being within the 1 fire-limits,' will have to be replaced with brick. This circumstance, together with the revival of business after the cessation of the cholera, will produce great activity in the way of building, and the press of business on the hands of contractors will raise prices of work, but will -not materially affect the price of labor. Now, it is well known that mechanics and laborers would rather work for the government than for contractors, because their pay is more sure, and it is in cash instead of trade, or 'store-pay,' as it is called; so that, notwithstanding any press of business in the city, I could always command the services of the best mechanics at fair wages; and the same would be true, to a considerable extent, of supplies of all kinds of materials, fhese causes, then, that will Digitized for raise FRASER the price of the work if do^ie by contract, will not materially affect [ r Doc. No. 11. 153 it if dont by hired hands; and beside this, I do not see but tint we must do it in trie latter way, as hardly anybody seems disposed to bid. Since •writing ny letter of the 9th, I have received owe bid) but at much too high a rite, as I think. "I mich regret the delay caused by these unfortunate circumstances; but I think that it will not be of any ultimate disadvantage. My present expecta:ions are limited to the execution of the stone-work of the basements this fall; and if 1 can be authorized to procure the lumber by contract, cr otherwise, before the close o'f navigation, it can be piled so as to be seajoning, and very little if any time be lost. This I deem to be the best arrangement that can be made." On he 1st September, 1849, Lieutenant Webster reports: c: During the past ironth the excavation for the basement of the marine hospital was completed, and a contract made for the stone. During the present month the stcne for the masonry of the basement is to be delivered, and the work vill be vigorouMy prosecuted." And in a report of the 14th September, he says: 11 The work upon the marine hospital, also, at this city, has been retarded by an indisposition, owing, probably, in some degree to the prevalence of the cholera during the pas summer, on the part of builders and masons to contract for the execution of the work. After advertising for two weeks for proposals, I got no bids :or the mason-work of the basement story. A contract for the stone for this part of the work was then made and approved, and the work is now going oi well. The basement-walls will probably be finished this fall. The stoae is of excellent quality, and I hope to make good work of it. That paitof the wails below the surface of the ground, consisting of substantial nibble-masonry, will be laid in hydraulic mortar. The portion above ground will be faced with hammered stone in eight-inch courses. " The greatest difficulty in the matter of materials is to get the lumber sufficiently seasoned. This will be obviated by procuring the greater portion of it this fall, so that it can be dressed and seasoned during the winter. The delay of this work, although it might at first seem unfortunate, will be of much ultimate benefit, by enabling me to go on with a much fuLer understanding of the methods of business here, so that I can economise the appropriation to the best advantage, and at the same time secure the best quality of work." In a letter of November 5, 1849, he reports as follows: "The work on the marine hospital has gone on very satisfactorily, with but one or two trifling detentions. The foundations all around the building have been put in a substantial manner. .The mortar in which they" are laid is composed of two parts coarse sand, one part fine sand, one part common (Chicago) lime slaked, one part hydraulic lime (Oswego, N. Y.) This mortar sets well and is very tenacious. Great care has been taken to get down to a good bottom before commencing to lay the foundation wall; and as I found in the eastern end of the site a deposite of black mould, judged to be quite unsafe, the greater depth to which it was necessary to carry the trenches has somewhat increased the expense. Nearly enough stone to face the walls of the basement in the areas and above ground has been hammer-dressed, and a portion of it laid in the northern wall." His monthly report of 1st December, 1819, contains the following statement: "The work on the marine hospital was suspended on the 9th of last 154 Dk>c. No. 11. month. The stone-work of the basement was carrieo up all round building to the level of the ground on its front; beinj on the rear wajf twelve feet, and four inches in height from the bottom of the trencl* and on the front five feet. I have contracted for the wmmon (Chicago! brick, all hard, at four dollars a thousand, and for the piessed (MilwaukiJj at eleven dollars and seventy-five cents—very favorable terms. The bas<# ment walls are well covered in and prepared for winter.5' His monthly report for 1st January, 1850, states: " During the montlfcl of I )ecember last, the work on the marine hospital has consisted of gefcj| ting out the material for the doors, door-dressings, blinds sash, window! casings, and base-boards. This will insure the thorough seasoning o | the interior finish of the building, in the particulars mentioned. Thl* same work will be prosecuted during the present month." -v A letter from him, dated 30th March, 1850, says: " The joiner work of the marine hospital, so far as inteided to be clones before the putting tip of the walls, is nowtiomplete, and I have this dayf discharged the men employed upon it. There are now ready the doorsfor the basersent and thefirstand second stories, with janbs for the same^ 3,800 running feet of base; the window-frames and sash; shutters fox thai basement and inside blinds for the first and second stores, with the rej quisite mouldings for the finish. The lumber of whicl they are madfll being pretty well seasoned in the fall, and these articles laving still some! months to dry, they will be in the best order to put in i>laee early in the! coming fall, thus obviating one of the greatest difScultiss in doing goods work here." On the l^t of June, 1850, he reports: " The work on the marine hospital was resumed early in the last month., The exterior (stone) walls are up to the top of tV.e ba>ement windows,.; and the foundations of the interior cross-walls are nearly completed. The; brick-work will be commenced on the 3d instant on the party-walls. In sinking the trenches for the cross-walls we came upon some old sinks, which caused some extra trouble and expense. In one plate, the excavation was carried twelve feet below the sills. Fifty men are now employed upon the work, and it will' be pushed forward, during the month, with all the despatch consistent with thoroughness of execution," And on the 1st August, 1850, he reports: " During the month which has just closed, the work on the marine, hospital has made good progress. The walls are up to the top of the en-j ' 1 trance story, and the joists laid upon them." The last information in relation to this hospital is in a report of as late a date as the 25th September, 1850. It says: '' The walls of this building are now up, and a commencement has been made of putting the roof-timbers in place. The quality of materials used, procured by purchase in the market and by contract, is the best which this region of country affords, and will compare favorably with that of any structure in the northwest. I was also very successful, after full inquiry, in my selection of master-mechanics, upon whose skill and faithfulness so much depends in the execution of such a work. The great items of material were procured by contract, and the work put together under my own supervision; and experience has satisfied me that this was the most advantageous method. The walls, though of great [rDoc. No. 11. 155 thickness and weight, and on a sloping site, show no cracks, and are a good specimen of thorough and substantial masonry. " The interior wood-work of the three lower stories was gotten out in admirable condition, from seasoned lumber, last winter, so that by the' time it can be put in we can be pretty well assured of avoiding that imperfection of seasoning which deforms, almost all the buildings executed in this hurrying country. "It would be highly desirable to have the appointment of superintending surgeon made at an early day^so that I can consult with him as to many of the details of the interior construction." The other hospitals, the construction of which was placed, on the request of the Treasury Department, under the direction of this bureau, are those of Paducah, Kentucky; of Natchez? Mississippi; and of Napoleon, Arkansas. As the operations on these works are well condensed in the reports of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel S. H. Long, I will limit myself in extracting from his reports the parts which refer to each. Hospital at Paducah.—From a report ot 1st September, 1849: "The construction of the several hospitals at Paducah, Kentucky, Natchez, Mississippi, and Napoleon, Arkansas, were confided to my superintendence and direction by instructions from the Topographical bureau, dated October 30, 1848, and January 20, 1849, and have occupied much of my attention from that to the present date. "Full and complete drawings of these several hospitals, in plan, elevation, profile, and section, have been duly prepared and submitted. The arrangements entered into for their construction will be exhibited in the order just before observed, beginning with the hospital mentioned under the present head. "The receipts and expenditures on account of the hospital at Paducah within the last fiscal year are as follows, viz: Amount of receipts - $6,500 00 Amount expended for first quarter 1849 $169 40 Amount expended for second quarter 1849 174 93 jffmount of expenditures 344 33 Balance unexpended July 1, 1849 . . . - 6,155 6T "The arrangements made on account of this hospital embraced the preparation of the requisite drawings, the construction of a fence surrounding the hospital lot, the demarcation of the site of the building, &c., the excavation .of the cellar, foundations, &c.—all now m progress; the preparation and delivery of one million bricks, and for all the cut-stone work required for the building, all of which are now in progress; the procuring aiid delivery of ail the lumber required therefor, the execution of all the masonry required for the foundations and superstructure, the preparation and delivery of all the window and door-frames, casings, <fcc., doors, windows, (exclusive of glazing,) shutter-blinds, &c., and the employment of supervisors, carpenters, &c., to direct and execute the work, &c., etc. These several operations were commenced within the year, and are still going on with all practicable despatch. "The expenditures on account of this hospital for the current quarter Doc. No. 11- 156 are expected to exceed very considerably the amount hitherto estimatifgj and required, and now applicable to the construction. "Written agreements for various items of the work above designated ha^f recently been concluded, and will be forwarded in due time as accoj^ paniments of my accounts covering the cost of the items alluded to." " Construction of United States marine hospital at Natchez.—T1 measures adopted in reference to the construction of this hospital, aij] the progress made towards their accomplishment, are similar in all respec to those detailed under the preceding head." "The receipts and expenditures on account of the hospital at Natchl within the last fiscal year are as follows, viz: 1 • " Amount of receipts • Amount expended for first quarter of 1849 Amount expended for second quarter of 1849 Amount of expenditures . . . Balance unexpended July 1, 1849 - - $167 50 1,380 60 - 1 $6,500 (7 " j * 1,548 H 4 4,951 8 " Of the proposed hospital ai Napoleon, Arkansas.—On my examinations of the site selected for this work, in the month of March last, at whidH time the Mississippi was unusually high, the water overflowing its banlf? in numerous places, sundry objections to its eligibility as a site for trap hospital struck me very forcibly, and I regarded it as my duty to subrnf1 my views in relation thereto to the authorities at Washington, prior tf8 the adoption of any expensive measures for the prosecution of the world!® The objections alluded to are contained in a report 1 had the honor M* forward to the bureau under date of March 30, 1849, to which I beg leav# to refer for an expression of my opinions relating to this subject." \ In answer to the representations made in that report, all operations ii£l furtherence of the construction of the hospital were required to be sust? pended till Congress should reassemble and have opportunity to reconp sider the decision previously made by them in reference to the occupancjg of the position as a site for the hospital. I Subsequently to the date of the report referred to, I made arrangements^ for a careful examination of Napoleon and the country in its vicinity, and| employed a competent engineer for this purpose. The report made frjf him, and the topographical sketch accompanying the same, are stronglwj confirmatory of the opinions previously entertained and communicated bf| 'myself. 'i A reduced drawing from the sketch above mentioned is herewith translj mitted, and will exhibit with clearness the features of the country, e m | bracing the confluence of the Arkansas and Mississippi, together witl^ considerable portions of both these rivers, and of the grounds adjacent-toi them. It From the representations made as above, it appears that a neck or gorgi of ground, thirteen hundred yards in width, intervenes between the Mississippi and Arkansas, at the distance of about fifteen miles above Na* poleon on the former, and about one mile above the same point on th# latter river. The width of this neck of land is constantly diminishing, hy the abrasions of the Mississippi on one side, and by those of the AM Jtansas on the other side of the gorge. From the date at which th<i [ r Doc. No. 11. 157 «blie surveys in this neighborhood were made, to the present time, the tdth of the gorge has been reduced from about one and a quarter mile to & present width, as above stated, viz: thirteen hundred yards; thus (viously showing a tendency»in both rivers to form a junction at this tee. iFrom^ the same representations, it also appears that another similar irge,ofonly six liundredf yards in width,occurs between the same rivers sthe distance of about three miles above their confluence on the Aransas, and two miles below the same jjoint on the Mississippi. At the Itremities of this gorge, also, the abrasions of the two rivers are even )re alarming than at the other gorge; the width of the former having en already reduced from about two-thirds to less than one-third of a :4ile, within the period above mentioned, ftThe annual abrasions at each of the gorges are computed at a minimum f one hundred feet per year; so that a junction at the gorge first uien>i>ned may be expected to take place about forty years hence, or at the flforter gorge in less than half that time, on the supposition that the causes $w operating will continue to operate in the same manner during the Iriods just mentioned. 4The country, to the distance of some twenty to thirty nules westward 0m this part of the Mississippi, consists almost entirely of alluvial Sounds, for the most part densely wcoded, and occasionally presenting feoons, pools, and other depressions below the common surface level, inch last nowhere rises beyond the reach of the highest floods of the Jo rivers. The flood of 1844 is said to have attained an elevation suffient to inundate this entire region. The last vernal freshet, which was •wer by about four inches than the flood just mentioned, is representD as having overflowed this entire district. Under such circumstances, I cannot but regard the site selected for lis hospital as objectionable, not only on account of the overflows to hich it is exposed, and the deleterious effects occasioned thereby, but. l account of the tendencies of the Mississippi and Arkansas to form a iw junction, more or less remote from Napoleon, among the consequences If which an effectual seclusion of the site in question from all the Pnefits and conveniences of commerce and intercourse with other parts f the western country must be anticipated. In my report of March, before cited, I took the liberty to suggest the ppriety of substituting Helena, within the State of Arkansas, about fnety mites above Napoleon, as far more eligible in'many, if not in alt ppects, for the contemplated hospital, than .any other position that eaa ^ found near the margin ofthe Mississippi, within the limits of that late. This is in feet the only point on the westerly side of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, at which th* hland borders of the Mississippi valley present themselves at the mart)f the river. Since the date of my report, I have Jearnt that a suifasite may there be had for this purpose, on terms quite moderate e: IPorable in all respects. .The receipts and expenditures incurred within the last fiscal year <3rs> k*urrt of the hospital at Napoleon relate almost exclusively to the Nation o? drawings, and to examinations and surveys deemed neces— 158 Doc. No. 11- sary as preliminaries to the commencement of the work, and are as follows, viz: Amount of receipts Amount expended for first quarter 1849 Amount expended for second quarter 1849 Amount of expenditures Balance unexpended July 1, 1849 - - $3,600 ©0 $195 TO 295 84 491 54 2,508 46 Jg'rom the report of September 1, 1850: "Hospital at Paducah.—My annual report of September 1,1849, shows that very little had been done towards the construction of this hospital prior to that date. The work then commenced has "been prosecuted with all practicable despatch. It has been much retarded, however, by unfavorable weather, which has prevailed to an inordinate extent, in that part of the country, during most of the last fiscal year. The rains were so frequent during the summer and fall of 1S49, that the amount of bricks prepared and ready for use, with all the efforts that could be applied by the contractors, did not exceed one-third of the quantity required for the completion of the hospital. The weather proved equally unfavorable during the months of March, April, and part of May, of the present year. In consequence of these hindrances, the masonry of the superstructure has been unavoidably delayed to the present time. " The progress made in the work during the last fiscal year, and its condition at the close of that year, are as follows: " The hospital lot was enclosed by a substantial fence about six feet high 3n three sides of the lot; the end presented at the brow of the river bank requiring no fence by reason of the abruptness of the bank. About half :he fence thus formed was, unfortunately, swept away by the high freshet >f last spring. Measures have been taken to reset the demolished portion >f the fence, in a manner to prevent a similar misfortune, if practicable. " A cellar has been formed under the entire building, thefloorof the fbrner being elevated one foot above the surface of extreme high water. The cellar has been substantially walled with brick laid in cement mortar, ind divided by partition walls, corresponding to the ground-plan of the lospital; the walls and partitions having been raised to a level with the looring of the lower story of the building. A well thirty-two feet deep las been sunk and walled, in rear of the building, and a suitable pump tas been procured and set therein. A work-shop, store room, and limetouse have been built on the lot, for the several purposes just intimated. The dressed stone required for water-tables, door steps, window caps and ills, &c., has been procured and delivered. The lumber required for the fame-work of the building, together with the sheathing-boards, roofingin, copper, &c., required for tfhe roof, have also been procured. The flooring joists, roofing, belvidere, &c., have been framed. The door and window frames, doors, sash, architrave-finish, shutter-blinds, &c., for ic entire building, have been procured and delivered. Cantalivers, mouldings, &c., for the cornices have also been prepared; and, besides lese, various other items of wood-work, together with the makiag of Doc. No. 11. 159 siicks lor the superstructure of the building, were in progress at the end lithe year. >" The receipts and eaoenditures on account ®f the Paducah hospital, for last fiscal year, are s follows, viz: mount of receipts for tie year Mount of expendituresfor the year - - - $18,155 67 16,488 66 - - - 1,667 01 • ijiexpended balance, Juyl, 1850 - f'The works commencd and in progress at the close of the last fiscal tjar, as previously represented, have been prosecuted with due diligence the present time. *l Agreeably to a report recently received, the bricks required for the ©erstructure are in readiiess for the mason work thereof, which is to be jpi'.nenced in a very few ays, and to be prosecuted with all proper deiptch till completed. Tie entire superstructure of mason-work, career's work, roofing, &c. .is expected to be so far advanced as to admit se tinning of the roof, and ecuring of the building against the storms of f ensuing winter." f Marine hospital at Nachcz.—At the beginning of the last fiscal r very little had been doie towards the construction of this hospital, e lot purchased for its sifchad been partially fenced, and the excava! is for the cellar and fouuditions nearly completed, prior to the close of t preceding year. Moreovtr, contracts' had been entered into for the ^cutionand delivery of the irick masonry, dressed stone-work, lumber, within the year last menioned. In the month of July, 1S4>, the work "of construction was commenced Ider favorable auspices, and ias been vigorously prosecuted throughout f last fiscal year. A work-sfop, store room, and lime-house, of suitable tensions, have been constricted. The foundations and entire superfccture of masonry, including the dressed stone-work, have been com^ted, which is also true of theentire framing and roofing of th*e whole ping. TUe window-frames shutters, sash, glazing, sash-weights, p-frames, doors, &c., architrare-finish for doors and windows, washMs and mouldings, mantels, ec., have all been prepared and partially I The copper gutters at theeaves and gutter-rafters of the building, Te been prepared and applied , and the work generally put in a conf°n to withstand the violence if ordinary storms, r The receipts and expenditureson account of the Natchez hospital, for {last fiscal year, are as follows, iiz: iount of receipts for the year . . . - $23,951 87 Jount of expenditures for the yea- 27,659 18 ^standing balance chargeable to tie United States, July 1, 0850 . . . . . . 3,707 31 1'Sinee the date last mentioned, payments have been made on account of items of the work, materials, <fcc., above designated, nearly to the amount of the appropriation for tkis work, while at the same time an ' «Wed claim to the amount of $1,680 11, on account of the brick! k, remains unliquidated. My refort of July 12, 1850, to which I leayft to refer, shows the nature, extent, and ieasons for this deficiency. 5 160 Dk>c. No. 11. "On the 15th December last I forwarded a report, (the sane previously referred to,) showing that the cost of the several hospitals comnitted to my charge would very considerably exceed the amounts respetively appropriated therefor. The deficiency above mentioned was neithr anticipated nor contemplated in that report, nor was it expected that the:ost of either hospital would so greatly exceed the estimates of the arclitect and myself as have since proved to be true and unavoidable. The cot of materials and labor of all sorts, and the quantities of both, have gratly exceeded, those originally estimated; and it is now pretty certain thameiiher of the hospitals can be made completely ready lor occupancy, tothe full extent contemplated in former reports, but, by the aid of additional ippropriations, very considerably greater than those called for. "The appropriation for the Natchez hospital is nearly exiausted. The outstanding claim of $1,680 11, above mentioned, must >e for the most part liquidated out of the additional appropriation of $1',250 called for as necessary to the completion of the work; while it is feared that the residue of this expected appropriation will prove inadequate to the accomplishment of the objects requiring additional expenditure. "If we exclude the outstanding claim in question, th raeans now remaining in my possession, and applicable in defraying virions contingent, expenses on account of the supervision, custody, &c.,olthe hospital, and other public property pertaining thereto, amount to $795 69. "In order to exhibit a clearer view of this subject, It&'eleave to subjoin a brief statement of the receipts and^expenditures on acount of this hospital from July 1 to September 1, of the current yer, which is as follows, viz: Amount of receipts, September 1, 1S50 Deduct outstanding balance for July 1, 1S50, viz: - - Unexpended balance, as before, now on hand - - §4,500 00 3,707 31 792 69 ' Marine hospital at Napoleon.—It will be remembred that in 1849 I submitted a report, under date of March 30, in whih I advanced opinions decidedly adverse to the occupancy of any locaity at or near Napoleon as a suitable site for a marine hospital, and tlat, in consequence, the construction of this work was temporarily suspeided till February of the ensuing year. By an order from the topogrq)hical bureau, dated February 6, 1850, issued agreeably to instruction? from the honorable Secretary of the United States Treasury, I was dire ted to make arrangements for the construction of this work as early as practicable. Accordingly, sealed proposals were called for by public n»tices, and iu due time were received. Contracts, based upon such as wsre deemed acceptable, were concluded in the months of March, April, anl May following. "By these contracts, stipulations were entered into for the making and laying of the bricks, including all materials required for the brick masonry; leir the delivery of all the lumber required for thi frame work of the hospital; and for the manufactory and delivery of the door and window fraataa, doors, window-sash, glazing, hangings, architrave finishing df doors, windows, <fcc., mantels, wash-boards «id mouldings; also jjfcij the door and window-caps, door and window-sils, <fec., <fcc.; the whoj^ Doc. No. Ilt 161 to be done within the currentfiscalyear, if practicable. Moreover, arrangements have been made for fencing the hospital lot, for the construction of a workshop, storehouse, lime house, &c., and for the sinking of a well in the rear of the hospital, and walling the same to such depth as may, be required, in order to insure a constant supply of purs water. Arrangements have also been made for digging a cellar under the entire building, and forming a terrace 20 feet wide surrounding the same, the terreplein of ithe latter to be raised at least one foot above the highest freshet known. "These several operations have been unavoidably delayed to a late date in July last, and some of them even to the present time, by reason of the inundations that have prevailed, occasionally overwhelming the entire site, from an early date in the spring to the 25th of June of, the current year. Of course, very little could be done towards the immediate construction of the hospital within the last fiscal year. Sundry expenses were incurred, however, in the performance of journeys tor concluding contracts, and for the examination and demarcation of the hospital site; in the preparation of the requisite architectural drawings; in the purchase of suitable timber for the water-tanks, and the construction of the same, &c. "The receipts and expenditures on account of the Napoleon hospital for the last fiscal year are as follows, viz: Unexpended balance on hand, and applicable to this service, July 1,1849 -$2,508 46 Remittance from United States treasury, March 25,1850 - 2, Q00 00 Amount of receipts for the year a Amount of expenditures for 4th quarter 1849 Do do 1st do 1850 Do do 2d do 1850 Amount of expenditures for the year - - Unexpended balance July 1,1850 - - - 4,508 46 - S10 67 -165 41 1,136 49 1,312 fiT - - 3,195 89 "It should be remarked, in reference to the Napoleon hospital, that the brick masonry, agreeably to the most favorable proposals received, in answer to public notice, is likely to cost at least $2 50 per m. more than the brick work of the Natchez hospital, giving for the aggregate difference in the cost of this item alone, in the two hospitals, more than $2,500; or, the quantities in both hospitals being the same, the cost of the masonry of the Natchez hospital was $1.1,483 11, and that of the Napoleon hospital will be £14,360 13, on the score of brick work only. It should, moreover, be observed, that no .estimate for an additional appropriation »r this hospital has as yet been presented. Accordingly, I now take leave to present such an estimate, and to request that an additional appropriation of at least $10,250, the same as that called for on acconat of the Natchez hospital, be made on account of the hospital at Napoleon. L "The furnishing of the several hospitals with iron bedsteads* bedding of all kinds, tables, chairs, bureaus, garlor and kitchen furniture of aU kinds, &o., &c., has never been committed to my charge, nor do 1 regard it as mi appropriate service for me to perform; yet I may bs excusable in 11 162 Dor. No. II. observing that all these things must be provided for before the hospitals tan be regarded as fit for occupancy." The last rejiort received from Lieutenant Colonel Long: is of as late a date as the 25th October, 1850, and is as follows: Agreeably to a late communication from the Treasury Department, it appears that the appropriation recently-made by Congress for the "completion of the marine hospital at Natchez/' is only two thousand-two hundred and fifty dollars, (§2 250,) instead of ten thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, ($10,250,) the latter being the sum called for, agreeably to my report and estimate, dated December 15, 1840, to which I beg leave to refer. In the report just cited, the additional appropriations deemed requisite to the completion of the several hospitals then in progress under my direction were as follows, viz: For the hospital at Louisville $5,000 " " Paducah 7,625 " " Natchez 10,230 In a report subsequently submitted, die construction of the hospital «t Napoleon having been reauthorized and resumed, an additional appropriation for the completion of this work was moreover called for, the surk tkus required being $10,250—the same as that required for the completion of the hospital at Natchez. . . These Several additional appropriations have all. been made ih the civil and diplomatic bill recently passed by Congress, and approved under date pf 30th ultimo, with the exception, as above stated, relating to the hospital at Natchez, the work of which, b/^he-by, cannot be resumed under existing circuvnstanccs, the outstanding claims on account thereof requiring nearly the whole of the amount appropriated (viz: $'2,250] for their liquidation. With respect to the adequacy of the several sums estimated,, as above, to complete the hospitals to which they respectively relate; doubts have already been expressed in my last annual report of September 1,1850; and in that document, sundry adverse circumstances, contingencies, and impediments were enumerated, all of which were of a character to baffle any attempt to exhibit prospectively the actual co?t of either of the hospitals. These difficulties still remain unabated. It is belietfed, however, that the estimated accounts called for will prove adequate, or nearly so, to the completion of the hospital buildings, so far as to render them fit for occupancy, although they may not, and probably will not, be sufficient for the entire completion of the pavements, cisterns, privy-vaults, plumber's work, hot-air furnaces, lightning-rods, &c., &c„ for all of which 'provision ought to be made. For the several purposes just mentioned, I deem it proper, needful/$tnd advisable that the following appropriation be made, in addition to th'ose already made for expenditures on the several hospitals above mentioned, during the next succeeding fiscal year, ending June 30, 1852, viz: For the completion of the pavements, privy-vaults, cisterns, hot-air furnaces, plumber's work, of thte hospital at -$3,060 00 : Louisville For tlie same in connexion with the hospital at Paducah - 4,000 00 For the same in connexion with the hospital at Napoleon 5,000 00 [rDoc. No. 11. 163 For the same in connexion with the hospital at Natchez 000 00 Also for deficiency in the last appropriation for Natchez hospital - 8,000 00 13,000 00 Agreeably to the recent action of Congress in reference to the marine hospitals at Pittsburg and Cleveland, both of which were originally put upon the same footing, and arranged in the same class as the hospitals at Louisville, Paducah, Napoleon, and Natchez, it appears that, in addition to the completion of the hospital buildings, the fencing, grading, and draining of the hospital lots, and the protection of the same from injurious washings, abrasions, &c., and the supplying the hospitals with water, were deemed objects worthy of their attention, and that appropriations were duly and properly made for the accomplishment of such purposes. The lots and sites lor the four hospitals committed to my charge, undoubtedly, have equal claims on the attention and patronage of Congress, and appropriations for similar purposes in connexion therewith are quite as needful and proper as those made for such purposes on account of the hospitals at Pittsburg and Cleveland. A portion of the lot of the Louisville hospital is low and fiat, and ought to be furnished with a covered drain or sewer of very considerable extent, as a means of draining off the water that remains stagnant upon it during a jivet season. The surface of this portion should be considerably raised by deposites of earth brought from more elevated portions of the lot. The grounds adjacent to the hospital building require much labor in grading, in order to effect proper drainage, and adapt them to the terraces • of the building. The bluff earthen banks in front of the hospital require adjustment and protection from washes and abrasions, the formation of deep gullies, &c., which prospectively threaten serious injury to the lot and site. With respect to the lot and site of the Paducah hospital, more than onehalf of the lot is exposed to the overflows of the Ohio river, and in extreme high freshets is inundated to various depths, probably not exceeding twenty feet. A portion of the grounds thus subject to inundations may readily be reclaimed to advantage by the formation of levees of suitable dimensions and consistencies, or by an embankment-wall of brick or stone running across the lot at the foot of the slope, separating the bottom from the upland grounds iu front of the hospital. Immediately in the rear of the hospital site is a-ravine extending*nearly across the lot, which ought to be furnished with a drain of mason-work, and filled with earth removed from the higher portions of the lot, which can supply all the requisite materials for this purpose, and for that just before mentioned. A substantial fence, with strong cedar posts set and anchored deeply in the ground, had been built round the lot prior to the occurrence of the annual freshet of last spring; but on that occasion about one-half of the entire fence was demolished and swept away by the flood. A more efficient and durable enclosure, either of stone or earth-work, or of both combined, ought to be provided for, in order to fence and circumscribe portion of the lot. Digitizedthis for FRASER 104 Doc. No. 11- The site of the Napoleon hospital is exposed to overflow, rising from S u e , to three or four feet above the natural surface in extreme high freshets. l portion of the hcapifal lot, including the site §nd at least some throe .or |3ur acres around it, ought to be protected from inundations by levees of suitable dimensions, and thus rendered tenantable for a variety of pur^osas daring the prevalence of excessive floods. The portion thus reclaimed should be furnished with sewers of mason-work and self-acting gates, &c., of cast iron, for the double purposeof excluding flood-water, and, on the subsidence of the latter, of draining off the water that may have been received into the enclosure through leaks in the levee or btherwise. In case of • long continuance of high water and a superabundance of water in the enclosure, pumps and other means of discharging the same should be in readiness for use. The Natchez hospital stands on the summit of an enrthem eminfenccs, and is surrounded by slopes and ravines spreading and radiating in every direction from its site. The adjaccnt grounds are quite uneven, and wt places much broken by deep ravines and gullies. A formidable gully heads within about otic hundred yards of the front of the hospital, and winds its deep andr precipitous way through the bluffs to the river. The origin of this gulh is constantly receding from the river-hills, and trstting in a direction towards the hospital. An abrupt, broad, and deep ravine commences immediately in rear of the hospital, and threatens injury upon that side. The evils thus impending may be averted by carefully grading the ground contiguous to the site, and turning the wash and < currents of rain-water through new and less abrupt channels, and in such directions that no injury can result from its passage from the site. * All supplies of water for the Natchez hospital must be derived ftom cisterns filled with rain-water from the roof of the building. The reservoirs for containing the water are to consist of four tanks containing 900 gallons each, and of four cisterns containing 12,500 each, making the entire supply, when all the reservoirs are full, 53,600 gallons. The means of furnishing a supply thus copious will cost, probably, a thousand dollars more than has been contemplated in former estimates. In conclusion, Flake leave to subjoin an estimate for the ensuing fiscal year, based on the foregoing premises, which is as follows: I. For the marine hospital at Louisville. For the completion of pavements, privy-vaults, cisterns, hot air furnaces and fixtures, plumber's work, &c. S3,006 For grading and draining hospital site, and protecting the . saraf from washings and abrasions; alsoNfor supjxlyipg hos-. L jHtal,with water, &c. Aihoiiizt required 1 ' - ; 4,b0O 7,000 Doc. Np. 11. 1 6 & 2. .Fbr marine, hospital at Paducah. . .f For pavements, privy-vaults, cisterns, hot-air furnaces and 1 fixtures, plumber's work, &c. '. For grading and draining hospital site, and protecting the same from washings, overflows, &c.; also for supplying hospital with water . . Amount required - - - $4,006 7.000 - 11,OCO 3. Fbr marine hospital at Napoleon. For pavements, privy-vaults, cisterns, hot-air furnaces and fixtures, plumber's work, &c. For grading and levees at hospital site, and protecting the same against overflows 3 also for supplying hospital with water, &c. Amount required - - - - - $5,000 ' 7,000 12,000 4. For marine hospital at Natchez. For pavements, cisterns, privy-vaults, hot air furnaces pnd fixtures, plumber's work, &c. For grading and draining hospital site,..and protecting thp same from washings and abrasions; also for supplying hospital with water For deficiency in the late appropriation on account of this hospital Amount required - - - - - - $5,000 7,000 8,000 20,000 The amounts drawn from the treasury in reference to these several works are as follows: Paducah, up to the 9th of September, 1850 - $24,500 Balance in the treasury on that day 5*, 600 29,000 Natchez, up to the 18th of July, 1850 Balance in the treasury on that day 1,000 Chicago, up to the 5th of August, 1850 23» 477 Balance in the treasury on that day 523 Napoleon, up to the 9th of August, 1850 Balance in the treasury on that day 19,000 The appropriation^ in favor of these several works have been as follows: Marine hospital at Chicago. In 1848 In 1849 In ISSO {September 30) Total - - - - - - - - W&80 20,009 15,000 - - 45,000 Doc. No. II. 166 Marine hospital at Padueah. In 1S48 In 1849 l a 1850 (September 30) - - - - - - - - - Total $10,000 20,000 7,625 37,625 Marine hospital at Napoleon. In 1848 In 1849 In 1S50 (September 30) Total - " - - - - • - - - - - 40,250 4 Marine /hospital at Natchez. In 1848 In 1849 In 1850 (September 30) Total . - - . . - . - $10,000 20,000 10,250 . - $10,000 20,000 2,250 32,250 For the completion of these several buildings, the following estimates are submitted: For the marine hospital at Padueah $11,000 For the marine hospital at Napoleon 12,000 For the marine hospital at Natchez 20,000 For the marine hospital at Chicago .4,712 These estimates are not intended to cover any items which can with propriety be classed under the head of furnishing the marine hospitals, but relate exclusively to building, fencing, levelling the ground, &c.;that is, to matters which do not belong to furnishing and furniture—all these matters being already amply provided for in an appropriation in the law of 30th September, 1850. But, as the appropriation now referred to embraces the supposed wants on these accounts of the five hospitals named in the appropriation law, it is respectfully recommended that the appropriation should be divided and apportioned to each, so that each could know the amount at its disposal, and make its arrangements accordingly. But the expenditure of this appropriation requires medical knowledge and medical experience in hospitals, which we do not in this bureau pretend to possess. Should, however, the Honorable Secretary desire this bureau to furnish such hospitals as are building under its superintendence, I should deem it a d«ty to call'upon the medical department of the army for the aid of one of its officers. As it will take some time to procure the requisite furniture, the attention of the Honorable Secretary is respectfully called to the subject. Respectfully submitted. J. J. ABERT, Colonel Corps Topographical Engineers. BUREAU TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, November 4,1850. [rDoc. No. 11. BUREAU OF TOPOGRAPHICAL 107 ENGINEERS, Washington, June 15, 1849. SIR: I send herewith a plan for tho marine hospital at Chicago. I also send you the estimate. This last is a confidential paper, to guide your judgment of prices of workmanship and materials; and the estimate, being made on Baltimore prices of workmanship and materials, will, no doubt, much exceed prices for similar objects at Chicago. On these accounts, it is proper that it should be considered a confidential paper, or it might Create erroneous impressions. In reference te the plan, I think it proper to apprize you that the draughtsman—a young man, who drew neatly, but was not sufficiently impressed with the necessity of accuracy—has not placed the doors ofthe wards, a rid •the fireplaces of the wards, in the middle of their respective sides, as they should have been. Yon will correct this error in.tiie copy of the, plan which should be made for your office. The plan and the estimate, being originals, will be returned to this office as soon as you have made copies. Your office copies can be inadp on tracing-paper, of which several sheets of a good quality will be sent tp you. ' The plot of the United States lots sent herewith will also be returned 2/5 soOn as you have made your office plot to conform to it. In order that all due respect be paid to the city plan of the streets, the building will be made to front upon Michigan avenue. You will find its position drawn upon the plot ofthe lots herewith enclosed. You will find that the southern extremity of the building is not made to approach nearer than fifty feet to the southern boundary of the United States lots. The object of this arrangement is to leave ample space for a street on that side to the lake shore, and to the rear of the hospital building. This whole width of fifty feet is not intended to be given for a street; about twenty feet of it will he wanted as a narrow enclosure on that £ide between the hospital building and the street. You will find this more clearly explained by referring to the lot plan herewith enclosed. The blue line a b is the fence line to which 1 refer, in order to secure privacy to the hospital building and lot, give access to the "timber yard," and access from the avenue to the lake shore. This will give a street way thirty feet wide, in the direction k c, and, if not wide enough for the taste of those wh© own lots south of the boundary b d, and immediately adjacent thereto, those who own these lots can add to the width by taking a few feet off their lots. The front step-way and entrance at o will make it necessary to throw the building a few feet back from the avenue, as indicated in the plan of lots. The building is ninety and a half feet front and one hundred and twenty-eight and a half feet deep. The sub-basement or cellar excavation will have to extend under the piaza spaces as" well as under the main building, and wilt embrace the entire space included in the letters a, b, c, «, m, I, /i, g , f , e,d. ^ n From your description of this locality, the cellar or sub-basement floor can be made with safety four feet below the surface of the ground of Michigan avenue. ' For this purpose, the excavation should be five feet below that surface, that last foot of depth being filled up with sand and the paving of the cellar floor. 168 Dk>c. No. 11. Yoftt can commence upon the excavations Immediately. A small trench . from its eastern side towards the lake will keep it dry while the building i*goiug up,.and until it is covered in. 1,1 may be proper to go six feet deep for the foundations, and up to the surface of the cellar floor—that is, for about two feet. This foundation should be one foot wider than the walls, the walls rising from the centre thereof, leaving half a feot on each side. It will be proper also to observe this precaution in the foundations of the cross-walls, in order lo prevent any irregular sinking of any of them. All the walls up to the surface before indicated (Michigan avenue surface) will be laid with cement lime; the vise of common lime to that extent is positively forbidden. A very energetic cement lime for this purpose is not necessary, and is perhaps objectionable. A cement lime ol which the mortar will certainly harden, under damp of wet, in ten days or two weeks, will be sufficiently energetic. On arriving at the surface of the soil, or about two inches above it, all the walls in contact with the soil will be covered with a layer of slate, properly imbedded in mortar; and upon this layer, on proper mortar beds, the walls will be further raised. The Miiwaukie brick is, I understand, the best brick of your lake; but it is said to be no more than eight inches long. On this supposition, thfr outside walls will be two and a half brick thick, and the inside walls one and a half brick thick. Stone should be used for the outside walls up to the slate layer, and for the inside up tq,the cellar-floor surface. All the floors must be counter-ceiled. This process is not only a great protection against fire, but destroys those habitations for vermin which the vacant spaces between joints generally become, and costs but little. No slovenly or unsubstantial work is to be allowed, and all materials should be inspected and approved before allowed to be used on the building. The building should not be carried up too rapidly. About a week should be allowed for the settling of a story before another be raised upon it, which time can be well occupied in the judicious laying and levelling of floor joists. No wood-work should enter in the walls of a chimnay-staek, nor a joist be laid about a fireplace, except with well-arranged hearthtrimmers. All the joist work of the wards and rooms to be well bridged before counter-ceiling. All the windows should be in box frames, and hung with pulleys and weights. The character of the work will be better inferred from the detailed estimate sent herewith than by further remarks of mine. There are several modes by which the building can be erected^ among these are: 1st. To contract for the whole, subject to rigid and arbitrary inspectiott while going on. • ' 2d. To contract for all the materials for the masonry, and put them together by employed workmen; and then to contract separately for all.carpenter's work complete, with ironmongery; and also to contract for all painting and glazing, and also for all plastering. n . 3d. To contract for all the mason-work; to contract for all carpenter's, work; to contract for all glazing and painting; to contract for all plastering— [rDoc. No. 11. 169 under penalties, in all cases, of withholding 10 per cent..of the value of work done, to be forfeited on failure or unnecessary delay; payments to be made weekly, on an ascertained value of work done, deducting 10 per cent, to be held as a forfeiture. No work to be considered done Or be received which is not actually put in the building; that is, no payments to be made for materials on hand or window-frames in the shops unr til they can be put up. / All to be subject to rigid inspection, and all additional work or modification to be matter of positive and additional contract. Under such a system, no bonds will be required: the bond will be in the per centage withheld, and its forfeiture; nor any contract binding until approved by tne Bureau. , Your views on these matters are required without delay; in the mean time, the excavation can be going on. The roof to be covered with slate. Respectfully, J.J. ABERT, Colonel Corps Topographical Engineers• Lieutenant J. D . W E B S T E R , • Corps Topographical Engineers, Chicago, III. BUREAU OF T O P O G R A P H I C A L E N G I N E E R S , Washington, June 25,1849. SIR: I omitted to mention, in my letter of the 15th instant, that the amount appropriated for the marine hospital at Chicago is thirty thousand dollars. It is extremely desirable to keep the expenditure within this limit, even if it should be necessary in the first instance to avoid finishing the third apd the attic stories. The estimate sent to you was made on Baltimore prices of materials and workmanship, and upon a Baltimore taste of finish. On all these the differences must be great in favor of thff locality of Chicago. Respectfully, sir, vour obedient servant, J.J. ABERT, Colonel Corps Topographical Engineers. BUREAU OF TOPOGRAPHICAL E N G I N E E R S , . » Washington, July 10,1849. SIR: Your letter of the 30th June has been received. The better course in reference to the marine hospital at Chiago is: 1st. To contract for all the masonry, door-sills, window-sills, and lintels, prescribing the kind of work and materials; materials to be inspected before used. A blind arch to be thrown over every door and window opening of an outside wall. 2d. To contract for all carpenter's work; materials to be inspected. And as carpenter's work is so various under the same name, it will be proper to have a window-frame, moulding, &c., and a door, made complete, ibr each story, as a pattern. The contract for the roof can be delayed until you have further digested 170 Dk>c. No. 11. he q«estions in reference to it to which your letters refer. A tin roof wouty probably be the. best. " The work to be subject to rigid i n s p e c t i o n while in progress. Contractors to give bond, and .also to be subject to deduction of 15 per cent., in making payments for, work, on the value of work done, to be forfeited on iailare, to De paid on fulfilment of contract. It is doubted if the counter ceiling can be carried beyond the second story without adding too much weight to the walls. The "furring" or "battening" is one of those details to which, of course, the superintending engineer will give proper attention. The remarks "in pencil" upon the plates of the plan should not be allowed to embarrass you: they were intended for consultation upon the plan before it was sent. The contracts directed will cover the principal expenditures; that far the painting can be delayed. Yet you will find much to be done by hired mechanics under your particular direction. If the paint to which you refer should prove to be a protection against fire, it may be proper to use it on all the wood-work, stairways, &c., before giving the covering of common paint of the desired color. Your suggestions will always receive the greatest attention. Express them methodically, precisely, and in detail. Would it not be advisable to have an experienced builder as an inspecting agent? . Respectfully, &c., J. J. A B E R T , Colonel Corps Topographical Engineers. Lieutenant J. D. W E B S T E R , Corps Topograghical Engineers, Chicago, Winois. BUREAU OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, Washington, August 14, 1849. SIR: Your letter of the 9tli has been received. There is no objection to trying the plan of procuring materials and erecting, by hired labor, to the extent of the foundation-work of the hospital, which is probably as much as can be put hp, under any plan, during the present season. You can also contract for brick and other materials for the building, as these can be used at cost by a contractor, or put up according to the plan of the foundation, as experience and future circumstances shall justify. Respectfully, <fcc., J. J. ABERT, Colonel Corps Topographical Engineers, Lieutenant J. D. W E B S T E R , Corps Topographical Engineers, Chicago, Illinois: No. 18. OFFICK W. R. IMPROVEMENTS, Louisville, November 7, 1850. SIR: In answer to your inquiries contained in your instructions of the 2d instant, received this morning, I take leave to forward the accompany Dcc. No. 11* 171 ing extracts from my reports of September 1 and October 23, 1859, which contain- the information called for in your letter. From these papers it appears that additional appropriations of the following import are required on account of the hospital at Louisville, to wit: For completion of pavements, privy-vaults, cisterns, hot-air furnaces aud fixtures, plumber's work, &c. - $3,000 00 For grading and draining hospital site, and protecting same from washings and abrasions; also for supplying hospital with water, &c. - 4,000 00 Amount required - - - - - - 7,000 00 Should the system of warming and ventilating the hospital, agreeably to the plans most approved in eastern hospitals, be applied to the Louisville hospital, an additional appropriation of about $5,000 over and above those just stated will be required, agreeably to an estimate by a gentleman from Philadelphia, agent for works of this sort, now present. Hence the -entire amount requisite to the completion of the Louisville hospital wilt be $12,000. With respect to the time of its completion, or of its readiness for occupancy, the lateness of the date at which the last appropriation was made has rendered it impracticable to resume the work in season to have it Completed within the current year. The plastering of the building, though already contracted for, cannot be completed till about the middle of May next. The painting of the same must be postponed till after the plastering shall have been done, and of course cannot be completed till about the middle of June folloAving. These operations, together with sundry others of less note, which will be carried on simultaneously with those just before mentioned, may, without doubt, be so far advanced as to render the building fit for occupancy on or about the 1st July next, provided the requisite means are supplied by reasonable appropriations. Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, S. H. LONG, Lieut. Col. XI. S. A., Superintendent Marine Hospitals. Hon. TIIOMAS COR WIN, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C. Extract from annual report, submitted under date of September 1, 1850. 4. Marine hospital at Louisville.—The condition, progress, &c., of this work^ on the 15th Dfpembe'r, 1819, was fully explained in a report to the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury of that date. To this paper I take leave toreferforall details of information that may be required. In this report, an estimate of the probable cost of completing the building and getting it in readiness for occupancy was included—agreeably to which, an appropriation of five thousand dollars, in addition to the amount previously S>et apart, would be wanted for the completion of the hospital. This additional sum, on condition of its being seasmahly appropriated, was deemed sufficient to accomplish the work; But no such 172 Dk>c. No. 11. appropriations having as yet been made, the work has been entirely suspended for nearly two months, and must remain so until the expected appropriation shall have been made. By reason of this interruption, and djt the accidental omission of any estimate for outside shutter-blinds in the report referred to, the construction of the hospital and its appendages cannot be carried to so full and complete a finish as was contemplated in that repo.rt. 'The work done towards the completion of the hospital from the date of the report above mentioned to the close of the last fiscal year embraces the following items, viz: the preparation of inside doorframes, doors, window-sash, &c., for the entire building; the framing and settling of partitions; the laying of the floors, &c., of all parts of the building, except those of the piazzas and water-closets; the completion and hanging of all shutter-blinds; the partial construction of water-tanks; the partial construction of the main and wing hall stairs; the making and setting of plaster grounds, mantel-pieces, architrave, finish of doors, windows, <fec.; laying of all hearths, except those of the kitchen and wash-room; the safe-keeping of the public property, &c. • The receipts and expenditures on account of the Louisville hospital for the last fiscal year are as follows, viz: Unexpended balance on hand and applicable to this service July 1, 1849 . - ' - $1,278 40 Remittance from United States treasury, Aug. 15, 1849 3,000 00 Do do do Sept. 17, 1849 3,000 00 ' Do ' d o do Oct. 29,1S49 3,000 00 Do do do Dec. 19,1849 4,000 00 Do do do Dec. 24, 1849 2,000 00 Do do do Jan. 28,1850 2,000 00 Do .do do April 30, 1850 667 00 Amount received on account of lumber transferred from Louisville hospital to the Napoleon hospital 340 36 Amount of receipts for the year Amount of expenditures for 3d quarter 1849 Do do 4th quarter 1849 Do do 1st quarter 1850 Do do 2d quarter 1850 • - $6,150 - 9,830 - 1,504 - 1,727 Amount expended for the year . . Unexpended balance July 1, 1850 . -m 19,285,76 50 29 59 37 . - 19,212 75 .- 73 01 The work remaining to be done, and for the execution of which the additional appropriation is required, embraces the following items,'viz: The plastering of the interior of the entire building, materials, <fcc., included; the fitting, setting, and hanging of all- the doors, windows, <fec., of the hospital, inclusive of locks, hinges, fastenings, &c.; the painting ^nd glazing of the entire building, paint, glass, and other materials included} the laying of die piazza floors; the laying of all brick pavements required for the cellar floor, side-walks, &c., of the building; the proour ring and setting of grates,fire-fronts,&c., of the same; the finishing an«t Doc. No. Ilt 173 setting of the water tanks, and the plumber's work pertaining thereto; the flooring and finishing of the water-closets, including plumber's work arid materials; the formation of rain-water cisterns, &c.; the procuring and setting of the railings required for the piazzas; the purchase and application of furnaces and other apparatus for warming the hospital; tfie construction of a neat and substantial fence in front of the hospital; the procuring of iron beadsteads and of bedding and furniture of all kinds requisite to the use and occupancy of the hospital; together with various other apparatus and appliances of less importance, and too diversified for particular designation. All of which remains to be provided for, at' an outlay greatly exceeding the additional appropriation called for as above. Extract from report submitted wider date of October 23, 1850, ( In the report just cited, the additional appropriations deemed'requisite for the completion of the several hospi&ls then in progress under my directions were as follows, viz: For the hospital at Ixwisville . . . . $5,000 00 For the hospital at Paducah . . . . 7,625? 00 For the hospital at Natchez 10,250 UP With respect to the adequacy of the several sums estimated as above to complete the hospitals to which they respectively relate, doubts have already been expressed in my last annual report of September 1,1850; and in that document, sundry adverse circumstances, contingencies, and impediments were enumerated, all of which were of a character to baffle any attempt to exhibit prospectively the actual cost of either of the hospitals. These difficulties still remain unabated. It is believed, however, that the estimated amounts called for will prove adequate, or nearly so, to the completion of the hospital buildings so far as to render them fit for occupany, although they may not, and probably will not, be.sufficient •for the entire completion of the pavements, cisterns, privy vaults, plumber's work, hot air furnaces, lightning-rods, &c., <fec., for all of which provision ought to be made. For the several purposes just mentioned, I deem it proper, needful, and advisable that the following appropriations be made, in addition to those already made for expenditure on the several hospitals above mentioned during the next succeeding^scal year, ending June 30, 1852: For the completion of the pavements, privy-vaults, cisterns, hot-air furnaces, plumber's work, &c., of the hospital at Louisville - $3, 000 00 Agreeably to the recent action ef Congress in reference to the marine hospitals atPiUsburg and Cleveland, both of which were originally putupon the same footing and arranged in the same class as the hospitals at Loqiaville, Paducah, Napoleon, and Natchez, it appears that, in addition to the completion of the hospital buildings, the fencing, grading, and'draining of the hospital lots, and the protection of the same from injurious washings; abrasions, <fcc., and the supplying the hospitals with water, were deemed objects worthy of their attention, and that appropriations were daiy and properly made for the accomplishment of such purposes. . . The lots and Sites of the four hospitals, committed to my charge, undoubtedly, have equal claims on the attention and patronage of Congress, and appropriations for similar purposes in connexion therewith are quite 174 Doc. No. 11- as needful and proper as those made for such purposes on account ofthe hospitals at Pittsburg and Cleveland. A portion of the lot of the Louisville hospital is low and flat, and ought to be furnished with a covered drain or sewer of very considerable extent^ as a means of draining off the water that remains stagnant upon it during a wet season. The surface of this portion should be considerably raised by deposites of earth brought from more elevated portions of the lot. The grounds adjacent to the hospital building require much labor in grading, in order to cflect proper drainage, and adapt them to the terraces of the. building. The bluff earthen banks in front of the hospital require adjustment and protection from washes and abrasions, the formation of deep gullies, &c., which prospectively threaten serious injury to the lot and site. In conclusion, I take leave to subjoin an estimate for the ensuing fiscal year, based 011 the foregoing premises, which is as follows: 1. Fflr the marine hospital at Louisville: For completion of pavements, privy-vaults, cisterns, h©t-air furnaces and fixtures, plumber's work, &c. For grading and draining hospital site, and protecting same from washings and abrasions; also for supplying hospital with water, &.c. - $3,000 00 4,000 eo 7,000 00 Amount required No. 19. November 1 1 , 1 8 5 8 . Your instructions of the 2Sth of October, requesting me to report in detail the cost of completing the United States marine hospital near this city, reached me 011 the 9th instant, and, in compliance with said direction, I beg leave to offer the following report: The building is progressing in conformity with the plan furnished by the department; the basement is built of stone, and the superstructure will be of brick. Thd amount drawn from die treasury up to this date is $15,206, which has been expended for latfor and materials supplied by purchase. $14,794 will be required to complete the masonry and such portions of the frame carpenter-work as are necessary to be executed while thie walls are going up, together with the roofing of the building. It will require $22,80fc, iu addition to the appropriation of $30,000 on the 3d of March last, to complete the edifice and make the necessary improvement to the adjacent ground, as the following estimate shows: Estimate of the cost of work under execution. S T . LOUTS, M I S S O U R I , Stone-work (masonry) Brick-work (masonry) Timber for joists and roof Iron columns and railing Roof, slate . , - . . - . - . - - $11,706 7,600 1,500 0,790 2,404 30,000 Doc. No. 11. J75 Estimate of the cost of completing the building, after the expropriation of the 3d of March, 1850, has been exhausted, which was $30,000. For materials, carpenter'sand joiner's work, lathing and plastering the entire building, with a flag pavement in the basement - Iron mantel-pieces, copper gutters and spouts, laying pavement around the building, and making the necessary improvements on the adjacent ground Amount - - - - $14, 7, 855 22,80$ The enclosed printed specification describes particularly the manner in which the work is executing. Respectfully, your obedient servant, EDWARD WATTS, Superintendent. H o n . THOMAS COR WIN, Secretary of the Treasury. No. 20. Extract from a letter of John Coon, supenntendent of marine hospital at Cleveland, dated November 5, 1850. * I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 22d ultimo. Having made full inquiry touching the matters presented , I have to state that the only contract, written or otherwise, relating to the work 011 the marine hospital, and existing at the time I entered upon the duties of my appointment, was one for the frame-work and boards of the roof, which contract had been partially complied with. This I learned from my predecessor in my first interview with him, on the 12th ultimo, and have satisfied myself of its correctness by inquiry eleswhere. So soon as I can obtain a copy of this contract, I will forward it to the daparUnent. The work in the building was suspended by my predecessor about the 1st of August ultimo, and the building left in a condition much exposed to the action of the weather. I found the structure entirely uncovered. The rafters were in place; but the covering was deferred until arrangements could be made for the roofing tin. Regarding the necessiiies of the case as sufficient authority, without specific instructions, I did not hesitate to make arrangements for the tin, and provide for the completion of the roof at the earliest possible moment. It became necessary to «rder the tin from New York, there not being a sufficient amount in tliis city; and we are daily awaiting its arrival. The partition-walls of the edifice are completed, and the main walls carried to the bed-moulding. Theflooringjoists~are laid for the second and third stories. 176 Dk>c. No. 11. The window-frames and sash are mads for the same stories. The foundations are laid for the pillars and antas of the two main recesses. Half of the frame-work for the cppola is erected. This comprises about all fhat is done; and with this, what remains to be done may be ascertained from the original drawings and specifications on file in the department. But I beg leave to'enumera$e> as nearly as is practicable, the several items of unfinished work. 1. The cornice and parapet-wall for the entire edifice. 2. The pillars and antas—four of the former and two of the latter for each of the two main recesses, for which the stone are vet to be quarried. 3. The joiner-work for the entire building, save the small portion al ready done and specified above. 4. The covering of tin for the roof, with gutters, conductors, and drains. 5. The topping-out of the chimneys, to be done in stone. • 6. The water-tanks—three to be placed in each of the quarter-circular recesses. 7. The painting and glazing. 8. The flagging of the walks immediately surrounding the edifice. Other items may be required which cannot now be enumerated. In regard to the "measures proper to be taken at this time to complete the building," I have to state that its enclosure seems to be a matter of necessity. It would not do to leave the inner walls longer to the imminent danger of dilapidation and ruin. I have, therefore, so far anticipated the directions of the department as to provide for so much of the work as is necessary for this purpose. The building being enclosed, the joiner-work ought to proceed with all possible despatch Abundant materials of suitable character are at hand, •and competent mechanics may be had at fair rates. The remaining interior work should follow in its order. I would also suggest that the residue of the exterior mason-work be put in hand at an early day. The quarries will continue to be accessible, and it is believed that contracts for the stone-cutting may •be made more favorably at this time of the year than at any other. It is due to the department that I should state, in this connexion, that I have found much dissatisfaction manifested by the community on account of alleged unwarrantable delays in the prosecution of this work. The protection of the lot from the encroachments of the lake is a matter requiring immediate attention. The fear is entertained by competent judges that the work of protection has already been so far neglected that, sooner or later, serious injury may, as a consequence, result to the odifice. The piling should, therefore, be commenced at once, and prosecuted to completion.. This being done, and the springs of water in the bank properly taken up and secured, the grading may, if need be, be deferred until the close of the approaching inclement season. But the necessity of protection for the safety of both the building and lot is regarded as pressing and immediate. The work for the protection should be, for the present at least, simply a line of piles parallel to the bank, so placed as to receive and break the force of the waves, and (o. admit »f the formation of a wide beach behind it.