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' ^ '^^ w' 8 31 -1828.]. . .' ' . • ^ SECRETARY OF T H E TREASUR.Y. ' ".KEPORT ON THE FINANCES. ' DECEMBER, 1B28.•• • ^ 439 "' ' , . . . " .• - In layiiig'before Congress the annual report from the Treasury for "thi^ present year, the occasion is deemed a fit one for presenting, In.connexioh with it. a brief retrospect.of the principal financial operations and results of the th'ree years preceding, '. '"^' •. V .As preliminary, it may be proper to remark, that the"receipts,for the present year are likely to reach, a sum greater ^han that at \yhich they were estimated when Congress assembled last year: whilst the expenditures, always confined within Umits prescribed bythe law, .have not gone beyond' those limits. The only exception' to this previous'limitation upon expenditure apphes to the pubhc debt, for the reduction of which larger sums may ' be paid than are regularly set apart for the; service of the' year,* provided there be surplus funds in the Treasury to admit of it. This 'has proved to be the case daring the present year. ' .\ • ^' in.the summary retrospect which it is proposed tOvgive, the stat^ of the public debt will claim the first atten'tioii. Such is tJie. interest which the nation is known to take in its extingaishment, that what is done at. theTreasury, from Year to year,, under the injunctions of the.'1-aws, towards this end, cannot be too distinctly set forth.' Amongst the highest duties of a nation, is fiithfiilly to keep to its pecu.niary engagements; andlthere need be no better demonstration of its pecuniary ability, thaii when it is seen to pay off with promptitude and punctuality its fundqd debt. ~ '. There was ptiid in 182.5,,on account of .the debt, the sum of twelve million ninety-nine thousand .and forty-foiir dolkrs and seventy-eightcents. This sam was not till derived, as will be seen liereafter, from- sifrplus revenue. In 1826, there werepaid $11,039,444 60, all from surplus revenue ; ui 1827, $10,001,585 98, from surplus revenue"; and in.'1828, there vvill have been paid, by the close of the year, also from surplus reYenue, fl2,163,566 90; making for the four years,-fort,y-fi.ve million three hundred and three thou- . sand six hundred and forty-two dollars twenty-six cents. Of this suni 1^0,373,188 01.were,applied to theprincipal, and $14,930,454 25 to the interest of'the debt; the whole of the foriiier having gone towards the ^reduction of that part of it which bears ah' interest of six per cent. The act of Congress of the 3d'of M'arch.J.81.7', commonly called the sinking fund act, appropriates the annual sum often millions ofdollars for the purpose^ofgraduMly sinking or paying off the public debt of the-nation. This sum includes all payments on accourit of interest, v/hich areinvariably made from quarter to quarter, leaving^tho remainder tobe applied, as far as it will go,'to the 'redaction of the principal: Up to the.year 1825, the ex, pectations of this act had not, in one sense, -been always fully met. The \ annual interest was ever scrupulously paid as the;qiiarter came round; but there hadnot been during every year a sufficient.residue to be applied to the ' principal, to make up the entire sum of ten rnilUons of dollars. Sometimes, too, there wasjiat a suflicient amount of-debt redeemable under the laws, in 440'. . ••• REPORTS O F - T H E .^. ^ [.1828> the course of a year, to allow ofthe full payment.of ten millions, even, if the surplus funds, of the-Treasury had been equal to the operation. The inability ofthe Tre.asury, where.it may have existed, to reduce the principal of the. debt, every 3^ear, by the precise amourit contemplated' in the sinking fund act, neither-broke faith, ndr caused complaint with'the public creditor-; for ^ whatever the considerations of pubhc policy that have made the rapid extinguishment of the debt a favorite object with, the nation, it is known that the public 'Creditor regards it, individually, as a hardship to be paid off. His reliance upon the faith and resources of the nation is. so unbounded, that he prefers to let his capital stock remain in .its hands, subject only to his calls for the niterest;. .But since the close of 1825, such has been the state of .the Treasury,'from the increasing solidity ofthe national resources, that, not only has the annual .i;equisition'of the sinking fund act been complied with, but stil] more has been done.. .At the beginning,of that year, "the whole sum paid under the act, during theseven years of its operation in reduction of the principal of the debt, (the .operation of the act not having regularly conirnenced until 1818,) fell short, bya'sUm exceeding three milliohs of dohars, ofthe amount: that it would have reached,.had the full ten millions beeh paid in principal and interest, during each of the seven years in question. Since the close of 1.825, (or, more porrectly, since the commencement of 1826,) tliis deficiency has-been coantervailed, by such,an excess of annual jDayrneiits towards the princip.al of the debt,.as to leave, in the language of the Treasury, no arrear^ now due to the sinking fund, or none of importance.". In other words, locTkihg back upon the whole time that has elapsed since the sinking;.fand act,went into operation, it can now.be stated, that,, taking one year with another, there have been m.ade (.with the exception of a sraall Tractioiial sum) the full average payments of ten millions of dollars annually, in principal and interest, on account of the public debt. This result has been,,,in a great degree, produced by the payments which will have been made during the .present year in.'reduction of the principal. Five million foUr hundred.and sixty-three dollars and twelve cents v/ere paid on the 1st of July, arid' it is inten'ded to pay $4,050,780 77 on the 1st of January; making for the."whole year, including a small balance of Treasury notes to , bei paid, otf, and a minute "fraction of the old ^registered debt, nine .million sixty-one thousand four hundred and ninety-vsix dollars nineteen cents. The Cornmittee on Finance of the Senate,.in their valuable report to that body in April last, on the state of the public debt, referring to the foregoing payment which it was then in contemplation to make on^ the 1st of \luly,. expressed their.hope that a Considerable redaction of the aTrears due,.tq Vhe sinking fand would pr.obably be effected in the course o'f this year. The hope-is amply realized.. The large amount of the "payment to be made .on the 1st'of January was justified, in the opinion of the commissioners; of ^ the sinking fund, by the receipts intothe Treasury, since the payment in July was resolved upon, which were greater than had been anticipated, aiiaby those th cit were reasonably anticipated, for the fourth quar te-r of the, year; The totalsum that will have been paid on account of the ^debt, from the 1st of January. 1817, the year in which the sinking fund act passed, to the 1st 'of January hext, will be one hundred- and forty-six milhon six hundred and sixty-nine thousand seven hundred and sevenjy-three dollars forty eight cents. Of this sum, -$88,834;ip8 66 were pai.d on, account of principal, and $57,835,664 82 on "account of interest. The extra payments on account ofthe prindpar, (more than could Have t.ee:i.:covered by the_an- 1828.] SECRETARY, OF T H E TREASURY. 44i- nual.appropriation of ten millions,) comprehend sums obtained on loan at a lower interest than six per cent., to replace stock paid off at that interest, and sums that had accumulated in the Treasury in 1817, partly uncier the effect ofthe double duty system, before the prospective operation of the act began. The national debt has been .positively lessened in ainount by.the sum of sixty-five million one hundred arid twenty-nine thpusand eight himdred and twenty-nine dollars-and thirty-eight cents, since the'1st of January, 1817, by. surplus funds. The whole of this last nientioned sum, so paid off, was borrowed at six per cent., ;0'r more than six, .with the exception ofa small amount of Treasury, notes, and some Mississippi stock. It is facts hke these that tittestthe truecharacter and value of a-sinking-fund. None can be effectively such, but where income exceeds expenditure; and where a clear surplus from the former is steadily applied to the diminution of the debt.' Sach is, the sinking fund act of the United States^ and such^ have been the results of its operation; results, which it cannot be otherwise, than acceptable to the nation to learn'. The whol6 remaining debt thatthe nation will owe on the 1st of .January ensuing, will 'be, in its nominal amount, fiftyreight million three hundred and sixty-two thousand one hundred and thirty-five dollars seventy-eight cents. Bnt from .^this-amount .should be taken seven millioris of dohars,- being so itiuch of apparent debt only, in the .shape of sabscription to the stock of the Bank.of the United States, the nation owning a hke sum in the stock of. the bank, upon which dividends, are punctually paid. Of the sum that wicll remain, namely, $51,362,135 78, the old revolutionary three per cerits constitute more than , thirteeii millions of dollars. By this exhibitionof the state of the debt, it will be seen to how small an amoant it has fallen,-under a faithfuLenforcement of the sinking fand act, in the space of eleven years! In tlie past "effects of this act we have the pledge of its future efiicacy.^ As each successive year increases the proportion ofprincipal that is paid oft', diminishing that of interest, it is easy to anticipate in how short a time the nation, under the continued action ofthe fund, will be released from all charges whatever, on account of the debt, by its 'final extinguishment. Assuming its stated appropriation often millions to be forerun in the same proportion in future years as it has been this year, the debt will, in effect, be totally paid off in little more than four years. ,. ' , •' An evidence ofthe stable resources ofa country, actual and prospective, is to be found in the prices which its fu'nded debt bearsiri the money market. A finaricial ex]Dp'sition. and review, like the present, naturally embraces, some general allusion to this point The stocks^.of the United States keep at an eleveition a:bove par, indicativ.e ofthe high credit of fhe-Government; the more remarkable, from the'consideration that they are redeemable at • short periods, and quickly redeemed, in fact, as. the periods arrive. The three per cents, being those whichat is presumed will be redeemed last, a circumstance known'always ta enhance the value of stock, where public confidence attaches^ to it, stand, accordingly, at the highest rate; being a favorite stock abroad as well as at home^ .For the last four years, this portion of the public stock has been at, a price ranging, in the main,- from 80 to 85; nor has it been always obtainable, such is the demand for it, even at that rate. The.heavy fall of stocks in England, towards the close of 1825, affected those of this country less than might have been anticipated, from the connexions of business betv/een. the two countries; and serves, to show the value of those of this Government, even under untoward occurrences, in that o^reat centre of the commercial world. 442. ^ - '• • REPO-RTS OF. THE^ •••• ^[1828. / The precise amount ahd kinds, of stock of which, the public debt will eonsistorl the 1st of January next, with the, periods of redemption, will be seen in detail in the document No. 1, annexed to this report. It is not deemed necessary to say any thing more u.nder this head, except' barely ,to add, that the |5,000,463 12, t hat "were pai (^ oft' onthe 1st of .Iuly4ast, consisted of $2,744,423' 91 of the six per cent stock created by the act of Coiigress of th(5 8th of Febraary 1813, being all that was left of that stock; , and' of. $2,256,039 21 of the six per cent\ stock created by the. act of the 24th;of March, 1814. •.The $4,050,780 77 intended to be paid.at the close ' ofthe present year, consist ofthe six per cent, stock, also.created by thelast ~ mentioned act, buTdisnominated-theloan of the 22d of August, l-814';,being, , in like manner, all that remains unpaid of that particular loan. / - T h e general state of the .foreign commerce ofthe country win nex-^ giv.en.. ^This wih best make known the surplus productions of its soil, and,; those other sources of its industry which constitute the,basis.of its foreign, cornmerce.\- The-irii portations into the United States, daring the last four, yearsy amount in value to three hundred and fifty million twohuhdred and^ two thousand four hundred and sixty-nine dollars". Those for a portion of the-present year are hfere given by probable estimate, rather than certain knowledge. . The^exportations for thesame four years, calculated in the same way, amount to three hundred and thirty-seven million two,hundred and two thousand four hundred and twenty-six dollars; of the latter, $233,069,Q35 were of domestic produce'and manufacture, and $104,133,391 were re-exportations of foreign;Gommodities: The importations for the fouryears, preceding, or from 1821 tp 1824, (both inclusive,) amounted to three hundred and thre.e million nine hundred and fifty-five thousand five hun- • dred^ and thirty-nine dollars; and the exportations to two hundred and eighty-seven miUion eight hundred and t.wenty thpusand.three hundred .and fifty dollars. Of the latter; $191,350,881 were of domestic produce and. manufacture, and $96,469,469,re-exportations of foreign articles. ,: The receipts irito the Treasury .during the last fou.r years, (these being always; chiefiy depeiidant upon the importations;) amount to ninety-seven million nine, hi,indred and fifty-seven thousand'five hundred arid fixfty-nine dollars and eighty-six cents. .' Those for the present year ai^e here:also given, in part, by estimate.- The estimates rriay deviate from accuracy, but not to ari^extentto thwart the general conclusions that are'in view.', The expenditures for.the same time, calculated in.the'same' way, riiay be state'd at ninety-five million five.hundred and eighty-five.thousand fivehundred and eighteen dollars and eighty-five cents. Of this sum,, besides what was applied to ;the public.debt, about fourteen millions .will have been expended on internal works designed to improve the^condition of tlie country, or otherwise on objects not belonging to the mere annual support of Government, in its^civil, "military,' and naval establishmehts. T h e receipts for the four' years that -p.receded were eighty-four million seven hundred and twentyeight thousand and ten dollars and seveiity-one cents; and the expenditures eighty-three million nine'hundred and ,•seventy-nine, thousand eight hundred and seventy-four'doll ars and seventy-nine cents. ' Ten millions of dol^ • lars obtained by loans, are included in the receipts ofthe four years last mentioned; and G.ve millions, so obtairi,ed, cahie intb the Treasury duringthe first year of the other series, viz: iri 1825. This loan of five millions was procured under an act of Congress of May, 1824, at four and a half per cent., not from,any deficiency of reveiiue, but for thep.urpose pfpayingan equal arnount i m ] • :;. -: •SECRETARY Of •THE-TREASURY,;' . ,, 44S^ ofthe •public debt at six per cerit. :It explains what wa^-said of thepayment thatSvas made on account of the debt'in ^825 not havirig all bee^n from surplus revenue. The loans, amounting to^ ten millipns, embraced^in the first; series of foXir years, were obtained with a:vidw.(ex;clusive of the suni applied .to the purchase of Florida) to siriiilaT changes in the, debt. It hasibeen the' ' /policy of the Treasury Departmeht "to^^feeommerid,/from tim to time, these ^^ changes of stock,,;from:;a: high, to ;stock bearing :a;loXv<ermte of interest^ 'appearingto be unjust to the nation, that, underan ehtii^e alteratiph of cir.curiistances sirice thetime when itmay haye^Wrrowed^nioney,:^ tinue to .pay more:in .the shape of interest: than iiidiyiduais^ pay; the credit , of'the nation transcending that of in divi duals as.ninch a:s'dd4ts resoiirees. ^ • /Thi« remark necessarily implies the'right,^£)n the/part'of i;he Governinent,' so to change its stock, from .the time of redemption'having arrived, to that which bears a h,igh interest; and which may, therefore, withbut objectibn, be paid off by anew loan.obtain^^^ . : , ,-";, . .Dedticting the ampunt of receipts from these:beneficial loaris during the . two periods; reviewed,, the absolute An crease ^ of r,eyenue, .during the second period, is found to exceed eighteen miliions of dollars. The whole, of this-in-. crease:has been in the customs. It amounts, in each yeai', toari a;verage of more .than twenty-four per ceiit. Whilst th^^ in receipts ha^heeh atthis rate,.the increased experidituie, aside frorii;What, has tieen paid towards the reduction -bf the / debt, lias been less than ten'per cent., and; the latter .has been chiefly caused by >iiiternai' improvements; J The increase in. /receipts may be aecount^^ .part obut inot at;^all tb:;thi^vextent^by the^ increas^ duties under; the tariff .of 1824. T t e inipprtsy-du riri g the four years / endirig with 18^8,''exceed^th0se~.of the^receding^ur:years by -ari- average:.^ Off riiore than -fifteen per-cientOT;each year.\ 'The^ expidrts 6f .dpiriestic'pro-. / diice, for the four years )ending^wiUi.'1828,. excee^^^ those of the fo.iir years .ending with 1:824 % an average.of riiore than ^twerity-bne per:cent. in. each . -year; The-increase in the consu mption of foreigri arti cles,-.duririg .the sanie. ti mO, has been, on an. average, upwards.of eighteeii per cent, iri^each year. ;.' It. is believed, that the shipping of the UnitedStates will be found to have increased, during the last four years, in a fair mtio with their conimeTce and. %eYenue. The rettirns urider'this head.! are not sufiiciently complete, at Jthe . preserit moment, to :speakvwith precision. It'is ,certa;in that the^whole mer- Gantile shipping- of the Uri ion ^ in eluding that-employed in thp coastingtrade, aswell a's.all that is embarkedan foreigri corhmerceand the fisheries, .exceeds at'this .time fifteen hundred thousand tons. . That of no oth'er nation is protoably .as large, 'England .excepted.' , In 1818, .the tonn age Of the; Union was < 1 :hutJi(;de more thein twelve: hundred thousand./VJts'^greaiestiri'Ctease-since that year, was in ohe of the yiears undei^exariiiiiationyviz: in .1826.A:The profits of freight upon thi^ large amourit of tbniia'gey;the-.ships of the U S.tatesibeing almost exclusively the cari^iers^^^^^^^ centre at horiie, knd make a lai-ge addition to thb.stock .of.capital^^ • The foregoing .statements ih&ate a'Stead.yv^^^ perity. The .reality, of this advance is oiily to be measured by aggregate re' sulfs, aseertaiifed at proper ip tery ais of time. •-it is. useful to present such re- , •' .stilts, 'they show the general CO country, v-iewfed, notin parts, but:'under one midivided whole. • They attest-thei.^positive . gfowth^ o.f its riches, M the rapidity of the growth by comparison.^ They afford resting poiritsfor .doubtful.opinions, when all desire to airrive at thos^e that may ap-; -peai best supported by results. No singlp e;y'e''can take them all in, unassist 444 • ^ .:- • ^ -'.REPORTS dF'^.THE. . . / A ,-:•.... ^ •.•/•••[1828/ ed by the authentic returns, which'it: is the province of the Goyernment, and chiefly of the department of the, Treasury,, to watch over and promulgate, endeavoring also to trace them to their causes., Astate whose/riatural resources and territory are abundant, whose institutions are free, and whose interests are diversified, niay \vitriess occasional and teriiporary pressure upoa some'of thos;e interests,. wMlst all the great branches of its industry are in courser of'surej/develpphient./ But transient inconvenience is lost im the aggregate prospenty, and niust, jn the end, participate in that .prosperity. Ai . is.thus, that great states;, urider successful systems of legislation, go onward . in their career of rijches arid power; . Not only has there been a iliarked increase: of importatioris arid revenue in the United States, during the last four years, and of exportation of domestic commodities, but a like dirriinutiori in re-exportations. The latter is^veiystiildng;,and justifies the inference, not irierely of an increased-desii^e to. import foi the purpose of meeting, the contingencies of trade or speculatipn, but of an inc^^^^ b purchas^o and^iise foreign fabrics. The increased consumption of the:lafter, and the iricrease in revenue, have expeeded the ratioof the increase of . duties uiidervthe tariff:of 1824, and the presumed iricrease of population also. The,exports of doitrestic products have aiw^ than theincreaseLof population, as,given by the cerisus. at periods the most fixyprable. . T h e s e facts cannot mislead.:.; They point to ah' unequiYOCal increase, sofar, m the pirosperity ©f the nation. Statistical testimonials for a ;single year, or for n^ore than oney may rise or fall in amount, from causes that postpone alL'perriianeht conclusions ;, but where they are seen to go ori in ail iriereasing train,, thrdughout a succession of years, it is rational to ascribe them.to.causey beginning to assume a fixed character. If w^e review the last foil i;;fy ears as a period of time in commercial history, ive find little inthe .circurnstaiices of the world, either from general war, or otherwise, to affect foreigri'Markets beyond'the ordinary Huctuations incident to trade at all tinies. The e^traOrdiriary operatioris in the^cptton market,;that fell upon the first of these years, viz: 1825,; are not conceived to impair the apphcability pfthe remark, because-there has been tinie enough for diminished exportations, as a cohseqiience of the large e.xportatioris of thatyear. No'term, indeed, of,eight years, since the establishment of the Govern merit, has been so exempt frorii the influence of external events that disturb the regular opera^tions of natidnal iridustry arid comniercb,- as the last eight; None,, there- ^ fore,, could be so faiiiy.taken for the comparative stateriientsthett have been made.' It do:es not escape recoUectiOn, that from 1791 to 1815, there were : epochs vi^heathe foreign commerce of the country adyanced with even iiipre rapidity than is here stated—when it was greater,, absolutely, and therefore'greater in proportion to the population .of the country. But.-during that long interval, there prevailed in Europe, with scarcely a percpptible interruption, .desolating wars, which created an unparalleled /demand ,for,our staple productionSjarid brought them up to extravagant prices. This, with our neutral attitude, vyhich gave to our carryirig trade a "scope almost un-r •bounded, raised exportations and importations; to ;an artificial pitch,that caii never be recurred to as ^a standard of comparison fbr commerce, iindef circumstances more ordinary and regular. It is known that, during portions of that ihterval, pur trade in fofejgnprpduce far exceeded that in domestic. It is .wholly'^otherwise now. The mere profits oh our/tbhnage at ^ that earlier day of the republic, by the capital which it introduced/gave, ofitself, the capacity for an enlarged corisumption of foreign^articles, on ;a compara^ tively smaller basis of population.. ' '. A 182.g.] ' SECRETARY OF T H E TREASURY. '445. The increased consumption'of foreign articles in the United States, daring the last four years, as compared with the four that preceded, riiay, it is believed, be ascribed, in no inconsiderable degree, to the advances which home labor has been making in various ways, in the country, since 1824.' 'The creation and sub-division, of home' labor must bring new wealth to this, country, as they-ever have to other countries ; arid with it an increased ability to,buy articles of all kinds. T h e reports, from this.department, within these four years, have respectfully,- but earnestly,' urged upon Coiir gress the'expediency of fostering'manufacturingiabor; u.nder the conviction,: . deeply entertained, that in its success is largely to befound the true groundwork of financial power. It will ultimately unfold the means of prrividing revenue for the public wants, when war or other.external .events, notto b^ controlled, may abridge foreign • commerce. Hpw difficult it has been,heretofore, to obtain any efficient supplies of revenue from soursces of internal industry and wealth, when such vicissitudes have happened, the finan; cial history of the country in times past sufficiently makes khowii, irriparting admonition for the future. The department has no, jess strenuously'* inculcated the pojicy of important amendments in,our commercial.code, by ' lowering the dutie^ upon foreign articles that were indicated, especially teas; by removing the shackles w;hich bind down the^merchant in'his trade . of re-exportation; and by a liberal extension of the •warehousing system,v/hich, with the abolition, of aU transit duties, might more and more tend to bring.the productions of all parts ofthe world into deposite at our.pprts, thence to. be distributed, and principally by our - own ships, whPrever markets might invite them.. It. was beheved that,, with the- establish men t, of manufactures at home, foreign commerce would ultimately'expand ; t)ut it continues to be believed that the latter will' never^get to\its full height in the Unite.d States, until aided by the lawsin the ways recommended. .'The , merchant, like the^manufacturer, requires, at proper, junctures, the helping: hand, of Congress, and may suffer without it. Herice it has beenihe ob-' ject, as it was the duty, of the department, to invoke legislative favor fox both these great interests, under the b'elief that they flpurish' most when: they flourish together ; that, iri proportion as both flourish, in conjunction with agriculture, the invariable feeder of both, is the public Treasury most likely to be kept full;, and that all plans of finance that do not take'the cooperating prosperity of these three primary interests of the state as their foundation, must prove fallacious or 'short-lived. Such were the counsels of a departed statesman, whose name peculiarly lives in the records of this, department; whoVas.first placed at its head, directing its pperations Avith, a forecast sb luminous as still to throw a guiding light pver the/path of his successors. His comprehensive genius, looking into futurity, and,embracing in its survey all the interests that go to niake up the full strength and riches of a great empire, saw"the truth, now in cours,e of corroboration by our own experience, that the protection and increase of riianufacturing labor, far,from stopping the springs' of'our corifimercial. power, would but > multiply and diffuse them. ' Enough of time has not elapsed to warrant any decided judgment upon the practical operation of the tariff of 1828., There seems no present reason for supposing that it, will lessen exportations. If not, no scale of duties which it has created will diminish the foreign trade, or the revenue of the nation. Tt is mariifestly what we send abroad that rriust, in the end, give the true riieasure of what we are to receive from abroad. ,,446 • • . ^REPORTS OF TBE, |182& ' The moneys received into the Treasury during the last four years amoimt, as has been already estimated, to mpre than'ninety-seven miliions, of dollars^ It belongs to this retrospect to state, that in the applicatioh of' the \yhole of this s.um to'the various objects of expenditure designated by the laws, no embarrcissmerits or delays, injurious to the public-service, have happened. All money^haye.been paidat the time,'and at the placp, where they were • required to be paid, and to thepersoiis erititled to receive them. This capa-, .city in the-Treasury to apply the-pubUc funds at theproper moment, iri. every part of a cPuntry of such' wide extent, has been^essentially augriiented by the .Bank of the United States.' The department feels an obligation of duty to bear its testimony, founded on constant experience during the terni in question, to the iiselhl instrunieritahty of this institution in all the most im-. portarit-fiscal .operations of the nation. In faithful obedience to the conditiojis of i t s charter, and aided by its branches, it has afforded, the necessary ^ facilities for' transferring the- public rnoneys from place to place, concentrating them at the point required. :- In this, manner" all payments on account of ,the public debt, whether for interest or principal; all on account of pensions ; all for the civil list, for the army, .for the navy, ,or, for whatever bther .purpose wanted in-any part of the Union, ha've: been punctually niet. The bank is also the depository, with its branches, for the public mone.ys, from ' whatever sources of revenue received; aiding, too, in their collectipn : thereby giving safety to the keepirig, as well as promptitude and certainty to the disbursement, of thepublic treasure.. It receives the paper ofthe State banks paid on.public accpunt in the interior, as, well as elsewhere, andj by placing it to the credit ofthe United States as cash, renders it available wherever the public service may require. By this course—a course not enjoined by its charter—it widens the field 'of business and usefulness to the State banks. Such, also', is the confidence reposed in the stock ofthe Bank of the United States, that it 'serves as a medium of remittance abroad; in satisfaction of debts due from" our citizens | to those' of other countries, vvhich o.therwi'se would make a- calhupon the; specie of the country for their discharge. Nor are these all'the uses of this:institution, in which the Goverriment participates. It is the preservatioii of-a good currency that can alone impart stability toproperty, and prevent thosO fliictucition'sin ils value, hurtful alike to indiyidual and to. national wealth. This advantage the bank has secured to the/community, by confining within 'prudent limits its issues >of paper, whereby a restraint has been imposed upon excessive importations,which-, are.thus kept more within the true'wants and capacity ofthe couiitry. Sometimes (judicipu sly varying itscburse)it enlarges its issues,, to relieve .sGarcit.3^, as under the disastrous speculations of 1825. The State banks, following,/ or controlled by, its general example; have shaped their policy towards the same salutary,ends: adding fresh demonstrations tothe truth, that under the mixed jurisdiction and powers-of the State and national systems of govern-ment,. a.national bankis the instrument alone by which Congress can effectively regulate the^purrency of the nation: When the Congress of the revolution, under the severest pressure of financial difficulty, estabhshed, in 1781. the Bank of Noi-th .America-; whieri the superintendent of finance: of that period predicted that it \vou\d<^'beeorne as usefiulto'cd7nm.&ce^^ crgrieiilture^ in peace, as to the Governnient during war;'' when the same public officer, speaking from an arduous arid enlightened experierice, subsequently said thatiwithbut that barik, imperfect as wasits organization, ^^ the business ofi the Department'ofi Finarice could not have been perfiormed;'it affords t838..]- • '^ '•••SECRETARY O F ' T H E TREAStJRY..,;- . "• ^ . 447 a.testimPriy, the inemory of which is con ceived: to bemot \yhbll.y;iireleyant to, that which is here intended to be borne, to the kindred but better institution of our day.' The policy of Congress having establisiieda^finaricial connexion betweenthe Bank of the United States^andthp Go'vernriientbf ,the .Union,itis conceived-to devolve upon the otficer! of,theiatter, whose.post .charges him with a close'observance of thatcorinexionj to report to Congress its.pfactical;effects. , The benefits of ^a remedy .becoiiie'often most apparent ' By a recolleGtion of the evils which ealled fors it. . Ai paper •currency too rediutdant, because without any basis of eoinj.'or other effecUve. check,- and of ; no value as a medium of reniittance or ex%ange, beyond; the jurisdicti the State whence it had been issued ; a durrency that not unfrequently imposed upon the Treasury the necessity of meeting, by extmvagant premiums, ' . the mere act of transferring the revenue coljected at'one .point, to defray unavoidable experiditures at another: this is the state of things wliich the Bank of the United States has superseded. In the firiancial operations of the na-' tion, as in'the pecuniary transactions betweeh man and^nian, cohidence'has succeeded to distrust, steadiness to fluctuation, and reasonable certainty to general confusion and risk. The very million of dollars of funds not effecrtive, of which theTreasury for, m'any years- has been obliged tp :speak,is but. a reriinarit.of the losses-arising from the.shattered currency, which the' bank,, by !a wise management of its a-ffairs, has curedO In conclusion, the.mode of * its ageiicy, in large payments-of the priricipal of the debt.is'not to be overlopked. ,B.y ,itf arrangerneiits for: them, it avoids^ the inconvenience of too, great ari accumulation of money: in,Nt he-vaults ofrfepositeused by the Go verriw-: ment, arid of the^^vacuum that v;^ould succeed its toO sudden distribution. It do.es.this by anticipating, a^ ths ,p,eripds^^^^^^^ ment of a^cprisiderable portion of the stocky inf the form of discounts iix favor of those who are: to be paid'off; thereby ena blan g. them/otherwise to emplby • theiivca;pital,,as .pppoiHuhities^ i n this manner Heavy' paynients. of thedebtare,i:riyeffeGt, made.gradually,' instead of the whole-mass beirig thrown "at: once upon the money market,^ which'niight produce injurious, shocks, 'So prudently inthis, and other respec;ts,. does the bank aid the operatioh.of paying off the debt, thatthe comniunity hardly has- a conscious-/ ries^ihatitis^goingon. .'; ^.; - . , • , " . , , / -. • > •- -•/•-. .=;./.,-:. • •• , ••/••• . An..'act of'Congress waslpassed on the 24th'of last May,, directing the Secretary o.f the Treasury to subscribe, in the nanie .ari§ fqr lhe use.of the United States,forteri thousand shares'of capital'^ Ohio G'aritalCompany-—atfehtferpj-ise desi^ to open thp shortest outlet between the waters of therdhio and the Atlantic ocean. ' .This duty has.been perform_ed ;'aliditis/satisfaetory to be able to-state, thatthe natipnal work which itis designed toadvance-^aworkdi'stinguishedf^^^^^ tCK which Cohgress has heretofore lent itSr powerful aid jbyitsi^ \yith the natiohaLiTietrppolis—has b^eri cohimenced. A considerable ^portion , of the;lirie,of the canal is in progress of^x^avation, and under circimistanees tlia,t prpmise well towards the successful prosecutioii/of the whple work. M i t s cOmpletio^n, a large and enriching increase; of home tradein this part ofthe Union, diffusing its commercial and fiscal Benefits tpi other parts, and much> of it conoentratirig in a-district underthe^peciTh of Cohgress, canriot but be witnessed. - ' - , \/~ , The retrospect interided is here closed. -It looked to But two things: 1st, ,. a condensed statement; of the leadirig.facts belonging to the history of the: depar|rnent; at the terniinatioh of one of those periods of time into whiefe ^^448 _ . •/:;'\;,v:;,;>:-/;--REPORTS,0 •.•'[1828. the constrtritibS:ha&4iyided the movements of theGbye^nment^ arid, secondly, to a genefali^:^i|liee to theprinciples of public policyY^ich have guided trie presentinc^mbehtirit So-deeply do the-firiahcea.0f ;a,state alj^^ the esthriate pf its i3rOsperity— often of its very^:exist^^^^ he has at rio time felt himself at liberty to, take^a restiicted-™w; of the law com nian ding himto raakean annual report to.^Cprigress ^on the^subjectvofjfinance ;" but,.puts liimsplf upon .the ihdulgerice of that bo^dy for having;coupled with this-anhual performancexpf his^ duty; principles and recomniendations which he believes eventually (^1^ culated,/iri thp, language of that Jaw, toiriiprove and increase the finances ' ^of • the^Uriiom • .:• .•• • "[ ;,•/• ' ••- ••'/ ^: • - .'•;, >.:•:• ;- •• .....: f-fi-- • . - 'r . The report wilfnow proceed-tP'state the receipts arid expeiiditures of the ^as^ and present y^ars,^as feras kscertained,;and;an estimate of those for the^ •;year-ensuirig.v; ;.'/•-•,-''••; ^.••.::?:' • /.;..••••, ;••.;• ./-; •' ••'''. /.•-'•:/ ,.,• The actuW receiptafrom^a during the year 1827,^ amounted, as -will bpiseen • in;d.ocument No. 2, to twenty-two mihion nine hundred arid ' sixty-six thousand three hundred and ^^^^^^ , whidh, w^^^ the ^balance in the Treasury on the 1 st>of January >of that year|^ cof sixniillion three hundred:^and fifty-eight thoiisalid six ii u n dr ed and eigh ty,, six'dollars. arid'' eighte^eh cents,, gives an aggregate of twenty-nine' rriilhoh three/huridreaahdjwenty-fiYethousand and fifty dpllars and . Ofthe s;im received as abpve, during 1827, the-customs yielded upwards of nineteen .millions and, a half ahd the sales of the publiciands neariy one , m i l l i p n ' W a y half. T h e expenditures of the United States, fc)r the sam^e year, amounted to twenty-tw^o million six hundred and flfty-six-thousand seyen.liundred^and sixty^four dollars and'fpur cents. Thesaiiiedocument willsupp!y-aspeciflcationofthe.particulars,'andshow.abalai^^^^ sury.on tlie 1st of January^ 1828, :of six milhon six hundred and sixty-eiMit thPusarid two hundred.and,,eighty-six doHars arid ten/berits. ' >^" • • v. • • ••' ^ .^The^.actual receipts (iuririg the :first th'rOe quartersvof I82@f|Jdbcii^ No. .3,) aie supposed to have amounted to eighteenri:iihibri'six. hund red/and thirsty-three thousancl five hundred and eighty dollai^-^hd^t^Phty-se^^ arid thosepf the fourth quarterritis supposed, will airipilht t^jfefe^^ hundred and sixty-one thoiisand two^himdred and e i p t y ^ h r e e ^ = .forty ;cents;,niaking the total receipts for 1828: t v ^ n l y ^ ^ ninety-four thousand eight huridred and sixty-tyte:^'dblai^ -^arid % ^ .werieents^; which, added^ to the.balarice-in the TreS&%' oythl^lstipf ;|anuaiy:,vas above ^stated,' gives xin .aggregate of thirty .million^seven ^hun>dred and sixty 4h ree, thou sandv one" hundred and forty-riine dollars arid seventy^eveii cents, The expenditures t)f the'first three quarters: of :the' year, (same document,) are Supposed to have amounted „to eighteeri million two hundred and forty-four thousand nine' liundred and seven dollarsl^ and' ^ ninety-:Oiie cerits-and those for the fourth quai^ter,:it is supposed, whi amotint to ;seyeri niillioh three hundred and ninety-two thpusand six hundred and three dollars and seventy-two cents; making, for the whole year, twenty-five million sixhundredand thhty-sevpn thousand five huridred and elbvferi dollars^ and sixty-three .cents;/ This experidituTeincludes, as the items in the documen'twill show, upwards of twelve millions on account of the debt; arid will leave iri the, Treasury,^pn^he Istof Jariuar;^, li829, ah estimated balance of five milliompnp huridred and twerity^five thousand six Hundred and thirtyeight dollars arid fburteeri; cents;/ • Thishalarice wilt be subject to the appropriations of hK)neysipr.^heseryice.xrf as yet Beeri^^called fifm 1828.] SECRETARY -OF'THE TREASURY. -449 •fpr,'a sum e^stimated at three million five hundred thousand dollars; and -includes the one mihion ofdollars in funds not now effective, as heretofore explained. '. / ^ ESTIMilLTE ;0P' REVENUE AN.D EXPENDITUR-E .FOR 1829. The gross amount of duties secured by custom-house borids, during the first three quarters of the preserit year, is estimated at tw'enty-two million nine hundred and ninety-seven thousand dollars ; arid the.amount that will be secured, during the fourth quarter, at five mihions ; making an aggregate, for the-whole year, of twe nty-seven million nine hundred and ninetyseven thousand dollars. -The debentures for drawback of duty, issued during the first three quarters, amounted to $2,962,584 55, and the amount outstanding on the last day of the third quarter was $2,261,798 05, of which $1,045,144 46 are chargeable upon the revenue of 1829. The amourit ofbonds in suit at the close of the third quarter-was $4,624,278 76 ; which ' exceeds, by $487,466^° 11, the timount that was in suit'on the corresponding day of 1827. "'^ '. •• ' ' . - : / , •/,, •' ' -. fi / Making the propei deductions on the foregoirig and other accounts froni the gross amount of duties secured in 1828, the revenue to be received from the customs in ,1829 maybe estimated at twenty-one million five hundred thousand dollars; that from the sales ofthe public lands may be put down at one million ; that from bank dividends at four hundred ahd ninety thousand dollars ; andthat from incidental sources at about'one'hundred and fifty thousand dollars; makingatotal of twenty-three million one hundred . and forty thousand dohars. The expenditures are estimated thus : For the whole civil list, includhig miscellaneous objects, andthe ten miUions for the debt, twelve miUion one hundred and sixty thousand dollars ; for the military establishments, and objects in connexion with them, five milliori and sixty thousand ; and for the naval, four iniUion four hundred and twenty thousand; making, in the whole, twenty-one million six hundred and forty thousand dollars;- and giving an excess ofreceipts for the year 1829, over its expenditure, of orie milhon five hundred thousand dollars. The receipts for 1828 were estimated at twenty-two mihion three hun- , dred'thousand dollars ; but are hkely to amount, in point of fact, tp above twenty-four milhons ofdollars. , The receipts for 1829 are esrimated, as is seen above, at twenty-three milhon one hundred and forty thousand dollars. It has not been considered safe to place them, by any decided anhcipation, at a higher sum; yt^t there are appearances in the commercial and political worid, which; in theii further development, may carry the actual receipts of 1829 at least as far.above their estiniated amount as is likely to be the case with those of 1828. If, for example, without alluding to other contingencies, any continued or further activity in the demand for grain and flour shoidd lead to heavier exportations of our produce than usual, within a few inonths to come, there would of course be a reflow of heavier iniportations. The revehue of 1829 v/ould feel the effect of these, in increased receipts; because, even urider the long credits allowed on duty bonds, a porhon of the duties that accrue within the year are receivable within the year. But such events as these, although fit, perhaps, to be incidentally hinted at, are to be viewed with caution as the groundwork of any positive financial calculations, and accordingly have not been adopted in that sens3 upon the present occasion. . VOL. II.—29 45.0 . REPORTS OF T H E ' > , [1828. Upon, the whole, in bringirig this report to a close, there is room for mirighng a feeling of congratulation to the national legislature, with the statements which it has exhibited. The receipts of the existing year, greater by nearly two millions of dollars than had been foreseen, with a prospect of income for the next scarcely less abundant; the receipts of /the last four years .presenting a Jarge and gratifying excess over those df the four years preceding; the foreign commerce of the country in a state of solid prpsperity, from the iniproving'condition of its leading departments of industry ;at honie, and, consequent increa:se in the exportation of its products; the inci'ease.'of its-tonnage, that foundation of naval strength as wellas commercial riches, keeping pace with ;the inprease pf comnierce ;-the public debt aiinually and'rapidly decreasing, under the application of surplus furids annually and rapidly increasing ; the public revenue preserved atan equal value in every part of the Urifon? thrpugh the power of transfers •promptly made by the Bank of the United., States, without expense or risk to the nation, and the'currency mairitained in a healthful state^by the sariie institution :—such is. the great outline p f t h e financial;: and comriierci.al conditioii ofthe country; a condition the result of good lawfe faithfulily administered, iand of the aggregate industry of an.enterprising arid /ree people./ V . , ' . /^. V . ; All which is, respectfuily submitted. v • --,,. ^,':. \ ;: , ,.. • / , . • ,V-RICHARD. RU^H. ; ' •;.' ., . ,' Becember 6, 1828. ^ ; . ' .''.•• CO QO S T A T E M E N T exhibiting the amounl ofi duties whick'accrued on merchandise, tonnage, passports, arid clearances; ' ofi debentiires issued on fioreign Tnerchdndise exported ; ofi draiobacJc' on domestic distilled spirits and domestic refined sugar, exported; ofi botinty on salted fish, exported; ofi alloivances io vessels emjiloyed in tke fis ker ies ; arid ofi expenses ofi collection, during.tke year ending, on.the 3\st day ofi December, 1827. -~ Ul Duties on Year. Merchandise. Tonnage and. light money. 1827 S27,943,999 33 ^145,701 76 Passports and clearances., Debentures issued. .Drawback on domestic . refined sugar ^ Bounties and allowances; and domestic distilled spirits. Cl Gross revenue. Expenses of coUection. _, Net.t revenue. ^. ^ S13,114 00 i4,531,242 59 S17,;002 64 ^215,064 75 ^23,339,505 11 ^867,438 08- "^22,472,067 03 • O ^ • > Ul d Kl 452 [1828. REPORTS OF TFIE A S T A T E M E N T exhibiting the values and quantities, respectively, ofi merchandise on lokick duties aciually accrued during the year 1827, {consisting ofi the diff^erence belween^ articles paying duty, imported, and tkose entitled to draivback, re-exported fi) and, also, ofi ttie nett revenue wkick accrued tkat year, firom duties on merckandise, tonnage, passports, and clearances. MERCHANDISE PAYING DUTIES AD VALOREM. 1,853 dollars, at 12 per cent, 2,023,963 dollars, at 12§ per cent, 3,700,544 dollars, at 15 per/cent, 7j242,123 dollars', at 20 per cent, 25,-139,978 dollars, at 25 per cent, 1,989,754 dollars, at 30 per cent, 6,-929,166 dollars, at 33^ per cent, 4,396^ dollars, at 35 per cent, 78,639 dollars, at 40 per cent, 442,387 dollars, at 50 per cent. S222 36 - 252,995.38 - 555,08160. ^- 1,448,424 60 - 6,284,994 50 - 596,926 20 r 2,309,722.00 1,538 60 31,455 60 - 221,193 50 47,552,803 dollars S.tl,702,554 34 , Sil,702,554 34' DUTIES ON SPECIFIC ARTICLES. i. Wines, 2,989,760 2; Spirits, 3,465,302 Molasses, 13,127,933 3. Teas, 5,372,956 Coffee, 31,895,217 4. Sugar, 55,123,515 5. .Salt, 3,431,163 6. All other articles - gallons, average 23.68 ctS; gallons, average 44.66 cts. gallons, at 5'• cts. pounds, average 33.52 cts. pounds, at 5 cts. pounds, average 3.05 cts. bushels,at 20 cts. - - S707,994 95- 1,547,769 34 656,396 65 - 1,800,849 19 - 1,594,760 85 - .1., 681,850 47 686,232 60 - 2,674,494 36 11,350,348 41 Deduct duties refunded, after deducting therefrom duties on merchandise, the'particulars of which could not be ascertained, and difference in cal,. cuiation - / • _ Add' 2 | per cent, retained on drawback ""- , 10 per cent extra duty on foreign vessels Discriminating duty on French vessels J Interest on custom-house bonds Storage receiyed . ., - 23,052,902 75 20,559 02 23,032,343 73 $123,106 79 28,461 07 591 54 10,904 28 '2,284 58 165,348 26 Duties on merchandise Duties on tonnage - Light money - 23,197,691 d^^ S129,488 37 . 16,213 39 145,701 76 13J14 GO Passports and clearances^ Deduct drawback on domestic refined sugar drawback on doniestic distilled'spirits Sll,168 28 5,834 36 23,356,507 75 17,002 64 Gross revenue Expenses of fcollecticn Nett revenue, (A) 23,339,505 11 867,438 08 P2,472,C67 03 453 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 1828.] Explanatory Statements and Notes.. 1. Wines—Madeira Burgundy and Champagne Sherry and St. Lucar Lisbon, Oporto, &c. -• Teneriffe, Fayal,-&c. Claret, &c.-bottled All other - • - ' 2,989,760 2. Spirits—Grain , - 1st proof 2d do. 3d do. 4th do. 5lh do. Other materials, 1st and 2d do. '3d do. 4th do. ' 5th do. Above 5th. do. ^ • - -, - fi 3. Teas—Bohea \- ' . Souchong Hyson skin, &c. Hyson and young hysoii Imperial ' - . ,- S116,584 00 26,011 00 8,912 40 99,489 50 75,284'80 29,890 50 351,822 75 116,584 gallons, at 100 cents 26,011 do. 100 do. . 14,854 • do. 60 do. 198,979 do. • 50 do. 188,212 do. 40' do. 99,635 do. 30 do. •2,345,485 do. 582,342 6,254 59,022 4,506 36,032 -398,288 768;076 1,600,429 10,122 231 '244,583 64 2,8r4 30 28,330 56 2,343 12 21,619 20 15-1,349.44 322,591 92 768,205 92 5,769 54 > 161 70 42 do. 45 do. ,48 do' 52 do. 60 do. . 38 do. ' 42. do. 48 do. , 57 -do. 70 do. do. do. do. do. do: do. do. do. do. do. 707,994 95 3,465,302 1,547,769 34 18,682 1pounds, at 12 cents 1,562,349 do. 25 do. 1,107,975 do. 28 do. 2,452,241 do. 40 do. 231,709 do. 50 do. 2,241 390,587 , 310,233 980,896 115,584 8^ 25 00 40 50 <5,372,956' Add extra duty on teas impor ed from other places than Chi aa 1,036 20 / 4. Sugar—Brown White ,- ' 52,309,013. 2,814,502 1,800,849 19 3 do. 4 do. do. do. 1,569,270-39 112,580 08 1,681,850 47 55,123,515 5. Salt—Imported - , Exported, bushels 71, 791 Bounties and allowances reduced into bushels, at 20 cents 1,075,324 \ 4,578,278 bushels. at 20 cents' 915,655 60 1,147,115 2^9,423 00 3,431,163 do. ' 20 do. 686,232 60 454 REPORTS OF THE .: [1828. Explanatory Statements and Notes—Continued. 6. All other articles. Gtuantity. \ - yards Carpeting, Brussels,-Wilton, &c. ,- , ^ ' '' Venetian -' . do. all other da Cotton bagging , - . do. Vinegar . . - gallons Beer, ale, and porter, in bottles ', do. • do. [ • V in casks "-• ^ do. Oil—spermaceti • ^ -' ^ whale -. do. olive. - -^ , 'do. .ca,stor' ,. - / -. „ - ' do. Irnseed - \ - • do. • • hempseed - , - . do. Cocoa - ' • - pounds Chocolate .: . do. Sugar—candy do. ... 'loaY - _ - . - ", do. other refilled .. do. Fruits—almonds /, - . • . ' do. currants - / -. ' •do. prunes and plums • - . do. - . figs" -, •'• - .' ' do. raisins, jar -' -' . :• .^ do. other - / ' ,do. Candles—tallow - . , do. wax -" .- ' , . do. • ^/ spermaceti - . do.' Cheese - " do. Soap do. Tallow - ' - • .- ' do. Lard " - ., . - ' , do. Beef and pork -" ' •-• do.,' Hams, and other bacon -. . do. ^ Biitter - ' .: • ... do. Refined saltpetre ' . - . 'i do. Vitriol/blue or Roman , - - ^ do. bil of v-^ - ' do. -Camphor, crude - ' do. refined . ,- ' do. Salts, Epsona do. Glauber .. do. , Spices—Cayenne pepper ' .do. ., ginger * • • do. nutmegs — do. cloves 'do. pepper. • - ' do. 1 ' pimento - ; do. Snuff . . . . . . do. Indigo • . do. Cotton do. Gunpowder -. . do.' Bristles - •, do. Glue do. Paints—ochre, dry do. in oil - .do. white and red lead do.. whiting , _ do. Lead—pig, bar, and sheet , do. Cables, tarred , do. 77,082 • • 676,088 9,922 4,376,701 ' 33,403 90,296 7,465 1 ' '' • 157 85,0,24 100 - 37,816 43 326,735 2,581 272 w 347 61 457,147 97,362 249,908 1,136,728 2,659,731 2,663,619 44,431 415 301 77,176 •216,108 1,042,643 30 208,168 4,454 2,882 27 56 900 "• 30,446 1 1,610. . 78 514 304,670 " 21,788. 38,020 389 ,'718 614,676 503 450,791 "42,292 59,351 275,557 1,583, 1,052,558 13,490 1,807,179 657,218 4,403,014, - 24,142 Rate of duty. Cents. 50 25 20 3| < 8 .20 15 25 15 25 ' ,- 40 25 25 2 4" 12 12 10 3 3 3 •4 3 5 ' 6 •8 9 4 1 3 2 3 5 3 4 3 8' 12 4 . 215 2 6025 8 ^ 6 12 15 3 8 3 5 .1 U 4 1 2 4' 1828;] .SECRETARY'OF THE TREASURY.. . Am- "^^PlmmoryMatemerUsandNxrtes-Gon^ . ' <>V^age—tarred '-, ..-,r.. • - .: untarred ' - - , --' ., Twine—untarred, varn' > ' ' • C o r k s . .. • ^--f-^- . . : J y fi- • Copper—rods and bolts. .- " .nails and spike? ,. .Fire-arms—rifies -• , - ' iron and steel wire, not above No. 18 • ^ above No. 18 'taeks, not above 16 oz. per M. above 16 oz. per M. nails . - " • - . ^- - ' • . spikes -.V chain cables • . ,' mill saws - • 'an<ihors - • -"anvils ,• - .-. • • hammers and sledges '. -castings, vessels of - " , -other . - .. rp.und OP brazier's rods,, ' nail and spike rods • . -, sheet and hoop .^ - ' ; slit and„ rolled • • pig - "- "-, .- • bar, rolled -.",.hammered -^ -'^ ,.«teel -• Hemp ^'Alum •-". .. Copperas . . . Wheat flour , €oal - ' - - •--'••• • • Wheat - ' Oats - , - . - • .. Potatoes . - • Paper—folio and 4to post printing Books printed".previous to 1775, - .- , ' , _ in. other languages Latin or Greek,, bound • .' not.bound all other, bound - , . , . ' ;. not bound '^ '^ Glass^-cut, and-not specified \ - : / ^ ,ail other articles of . apothecaries' vials, "not above 4 oz. bottleSj not above! quart /. 1 gallon .demijohns " , .- . , ' window, not above 8 by 10 10 bv 12 above 10 by 12 • ' /• ' uncut, in plates , Eish—dried or smoked'•'-, , pickled, salmon -' mackerel , all other -- : - ^^oz. Ce7its.\ - pounds do. .' - . do. do. do. do. - No. - pounds do. -/ 4o. do. do. do. - . do. No.' ' - pounds do. - . - do. - . : do. : - • do. - '. do. do: , do. do. - / cwt-; do. do. do. do. do. do. -do. - bushels -: do. ^ - • do. do: ' -'pounds do. do. • -do. - •• do". 392,911 74,618 334,177 173,682 5,616 2,392 .11 613,635 ' 2.58,426 24,133 , 4,271 600,151 57,384 435,505 1,464 .35',722 I 1,178,686 .56;757 627,847 . 489,381 . 680,366 11,555 5,049,059 201,334 26,086 170,146 536,936 25,503 119,354 2,929 32 1,077,.536 1,180 ... :773 38,102 a2,994 • 852 938 90,899 2 ,,455 - do. • - • 3.,1§2 T ., d o . 12,982 59,304 •- 28 ,.832 1,344,263 , 7,164 1,074 .29,759^ / / 36 52,534 964 456 4,114 633 583 924 39 174 - -do. do:. - , do. - gro'ss - - do. do. - .. , do. db. 100 sq. ft., do.' do. - quintals - barrels do; do. „. s$15,716.44. . 3^730 90 " 16,708-.85 • "20,841 84. / 224.64 • 95 68 27 50 ' 30,681 7 5 . 23,258 34 1,206 65 213 55 30,007 55. 2,295 36 ^ 13,065 15 1,464 00 . 714 44 23,573 72 1,418 92 9,417 71 4,893 81 .20,410 98' 346 65 151,471 77 6,040 02 13,043 00 255,219 00 483,242 40 25,503 00 208,869 50 210 00 5,858 GO 16 00 64,652 16 295 00 77.30 '3,810 20 •' 2,598 80 . 85 20.' 37 52 3,635 96 368-25 413 66 ^ 3,894 60 15,419 04 864 96 26,885 26 . 7,164 00 1,342 50 '59,518 00 108 00 13,133 50 • 2,892 00 1,596.00 16,456 00 • 2,532 00 583 00 1,848 00 58 50 174 00 , , 45.6, [1828, 'REPORTS O F THE,, • ,•,: Explanatory Statements and Notes—Continuei. • "• - / • ". ' • V ' ^ , ••' • • • Rate•-(Quantity. rs of / duty. ^ • .6.. All other'articles—coniinued. • , . . ^ ' • , : • . • • , . . . . - . • • . • " - . J . Duties. ., • : " <-. •• • Cents.Shofesah.d: slippers-—silk",/ •- • ' - ' ':- ^"pairs. ^ ••..-l.,..367-. 30 /,• •' . . '- .^ pruiielle, ; - ,. - ' •. do. ., / . 1,447 • 25.^ /V "/•• . - ' leather'' . - .do. . 3.123 •••25 ; ^^ ^ '• .:/-^!-children's ' - - ^ - . , r ' do,:i,22o- 15 Boots a;nd bootees- , - . - / . - ' -^ ^ -, -do.. -.•••- 2 7 4 - 150. .Segars- .[ ' : -. /,;-• ;:.;^^.-', /',. - - . - ' M : , ' • .•13-,960. 250-, ' / : • : • ' ; , ; - • • ; • / - " : ; • • - , . , ' ' , . " • ^; • . ' . /Deduct excess of exportation over importatieir: Mace'-;- " ' - • - - • „ • 718 pouncls, at 100 cents Cinnamon '. -' — ,' 11,676 pounds, at 25 cents Cassid",.''" - , ' .-- 126,248 pounds, a t , 6 cents . Tobaccb; manufactiired - - : ,13,372-pounds, at, 10. cents Shor:•' - - V ; - .: \ -' 5,957 pounds, at 31 cents .Muskets'- r . - / - , '.„ - .8,602-each' ^ 150 cents Paper—foolscap '-•/'43,890 pounds, at 17 cents " . • ~ . sheathing - . . ' - ' 1,662 pounds^; at ,3, cents, -other -. - - , 6,953'pounds, at ISiCents' " BottieSj^noc over^quarts- • 7 gross, ' at 250^cents Playing cards • .-; 4,389 packs, at 30 cents - • • • -,^ ,; . ••• ' , '^' \ • -, : • , . : • ' • - • ..•• •_ ' -•• • ; • • • . c . - ^ - ' - , ; . • • • • ' • " - ' - 2,710,043 25 / ' •.-: .- $718>00. y 2,919 00 - -, -7,574 88 - '-^ 1,337-20 , -;• 208 50 - 12,903 00 - 7,461-30 49 86 - 1,042 95 17 50 - 1,316 70 .'./ -^—. . Carried to statement B . ^ ' • • pio.'-ro • -361 75— 780'75' . 168. 00 • . /411..0O • 34,900,, OO • ' 1 / • .• • ' / ' •35,548-89' .^_ ' • / ' 2,674,494 36 ' • : . / , S T A T E M E N . T exMbiting the amount bfi Amei'ican and foreign tori• riage emptoyed in the fioreign trade ofi. tke United States during the ' year ending ori the 31st day ofi Dece'mbe7\ 1827. < - • Tons 900,198 - • .,.,-- 151,875.; jimeriean tonnage in for.eign trade , Foreign tonnage in foreign trade ; Tofel tonna^*e employed in the foreign trade of the United" ; ':States\--\ . ; - - / . .;• -•" -, • -. - • • .•^.^'//.•.-••. • .1,052,074 Froportion of fbreign tonnage to the whole amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United States TREASURY'DEF.X'VRTM'ENT, •". 14.4 to 100 ;.-. . - ' ' Register's Office, December 8, 1828., ". . ' ;"•:..." ' . •• JOSEPH.NOURSE, :i?^i5^€?v D. oo S T A T E M E N T ofi the sales ofi 2niblic lands, and ofi tke receipts into ike land ofiices, arid payments into the Treasury on accourit thereofi; showing., also, ihe .expenses incidental to the .same, during theyear ending the 31st day ofi D.ecember, 1827. . " > . Nett amount of Purchase money. Amount received . Aggregate reunder the credit ceipts. lands sold. system. Incidental ex- Payments, by repenses, salaries, ceivers into the commissions. .Treasury. .Land offices. -' Marietta ' Zanesville * Steubenville . . ' Chillicothe Cincinnati - . Wooster Piqua Tiffin Jeffersonville Vincennes Crawfordsville Indianapolis Fort Wayne Shawneeto\vn Kaskaskia '- Edwardsville -. ,, Vandalia Palestine - . Springfield St. Louis : • Franklin . - , •Jackson Palmyra . Lexington St. Stephen's . ' - - - - .- . -- . . . . ,. . . - . - • -. . -. . . . - . -- - / -" _ .^ . _ . . - Acres. 7,524.51 29,810.69 25,003.98 10,285.96 24,389.00 - 17,030.89 2,45,1.54 34,506.74 14,095.16 ' 14,017.71 113,341.85 •66,024.24 2,212.25 3,,340.57 2,2.56.54 8,398.-66 1,743:64 9,466.69 33,398.97 27,040.41 62,798.02 3,724.67 26,127.07 35,380.36 6,257.28 Dolls. Cts. Dolls. Cts. .Dolls. Cts. 9,405-^61 5,614 39 39,937 15 28,209 69 . 31,254 96 19,762 80 12,8.57 41 15,572 44 30,486 2551,233 64 21,307 81 . 22,058 79 " 3,064 44 43,808 65 _ 17,618 89 26,895 76 17,522 18" 23,194 07 141,917 79 _ 83,141 45 ' _2,765 31 3,779 56 ^ . 2,08560 2,88115 975 60 10,498 33 359 19 2,179 54 _. 12,096 57 .. , 1 41,759 49. _ 33,801 26 10,434 Ib^ 82,981 20 i s , 754 21 „ .• 4,655 82 ' 33,216 74 ^ 44,459 06 _ > 7,839 66 1,584 00 ' . 15,020 00 68,146 84 51,017 76 28,459 85 81,719 89 43,366 60 3,064 44 ^ 43,808 65 44,514 65 40,716 25 141,917 79 83,141 45 2,765-31 5,865.16 3,856 75 10,857 52 ' 2,179 54 ^ 12,096 5741,759 49 -44,235 36 96,735 41 • 4,6.55 82- 33,216 74 44,459 06 9,423 66 Ul a '^ Kl Dolls. Cts. 2,515 3,277 3,995 2,994 5,512 3,563 1,047 2,436 - "5.,245 2,200 4,265 3,870 1,170 2,734 ~3,-724 .1,924 r,296 1,434 2,572 3.743 •5',493 1,334 1,785 1,596 4,334 GO 37 68 01 31 65 95 49 81 08 45 38 46 94 46 15 78 13 68 43 14 93 62 64 12. 07 Dolls. Cts. 12,570 80 61,864 91 42,539 01 29,000 80 76,283 97 39,658 15 3,487 39 40,700 31 39,360 92 37,860 53 152,158 .34 113,067 29 1,440 00 • 3,986 07 76- 56 ^ - 7,633 47 ^ I 505 00 8,415 21 30,101 21 28,654 60 107,137 91 3,250 00 16,65500 32,644 01 8,336 44 o -3 W Ul ox S t A ' T E M E N T 0--CQntinu-ed: 00. ' : • . • • . " ' - • . • •' , , . • / . , . . ^ . • : - • - ,"•- / •:, / \ f i - i ' . • _ • • . Nett amount of- -Purchase-money. •Amount received ' A g g r e g a t e relands sold. • u n d e r the.credit ceipts: ^ system. • ' ".- . .•~i . •;• ' ': LittleRock - .Batesville. Tallahassee -^ - . - .^ / fifi • • - -. •• . •, _ - . . - • - • - " • • '. '^ '. - .. - - ^ • ' . • _ . . - ' ^ - - . ' • A'cres'.-^ -- •. • Totals . . • . , :I)olls.:Cts, 48,l4d-.-38 60,170 44 4,797.04 , 5,996 28 15,189.71 . 1 8 , 9 8 7 56 23,694.53 30,563 37 ^ . 7,326.83 ',•9; 158 52 -' 53,022.83 67,509 87 399.85 "• . 499 82^ • - . . T o w n lots. /> 134,451 00 1,971.23 -2,464 03 - :; - 4,504.22 5;630 26 .- . 34,8,05.4543,542 11 7,604.60 9,573 36 -/ ^ • - . . -• . .1-i 8 9 0 . 1 7 . -' •• ^-2,362 72 -^ -.%165.81 2;7.07-26 - . . 140,587.. 71 • ^ ^ 1 8 9 , 1 8 2 48 ~ _- . , " " • ' Landbffices.., .Cahaba^ " -: - , Huiits v i l l e ' ^ Tuscalo'osa' ^ " • SjDarta ,-' ' . Washington . M o u n t Sal us. - • - - ' AiigLista -_. .N e w O r l e a n s -. - •,. Opelousas:. Ouachita -. .Detroit-^-' .- " Monroe ' '- , fi • 936,727.76 1,318,006 36 • , 29,478.0015,324 48 ._-',. . • ' - _ ' ' • / . _ - • _ . - •4,177 38• " , . 4 , 1 2 2 94 _' - . _ ^ ' ^* -—, . - : • : . .. • 313,132 3 7 ,^-' ' ^ ' 0:otts: Cts.-\ / - " B oils:'Cts.' .: /-• Dolls. Cts.'. 89,648 44^ 21,320; 7 6 / •-18,987-56 • 50,563 37 •47; 453 8 1 ' ,67,509.87 ^ „'499 82 . 134,451 00 ^ 6,641 41 ^5,630 26. ' 47,635 05 -9,573 36 \ . ' • -:2,"362^72, 2,707--2.6 189,182 48 f fi^lO-55 •-: • 8^', 654-92 23,^650 00 4,679 86 . ; 11,691 00 1,960 07 r , 354 0 2 , • - . 43,600 00 4,B"5 15 45,395 16 3 , 3 3 2 61 • •"476-49-- , ' 4 , 3 1 6 93 115,538,91 1,350 4 3 5,004.17 1,633 02 .46,313 70 3,341 41 . • 12,887 09' 1,796 09 -25 00 ^ 1,463 28 ^ -. " 5,201 00 1,695 51 • 205,596 50 7,936 30 .1,631,138 7 3 . • -121,281,; 45 ; • ' 1-, 495,845.26 . 38,295 2 9 X ' , . Dolls." Cts.- • - :, • - - Mncideiital „ex-- PaymentSvby r e , penses, salaries, ; cei vers into the commissibris.^ ', Treasury./^: m • ^ d Ul- 6 S" Note.—The " incidental expeiises'' in the foregoing statement are greatly increased, ini^consequence of the operation of the-act pf ^May.-22, 4826, providing for the allowance, to registers and receivers, of the ainoTint of clerk hire ihcurred in the execution, of the la-vvs for the relief of p.urehasers of public .lands, passed in the years 1821, 1822, and 1823; and allowing the one-half of one per^cent. on the payments made-by relinquishments and discounts,, allowed under those .laws; and, also, in consequence of alTowances made to receivers for depositing public-moneys, smce 2lp'i^'26,-1818, in pursuance of the provisions of an act. to that-effect, passed May 22, 1826, . .. • ' TREASURY.DEMRTMENTJ GenerafiLand Office, .November^22, A828. ^ G^^OUGE; '(mmMlfieommiissiomr. CO CD 182-8.] 459 SECRETARY OF T H E TREASURY. S T A T E M E N T of the sales of public lands, and of the receipts, into \he land offces on account thereof and .of the expenses incidental to the same, from, the \st of January, 1828, to the 20th of June folloiving. ^^ Nett amount of lands sold. Land offices. ^ ' • Marietta ,Zanesville Steubenville •Chillicothe .- ,^ •Cincinnati Wooster Piqua Tiffin Jeffersonville Vincennes Crawfordsville Indian apblis , Fort Wayne Shawneetown Kaskaskia Ed,wa-rdsville -. Vandalia Palestine Springfield St. Louis -' Franklin .'Jackson Palmyra Lexington l ' St. Stephen's Cahaba Huntsville Tuscaloosa Washington Mount Salus Augusta New Orleans Opelou.sas Ouachita •Detroit Monroe Little Rock Batesville Tallahasse - , ' -• . - ^ - - -• -, - ' - , • Purchase • Amount Aggregate money. "received ' receipts. underlhe cre.dit system. / Incidental expenses, salaries. and commissions. Acres. 3,445.66 $4,307 07 ^149 15 16,255.62 20,169 42 955 01 12,520.02 15,650 01 6,685.91' 8,357 38' '183 92 10,616.36 13,270 45 -. ' - 5,867.64 7,334,54 373.36 466 70 15,600.87 19,501 08 5,059.52 6,324 40 • 44 12 ^8,786.74 10,983 45. 200 00^ •52,851.77 66,054 74 23,935.33 29,919 09 _/ 80.00 100 00 1,734.05 2,18.5 45 r 1,356.17 1,695 23 184 93 7,133.23 8,916 5'5 1,108.04 1,385 05 6,188.94 , 7,736 17 12,502.41 . 15,628 01 ^_ ,11,972.71 14,9.65 94 16,693.57 20,867 01 ,121^25 .. 1,803.58 2,354 44 11,474.85 14,343 60 10,052.99 12,566 28 5,248.72 6,560 99 27 76 29,710.01 37,137 81 44 95 801.76 1,002 20 3,472.90 4,341 69 .1,357.22 1,696 50 • 808 60 20,795.8.2 25,994 .58 ._ 55,3.40 69174 _ /S4,456 2.2- • . $588 -51 21,124.43 1,160 84 15,650 01 981 48 ' 8,541 3b • .776 58' 13,270.45 2.; 275 95 / 7,334. 54 751 71 466 70 509 76 19,50r08 952 ^86 - 6,368 52 • 802 71 ,11,18,3 45 6,677 23 6'6,054 74 2,411 07 29,919 09 1,019 53 ^ 100 00 506 05 2,185 45 1,756 74 1,880 16, 858 86 8,916 55 663 12 1,385 05604 81 - 7,736 17 . -725 33 15,628 01 .814 21 14,965 94 ^ 761 97 20,988 26; -919 60 . 2,354 44 , 603 73 14,343 .60 767 19 12;566 28 1,335 24 . 6,588 75 ' 1,191 25 37,182 76 1,466 91 1,002 20 3,674 75 4,341 69 695 2L '2,505 10- V 596,71 •25,994 58, 927 19 i591. 74 • 541-68 2,344 43 _- , ^Ol. 85 1,.598 64 557 55 •2,239 01 731 69 _ 13,723 42' 2,690 09 ._ 976 10 _ - • 3,923 04 417 50 539 06 _ 312 26 470 78 _ 22 ,'493 57 1,123 66 '" _ . . • • - - - - . _ 1,195.04^ 1,791.21 10,978.70 3,138.44 334.00 249.81 • 17,873.38 ' 341,599.75 ,1,493 2,239 13,723 3,923 417 312 22,493 79 01 42 04 50 26 57 427,110 16 47,752 14 429,934 70 2,824 54 NOTE.—The causes of the aniount of incidental expenses being sq .large will be found fully, explained in the note appended to the statemeni for the year 1827. • " , ^ TREASURY DEPARTMENT, ' . General Land Ofiice, Nov. 22,1828.' \ ^ ' , ^/, ' • , '.GiEO. GRAHAM, . . . Commissioner ofi the General Land Offiice. - 46ft': ' REPORTS- O E T H E • ;, :•;••. • - ; ' • ; • - . . . . ' : , E . • . ' " . / . • • . \ . " [1828, , ' , ' • • • : • • • : / . . . S T A T E J M E N T .ofi moneys received into the Treasiiry, firoin all sources other than customs and public lands, during tke year 1827. Dividends on stock in |he Bank ofthe UnitedStates . - .14^0,000 GOr From arrears of direct tax.- ) ",$2,626 90 . new internal revenue - ./ ,-.: , I9j885 68 - ^ fees on letters patent,10,560 00 ' / > ^ cents coined at,the mint -< . 22,030, 32 , postage of letters . 1 - ; 10100 . ,-' • .fines; penalties and forfeitures 157 45 . . surplus.emoluments of ofiicers of the • :: • ^ ^--'V \ Q u s t o m s ^ l . , ' / , ; > , / •• - .;• • '-"';-•^8,132 83^-, • ^^'^ ''•-':fi^f .•' ' intereston balances due by,banks to / : / . ' VtheUnited States -^^^'>^^ 6,000 00: --,'[." ".' ; nett proceeds of vessels condemned / / .,. ,:^ under the slave-trade acts - ' - ' 10,841 79 . .a person unknown, stated;to be oil : , ' ; : - \ ',? , account of imports and tonhage - ^' . 6 00 v/ ' . / moneys previously advanced, on ac- , ' .' : Godiit pf treaty with Spain^ , 8 5 00 100,429'97 Balances of advances made in the War Department, repdid under.the 3d section of the act of 1st May, 1820 - " 32,845 44 Moneys received froni Great Britain, under the convention^ of 13th November, 1826, for slaves and other property ^ y taken during the late war -; - '1,204,960 00 $1,758,235 41 •TREASURY'D,EPARTME-NT,'.. • ' ' ,. / "'\ : ' ' Register's Office, Decemher 4t, 1828. fi ' ' ,• /• •; .V, ^;. :• / • , . • ; : ; • ^-^ J O S . E T H . N O U R S E , .ge^/ii^^r. •••; ,:,';• '•'.;•;;: V ' . ' ' •'• , • • • : - : ' • F . . '^ ' fi • • •. • ; - . . , STA T E M E N T of tke expenditrires ofi tke United States, fior the year fi , :. ' ... / i . . '•• ^ ; i 8 2 7 . ,....•.•• -'•• • CIVIL, MISCELLANEOUS, AND DIRLOMATIC, V I Z ; .•••.•'•• : -Legislature' ," -',- ' •'./-;-^ .-• •-- -.; , -':.|42i,965'35 •• : „;• ^ -/^ Executive departments ,- 501,793 05 Officers of the mint ^ , / ;j,600>G0 \ ,. : Surveying department -\ fi -.: 25,176 93 Commissioner of the Fublic Buildings - , 1,695 06 : Governments in the Territories oC the United ' -States: - - • • ' - . - • • . •;•, > ' \ •;..••-,- 42,462^27 ' \. •Judiciary - " "v^-. , , ^ . ^ • ..' - /225,448 4 8 . ' ^^ ;^ . ' . ' • , -^ • . •—^. . ^ ^ $1,228,141 04 http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal m^ Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1823.] SECRETARY OF T H E TREASURY. 461 Annuities and grants $2,000'00. • x^lint establishment .. 40,588 86. Unclaimed merchandise , - , 247 64 Light-house establishment -• - .324^859 78 Surveys of public lands. - .53,718 15 / Registers and receivers of land offices ,3,25!5, 14 Preservation of the public archives in Florida 1,62'5 00 - . Land claims in Florida Territory - ';\ 2,971.24 Land claims in St. Helena land district . 1,502 78 Roads within the State of Ohio '7,390 '91 Roads within the State of Indiana ^7,352 54 ' ' -.. Roads, canals, &c. within the State of Alabama 6^540 36 Roads, canals, &c. within the State of Missouri 1,981'45 Roads, canals, (fcc. within the State of Mississippi 4,717 11 Repairing the post road between Chatahoochie and Line creek, Alabama 6,000 00, Marine hospital establishment 89,137 42 " Public buildings in Washington - ' . - 175,727 35 . '• Payment of balances to collectors of new in- , . , ' ;., ternal revenue •• . - . - / 2,637 13 Appropriation of prize mpney 2,202 50- \ . , Stock in the Louisville and Portland Canal . • , Company30,000 00 , Payment of claims for property lost, &c. 608 75 ' • • Paymentof claims for buildings destroyed • 8,134 7 4 / Miscellaneousexpenses. - ' '"52,923 82 3,123 67 Diplomatic department - ' 117,126 55 Mission to the Congress of Panama - . 17,953 /52 Contingent expenses of foreign intercourse - • 36.''248 63 Reliefand protection of American seamen 30,617 68. Prize causes • -/ ^ 4,000 00 Treaties with Mediterranean powers 26,505 54 Treaty of Ghent (6th and 7th artiqles) - . 1 1 , 7 6 5 06 Treaty of Ghent (1st article) ^ : 13,706 44 Payment of claims under the 9th article of the -treaty with Spain - ^ 824/00 Claims on Spain , 1,817.72 Awards under the first article of the treaty of ^ Ghent .- 398,646 73 659,211 87 2,713,476 58 MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. Pay of the army Subsistence , - ' . Forage . . Quartermaster's department Arrearages of the army Bounties and premiums Purchasing department Purchase of wo^ollens for 1828 . . . ,- - , 990,004 21 . 226,556 41 . 44,519 26 - 32.6,889 48 12,387 24 14,092 16 - 228,967 08 20,000 00 462 REPORTS ; 0 F T H E $11,600 54 Expenses of recruiting , - > - . . Ordnance V ' - 24,733 52 Arming and equipping the militia ^ 199,397 59 Armories " - '^ • -, • , - 366',047- 27 32,564 96 Arseiials -.' • . ,. Arsenal at Vergennes - -:; , 8,600 00 Arsenal at Augusta, Maine - . -'•:^- • -' -, 4,581 60 Arsenal at Augusta, Georgia - ' - 32,S86 69 Arsenal at St. Louis .,^ - 15,000 00 28,023 84 Hospital department - - ., Contingencies of thei army 8,223 66 Repairs andcontingeiricies of .fortifications 22,906 23 Fort Monroe ' - - . 87,396.97 Fort Calhoun -. - . - / . 56,817.24 106,801 47 Fort Adams - • -. ' - . Fort Hamilton ,' -, - '66,784 09 90,144 7SFort Jackson .-. ' Fort at Cape Fear, North Carolina ' - 29,930 0 0 49,464 42 "Fort Macon, at Beaufort, North Carohna 40,000 '00 F,6rt at Bienvenue - . Fort at Mobile Point" - ^' / - 72,951 46 33,670 71 Fort at Rigolets ~ . 63,413 09 Armament of new fortifications 48,242.44 Surveys, &c. of roads and canals . Continuation of the Curnberlaiid road -^ - 163,720 OO Preservation and repairs of the Cumberland 25,51:0 00 road -'.. : . 2,065 00 Road from Memphis to Little Rock -2,000,00 Road froni Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson Road from Fort Smith l o Fort Towspn' ' 2,000 00 5,916 00 Road from Colerain to Tampa bay. Old King's road from the Georgia line ^(by St. Augustine) to New Smyrna 5,000 00 Road from Detroit lo Ghicago 20,000 00 26.716 0 0 Improving the Ohio arid Mississippi rivers 9,000 00 Improving the na;vigation of the Ohio river Improving Hyannis harbor, Massachusetts 1.000 00 Improving Cleavelaiid harbor, Ohio 4;500, 00 Improving Pascagoula harbor, Mississippi river 8,000 00 Deepening the harbor df Presque Isle 5,484' 81 Deepening the harbor'at Sackett's Harbor 3,000 00 .Preservation of islands in Boston harbor 9,115 27 Repairs'df Plymouth beach . 2,184 90 Removing obstructions in Huron creek, Ohio 3,500 00 Removing obstructions in Cunningham creek 0 . 1,000 00 Removing obstructions in Ashtabula creek, O. - 10,915 18 4,620 00 Removing obstriictidiis in Grand river, Ohio Removing obstructionb in-Mobile harbor, Alai. ,5,605 78 Removing obstructions in Saugatuck river, Me. 1,5.00 06 Building piers on ;Steel's Ledge, Belfast, Maine .4.0{) OO: Building piers at New Castle,. Delaware 2,0:00 dt) Building piers^at Buifalo cree.k. New York .5,060 00: [1828. 1828.] ' SECRETARY ^ OF T H E TREASURY. Piers, beacons, (fee. in the harbor of Saco, Maine $4,450 00, Piers at the mouth of Oswego harbor. New York - '6,010 39 Piers atthe mouth of Dunkirk^iarbor, New York 3,000 QO Piers at Laplaisance bay, Michigan 1,000 00. Examinins: piers^ at Porf Penn, Marcus Hook, and .FortMiffiin : - ' '---fi - . .IGOOO' Survey of a canal from the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico '. -. ^ 2,755 00 ^ Connecting the Detroit and the river Raisin, with - .. the Miami and Sandusky, roads - '12,000:00 ' Surveying the harbor of Church's Cove, Rhode Island. . - / . 200. 00 Surveying the harbor of Stonington, Connecticut ~ 200 00 Surveying the roads from Detroit to Saginaw, Fort Gratoit, and Lake Huron , - / 1,500 00 Erection of a wharf at Fprt'Wolcott, Rhode Island 500 00 Purchase of a house and lot of land at Eastport,. Maine : 1,800 00 Purchase of lots at St. Augustine, Florida . • 600 00 Barracks at Savannah, Georgia 11,414 40 Barracks at Fort St. Philip - . - 12,000 00 Barracks at Fort Michilimackinac 6,000 00 Military cantonment near St. Louis > . - . 16,591 54 Settlement of the Georgia niilitia,claims, -v 100,600 00 System of cavalry, artillery, and infantry exercise 1,675 24 Military Academy, West Point - ' - 41,143 95 Maps, plans, and books for the War Department415 13 Relief of officers, (fee. engaged in the Seminole campaign - . 881 53 Relief of Capt. Bigger's company of rangers 4,635 91 Relief of sundry individuals . V •• 10,553 80 Interest due to the State of Pennsylvania 17,577 60 Payment of clainis for property lost ^ '' 220 00 Revolutionary pensions . - 796,012 52 Invahd and hall-pay pensions - 170,567 56 Pensions to widows and orphans 9^558 7& Boundary lines'between Georgia and Florida 3,745 80. Suppression of Indian aggressions on the frontiers of Georgia and Florida 13,096 71 Carrying into effect certain Indian treaties (aet 2d March, 1827) -^ , -. . - . . 159,847 37 Rations to Florida/Indians 30,015 96 Relief of Florida Indiians -: - 12,750 25 Running the hne df land assigned to Florida In330 56 dians - ^ - . .. 14,9'40 45 Presents to Indians 32Contingencies of Indian department - 95i787 95^787 32Creek treaty, per act of 22d May, 1826 - 101(383 84 Treaty with the Choctaw and Chicikasaw Indians^' 2,445 m Effectino: certain Indian treaties (act of 20th May,. 5j750 0©:' 1826)^.; • -• . .Emigration of the Creeks beyond the Mississippi •29i08O;82 463 - S ^ 464 REPORTS OF T H E $10,296^ 84 Civilization of the Indians -Payof Indian agents - , - 32,356 65 17;007 02 Pay of sub-agents •- ' 209,529.29 Indian annuities Choctaw schools,'(treaty of ISth Octobe^r, 1820) - ' 10,270 90 2,000 00 Provisions to Gluapaw Indians . • 5,677,349 85 Fro;m which deduct the following repayments: • Fortifications -• ~ - $ 5 3 19, Repairs of Fort Constitution , - . - 72 14 Sarvey of Marblehead and Holnies's Hole, 95 82 Survey of Laplaisance bay • - 89 11" Survey of Sandusky bay - 41 .70 Road from Ohio to Detroit -70000 Road, from Pensacola to St. Aitgastine ,'- 546' 00' ".Effecting Creek trccity, per act of 3d, ^ '^ '. March, 1825- ,\ ' "- 8 00 Holding treaties with the Indians" ctaim- ( ing lands in Indiana- - 2 27 1,608 23 -5,675,741-62 NAVAL E S T A B L I S H M E N T . . Pay of the navy afloat . - - ' -fi Pay of the navy shore stations Provisions . - -. ' - ; Medicines and hospital stores Repairs of vessels. > Nayy yards,,docks, (fee. ,- . Navy yard, Pensacola' ' ^ Ordnance and ordnance stores' Building ten sloops of war ,, Repairs of sloops of war . Gradual increase.of the navy Gradual improvement of the navy Prohibition of the slave trade - . , Suppression, of piracy - . . ..Superintendents, artificers, (fee. Survey of the harbors of Brunswick, nah, (fee. \- . - • Arrearages prior fo 1827 - . Surveys and .estimates,for dry docks Contingent, prior to 1824 Contingent,,not enumerated, 1826 -. Contingent, for 1827 -, --' Contingent, not enumerated, 1827 Pay of the marine corps Clothing for the marine corps Fuel for the marine corps * Medicines for the marine corps Barracks forthe marine cQrps Military stores for the marine^ corps - 1,172,618,19 - 166.063 39^ ,- 575,769 23 34,314 52 - 41'7,365 66 - 196,916 01 .^' - , 57,499 63: 36,407 34 . ,- - 184,804 24 20,181 38 - 735,587 68 - 100,104 45 29,603" 8.9 -, ' 1,162 65 -,70,720 20 Savan' 4,078 43 - ' 14,769 66.^ - , 2,707 27 -r 10,114 68 3,267 06 - 218,340 81 1,219 12 , - 161,531 30 .26,040 70 " 5,649 60 -' 1 J 1 7 55 .3,146.66 402 00 .1828.] SECRETARY OF T H E TREASURY. Contingent for the marine corps Contingent arrearages forthe marinecorps Contingent, additional, 1826, for the marine corps . . . - fi 465 $13,112 42 2,228 70 ' 308 05 4„267,752-25 From which deduct the following .repayments: Contingent for 1824 . ^' - . $677 44 Contingent for 1825 491 62 Contingent, not enumerated, " 1825 -.'108 88 Gontingent for 1826 - 1,878 00. .Building barges 67 16 Building five schooners 58 33 Swords and medals • -. - 579 62 Navy yard, Philadelphia . . 13 75 .•.3,874-' 80 1,263,877 45 PUBLIC DEBT. Interest on the funded debt •. - 3,482,509 21 Redemption of the six per cent, stock of 1813, (loan of $16,000,000) \ 6,507,466 85 interest on the. Loiiisiana stock 3,56.2 30 Reimbursement of the Mississippi stock 1,642 48 Paying certain parts of the domestic debt 21 12 Paying the principal and interest of Treasury notes - .. _ ' '.'8,466 44 10,003,66,8 40 Frorri which deduct the following re-" payment: Redemption of six per cent, stock of 1813, ($7,500,000) - 01— - 1 0 , 0 0 3 , 6 6 8 3? •^—: .$22,656,764:04 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register'is Office, December A, 1B28. JOSEVB: m m m , I . , :' • Register. • ; •' • . , ^ • S T A T E M E N T ofi the expenditures ofi tke Uriked States, firorn thelst , of Jdimctry to tke 30th September^ 1828. CIVIL, M I S C E L L A N E O U S , AND DIPLOMATIC, VIZ t Legislature. - . Executive department Officers of the mint Surveying departnient : '" • ' ^YoL. n.--3()^ - «. - -$520,557 52 - > 392,5.77.05 7,200 00 - /15,613;26 • " ;, • '."' •• • .' ^ 46.6 ' [1828. • • ' - , REPORTS OF T H E v.. , *> • • ; . Commissioner of the Public Buildings -•• $1,500 00 V Governments in the Territories of the United: . 35,147 •59.-^ States Judiciary - ,. - -' .: -> 192,92^8 62 il,l'65,524 04 1,698 91 Annuities and grants . 26,388 ,95. Mint establishment , , 316 84 Unclaimed merchandise Light-house establishment -. - 172,648 00 37„647'97' . ' / Surveys of public lands - " ' l-,250^00 Registers and receivers of lahd offices Preservation of the publip archives in Florida 750 00 "Territory - ,. ' '2,554 75 Land claims in Florida Territory 2,819 67 Land claims in Alabama' -. • ' ^ . ' Land claims in Michigan 297 13 .'• 4,215" 41 Roads within the State ,of Ohio '-, 11,346 25 Roads within the State of Indiana -, 4,632 69 RoadSjCanals, (fee. within the State of Alabama. 6,332 m Roads, canals,' (fee. within the State of Missouri 49,159 70 Marine hospital establishment ' 86,006 2S Public buildings in Washington Payment of balances to collectprs of new in\ -.192 46 ternal revenue -. Stock in the Louisville and Poftland Canal 30,000 00' . Company - . ,'. Stock in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company- - / -^ 10;000 00 c 75 50' Payment of claims for property lost, &c: 46,217 14 ^ Appropriation for navy hospital fund indemnifying the owners of the British ship ^ Union ".'-. • ".- 23,474 00 Repayment for lands erroneously sold by the 327 00 United States ' - . . Reyohitionary claims ^ - . , - . , 310,254 77 6l,^76 13 Miscellaneous expenses 885,781 17 ' Diplomatic department ' - . - 102,779 98 15,756 69 Contingent expenses of foreign intercourse 11,747 30 Relief and protection of American seamen. Prize causes - ' . . ^ 8,000 00 33.730 00 Treaties with Mediterranean powers 2,700 34 Treaty tof Ghent, (6th and 7th articles) 9,804 45 Treaty of Ghent, (1st article) Awards under the 1st article of the treaty of Ghent - " - 763,688 26 948,207 02 ; • • • . '••-' •:, \ • - •• ; • V • " • • " • ' • • ' - 1 ' ' . ' . . , ' • ' , • , • 2,999,512 23 MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. \ Fay of the army Subsistence „.. - \- . - 807,15.5 66 . 177,965 9 8 . J 1828.] S'ECRETARY OF T H E TREAS'URY. $35,821 02 Forage '- ' 380,484 90 duartevmaster's department - • 13,955 37 Arrearacres of the array. • 14,017 16 Bounties and premiums: 11,252 74 Expenses of recruiting 152,879 70 Purchasing department - , 10,000 00 Purchase of woollens for 1829 .65,609 22 Ordnance 165,382 90 Arming and equipping the militia 295,414 40 Armories 60,292 08 Arsenals. : 24,000 00 Arsenal at Augusta, Maine 16,778. 81 Arsenal at Au2:usta, Georma 14,151 99 Hospital department . ^ ;10.353 92 Contingencies of the army -.^ - .,^-. 1,500 00 Expenses of the board of visiters to West Point 14,232 24 Repairs and contingencies of fortifications Fort Monroe - ' -. - 76.354 55 63,135 41 Fort Calhoun ^• -.^ ' Fort Adams - . -' - :" .- .66,504 32 60,359 03 Fort Hamilton • -. 47,744 00 Fort Jackson -' " Fort Macon, at Beaufort - .. - ' ' ' - 55,361 98 34,729 30 Fort at Gape Fear . 80,000 00 Fort at Mobile Point 4,000 00 Fort at Pensacola . ' Fort Delaware - ' ,1 28 Armament of new fortifications - 114,660 64 Surveys, (fee, roads and canals ^ - 28,963 66 Continuation ofthe Cumberland road 128.508 36 Repairs of the Cumberland road . 5,000 00 Road from Memphis to Little Rock - -. 9,470 18 Road from l^ittle Rock to Cantonment Gibson 5,300 00 Road from Port Smith to Fort Towson , r 8,884 00 Road from Pensacola to St. Augustine 2,000 00 Road from Detroit to Saginaw, (fee. 230 14 Old King's road from the Georgia line, by St. Augustine, to New Smyrna .' - 3,000 00 1,000 00 Military road in the S.tate of Maine •-. 31,605 31 Improving the Ohio and Mississippi rivers 6,000 00 Improving the navigation of the Ohio river 8,000 00 Improving Hyannis harbor, Massachusetts 5,500 00 Improving Cleaveland harbor, Ohio. 6,223.18 • Deepening the harbor of Presque Isle 500 00 Deepening the harbor of Sackett's Harbor 2,000 CO Preservation of islands in Boston harbor , Removing obstructions in Huron creek, Ohio- - 4,413 35 1,517 76 Removing obstructions in Cunningham creek, O. 2,000 OORemoving obstructions in Ashtabula creek, Ohio 3.200^ OO Removing obstructions in Grand river, Ohio Removing obstructions in Mobile harbor, Ala. '553 00 Removing obstructions in Appalachicola river, Fl. 1,500 00 467 468 . . REPORTS O F T H E Removing obstructions in Piscataqua river - $2,500 00 Removing obstructions in Black river, Ohio 1,000 00 Building piers on Steel's ledge, Belfast, Maine 33 76 Building piers at Newcastle,"Delaware - 5,000 00 . Building piers at the rhouth of Dunkirk harbor, ' ' • r NewYork . - . . 3,000 00' Building piers at the mouth of Oswego harbor. New York - . - -, . 13,281 27 Bailding piers at Laplaisance bay, Michigan 2,977 81 Piers, beacons, (fee, within the harbor of Saco, Maine / - 2,550 00 Pier adjacent to the pier at Buffalo, New York -. 20,000 00 Repairing public piers at. Port Penn, Marcus Ho.dk, and Fort Mifflin ^ 4;413 00 Survey ofa canal from the, Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico - . , • .^ -, 308 62 Surveying the Colbert shoals, in, Tennessee river 200 00 . 300 00 Survey ofthe harbor of Nantucket, Mass. Barracks at Savannah,. Georgia . 3,038 11 Military cantonment near St. Louis, Missouri 996 93 Balances due to certain Stcttes oil account of militia -. - , - \ 7,591 20 Settlement of the Georgiatmilitia claims 315 56 Military Academy at West Point fi- . 25,701 36 Relief of officers, &c., engaged in th6 Seminole campaign , 698 94 Rehef of Captain Bigger's company of rangers 135 50 Relief of sundry individuals . ' 29,852 33 Ransom of American captives - , r, 242 25 Revolutionary pensions .. ^- 670,627 ^ 65 Invalid and halfj-pay pensions - . - 106,592 93 Pensions to widows and orphans 4,412.37 Suppression,of Indian aggressions on the frontiers of Georgja and Florida 3,576 ,15 Pay, (fee, of Illihois and Michigan militia, for the suppression of Indian disturbances^ 39,889 5.3 Presents to Indians - . 14,931 82 Contingencies of the Indian departiuent - 90,449 12 Creek treaty, per act of 22d May, 1826 56,604,76, '' Emigration of the Creaks-beyond the Mississippi 31il34 25 Civilization of Indians , -, 5,833 00 Pay of Indian agen tjs - 21,650 00 Pay of sub-agents9„691 13 Indian annuities: .' -. '189,839, 61, ' Choctaw schools; (treaty of 18th Octpbe,r, 1820) 8,980.. .42; • Treaty with the Choctaws - 4,07,7. 5:7, House for sub-agents, interpreters, (fee. 14,324 Q O Extiriguishnieht of the claims of Cherokee IUT , dians to lands in Georgia . . -• 50000 Extinguishment of the claims of Cherokee Indians to lands;in North Carolifta ^ - 20,613. 88 [1828. ^ 1828.] SECRETARY .OF T H E TREASURY. •469 Carrying into eflfect certain Indian treaties, (act 24th May, 1828) : - ' ^^ $,111,791. :00 Holding treaties with the Chippewas, cfec. (acf24th May, 1828) 15,000 00 Exploring of the country west of the Mississippi, by a delegation of Indians 6,200 00 4,690J223 3G From which deduct the follov/ing'repay-- ^ ments: " ' ^' Arsenal at Vergennes $68 8 1 ' Wall around the arsenal on the Schuylkill -. • '70 53 Survey of the harbor of Church's • "4 81 cove . Survey of Saugatuck river and 30 03 harbor 9 54 Survey of Piscataqua river Survey of Hyannis harbor 27 00Repairs of Fort Constitution 1 50 Erecting piers at Marc^us Hook, 36 11 Port Penn, (fee. ^ 5 32 House and lot at Eastport, Me. Repairs ot wharf at Fdrt Wolcott' • 37 83 Brigade of mihtia \ 1,000 00 Treaty with the Cherokees, (act 2,265 07 of 20th April,-,1818 Provisions for ftuapaw Indians - 2,000 00 5,556 55 $4,684,666 81-• NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT. Pay of the navy afloat - ' .^ 918,912 72 116,197 72 Pay of the navy shore stations Pay of naval constructors, superin ten d'ts., (fee. 63,600 62 Provisions - 414,193 33 Medicines and hospital stores . - .•48,954 86 Kepairs of vessels ^- . " 468,476 65 141,037 80 Navy yards . - V 13 75 Navy yard at Philadelphia . -. •22 17 Navy yard at Washington . 34,417 43 Ordnance and ordnance stores 194,690 29 Building ten sloops of war .59,128 04 Gradual increase of the navy . 288,461 19Gradual improvement of the navy Prohibition of the slave.trade - • •28,274 17Survey of the harbors of Savannah, Bruns1,154 87 wick, (fee. 4,697 16 Arrearages prior to 1827 9,838 69 Arrearages prior to 1828 25,000 00 Outfits \ 19 96 Prize money due to Thomas Douty 19 96 Captors of Algerine vessels .-" • 13,360 68 Relief of sundry individuals . 863 .68 Contingent, prior to 1824 •4:70 . R E P O R T S . OF T H E • ,/ [1828. . . $2,398 82 Contingent for 1824 . 125 .00 Contingent, not enumerated,^ for 1824 108 88 Contingent, not enumerated, for 1825 . Contingent for 1826 '. - . -. • - - 2,822-98 169 70 Contingent, not enumerated, for 1826 -. 1,218 34 Contingent for r827 . ' - ' Contingent, not enumerated, for 1827 "-' .-. . 3,293 45 Contingent for 1828 ' 201,009 '73 500 00 Contingent, not enumerated, for 1828 Breakwater near the mouth of Delaware bay : 5,000 00 Pay and subsistence of the iriarine corp:3 95,679 37 ' 29,259 11 Clothing for marine corps - : 6,098 17 Fuel for marine corps ••2,726 34 Medicines for marine corps 21,827 03 - -Barracks for marine corps 1,276 67 Military stcr?>s for marine corps . 10,452 '91 Contingent fjr marine corps - • ^ ' : 3,205,302 24 • ., • From which deduct the following repay' ments: "^ ^ .. Rewarding the officers and cre\ys . of the Wasp and Constitution $3,418 50 Contingents for 1825 r - 553 06 "^ ... ^Houses for ships in ordinary 190 00 > - "• ^ ^ ' 4,161 56 •-' • • ^. — ^^—'$3,201,140 68 * . PUBLIC DEBT. - Interest ,on the funded debt . - 2,3p7,556 Redemption ofthe 6,per cent, stock of 1813, (loan of sixteen milliohs) • • '- 2,744,423 Redemption of the 6 per cent, stock of 1813, (loan of seven and a half millions) - 2,256,039 Reimbursement of Mississippi.stock 900 Paying the principal and interest of Treasury notes '- • - ' - 668' • • " - ! " .. • —• '- '.• TREASURY DEPARTMENT, ~ 67 91 21 00 40 ^ . 7,3.59,588.19 ^$18,244,907 91 ^ . • ' • Register's Office, Deicember A, 1828. • • ^ , ' , • JOSEPH NOURSE, .Register. 1828.] SECRETARY OF T H E TREASURY. No. 1. . •471 • S T A T E M E N T ofi the fiunded debt ofi ihe tfnited States, as it will exist on ike 1st ofi January, 1829 ; exhibiting, also, the dates ofi the acts under lokich tke several stocks, were constituted, and tke periods at rvkick tkey are, or were, redeemahle. • Date of a<^ts constituting tlie several stocks. Sto.cks. Three per cent, stock, (revoiutionary debt) Aug. ^^^r^oo - ^stock •.-' 1 March 24, 1814 Six per cent, " Six per cent, .stock - MarchS, 1815.- Amount at- six. per ' cent. Five per cent, stock, subscription 0 the • BanlioftheU.S. - April 10, 181G. Period.s.when re-' deemable. • ' ., Amounts. 4 At the ple,asure of,. S13,296,249 45 Government In 1827 •- - ^6,789,722-92. 9,490,099 10 In 1828 • 16,279,822 02 . - - At the pleasure of Governrnent 7,000,000 00 •999,999 13 Five.per cent, stock - • May 15, 1820 - In 1832 4,735,296 30 Five per cent, stock - MarchS, 1821- In 1835 Exchanged five per ' ,'' cent, stock "' - ^April 20, 1822 -' One-third in 1830; one-third in 1831; one-third in 1832- 1 , 56,704-77Amount ai five per cent. . 12,792,000 20 _ _ Four and a half per 5,000,000 00 cent, stock May 24, 1824 - In 1832' i?our and a half per 5,000,000 00 , cent, stock May 26, 1824 - In 1832 . Exchanged four and a . half per cent, stock May 26, 1824 - One-half in 1833; 4,454,727 95 one-half in 1834 Exchanged four and a half per cent, stock, March 3,1825: One-half in 1829; one-half in 1830 1,539,336 16 Araount at four and a 15,994,064 11 half per cent. " •. . ^ - "~\ " " • j S58,362,-135 78 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Registers Office, December 4, 1828'. JOSEPH NOURSE, Register. 472 REPORTS-OF T H E •• ,No..2..- • • ^' ^ '; • • : • The actual receipts into the Treasury from all sources, ., during the year 1827, amounted to . - $22,966,363 9S • Yiz. • ' • • , / : • -^ • V - Customs -. . - . • . •.- ..$19,712,283 '29. Lands, (statement D) - , -, ^ 1,495,845 26 Dividends on stock in the Bank of the , United States, (statement E) .420,000 00: ^ Arrears of internal duties, direct tax, and other incidental receipts, (statement E) . 100,429 ^7 Repayments ofadvances made in the War • Departnient for services and supplies prior to 1st July, 1815, (statement E) 32,845 44 Moneys received from the^British Government, under the convention of the ' 13th November, 1826., (statement E) 1,204,960 00. Making; with the balance in the Treasury on the 1st January, 1827, of - ,- - \ ' , ' ' - , 6,358,686 18 Ah aggregate of -. . - \ 29,325,050' 14 The actual ex!penditures of the United Slates, on all ac' ' counts, during the year 1827, amounted (statement F) to 22,656,764 04 ' Yiz. .' - . , ^ •"..,• Civil, diplomatic, and miscehaneous - $2,314,829 85 ' Military establishment, including fortifi' cations, ordnance, Indian department, revolutionary and military pensions, arming militia,, and arrearages prior to. 1st January, 1817 -• 5,675,741 62 Naval service, including the gradual im,- i provement of the navy . ^4,263,877 45 Publicdebt -, - 10,003,668 39. Payments of awards to owners of slaves and other property, under the convention with the British Government of the, 13th November, 1826 398,646 73 Leaving a balance in the Treasury, on the 1st ofJanuary, 182,8, of , - • ^ ' ~ ' -. TREASURY DEPARTBIENT, , • $6,668,286 10. '' • Register's Office, December 4, 1828. " / \ ^ • JOSEPH NOURSE, i^^^^5^e^. 1828.] SECRETARY OF T H E TREASURY. 473 No. 3. The actual,receipts into the .Treasury,,during the first three quarters of the year 1828, are estimated to have amounted.to - - . ' - ' - $18.6.33,58027 Viz. ' ' , • ^ • , • , ' . Customs -. - , - ^17,309,169 73 Lands r - ^ . 564,507 33 Dividends on stock in'the Bank ofthe United'States . 455,000 00 Arrears of internal duties, direct tax, and incidental receipts 289,152 72 Repayment ofadvances raade in the War Department, prior 10 the 1st July, 1815 - , ' - . 15,750 49 And the actual receipts into the Treasury, during the fourth quarter of the, year, are estimated at ^' -. . Making the total receipts into the Treasury, during-the year 1828 -. And with the balance in the Treasury on the 31st December, 1827, of . - 5,461,283 40 24,094,863 67 6,668,286 10 An aggregate, estimated at -' - " - 30,763,149 77 The expenditures, during the first three quarters of 1828, have amounted to (statement 1) '•' - ^18,244,90^ 91 . V i z . . ' • . ' Civil, diploniatic, ahd miscellaneous -$2,235,823 97-' Military establishment, including fortifica^ . tions, ordnance, Indian department, revo.• lutionaryandmilitary pensions, and arming the militia - • . - 4,684,666 81 Naval service, including; the gradual im- > ' provement of the navy ' -'3,201,140 68 Public debt^ . , Principal - 85,002,031 52 . Interest -. 2,357,556 67 ' • / . — fi • •. ^. 7,359,588.19Payment of awards to owners of slaves, and ,-: other property, under the convention with . the British Government, of the 13th November, 1826 763,688.26 ,-^ • • • • - ' ' .. ,. • . >- , : • ' ' ' . And the expenditures of the fourth quarter are estimated at ' 7,392,603 72 Viz. . ' ' . '. Civil, diplomatic, and miscellaneous - $546;000 00 : Militarv establishnient - ' - 1,100,000,00 ' Naval service . . 900,000 00 . ' Public debt— * .^ ^ Principal - #4,059,464 67 ' •' ' Interest 744,514 d4 .- '4,803,978-71 .' Balance of awards to owners of slaves and . . v other property 42^^,625 01 : "^ . ' Making the total estiraated .expenditure of the year 1828 - - - 25,637,511 63 And leaving in the Treasury, fon the 1st January, 1829, an estimated balanceof -• - . . .'- $5,125,638 14 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Office, Decemher 4, 1828. ' ' .^ : •. JOSEPH • NOURSE, i^eg-i^^er. 474 " • REPORTS-OF. T H E ' ' • No.-4.'. _ [1828, ' . E S T I M A T E D A M O U N T ofi. Treasury notes ouistanding on tke Isi .... . October^ 1828: Total amourit issued, as exhibited in statement No. 2, which accompanied the Secretary's report of the 8th December, 1827 - $36,680,794 Cancehed and reported on by the First Aild itor - '' 36,670,419 Outstanding ,•r ' . • ^ . - $10,375 - I - Consisting of smah Treasury notes notes bearing interest - - $2,135 - 8,240- ,fl0,375 .,..•.. '• s. Register's.Office, December A, 1828. ^ . • JOSEPH NOURSE, i?e^i^^er.-. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, No. 5. S T A T E M E N T ofi tke stock issued under tke act ofi Congress entitled " An act supplementarrj to ike act for tke indemnification ofi certain ^ claimants ofi public lands in tke Mississippi. Territory," passed on tke3d Marck, 1815.. : . ^ Amount of clainis awarded, per statement No. 3 ofthe last • report' ' -.•; r - $4,282,151 12 Whereof there was, paid in for lands, per statement - 2,447,539 39 Payments from theTreasury, to the 30th September, 1827, per said statement ' , - $1,827,958 04 ' Paid from 1st October, 1827, to 1st October, 1828 . - • -^ 1,800 00 . r 1,829,758 04 Balance oufstanding 1st October, 1828, consisting of— Certificates outstanding . -• ' ''$4,809.09 ,. Awards not applied for, - .' . 44 60 ' •' • • -. ^ -• • — 4,853 69 $4,282,151 12 TREASURY,DEPARTMENT,/ '/ , • Regis.ter's Office. December A, 1828., • \ ^ ' , JOSEPH NOURSE, i?^^2-5^er. [The following are the statements referred lo at page 353.] A. ' S T A T E M E N T exkibiiing tke duties wkick accrued on merckandise, tonnage, passports, and clearances ; ofi debentures issued on tke exportation ofi fioreign merckandise; ofi payments fior drawback on domestic distilled sjnrits, arid domestic refined svigar, exported ; ofi bounties on salted fish exported ; ofi allowances to vessels emptoyed in tke fisheries ; ofi expenses ofi collection; and ofi payments made'into the Treasury during tke year ending- on tke 3ist day of December, 1825. \ : ' ; . ,'Duties on Ysar. Merchandise; Tonnage and light ,, money. Drawback on foreign merPassports and chandise . exported. clearances. Drawback on domestic Bounties and Gross revenue. Expenses of Nett revenue. Payments made distilled spi-. allowances. collection. into the Trearits and dosury. mestic refined sugar exported. CO OK Ul o • • 1825 $31,707,794 32 .^138,847 83 ^12,638 00 $6,391,783 57 $3,565 00 $209,285 57 ^25,254,646 01 J^843,903 16 $24,410,742 85 $20,098,713 45 Ul ox [1825 EEPOHTS OF T H E 476 E. A S T A T E M E N T exkibiiing the value and quantities,.respectively, oj merchandise on whick duties actually accrued dimng tke year 1825: [consisting of tke difference between articles paying duty, imported, and tkose entiiled to drawback, rerexported ;) and, also, ofi ihe nett revenue whick accrued tkat year from duties on^Qnerckandise, tonnage, passports, and clearances. MERGIIANDISE' PAYING DUTIES AD VALOREM., $7,285 1,569,003 2,982,362 8,619,757 30,804,852 5,865,022 '5,155,710 15,033, 126,4.39 560,349 at 12 per cent. • . a t l 2 i do.^ ,- at 15" do. at 20 'do. . at 25 do. •. at 30 .do. .' ,-' at33^ do. - ' at 35 do. - • - , at 40 do. . . at 50 do. - •. ,- - $55,705,812 - • • . .. • ' :" ,22,216 exported,'at 7rper cent. - $874 196,125 447,354 1,723,951 7,701,213 1,759,506 1,718,570 ^ 5,261 50,575 280,174 20 36 30 40 00 60 00 55 60 50 13,883,606 5 1 ' 1,666 20^ 13,881,940 31 55,683,596', $13,881,940 31 DUTIES ON SPECIFIC ARTICLES, 1. Wines, ' 2,688',640 2. Spirits, 4,114,046 Molasses, 12,4.30,622 3. Teas, 6,557',629 Coffee, 22,357,721 4.,Sugar, 47,504,033 ,5: Salt, . 3,537,378 6. 'All other articles gallons, average 25.37 cents do. .do. 43.82 do. do. , , do. 5.00 do. pounds, do!' 33.53 do\ do.. do. ' 5.00 do. do. do. 3.06 do. bushels do. .20!00 do. - ^ '- •7 -. - 682,111 15 1,802,766'52 - 621,531 10 2,198,787 46 1,117,886 05 1,457,769 52 707,475 60 ^ 2,386,698. 20 10,975,025 60 24,856,965 91 Add duties which accrued on merchandise, the particulars of .which were not rendered by the collectors, after •deducting therefrom duties refanded and difference in calculation • - . -. 26,037 69 24,883,003 60 Add 2 | per cent, retained on drawback 10 per cent, extra duty on forisigh vessels discriminating duty on French vessels interest on custom-house bonds storage received ' - _. Duties on merchandise' - Add duties on tonnage. - , light money - - Add passports and clearances - - - ' : - - 175,923 19,916 2,558 . 22,664 2,658 21 91 19 49 78 ; - - - -, ..,'"' fi' 990 '-'91 CO 25,106,725 18 I20T647 73 18,200 10 138,847 83 12,638 00 ' 25,258,211 01 Deduct drawback on domestic spirits ' - . drawback on domestic refined sugar -' 1,952 32 1,612 68 3,565 00 . Gross revenue Deduct expenses on collection Nett revenue - - - -" • - • 25,254,646 01 843,903 16 24,410,742 85 1825.1 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 477 Explanatory Statem'ents and Notes. L WinesMadeira ' , ,'Burgundy and Champagte, Sherry and St. Lucar • Lisbon, Oporto, &c. . Teneriffe, Fayal, &c. Claret, &c., bottled Another - , - 161,396 gallons, atlOO cents •13,332 do. at 100 do. 8,264 do. 60 do. 245,662 do.' ' m do., 126,333 do. do. 40 do. 60,084 do. -30 do. 2,073,569 do. 15 ' 2,688,640 do. '- 2. Spirits— From grain, $161,396 13,332 4,958 122,831 , 50,533 18,825 311,035 00 00 40 00 20 20 35 682,111 15 420,648 48 23,681-82 62,954 40 4,011 80 2,032 80 256,152 30 330,175 02 681,095 04 21,402 36 • .-610 50 1st proof2d do. 3d do. ' 4th do. 5th do. Other materials, 2d do. : 3d do. 4ih do. •5th do. Above 5th . do. ^' 1,001,544 52,657 131,155 7,715 3,388 674,085 786,131 1,-418,948 37,548' "875 do. at 42 do. do. rit 45 do. do. at 48 do. do. at .52 do. do. at 60 do. do. at 38, d6. do. - a t 42 do. do. at 48 do. do. at 57 do. do. at 70 do. ' ,< 4,414,046 dp. 1,-8.02,766 52 . 91,755 pound. , at 12 do. 1,032,516 do. at 25 do. 2,197,041 do. at 28' do. 3,039,148 do. at 40 do. 197,169 do. at 50 do. 11,010 60 25S,i29 00 ,615,171 48 1,215,659^0 •98,-584 50 3. Teas—^ Bohea ^ .. Soiichong Hyson skin, &c. > Hyson and young hyson Imperial Extra duty on teas imported from other places than China - _ 6,557,629 4. S u g a r Brown White, clayed, &c. 44,239,180 3,264,853 2,198,787^46 do. at 3 do. do.. at . 4 do. 1,327,175 40 .130,594 12 do. 47,504,033 ^ do. 5. S a l t Imported, bushels, Exported, do. -' Bounties and allowances reduced into bushels, at 20 cents - ; 232-68 - • - 1,457,769 52 4,639,160 at 20 cents 927,832 00 ,101,782 at 20 do. 220,356 40 55,354 1,046^ 428 3,537,378 bushels 707,475 60 478 • • • • • REPORTS OF T H B : • Explanatory Statements and Notes—Continued. ' 6. All other articles. '{ Gtuantity. ^ 'Carpeting, Brussels, Wilton, &c. , . - yards Venetian and ingrain » - :' ~do. all other, &c. •' do. Cotton bagging ' - ' - . , . . »do. Vinegar - . ' . ' _ • -,e:allons Beer, ale, and porter, in bottles - . do: in casks ^ . -do. Oil, spermaceti " - - do.. whale, and other iish •• do. olive, in casks ^ ' - ' .' -do. .castor ^ • . :-: - . do. • linseed . . ' . do. . hejnpseed' - ' . do. rapeseed ^ - , ' . - , do. Cocoa ' , - . - pounds Chocolate " ,- • • do. Sugar, candy do: : .loaf- • - • do. 6ther^ refined ',,-.. do. Fruits—almonds - , • '. - " dc. currants - -• , do. prunes and plrims -. • - .do.-. figs ' ^ do. Taisins, jar, and Muscatel -' >. - : do: • other -' ' - ^ , - . do. Candles, tallow do. wax . do. Cheese . do. Soap- • , ' . •1 do.' "Tallow - " - ' . ' - . do. L a r d . ' ', • - • . - . • do. Beef and pork '- 7, - • . do. Ham.s and other bacon • do. Butter . ' , " do. Vitriol, blue or Roman .x-, do. " oil of do. , Camphor,.crude . , do. refined do. Salts, Epsom •- ^ do. Glauber ' do. Spices—Cayenne pepper do. ginger do. mace •do. nutmegs " do. cinnamon ' do. ^ cloves' .do. pepper, black " -, do. pimento ,, do. cassia ' _ do. Tobacco, manufactured, &c. do. Indigo T do. Gunpowder. •' ^ ' do. • Bristles v -, . . . do. Glue do.' Paints—ochi e, dry . -- ' do. . ~ in oil . dx white and red lead ; do. whiting . •' - • do.. Lead, pig, bar, and sheet ^7 dr. •shot - •/ do Rate of duty. Duties. Cerits. ^ $29,594 00 -79,188 50 519,392 25 129,848 00 1,024 80 .20 5,124 152,734 13 31 4,072,910 20,082 • 8' 1,606 56 .11,523 00 57,615 20 ]5 1,057 65 7,051 1 25 5 25 52 65 :351 15 72,021 25 18,005 25. i.,017 40 406 80 25 16,78125 67;12^ 6,498 50 25,994 • 25 . 19 25 4 75 146 ,'463 2,929 26 2 - - 78 68 •^1,967. 4 86 16 12 718 12 57 24 477 14 00 140' 10 943,441 ^ 28,303 23 3 3 ' , 2,854 05 95,135 - 5,552 04 138,801 4 3 784,994. 23,549 82 1,766,797 4 70,671 88 48,602 82 i;619,.094 3 38,006 1,900 30 5 2,081 •124 86 6 33,571 9 3,021 39 220,909 4 8,836 36 134,076 1,340 76 1 • 8 3 ' 24188,711 2 3,774 '22 17,701 3 531 03 1,832 5 91 60 9,179 4 367 16 > 30,816 3 924 48 57,703 8 4,616 24 226 12 27.12 108,191 4 . 4 , 3 2 7 64 2 286 . 5 -72 189 15 28 35 - 926 2 18 "52 17,479 100 17,479 00 60 90., 107 50,064 20 20,470 25 5,117 50 25 27,219 6,804 75 1,465,762 8 117,260 97 235;044 6 14,102 64 6 . 105,647 6,338 82 10 397 39 70 414,756 15 62,213 40 8 43,905 3,512 40 3 172,688 5,180 64 50,363 5 2,518 15 403,003 1 4,030 03 4,323 ^U .64 84 1,768,164 4 70,726 56 246,960 1 2,469 60 1,934', 340 2 78,686-81 60,206 2,107 21 3^ 1.825.] . , SECRETARY OF, THE TREASURY. 47.9:- Explanatory Statements and Notes—Continued. ' Gtuantity. 6. A n o t h e r articles. " Rate of' duty. Duties. Ce7Us. 114,033 . 4 $4,561 32 - pounds Cal)les, tarred -' 235,212> •4 9,408 48 - - do. Cordage, tarred -, 176,0.57 ' 5 8,802 85 do. .untarred . 313,748 15,687 40 : . do. 5 T w i n e , untarred, 3^arn,'&c. 109,158 13,098 96 12 •' - - do. ^ Corks . 111,531 ^ 4 ^ 4,461 24 - • . do. Copper, rods and bolts , ' - ".' do: 2,573 4 102 92 nails and spikes ^ . 13,069 19,603 50 No. 150. Fire-arms,'maskets ' do. 12 30 00 250xifles - . , 29,013 50 580-, 270 - pounds 5 Iron and steel wire, not above No. 18 do. 205,699 ^ 9 ' 18,512 91 above Nb. 18 . 32,532 . ' 1,626 60 5 M. racks, brads, and sprigs, not above 16 oz. 6,602 330 10 5 . - pounds • , above 16 oz. 378,103 V 18^905 15 -, do. 5 . , nails- ' • ' - ! ' . d'o. • 27,815 4 1,112 60 spikes .' • 416,267 3 12,488 01 -• do. , chain cables, &c. ' . 'r' \ 186 4 7 44 do. -millcranks -' 1,496 IOO' ' 1,49.6 00 No. . ' . ^ ^millsaws ' - ' 50,836 2 1,016 72 -, pounds anchors ^ 587,663 .2 11,753 26 -.; do. .'.anvils . / . - • . , . 66,262. 1,656 55 -• do. m • h a m m e r s and sledges - ^ 770,637 11,559 55 do. . castings, vessels of - , • ' -, U 436,362 4,363 62 do. 1 .. other • • • ... do. - 58,127' 3 1,743 81 round and brazier's rods 14,078 3 422 34 do. • . nail and spike rods .-, do. '2,081,-367 3 . 62,441 01 sheet and hoop .-; do. 70 3 2 10 slit and rolled " 17,273. ,• 50 8,636 25 - , cwt. • pig • - . • 119,017 50 79,345 150 - - do. bar, rolled -• - • , 484,786 90' 436,307 40 CM. hammered . ; 34,146 100 34,146 00 do. Steel ' - • 159,432 00 91,104 175 do. Hemp , Alum .. - • do. 3 250 "- , 7 50 3,712' 2 0 0 . ^ "7,444 00 - . . do. Copperas . - do. ^ 88 50 . 44 00 Wheat floui- -. 6 48,984 84 - bushels • ^ 816,414 Coal " 3,448 . 25 • 862 00 do: Wheat 10 958 95 80 do. Oats . •. 10 36,911 3,691 10 do. Potatoes . 12,753 . 20 2,550 61) - pounds .Paper, folio and 4to post foolscap do. 540,332 17 91,856 44 printing do. 2,660 10 266 00 sheathing 91,676 . 3 2,750 28 do. 27,569 15 4,135 35 do. all other -. 1,237 4 49 48 do. Books, printed previous to 1775 111,683 4 4,457 32 do. ^ printed in other languages, &c. 5,882 15 882 30 do. Latin and Greek, bound ; - do. 7,003 . 13 910 39 in boards -• 13,013 • 30 5,703 90 - ' do. all other, bound 26 . 21 496 02 82,677 do. in boards - . 33,225 3 1,146 75 do. Glass, cut. and not specified 2 19,257 94 932,897 -do.. all other, &c. . 3,2.58 100 3,258 00 - • gross apothecaries' vials, not above 4 oz. - d o . 367' 125 458-75 not above 8 oz. 27,394 00 do. 13,697 200 • bottles, not above 1 quart 2 quarts - do. 22 250 ' , 55 00 ^ 4 300 12 00 - . do. 4 do. '686 SOO -lOOsq.ft. 2,058 00 window, not above 8 by 10 inches > 10 by 12 do. do. •730- 350 ' , • 2,555 00 •k^B 480 . REPORTS. OF T H E . • •[1825. Explanatory Statements and Notes.—Contiaued. ^ 6 . All Otheir articles. • i ; ' • , ' . Glass, window, above 10 by 12 inches -'. uncut, in plates demijohns -^ - - - - Fish, dried or smoked .- . salmon, pickled - . - ' mackerel, pickled -V • - _ all other, pickled. - ,'. Shoes and slippers, silk. • • - • • prunelle ' - - .--,'•" leather, men's, &c. - " .- ' ' • children's - \ Boots and bootees • . - . . Segars • ' - " . , ' .•- • ' Playing cards - - • - • Gtuantity. Rate, of duty. 3,719 77 32,301 1,556 1,540 • 257 648 1,245 1,747 ^ 1,481 1,105 218 21,377 8,894 Cents. 400 400 25 100 200 150 100 30 25 25 15 1.50 250 30 ' • ••. Duties. - 100 sq. feet - > . do. No. quintals barrels •do. - ' do. pairs . - / • do. .' do. -. do. 'do. M. packs $14,876 00 308 00 8,075 26 1,556 00 3,080'00 385 50 • ', 648 00 373 50 436 75 ^ 370 25 165 75 ' ' 327 00 53,442 50 2;668 20 2,395,343 53 Deduct excess of exportation over importation Saltpetre, refined .1,495 p.ounds', at 3 cents '• . - $44 85 11 64 Snuff . . ^-' ' 97 pounds, at 12 cents - 4,083 72 Cotton - 1-36,124 pounds, at ' 3 cents^ 4,140 21 • -. Exports at former duties: Duck, Russia 100 pieces,, at 200 cents . Ravens. . - " , 1 8 0 pieces, at 125 cents Sheeting, brown 410 pieces, .at 160 cents Raisins, other than jar, &c.. .3,000 pounds; at 2 cents Candles, tallow 2,326 pounds, at 3 cents S o a p . - ' ' -' 4,256 pcvands, at 3 cents White and red lead - ' 765 pounds, at Scents: Cordage, tarred .- • - 10,378 pounds, at Scents ,Ir6n, nails - . - . 6,903 pounds, at 4 cents sheet and,hoop - 662 cwt,,,, at 250 cents hammered 1,155 cwt., at 75 cents Glass, window, not above 8, bylOinches - ^ 14100 sq. f. at 250 cents - - 200 00- ,225 00 - 656 00 60 00 -, 69 78 - 127.68 22 95 - 311 34 - 276 12 - 1,655 00 - 866 25 V 35 00 8,645 33 - • ' • " . Carried to statement B -. c. . • . 2,386,698 20 . A .STA T E M E N T exhihiting the amount ofi American and fioreign tonnage employed in the fioreign trade ofi the United States, during theyfiar ending on,the 31st day ofi Decerriber, 1825. Americantonnageinforeigntra.de Fo.reigntpnnage in fgreign t r a d e - ;- - , . . . - - Tons, 886,511 94,836 Total Jt.onnage employeddn the foreign trade of the United -States PiTopprtion of foreignitonnage. to the whole amount of tonnage, employed in the • fprieign trade of the United States' 981,347 10.6 to 100 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Office.. JOSEPH NOURSE, Register. IND..E:.X..A. Agriculture, promoted by domestic manufactures, 321; 405, 445^ how affected by the fall in price of domestic articles i n foreign markets in 1818, 486. Appropriations for 1814, gross amount of, 29. Army expenses from 1st January, 1812, to 30th: September, 1815, 15, 29, in 1816, 74. 1817, 89, 111. , 1818, 111, 198; 181% 145; . 198.' 1820,; 168, 198. 1821;. 200, .217; 234.; 1822, 218, 239. 264. 1823; .248, 269, 276,. 294 1824;-, 277, 301, 313, 332, 1825, 314, 339, 354, 372T 1826, 355, 379, 393, 418 1827, 394, 426, 461, 472• 1828, 466, 473. B. y Bdlanc e in the Treasury,, 1st January, 1815, 30. .1816, 74... 1817, 88.: 1818, U L 1819, ,114.. 1820, 169, 1821, 199. 1822, 217. • 1823, 247. 1824; 276.: 1825,' 313. 1826, 354;^ , 1827,. 393, 472*. 1828, ,448, 472. 1829, estimated. ,448.Battk capital anthorized by law, in- 181445-16.17, 481, 483^-53fc of sixteen banksvin.1813-15-19 ,;523; Bank credits, advantages5 and,disadvantages iof,' considerediji 491,. 492. Bank, nationaliestablishmentrof:a, jecommpndedyr4^^ Bank of England, suspended -specie .paymentsjiremarks; on,i49!l^ excessive issues; of, reduced, the ratevof;interesitj 503. Ba¥ik^of,..the Unitedi States,. subsGriptioa, to thestocknof !theji;90.5. a modifications of r theii char terao%.recommend-^ ed^..l77., •, " its beneficial effeets on the: fiscalj operations of Governmenty; 446.. CQndition|of:the,'iQn^ the :30th frSteplember, 1819. • • .' 481, 514; • . tf^ • ' 528 INDEX. ' Bank dividends, in 1817, 117:' , • 1818, 110, 155, 198. 1819, .184, 198. . 1821, 199, 232. .i ^ 1822, 237, 260. ' 1823,^292. 1824, 330. 1825, 337, 370. 1826, 416. , 1827, 424, 460, 472. , ; 1828, 473. . . , >••,. Bank notes, duty on, cease in 1816, 9. / ' in circulation in 1819, 482, 483, 518, 523. Banks benefit the community, under certain restrictions, 487. Banks increased since the termination of the war in 1.815, 493. should be restrained from excessive issues, and from issuing small notes, 494. \ Banks in the several Slates and Territories, condition.of the, in 1819, 521. ., . specie possessed by the, 522. Bounties and allowances.—See Imports. , C. '^^•-' - ^ ^ Ghesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, United States subscribe to thestock of the, 447. Circulating medium, plan for improving the, 40. Cocoa, a reduction of the duty on^ recommended, 325. Coffee, a reduction of the duty on, recommended, 325. Coinage of the United States compared with that of other nations, 494. an. increase and alterations of the. recommended, 495.' Colonial trade, remarks on the, 410. Commerce, how affected by the tariff of 1824, 280, 319, 397. state of the foreign, in 1828, 442. how affected by substituting a paper for a metallic currency, 509. Cotton, exported in 1825-26, 361. Cotton fabrics^ further protection necessary for the manufacturers of, 149, 325, 400. Crawford, Mr., report of, on currency, 481. • Currency, report of Mr. Crawford on, 481. bf what it consists, and its condition, 482. causes of depreciation in the paper, 484. of metal and paper in circulation in 1813-15-19, 485. when purely metallic, its effects, 488, 493.' how affected by bank issues, 489. ^ Treasury notes became a component part of the, in the eastern States, in 1815-16, 491. paper circulation may be beneficially connected with metallic^ .491, 493. metallic, value of, compared with that of other nations, 494.' v'". , the issue of Treasury notes for the improvement of the, considered, 496. INDEX. -52,9 Currency, the practicability of adopting a paper for a metallic, considered, 497,511. . • .: constitutionalityof adopting a paper for a raetallic, considered, 504. estimated amount required for Europe, of metallic, 501. D. ' ' Debentures issued in 1813-14, 65. 1815, 82, 95, 150.' 1816, 95, 150. 1817, 116,150. 1818-19-20, 179, 205. • 1821, 225. 1822, 253. 1823, 285. 1824, 327. ' : 1825, 367. 1826, 413. 1827, • 451. * •' Debt—See Public Debt. Direct taxes increased in 1815, 12. a reduction of the, reconimended, 36.—See. Revenue. Discriminating duties cease in 1816, 7. Drawbacks—See Debentures issued. ' Duties on domestic manufactures, a repeal of the, proposed, 36. table of existing, 46. additional, on imports and tonnage, cease iii 1816, 7. a continuance of the, recommended, 38. on stamps and refined sugar, cease in 1816, 35. on other articles, a repeal or reduction of, recommended, 36. on imports, an increase of the, proposed for the proteetibn of certaia articles of domestic manufacture, 149,204,223,252,400: on fine cotton fabrics imported, an increase ofthe, proposed, 325. on teas, cofi-ee, and cocoa, a diminution ofthe, proposed, 325. on imports, remarks on the credit system, in the collection of the, 492.—See Imports; also, Merehandise. B . . , •, Estiraate of receipts and expenditures for 1815-16, 24, 29, 33, 35, 73, 78. 1817, 78, 80, 88. 1818, 93, 110. 1819, 113, 145. 1820, 148, 167. 1821, 170, 199. 1822, 202,218. 1823, 220,247. •1824, 250,277. 1825, 281,314. 1826, 318,354. 1827, 360, 393. 1828, S96,412. ...•.., I ' 1829, -449. ' Exchange, (foreigii and inland,) rate of, in 1813-14-15-16, 484,-524., Exchange, (foreign) how' affected by the depreciation of paper currency, 484. by substituting a paper for a metallic curreney, 509. ,VoL. II.—34 5'30 . . INDEX. Expenditures^—See Receij>ts and expenditures. Exports for the year ending SOth September, 1822, .220. 222. ' . " , ' " 1823,250. 1824, 280. 1826, 318; 1826, 360. for the years 1822 to 1827, 397. 1821 to 1828, 442. ' , • F. - . Finances, a review ofthe. in reference to the late state of war, 5. state of the, in 1815, 24. , 1816, 73. . 1817, 88'. 1818, 110. 1819, 144. 1820, 167. 1821, 198.1822, 217. 1823, 247. • 1824, 276. 1825, 312. 1826, 353. 1827,. SSS. 1828, 439. • Flour exported in 1825-6, 361. Foreign debt' extir iguishedin 1810, 20; H. Hamilton's reports on finances referred ta, 445. Hemp,- ao increase ofthe duty on, recomniended, 400. ^ ' ' - • • ' ' I . Importations into several ports, a comparative statement of the value of, 305, gross amount of, in 1821 to 1828, 442. in 1816, increased the rate of exchange, 484. Imports, statement of the amount of duties accrued on, in 1813-14. 65. •• ^ 1815, 82/150' ' • . ' '• • • • •. •••/'•. ^ . • . : • ^ -r ^ .Indemnify W Cf reat I^iiWn for slates, &^^ : distribution ofthe, 394, 418,425. internal duties increased in 1815; 12. 1815-16, 95, 150. 1817, 116, 150. 1815-16-17-18,150. 1817-18-19, 179. 1818-19-20^205. 1821, 225. , 1822, 253. 1823, 285. • 1824, 327, • 1825, 367. 1826, 413. 1827, 451.^See Merchandise im>ported. INDEX. 531 Internalj duties, repeal of some, and reductionof other parts of the, proposed, 35. ^ repealed 31st December, 1817, 148.—See Revenue. , Internal improvements, surplus revenues may be applied to, 81. Iron, an increase of the duty on, recommended, 400. , •, . .- L. . . . ,; . Land claimants (Yazoo) in Mississippi, statements of the awards to, 126, 166, 190, 216, 246, 275, 311, 345, 387, 431, 474, Lands—See Puhlic lands. Laws creating and increasing the revenue, reviewed, 8, 34. repeal or modification of certain, proposed, 38. a revision of the, recommended, 445. Loans, additional, recommended, 75,' 149, 178, .204, 282, 317, 359. receipts from, in 1812-'13-'14, 15. in 1815, 26,. 30. terms on whieh obtained, 26, 53 to 64. 283, 306, 307. receipts from, in 1816, 74. 1820, 178. .^ 1821,199, 204, 217. 1822, 223. 1823, 283. 1824, 312. 1825, 334, 370—See Revenue. ^ , , M: Manufactures, a repeal of the laws injuriously affecting domesti'c, proposed, 36. table of the existing duties on domestic, 46. .' a modification of the tariff, proposed for the better protection of, 149, 204, 223, 252, 325, 397, 400. promote the interests of agriculture and comnierce, 324, 445. domestic, exported in lS24-'25, 319. 1826, 363. 1827, 397. ' 182,1 to,1828. 442. how affected by the fall in price of domestic articles iu foreign ports in 1818, 486. Mediterranean fund, discontinued in March, 1815, 6. Merchandise imported, (the quantity re-exported deducted) in 1814, 66. ' 1815,82,95. 1816,95. 1817,116. 1818, 151. 1819,180. 1820,206. 1821, 226. 1822,2,54. • 1823,286. 1824,347. 1825,476. - 1826, 433. • 1827,452. 5.32: , INDEX: N. '. National bank, establishihent. of a, recommended, 44. subscription to the stock of the, 76. National circulating medium, plan for improving the, 40. Navy expenses, from 1st January, 1812, to 30th September, 1815, 15, 29. for 1816, 74. 18L7, 89, 111. 1818, 111, 198. , 1819, 145, 198. . 1820, 168, 198. • .1821, 200, 217, 234. ' 1822,218,241,264. 1823,248, 270,276, 295. 1824,277,302,313,333. 1825, 314, 340, 354. 374. 1826,354,381,393,420. 1827, 394, 428,'464, 472. 1828,469,473. O. Officersand soldiers—^ee Revolutionary claims. , • P . ' .- • '• Passports and clearances—See Merchandise iniported; also, Imjiorts. Postage on letters, increased in 1815, 12.—See Revenue. Public credit, during the late war, state ofthe-, reviewed, 6. plan for improving the, 38.' , state of, in 1828, 44L Public debt, amount paid from 1st Jan., 1812, to 30th Sept., 1815,15,16, 30. amount unpaid on 30th September, 1815,19. amount paid to 1st January, 1815, 22. statement ofthe, from 1st January, 1791, to 1815. 47. state ofthe. in 1816, 76, 82, 85, 90, 100. 1817, 90, 100 to 103, 111, 119, 135. additions made to the, by funding Treasury notes, 104,146,160. . amount of the, on 1st January and 1st October, 1818,112, 120^ 146, 160, 164. in 1819, 147, 161 to 166, 185. ' 1820, 169, 186, 188, 200, 212. 1821, 201, 213 to 216, 219, 235, 243. 1822, 219, 244, 249, 265, 272. 1823, 249, 271, 273, 278, -296, 308. 1824, 278, 303, 309, 334, 342.> when it may be redeemed, 283. amount paid from 1st January, 1817, to 1st January, 1825,284, 343\ INDEX. 533 Public debt, amount of the, on 1st October, 1825, 315, 341, 344, 375, 384. 1826,356,381,385 to 387,421. 1827, 390,429 to 431,465,472. . . ; .1828, 470, 473. amount paid from 1st Jan., 1817, to 1st Jan.j 1829, 440, 472. amount unpaid on 1st January, 1829, 471. Public lands sold prior to ihe estabhshment of land offices, 51. frora the opening of the land offices to 1814, 51. from 1st October, 1814, to SOth Sept., 1815, 68 to 72,88. receipts from, in 1816, 73, 88. 110. - sold from 1st Oct., 1816, to 1st Oct.,. 1817, 97 to, 99, 110. soldinl817-18,110, 118, 135to 143. , 1818-19, 145, 156 to 159, 191. 1819-20, 167, 191 to 198. \ relief to purchasers of, recommended, 175. sold ia 1820-21, 199,.. 211, 230. effects of the relief laws on the sale of, 202. sold in 1822, 236, 247, 258. 1823,248,266,276,290. 1824,277,^297,312,328. 1825, 313, 335, 368. 1826,376,392,414. 1827,393,422,457. remarks on the credit systera in the sale of, 492. .;R. Receipts and expenditures, frora 1st Jan., 1812, to 30th Sept., 1815,16, 29. from 1791 to 1814, 45, 73. in 1815-16, 73, 88, llO; •. 1816-17,88,110. 1817-18, 111, 144. 1818-19, 145, 167. 1819_20, 167, 198. 1820-21,198,217,233. 1821-22, 217,233, 238 to 244,247,261. 1822-23, 247, 261,268, 293. . 18^3-24, 276, 293, 30,0, 330^1. • from 1st Jan., 1817, to 1st Jan., 1825, 284. in 1824-25, 312, 330 to 352, 354,371,476. 1825-26, 353, 371 to 382. 1826-27, 392, 413 to 438, 451, 457, 460, 472. froml821tol828,442, 448, 451,465, 473. ' Revenue, state ofthe, during the, late war, reviewed, 5. laws passed in 1815 for increasing the, 12. from wliat sources derived, and the amount in 1815,12, 2,3, 30. received from all sources, from 1st Jan., 1812, to 30th Sept., 1815, 16, 30. laws relating to thp several branches of, revie\yed, 8, 34. laws, modifications of, proposed, 36, 38, 445. plan for improving the, 38. 534 • - INDEX. .- • Revenue, amount of. in 1814-15-16, 73, 88, 96, 110, 144. 1817, 89, 96, 110, 117, 144, 167. 1818,111,144,150,167,198. 1819, 145, 155, 167, 184, 198. an augmentation" of the, recommended, 149, 204, 223. . amount of^ in 1820, 167, 184, 198, 210. V ' 1821, 199,217,226,232. ' 1822,218,237,254,260. 1823,' 247, 266, 276, 286 to 292. from 1st Jan. 1817, to 1st Jan. 1825, 284. in 1824, 276, 299, 312, 328, 330. 1825, 313, 335 to 337, 354, 368 to 370, 476. 1826, 377, 392, 413 to 416, 432 to 438. 1827, 393, 422 to 424. 448, 451, 457 to 460. from 1821 to 1828, 442, 448. how affected by the issue of Treasury notes, 496.—See Merckandise. Kevolutionary claims paid under act of .15th May, 1828, 466. Rice, amount of, exported in 1825-6. 361. S. Salt duty, ceases in 1816, 9, 34. a continuation of the, recommended, 36. Silk, observations on the culture and manufacture of^ 364. Sinking fund, operations ofthe, to 30th September, 1815, 20. rise and progress ofthe, 21, 39. further powers neeessary to the, 40, 77.0 statement of the, in 1816, 83. stock purchased by the, in 1817, 106 to 109, ' • 1818, 124. • ' 1819, 164. 1826,358,382. 7 per cent, stock, to be purchased by the. 252. operations of the, from January, 1818, to January, 1829, 440. Slaves, (fcc, amount received from Great Britain for. 393, 460. amount'paid, 461, 466, 472,473. Specie, effects ofthe suspension of the payment of, by banks, on the fiscal .operations of Goverriment, 12, 24, 40, 114. paymentof, resumed by banks, 114, 490. amount possessed by banks, and in circulation in 1819, 482. causes ofthe suspension ofthe payment of, by banks, 484, 490. an article of commerce, 494. Spirits distilled in the United States, dutieson, to be modified, 36, 178. importation of, to be prohibited, 178. quantity imported.—See Merckandise. Stamp duties, cease in 1816, 35. a continuation of the, recommended, 36. Subscription to the Bank of the United States, 90. Sugarj quantity imported.—See Merckandise. refined, duties on, cease in 1816, 35. a continuation of the duties on, recommended, 36. INDEX. -636 Surplus fund, unexpended balances carried to the, in 1815, 29. amount applied to the payment of the public debt since January, 1817, 441. Surplus revenues may be applied to internal improvements, 81, 252. T . • • , Tariff of duties on imports, a modification of the, proposed for the better protection of domesiic liianufactures, 149., a revision of the, recommended, 204, 223, 252. 325, 397. present compared with former, 304, - V of 1828, effect ofy on the revenue,. 445. Taxes, a view of the several descriptions of, in 1815.12.—See Direct taxes: also, Internal duties. Teas imported, a reduction of the duties on, recommended, 325, 409. 445. —See Merckandise. , % . . Tobacco exported in 1824-5-6, 361. . Tonnage, amount of American and foreign, in 1814, 65. 1815,-82,95,150. 1816,95,150. 1817, 116, 150, 179. 1818, 150, 179. 205. 1819, 179, 205.' 1820, 205. • 1821, 225. Ft--1822, 253. 1823, 285. 1824, 352. 1825, 367. 1826, 438. 1827, 456. 1828, 443. Treasury notes authorized tobe issued in 1815, 13. amount received from, in 1812-13-14, 15. issued prior to February, 1815, and outstanding, LS. may be funded, 19. for what purposes issued in 18L5, 26. amount received from, in 1815, 31. re-issued prior to October, 1815, 52. estimated amount of, unpaid in 1816, 64. issued, 92. funded and outstanding in 1817, 104. 1818, 112, 125. stock issued on, to 31st December, 1817, 12L outstanding in December, 1819, 165, 187. October, 1820, 189. November, 1821, 215. October, 1822, 246. 1823, 275. 1824, 310, 345. 536 INDEX. Treasury notes outstanding in October, 1825, 316. • ' '• 1826, 387. ° 1827, 431. : 1828, 474.. constituted an essential part of the circulating medium in the Eastern States in 1815^16, 490. expediency of issuing^ as a relief from the generaL pecuniary distress (in 1820) considered, 496. " w : . ^ ^ • ' Wines, a reduction ofthe duties on, recommended, 409.^—See Merckandise. Woollen fabrics, further protection necessary for manufacturers of, 149,400.' Yazoo claimants, statement of awards'in favor of the, 126, 166, 190, ,216, 246, 275, 311, 345, 387, 431, 474. t.