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LETTER
from the StCUSTMltr of the Tusnouttr, transmittinga report prepared in obedience to the aftfup
plementary to the aft, mtitu/ed 44 Au aft to eflabiijk the Treafury Department.” Dece.nbtr lO,
1805. Read and ordered to be referred to the committee of H’ays and Means.
Treasury Department, Dec. 3th, 1805.
Sir—I have the honor to inclofe a report prep-tred in obedience to the ad entitled 44 An adt
to eftablith the Treafury department.” 1 have the honor to be, very refpedtfully, fir, your obe.
dient fervant,
ALBERT GALLATIN.
The honorable the Speaker of the Houfe oF Reprefentatives >
of the United States. 5
REPORT.
In obedience to the direftions ofthe aftfupplemcntary to the aft intituled u An a ft toe/lallifh the Trea
fury Department,” the Secretaty of the Treafury ref peel fully fubmits the following report and
eflimates i
REVENUE AND RECEIPTS.
The nett revenue anting from duties on merchandize and tonnage which accru- Dollars.
ed during the year 1801, amounted to 12,020,273
The nett revenue arifing from the fame fource, which accrued dui ing the year
1802 amounted to 10,154,564
That which accrued during the year isos, amounted to, 11,506,430
And that which accrued during the year 1804, amounted, after deducing that
portion which arofe from - the Additional duties conftituting the Mediterranean
fund, (as will appear hy the ftatement (A) to 12,672,323
It is afeertained that the nett revenue which has accrued during the three firfl quarters of the
year 1805, dors not fall fhnrt of that of the correfponding quarters of the year 1804 : and that
branch of the revenue may, exdufively of the Mediterranean fund, be fafely eftimated, for the
prefent, at twelve millions of dollars ; which is uearly the average of the two years 1803 and
1804. |
The defalcation which took place in the year 1802, and the increafe in the next following
years, ftifficiehtly (hew that no inconfidcrable portion of that branch of the revenue, is due to
the neutrality of the United States during the continuance of war in Europe. Yet if the revenue
of 1802, the only year of European peace finec 1792, be confidered as the belt batis on which to
form au eftiinate, this, with an addition of ten per cent, on account of the increafe of population
for three years, and of near soo.ooo dollars, the computed revenue of Ncw-Orleans, will give a
refult of near eleven millions and a half.
The ftatement (B) exhibits in detail thcfeveral fpecies of merchandize and other fourccsfrom
which that revenue was collected during the year 1804.
The revenue arifing from the f.iles of public lands has been greater during the year ending on
the soth Sept. 1805, than that of any preceding year. It appears by the ftatement (C) that du
ring that period, befidcs 1-U.ooo acres fold to perfons claiming a right of pre-emption, 474,000
acres have been difpofed of at the ordinary fales, making altogether, with the preceding files,
from the time when the land offices were opened in 1800 and 1801, an aggregate of near two
millions of acres. l*he actual payments by purehafers which, during the year ending on the soth
cf Sept. 1804, had amounted to 432,000 dollars, and had not in any one previous year exceeded
550,000 dollars, haV* during the year ending on the 30th Sept. 1805, amounted to 575,000 dol
lars ; of which film ift5,ooo dollars were paid in fpecie, and the refiduc in ftock of the public
<lebt. The fpecie receipts from that l'ource may for the enfuing year be fafely eftimated at five
hundred thouiand dollars.
The receipts arifing from the permanent revenue of the United States may, there
fore, without even including the duties on portage and other finall incidental
branches, he computed, for the year 1806, at twelve millions and five hundred
thnufind dollars, 12,500,000
The payments in the treafury, during the fame year,, on account of the tempo
rary duties, conftituring the 44 Mediterranean fund,” which will have accrued to
the Sift day of March next, are eftimated at 900,000 dollars, and about one hun
dred thoufind may be expelled from the arrears of iutcrnal duties and of the direct
tax, and from other incidental branches, making for temporary and incidental re
ceipts, one million of dollars, ' 1,000,000
The balance of fpecie in the treafury which, on the soth day of Sept, laft, a
mounted to 4,575.S.'» dollars, will, as the receipts and current expenditures of
the prefent quarter may be confidertd as nearly equal, be dimiuiftieJ at the end of
this year, only by the payments on account of the American claims, afiumed by
the convention with France, and as the whole amount of thofe claims which re
mained unpaid on the 30th day of Sept, laft, will, in this ultimate, be ftated a
mongrt the expenditures of 1806, the whole of the abova-mentioned balance may
be added to the receipts of that year, vi*. 4,575,000
Making in the whole an aggregate of more than eighteen millions of dollars, 18.075,000
EXPENDITURES.
The expenfes of the year 1806, which rauft be defrayed out ofthofe refources, are like the re
venue, either of a perftj.ar.ent nature or temporary, viz.
The permanent expenfes are eftimated at 11,450,030 dollars, and confift of the following items,
viz. 1
1. The annual appropriation of eight millions of dollars for the payment of the
principal and intereft of the public debt, of which more than 4,000,000 dollars
will he applicable to the difeharge of the principal, and the refidue to the pay
ment of intereft, 8,000,000
2. For the civil department, and all domeftic expences of a civil ^atufe, includ
ing invalid pen lions, the light houfe and mint cftablilhments, the expenfes of
furveying public lands, the third inftaiment of the loan due to Maryland, and
a fum of l .50,000 dollars to meet fucb utifcellancous claims as may bt allowed
by Congrefs, 1,150,000
3. For expenfes incident to the intercourfc with foreign nations, including the per
manent appropriation for Algiers, 200,000
4. For the military and Indian departments, including the permanent appropria
tions for certain Indian tribes, 1,030,000
5. For the naval eftablilhmcnt (exclnfively of deficiencies for the fervice of the
years 1804 and 1805, which are eftimated at 600,000 dollars,) 1,070,000
11,450,000
The extraordinary demands, for the year 1806, amount to four millions of dol
lars, viz.
The Navy deficiencies of 1804 and 1805, as above-mentioned, 600,000
And the balance of the American claims aflumed by the French
convention, which remained unpaid on the 30th of Sept, laft,
amounting to .8,400,000
- 4,000,000
Making altogether fifteen millions four hundred and fifty thoufand dollars, 15,450,000
It appears from the preceding ftatement that the permanent revenues of the United States will,
during the enfuing year, exceed the permanent expenditures by a fum of more than one million
of dollars, and that the monies already on hand, together with the temporary rcfources of the
year, will, after leaving the fum which it is always neceffary to keep m the treafury, be fufficient
to difeharge the navy deficiencies and the whole amount of the claims aftumed by the conventi
on with France, the large receipts of laft year rendering it nnneceirary to recur for that object to
the loan authorifed by the aft of the loth of November, isos.
MEDITERRANEAN FUND.
It appears by the ftatement (8) that the additional duty of two and an half per
cent, on goods paying duties ad valorem, which conftitutes the “ Mediterranean
Fund,” amounted, during the fix laft months of 1804, to 563,038 dollars. And
it is afr.ertained that the amount of the duty accrued during the year ending on
the aoth day of June, 1805, was 990,000 doll irs. This apparent product will, it
is true, be diminifhed by fubfequent exportations ; but it is believed, from a view
of the value of the goods imported in 1803, and 1804, which are charged with
that duty, that the fund may be eftimated as producing nearly nine hundrrd
thoufand dollars a year. If that eftimate be correft, the fund will ultimately pro*
(luce, during the one year qnd nine months, commencing on the 1st day of July,
1801, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1806, one million five hundred and
ieventy-five thoufand dollars, 1,573,000
The expences heretofore charged on that fund have been, vfae.
Paid, in 1804, to the navy department, under the aft conftituting
the fund, 525,000
Paid, in 1605, to the {aid department, by virtue of the 2d left, of
the aft of the 25th Jam 1*05, 590,000
-1,115,000
Making altogether, l,115,000 dollars, and leaving an unappropriated furplus, eftimated at
460,000 dollars, but which will be more than abforbed by the navy deficiencies above-mentioned.
The monies actually receive^! or to l*c received into the treafury on account of tb«t fund, prior to
the firft day of January, i*c6, are eftimated at about 600,000 dollars. The refidue will be re
ceived between that day and the sist day of March, r,t07 ; and credit has been taken for a fum
of 900,000 dollars, on that account, in the preceding eftimate of receipts of the year 1806*
PUBLIC. DEBT.
The payments on account of the principal of the public debt have during the
year ending on the aoth day of September, 1805, exceeded four millions three
hundred and firventy-feverr thoufitud dollars, as appears by eftimate (D) 4,377,898 63
The two laft inftslmeru* due to Qrcat-Britain, and amounting tpooe million fe
ven hundred and feventy-ftx thoufand dollars, have alfo been discharged during
the fame period, , 1,776,000
Making in the whole a reimburfemeni of more than fix mil!too* one hundred
ami fifty thoufand dollars, 6,153,80* 63
As the exportation at the flpeeie neeeflhry to difrharge the mentioned iriftalment would
have been fenfibly ft l*, it was murid eligible torpayit in London, in conformity with the authori
ty given by thea<h of the 3d of March, 1803, and the operation was effected, at par, by the bunk
of the United State*. •
It appears by th# fame fintement (DJ that the payment* on aeronnt of the pub
lic debt, from the 1st'April, »80l, to the soth September, 1803, have amounted
to afmnfi eighteen n til lion* of dollars, 17,954,780 49
During the fame period, there have been paid to Great-Britain, in fatisfaflion
and difrharge of the money which the United States might have been liable to pay,
in purfiianee of the provifionsef the 6rh article of f hr tre.’ty of 1794, Ci,(,<14,000
Tbc balanee in the treafory amounted, on the l*t day of April,
1801, to 1,761,06$ TA
A nd on tbe 90th day of September, 1 *05, to 4,575,«.?4 37
Making an in«T**fe of *,781,604 78
Prom which deducting the pn>cce<ti of the Cde* of the bank
than s, 1,2*7,400
Leave? for the increa^uifing^M^^^rdim^^^SN^^^^^
— - - • f,~
Making in the whole, a difference of more thin twenty-two millions of dol
lars in favour of the United States, during that period, of four years and a half, 22,112,793 27
In order to give a more general .and concife view of the receipts and expenditures of the Unit
ed States during the four years commencing on the 1st day of April, laol, and ending on the
Slst day of March, 1*05, than can be derived from the annual printed accounts, • a ftatenu-nt
marked fH) and feveral explanatory ftatcincnts marked (H. 1. to H. 8.) have been added to thole
which ufually accompany this report.
From thofe it appears that a fum of fifty millions fix hundred and fixty-feven thoufand fonr
hundred and fixty-feven dollars and four cents has been paid into the treal'ury during that period,
-viz.
From duties on tonnage and on the importation of foreign merchandize, 45,174,837 23
From all other fources, (including 1,596,171 dollars and 43 cts. arifing from the
Tales of bank iharcs and of public veffels,) 5.493*629 82
*0 667.487 04
And that the expenditure*, during the fameprriod, have amounted to forty-nine millions fix
hundred and fixty-fivc thoufand five hundred and twenty-feven dollars and fifty-fix cents, which
have been difburfed for the following purpofes:
1. Lefiithan one third of the whole has been fuff.cient to defray all the current expenfesof the
United States, viz.
For the civil lift and all domeflic rxperfes of a civil nature, 3.735,114 79
For the military eftablifhment and Indian department, 4,405,192 26
For the naval efiahlilhm-nt, 4,842.635 15
For the expeufes attending the intcrcourfe with foreign nations, 1,071,437 84
Amounting altogether to 14.105,380 01
2. Near one third was necefiary to pay the intereft on the public debt, IG,273,700 95
On wbteh fuhjeft it may not be improper to ohferve that a part of that
fum, amounting to 3,160,000 dollars, was paid on account of the intereft on
the deferred (lock, a charge which commenced only in the year ittoi, and
was therefore in addition to the annual fum wanted before that year for the
payment of intereft on the public debt.
8. More than one third, and which may be confidered as the furplus revenue of
the United States during that period, has been applied towards the reimburle
ment and extinguilhment of the debt, vi«.
On account of the principal of the public debt proper, 16,317,6G8 Ofc
In payment of debts contrafted hefbre the 1st day of April,
1801, and anting under the Britifli treaty, and under the
French convention of 30th September, 1800, 2,963,782 65
-- 19,281,44G 57
49,665,527 56
It is fufhcicntly evident that whilft one third of thc national revenue is necefiardy ’bforbed by
the payment of intereft, a perlevering application of the refources, afforded by feafous of peace
and profperity, to the difeharge of the principal, in the manner direfted by the legiflaMirc, is the
only eflcftual mode by which the United States can ultimately obtain the full command of their
revenue, and the free difpofal of ail their refources. FI very year produces a diminution of inter
eft and a politive increafe of revenue. Four years more will be luflicicnt to dileliarge (in additi
on to the annual reimburfement* on the fix per cent, and deferred flocks) the remainder of the
Dutch debt, and the whole of the eight per cent, navy fix per cent, five and a half
Dcr cent, and four and a half per cent, flocks. As the portion of the public debt
which (hall then remain unpaid will confift of the fix per cent, deferred and Louifiana flocks,
neither of which can be reimburfed except at the periods and in the proportions fixed by con
traft, a id of the three per cent, flock, which its low rate of intereft will render it ineligible to
difeharge at its nominal value ; the rapidity of the reduftion of the debt, beyond the annual re
imburfements permitted by the cont rafts, will, after the year 1809, depend on the price at which
purrhafes may be clfefted. And ftiould oircnmftances render it eligible, a tonfiderable portion
of the revenue now appropriated for that purpofe, may then, in conformity with cxilting provili
oii3, be applied to other objefts.
All which is refpcftftilly fubmitted,
ALBERT GALLATIN, Secretary of the Trenfury.
Trhasury Department, December 9th, 1805.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
R ANA WAY on the nineteenth Hay of May la*f
JF.SoEE, a likely negro man nearly white, and
upon a flight examination would pals an fuch. He is
about fix feet high, rather (lender leg* for his height,
is about twenty five years old, by trad* a Cooper,
at which bufinefs he is very expert; he is a very in
genious handy fellow, andean turn his hand to aim
anything. I expeift he will paf* by the nameofjef
fee Cottrell, as he has frequently a (Tamed that name.
His cl'*hing 1 know nothing of, but knowing he has
a variety, it would be unneceflary to undertake to
deferibe hisdrefs. I will give the above reward, if
delivered to me in New-Kens county, or twenty dol
lars to have him fecured in any jail To tha* I got him
again.
TURNER CHRISTIAN.
New-Kent, December 12. (v4wp.)
FOR SALE,
THREE valuable Slaves, vix. a male and female
houfe fervant, and a gardener; their characters
are unexceptionable. For further particulars apply to
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Nov. 19. TlftJ
AT A MEETING
Of fhf Truftees for the New Ulafgcuv Academy,hclj
in the town of New Glalgow, the 27th day of No
vember, 1805s *•
RESOLVED, That William S. Crawford, David
8. Garland, James M. Brown, Edmund Penn
and Hudfon M. Garland, or any three of them, be ap
pointed a committee to make engagements with any
perfon a* a Teacher of the Language* and the Mo
dern Branches of the MttSemarirks, and that they
caute notification of this Refojurion to be inferted in
tech public newfpepers as they (hall think proper, and
that they make report to the board.
Copy, Tefte,
ft. GARLAND, Clerk.
December ft. Tgw
BY Virtu* of a deed of Trod, executed to the teb
fcriher, by Jofiah Thompfbn, to fecure a debt
due to James Garrte, as exprefled in the (aid d«*d i
Will be expofed tofalefor ready money, on Wed
nefday the 15th of January 150ft, at Kliam Ball’s Ta
vern in Powhatan county, 100 acres of LAND ly
ing near the laid Tavern, in thf county aterefaid, or
(d much thereof a* will b* fufbcient |o fatnfy faid
debt, interefl and cods.
JOHN WUNNALLY, 7r.Jtce, '
December 24, 8fttp.
OROGRAPHY.
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new brick houi'es,
LEWIS M. RIVALAIN.
December £7. 1* & t tf.
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READY made white Sattir. Pelifes;
-various dark colored Silk ditto ;
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M. 13* B. MYERS.
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December 28 (f & t 2t)
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD,
STRAYED or ftolen from Shock® Ware-houfe, on
Thurfday the 19tH of December, 180.5, a bright
bav HORSE, about five feet high, ten years old, one
hind foot white, a few white hair* In hi* forehead.
Whoever will deliver the Lid horfe to the fubfcriher,
at the Walhington tavern, (hall receive the above re
ward, .
PETER M. DANIEL.
December 27. f A t tf.
STRAYED OR STOLEN,
FT'ROM the fuhfcriher on the 30th day of Novem
ber laft, a BAY MARK, four years old j fhe
has fome white in the face, her hind feet one of them
ure white to her foot lock, the other foot fome white
on it, a tolerable long tail, Ibe is ihod before. Ten
dollars reward will be given to any pvrftjn that will
deliver faid heart tome at capt. Richard Netherlands
in Powhatan county or to John Schools in King 3nd
Queen county.
URIAH* SCHOOLS.
Dec. 27. S&T2tp.
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AHANDSOMI • woflorv BRICK HOUSE,near
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MRS. BOOTH, beg* leave refpetfftifly to inform
the public, that (tie ha* r.*.-n the npp-r port
of Mr. Vanet’* new brick budding on Shoc k® Hill
where (be keep* a genfel boarding boufe for ladies
and gentlemen, and hope* to give general fatitfac
tion,
N. B. Young Indie* and gentlemen attending a
fehool may be accomodated.,
Dec. 07, _ (9tp.)_
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ENOCH SULLIVAN,
SILVER, GOLDSMITH AMD JEWELLER,
f) E1TJRNS liiw grateful thanks to his frientfctird
^ lor the liberal iDcounigemput a fiord*
ed him in his line of bufiiiefs, and hopes by his punc
tual attention to the hoftnefs, to which lie was br.d
to tnfure a continuation of the favor of a liberal pub-,
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jewellery of the uioft fafliional.Ie kind, conliftir.g nt
filver lea Lots, cream Unis, Tumblers, Spoons,and
mourning and fancy Ear-rings, Lockets, Fjn rt.r Ring*
and Brcaft Pins, jet, white and coral Necklace and
kar-nogs, a general fupj.ly of Combs, plain and or- '
nar.icnted Pocket Books, thread Cali-*, Miniature and
ring Cafes, gold and gilt Seals, K>ys and Chains.
High*ft price given for old gold or filver.
FOR SALE,
T K,°?JSE a,!d 1-01 arprefcm occupied l»y
1 Mr. John Isnionard on Shockce Hill One
biurth of the purchafe money will be required in hand,
and great accommodation will be given for the ba
lance. Enquire of
! THOMAS NORVELL.
I December 17.
NEAL NELSON,
BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURER,
MAIN-STREET, RICHMOND,
MAKES Boots & Short
to any pattern or fa fi
lm, equal in point ofM.i.
Teriai.s »iid Workman.
»hij* to any in general ufe.
ty Imported Boot sard
Shoes, of ilia firlt quality
and neweB faihlon, for fale.
.*» Gentlemen at a dif
>' tance. who are difpofed to
- forward me their meafuro,
vb>pajirg attention to the
ami tied cut, can be fitted
with Boots nr Shoe , as well as if they were op thi
fpot..^.„-...A—the length of the Boot.C—round the
Calf—H—the pitch of ditto—D—round the heel and
infbep—E.—round the in tier—G—acrofs the ball of
the foot. Fix the heel ngainfl a perpendicular, a: d
Bicka knife at the end of the great toe—fet down in
figures the unrulier of inchssami quarters, in the dif
ferent meafures. January 1. eptf
NO riCE..—If Frnncit J.i^hfaot, a native of the.
county of Nfw-Kent, and formerly a refidenr of the
Bate of Virginia, be now living, nr h* any legal heir
or descendant living, either in the United States or
elfewhere, by applying either in perfnn or by fpeciul
agent, and producing fufficient evidence of their be
<ng ftich legal defendant, to Wm. or Nicholas Ligbt
foot of the county .of James City, to Geo. or Light
foot Poindexter of New-Kent, or to fame? Poindex
ter of Powhatan, will hear of fomething highly im
portant and much to their advantage,
*•* 'Fbe Printers throughout the U. ft. are re
qu-Bed to infer? the above twice, in their refpcdiivo
papers, and tratifmit their acrompts to the Editor of
he Enquirer._Nov, ID. cpSm '
GENERAL OFFICE OF INSURANCE.
TIIF members of the Mutual rnfurauce Company
again# Fire on Goods and Furniture, Jn u,q
Bate of Virginia, are requeBed to rake notice, that a
greeably to th* fourth article of the Regulations of
the f.dd Company, a general meeting will bo held,
at this .Bice, on Wednvfday tho flth day of fcnuaiy
i.ext. It it hoped that the meeting wdl he full, 3I,^
tb itthofowho cannot make il convenient to aitei.d
in perfon, will not fail to appoint proxies in time,
Hrm. H. Fitz-wiylfuna, P, A^erf,
December, fi-|.
Will be fold, «h Fon-htfeti *f.rntinry eiurl, lei <» /?»
J Pth, to the high ft kirid.r.
A Valuable I RACT of LAND cotuainlrrr ycrvy
acre*, on Deep C’reelc, in the faid county, ri,
tin ir altogether, nr Jo loti to fuif pur Infer*. TU
Value of i hi* land willheftefl known by an accurate
view of the different lot*, to which are attached rich
low ground', which will h« (hewn 1 y Mr. Hitcher,
on the prrmife*, with whom islc't a plot, hy a 'ato
fnrvey. There i* a gcod crop of wheat fown thereon
Twelve likely hand' will he hired, which are under a»*
overfeer. engaged for the ending ye*r, with gyfry
thing prepared for a crop. '
Orj«* fourth of the pnrehafe money will ho required
on taking pnlYefTinn, and thy remainder in three an*
null payment*, to carry intereP from the da'f ; huf
gtKid bonds, properiy ficure.’, or refl.Vnts within t>.e
diftridl* of Richmond or Peterlhurgh, will be accer.;
ert for the drferred payment*.
WILLIAM MAYO.
Powhat , Dec. 94, S&Ttdf.
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OFFICE QF TUB ENQUIRER,