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ing the year 1806, amount*
ed, as will appear by the
statement (A,) to 16,5!f6,454
The same revenue, after de
ducting that portion which
arose I.om the duty on salt
and from the aditional du
ties constituting the Medi
terranean fund, amounted
during the year 1805, to 12,520,532
And during the year 1806, to 14,309,75 8
It is ascertained that the nett revenue
which has accrued during the three
first cpiarters of the year 1807, exceeds
that of the corresponding quarters of
the year 1806 ; and that branch of the
revenue may, exclusively of the duty on
salt, and of the Mediterranean fund,
both oi which expire on the 1st day of
January next, I e safely estimated for
the present, and if no change takes
place in the relations of the U. S. with
foieign nations, at fourteen millions of
dollars.
X he statement (B.) exhibits in detail,
the several species ot merchandise and
other sources from whence the revenue
v. as collected during the year 1800.
It appears by the statement (C.) that
the sales ol the publick lands have, dur
ing the year ending on the 30th S pt.
3 807, exceeded 284,000 acres. Some
returns are not yet received ; and the
proceeds ol sales in the Mississippi ter
ritory being, alter deducting the sur
veying and other incidental expences,
appropriated in the first place to the
payment of a sum of 1,250,000 dollars
to the state of Georgia, have not been
included, but are distinctly stated. The
annual payments by purchasers have,
duiing the same period, exceeded six
hundred and thirty thousand dollars ;
and the rtci ij ts into the treasury from
that sou, ce may, a;t< r deducting charge s
unci the five per cent, rest rvtd lor roads,
be estimated for the ensuing year at five
hundred thousand dollars.
i lie receipts arising from the perma
nent revenue of die United States may,
therefore, \v ithout including the duties
on postage &. oth.r incident'll branches,
he computed lor the year 1608, at
& 14,500,000
And the payments into the
treasury during die same
y< ar, on account ol the salt
and i\. edi terra nean duties,
pi < \ iously acci ued, are es
timated atone million,three
hundred thousand dollars, 1,000,00(
•lb iw,ot/0,CcO
Making in the whole an aggregate of
fifteen millions, eight hundred thousand
dollars.
Last quarter of the ijear 1807.
The balance in the treasury, which on
the 30th day of Sept, 1806, amounted to
5,496,969 dollars, 77 cents, did on the
30th day of September 1807, amount to
S 8,530,000
The receipts into the treasu
ry from the 1st of October
to the 31st of December,
1807, are estimated at 4,000,000
S 12,5 30,000
The expenses during the same period,
for all objects whatever, the public debt
excepted, and including 689,076 dollars
lor the extraordinary expenses of the
navy department, of which the estimate
has been transmitted, are estimated at
S 1,700,000
I lie ordinary payments on
account oi' the public debt,
including the provision for
the interest on the Louisi
ana and Dutch debt, to the
1st of July, are estimated
1,700,000
at
A further sum of about
1,500,000 dollars, should
also be paid during this
quarter, in order to com
plete the annual appropri
ation of eight millions of
dollars. If the whole of this
sum, which is applicable to
the purchase of the eight
per cent, stocks, cannot be
expended this year, the
unexpended balance will
form an additional expen
diture for the year 1808,
charging however the whole
to this quarter.
1,500,000
Making an aggregate of
' 4,©00,000 dollars, and will
leave in the treasury at the
(.lose ol the year a balance
of about seven millions,six
hundred and thirty thou
sand dollars,
7,030,000
8 12,530,000
jLxpcndtlures oj the year 1808.
The permanent expenses, calculated
on a peace establishment, are estimated
i'.t 11,600,000 dollars, and consist of the
following items, viz.
i. For the civil department, and all
omestic expenses of a civil nature, in
cluding invalid pensions,the light-house
and mint establishments, the expense*
of surveying the public lands and the
sea coast, the fifth instalment of the loan
due to Maryland, and a sum of one
hundred thousand dollars to meet such
miscellaneous appropriations*, not in
cluded in the estimates, as may be made
by congress, 1,100,000
2. For expences incident
to the intercourse with fo
reign nations, including the
permanent appropriation for
Algiers, 2oo,ooo
3. For the military and
Indian department, includ
ing trading-houses, and the
permanent appropriation for
certain Indian tribes, 1,280,000
4. For the naval establish
ment, 1,020,000
5. The annual appropria
tion of eight millions of dol
lars for the payment of the
principal and interest of the
public debt ; of which sum
not more than 3,4oo,ooo dol
lars will for the year 1808
be applicable to the payment
of interest, 8,000,000
S 11,000,000
i othe permanent expenses
must he added for the year
1808, a sum of about eight
hundred thousand dollars,
necessary in addition to the
annual appropriation of 8
millions of dollars, to com
] lete on the 1st of January,
1809, the reimbursement of
the t ight per cent, stock, 800,000
And for paying the ba
lance of American claims,
assumed by the French con
vention, 2oo,ooo
Making altogether twelve
millions, six hundred thou
sand dollars,for the expenses
of that year. £> 12,600,00^
The receipts
of that year ha
ving been esti
mated at S 15,8oo,oo©
And the pro
bable balance in
the treasury on
the 1st of Janu
ary next, at 7,C3o,ooo
Making alto
gether