Star.
London, England, 1802-02-05 00:00:00

AMERICAN FINANCES.

Subßance of a Report made by ALBERT GAL.
Aria, the Secretary of the Treafury, upon the Pi-
ntncial State of the United States of America.
dated IVAllitigton, 18th December, t3ot, addreff-
ed to the Specter of the Houfe of Reprefentatives,
in Gbenience to the directions of the Aft fapple-
mentary to the Aft to ettablith the Treafury De-
partment.
• •The Report fets out with Rating, that " the
permanent revenues of the United States, accord.
in-,.5 to the laws now in force, confitt of—t ft, Du-
ties on rnerchandize and tonnage-2d, Internal
duties on Hills and domeftie diftilled fpirits, refined
fttgar, licences to retailers, fates at auCtion, and
pleafurable carriages-3d, Proceeds of the falcs of
public land-4th, Duties on poftage—ith, Divi-
dends or. Shares in the Bank of the Untied States
—6th, Incidental, arifing from fees, fines, and pe-
nalties, repayments in the trealury, and tales of
public ptoprrty, other than lands."
It then proceeds to difeofs each of there theads
feverally, and at coaliderable length, in th,.. fol-
lowing order c

0-17TIRS 011 111111C11100121 AND TONII4OII.

The.weipts in the Treafnry arifing from this
ireieree amounted for the year, ending the 3cth Sep-
t•ln.ber.. tSO I to 10,500,C00 dollars.
Tow fir this blanch of revenue may be aff'etted
1.. r the refloration of peace in Europe, is rather a
111).10.1 of fpecalative conjeEture than of calcula-
tion ; that it will be liable to fodden and confide-
r thle Oa tluations. cannot be doubted. and for that
rrafon a greater degree of correanels may be ob-
tained, by forming an 'lnmate for a number of
years than for any one year.
The period. for which fuch an eflimate Ihould
be made, being arbitrary In far as relates to the
revenue ; that of the eight years, ISoz—t 809, is
(defied, principally in reference to the payments
to be made on account of the public debt; the
wht•le of the foreign debt being altually due
within that term of years, and the eight per cent.
Rock becoming redeemable the laR year of the
period.
As the date for fueh an eftimate, the Report
takes the amount of the duties of the three follow-
ing years, which it etiolates thus :
For the year ending Jo& Sept. sysv.
For the year ending both March , typy
be the year ending 30th Sept. ilioz

6,a63,a00
LBW=
10,5004011

The ratio of increafe of population, being afeer.
tained by the cenfus to be at the rate of 34 per
• cent. for ten years; if the increafe of confumption
Beall be fuppofed to be hereafter precifely the fame
as that of population, the annual receipts of the
eight years, 1802-1809, may be cftimated at
nearly 50 per cent. greater than thole of the years,
790-1792, or at a fum of near 9,210,c00 dol-
lars,ifthat period be affumed as the halts on which
to predicate the eftimate. But if the calculation
Ihall be grounded on the revenue of the years
1793-1798, the annual receipts of the years 1802
—lBo9,firould be eftimated as about 304 percent.
greater than thole of that period, or at about
10,900,000 dollars.
The report thus Rates Tome cireumflances which
may reduce this eftimate, and adds, " Although,
thtrefore, it be prefumable, that the receipts of
fume of thefe years will, from temporary caufet,
fall below that (urn, it is believed that, taking the
whole period of eight years, the duties un
mcr-
ebandife and tonnage may fafely be averaged at a
fum not lets than 9,500,000 dollars."
It next proceeds to recommend, that to prevent
goods from being under-rated in value in the efti.
mates, " to lay fpecific duties on all fuch articles
now paying duties ad 'dorm, at may be fufceptible
of that alt.:ration. Amongft fitch, the following
have been ft,,,Tfted " fruits and fpices, pickled
and dried fill,, oil, glue, feveral fpecies of drugs,
watches, gun-powder, and fegars."
It alio lays, " Legillative provifionsfeem necef
fay, i 7 order better to define the reftrietions, un-
der which the intercourfe with the adjacent Britifb
and Spanifh potfctlions !ball be carried on, in con-
formity with treaties; under which the ankles of
the growth or manufaaure of the United States
may be imported free of duty, by the way of New
Orjeans, from. the Weftern parts of the Union to
the ports of the Atlantic Races, and from thefe to
the interior &tries of collection on the Weftern
waters; and under which drawbacks (hall be allow.
ed on the exportation of foreign articles."

PrItIMANINT INTERNAL OUTIIIS IN THS TZAR 01100.
The duties on fpirits and Rills, refined (agars,
licences to retailers, tales at aultion, and pleafura.
ble carriages, produced a net rum of 576,888 dol-
lars and 8o cents. The duties on Damps, which,
as under the exiiting laws, they will ceafe after the
4th day of March 5803, are not included amonga
the permanent revenues, amounted for the fame
year to 209,853 dollars and 32 cents; both cage.
Like!' conititutean itemof d011ar5786,742 t:-tooth,.
The receipts in the Treafiry from all the inter-
nal revenues have mounted, for the year ending
on the 30th of September, 5805, to 959,759 dol.
lars and t 6 cent. ; deduaing from this lam 65,000
•dollars, being the eltimated amount of drawbacks
;mid during that year, out of the proceeds of the
external revenues, on the exportation of clomellic
diddled fpiiits and refined fugar, leaves a net fum
of about 854,000 dollars, and an increafe of near
70h000 clonal) beyond the revenue of Ifioo.
The'aceounts of the lak nine months being yet
but partially rendered, it is not prafticable to at-
-certain to what elafs of duties the increafe belongs,
nor particularly to difcriminate between the in.
create of the revenue, arifing from Ramps, and that
of the permanent internal revenues. Yet it is be-
lieved that their, ezeinfively of the !lamp (I,:tics,