Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-01-01

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during thar war, encreafed in any great
er proportion shza their population -
and that the whole of the external COM
merce acquired during the fame period,
mutt peceilar:iy be lott by the return Of
peace alnonga foreign nations.
Although, therefore, it be prefumab'e
thar the receipts Of iome of rheis years
will, from temporary cau!es, fall below
that fun, itIs believed that taking the
whole period Of eight years, the iu;.es
on merchandise and tonnage may fately
be. averaged at a FUN not LET'S than
9, 100000 dollars. " .,l
As a minute invetsieation Of the tsve-
raj rates " duty now paid oy the ieye.
"a! ipecies OF foreign merchandise may,
perhaps, iusgeit tome advantageous modi-
hcations, table of tho.e rates Is annexed
TO TINS report.
Without any view to an increale of
revenue, but in order to guard as iar as
pofible agsinf the value of goods being
underrated in the invoices, it would be
eligible to lay fpecidc duties on all fuch
articles, now paying duties ad valcrem,
as MAJ be fuiceptibie of that aiteration.-
Amongst iueh, the following have been
fagge!ted Fruits and ipices, picked
aad dried fifth, oil, glue, feveral fpeciss
OF drugs, watches, gunpcwder, and fe-
ga!s.
Legislative provihons fem neceGary
in order better 70 define the restrictions,
under which the intercourse with The ad-
jacent Bfi1ilh and Spanifh ponefiens lhall
be carried on, in conformity with trea-
ties under which the articles Of the
growth or manufacture cf the Un;ted
States may be imported free OF duty, by
tie way Of New Orleans, from the yes
tern parts Of the union to the ports Of the
,ta,es, AMI from thefe to the in.
.erior d;aritts of collection on the Yves
tern waters and under which drawbacks
lNall be allowed on the exportai,sn OF TO-
reign articles.
Fetmareut Internal Duties.
The ;nsual ia,emens prepared by the
conn,ilioner Of the revenue. and Which,
will be co,npicied II few days, precludes
the neceiEty of exhibiting here all the
details pertaining to this branch Of reye.
nue..
The aatement iM) is an abfraa Of
It's amour: :or the year 1900 dtring
which the duties on fpirits and fills, re.
fined fugars, licences TO retailers, !ales
at auction, and P!ealurable carriages,
produced a nett fun of s76,SSS dollars
and So cents. The duties on famps,
which as under the exiting laws they
Will ceale after the 4,h day of March,
1903, are not included anonga the per-
manent revenues, amounted for the fame
year to zo9,S53 dollars and 81 cents !;
both together confitu,e an item of dol
lars 7S6,74z Iz-Iooths.
The receipts in the Treafury from ali
the internal revenues, have amounted for
the year ending on the goth September,
1901, to 919,719 dollars and 16 cents
deduaing from this fun $4,000 dollars,
being the eifimated amount of drawbacks,
paid during that year, out of the proceeds
of the external Revenues, on the export.
ationof domea;c d;e;lled fpirits and re-
fined lugar, leaves nett fun of about
$4,000 dollars, and an increaie of near
10000 dollars beyosd the revenue of
1900,
The accounts cf the laf nine months
being yet but partially rendered, it is not
yraaicable to afcer,ain TO what clafs Of
duties the encreaie belongs, nor psrticu-
larly to discriminate between the encreale
Of the revenue arifns from lamps, ard
that of the permanent internal revenues.
Yet, it is believed tina, theie, excluGvely
ofthe famp duties, may fafely be efi
stated, for the averge Of the years
ISoz-lSo9, at an annual iuns not LET.
than $4,000 dollars.
In order, however to fecure that a.
mount, a revihon Of the iyaem, 70 far
as it relates to country FILLS, is eGenti
ally neceGary. Whit the owners of
imall diftil!eries, in fome parts of the u
Mon, complain of the operation of tax,
r,;fed m Tho cap.citv of >he;, A;lIs