Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1802-01-25


fees, fines and P-nses, reP2ymen,, in the treaflry,
and iaie' Of pubic property, other than lands.
DHHrf on lYeyrbqHdizs and To1Hzq.
The receipt, in The Treliury. arihne from that
iource have amounted for the year ending ontA- 3ch
September Sol % dollars 10, G16.2.3 o.. Ifto this
ium be added the draw backs paid hy c9Ic41rs On.
the expectation Of comcRc dacd rp.r.ts aa refined
lugar, vhich,arc charge n,eroa rcvcnues, md
that part OF the additional duties laid in tic wear 1850
which did operate during the year To which thofe
receipts refer the fun which would have been receive
ca a. the prelcn rate Of duties, canaot 6c caimsted
at eis than 70 500 COO dollars The amount Of daties
lecured On4he 33h September ian, and falling due in
the coufe Of the year 1902, compared with that oE
ecedng years, jua'fes opinion that had The i'm
portaons and expectations continued in the fame pro-
portion thce dudes would have brought in the Treau-
Ia ydurng the yearI8oz near Gle ven ions dollars
How Tar this branch Of revenue may he affected bv
the reoration OF peace in Europe, Is rather fubiect
o. speculative conjecture than of calculation That X
VIII be liable to ludden and comfortable fluctuations
cannot be doub;ed aud for ha: reaon greater decree
OF correctnels may be obtained, by forming an Ell
mate ter any number Of years than for any one year
The period, for which fuch All climate nhouId "
made beng arbitrary fo far relates to he revenue
that Of the eight years I8oar 900 is feIeEed prnci-
Paly IN reference to the payments be made Oh ac-
count Of the public debt the whole Of The foreign debt
beng actually due within that term Of years and the
eight per cent ltock becoming redeenabe the a year
The belt data which The climate may be predca-
TED teem 10 he the actual coniumpton Of imported ar
uces during former years. and the ratio OF ncreae of
population, as alcerained by the Genius.
With view 10 the fra object, the atements to III
have been abrlcted from the Ssccrds in the TreaurY
Ihey EXHIBIT the v2lne quantities ofimported articles,
on winch duties have been a&ray paid for each caen-
dar year from 1890 1900, dedu6fing from the grof
amount imported each year, the value quantities of
articles re exported during the fame year, which were
entitled to awback
Ihoie itatements do not, however, lhow corrcaIy
PRINCIPALLY for the !at years. the actual annual amount,
Il consumption, becauGe T. expectations to conGder-
able hnt not Preciiey alcertaned amount have taken
place under iuch IrcumG 4nces did entitIe the
a.tlces exported 10 a drawback and 3D. the amount
81 foreign articles remaining hand the coie Of
'-1 Jr 1902 was much greater proper ion the
TL'ptt''Te poPua ion, than that hand the COM
mencement OF the year 1890. Ihoe c4ules which
affect 70 an ncOnhierabe degree the years 1899 to
I79z, and 5ut partially thoe immedatsy lucceeding,
Won z, however, rindGr any dedll OH drawn from
tnote documvats, in relation 20 che years 1922 and
Zoo, altogether III acious
he preceding line wears 2y Nc divided into liAinCe
periods tbs fri! from the 4 day Of January 100, 70
me gut day OF December 1872, inciudrs tie ,thrce
Years which immediately preceded the European ma
rltims war the lecond includes The fix fra years Of
MAJ var VIZ from tie common cement VI 1898 rD the
clole Of 1913
two periods Of the annual average conuupJon " for
egn articles, and Of the annual average revenue which,
the rate Of the Prefent duties would have accrued
thereon the table L has been prepared which faeyys
1hat the nett annual revenue, which would he nrc-
TENT rate Of the duties, have accrued during each of
thole two periods, AMOUNTS average fur the
years 1890 80 I797g 20 6l630oC dollars and for the
years 1913 TO 1898, 10 $4,000 dollars Thefe GIns
conhtute, not the receipts in the TrtaIury but the
revenue which would have accrued durag the re PES
rraarr ~f y1.
hdered a. the revenue accrung during the year 1915
thc ait as that a2crung during the year. ending the
thirHeu OF Jans 1890; and on account of
he credit gwen for the payment Of duties The revenue
acerumg during one ycaE, continues J. = the re-
cePts 81 the year eAcng Ene mouths than thOle
two fans, and he receipts ofthe year ending on the
5Oth September iScI, As ebove as,ed, may, without
material error, be conhIered The receipts, of three
diInct years. four years and halt dihant each from
tie other, viz. DoR5
Forthe year ending 3oth September 1892, 800 500
Eor I'M year ending 3osh ~iarch 1921 $3.50 900
For the year ending goth September 1901, 10 10000
The ratio Of increale during the whole period oC
nIne years exceeds ieveny per ceut, wha thar po-
Pu!@uon, during The fame time, hardly more than
thirty per cent.
The ratio ofipcreafe during the fri period Of four
years and half is nearly IS IL per cent. and during
the laR more than as ia DER cent; whiR thar Of
population for each period only the rate Of IA
per cent. The greater ratio Of increaGs during the
hr, than during the lall period of four years and
halt IS owing TO the comparon, in the fri, being BE-
tween period Of European peace, and period Of Eu-
roPean war, and in the la, between two periods Of
European
he ratio Of ncreafe Of population being aflertain
Sd by the Genius to be at the Of "a per cent for
ten years; If the increae Of conlumpton ha b fup.
Poed 20 be hereafter Preciey the fame AZ that Of pop
alatioh, The annual receipts Of the wears, I8o2-
6o9'may be elmated as nearly fifty per cent greater
than thole Of the years 179o-1791, or at ium of
near 100000 dollars If that period be aumed As the
bahs on which predicate the climate Buff Ire cal
cnation ha be grounded the revenue Of the years
I793-I798, the annual receipts of the years. 1902
1909 ihoud be eipated at about 10 per cent prcat-
er than thofe Of that period, or about 70 9ooooa
dollars.
Il Teens tina; thofe two reflective fums may reaon
ably be conhdered the extremes which the avcr-
age annual receipts OF the eight entung years will not
exceed The hIt calculation Of 15o, 900 dol ars ap-
pears TO be below the probable reut nce being pre-
dicated on the coRumpon Of the three years proceed.
ing The European maritime war without any other adj
dtion than that reulting from the acertained increae
d population It relts on the luppofton that Ne per-
manent wealth Of the United ac5 has not during hat
war, lncreaied N any greater proportion than their
poPuauon; and that the whole Of the external COM
MERGE acquired during the fame period mua neceIarilv
be ot by the return Of peace amonea foreign tons
Although therefore, it be prerunsbIe THAI the r.