Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-01-02

~ la.tiudutS " VT" ;
known uiraI demand, and BY the arality
and hyperion iafesy Of tide OF the puoilc
laads.
The nominal price Of ,hofe lands is two
dollars per acre; but OF account OF che
srovilion: which relate to inte:eft and
!, ditount, they may be obtained, within
a EnaIl fraction, a. TIE rate of one dol
lar and eighty -four cents, if the whole
parchale nonay Is ra;d at the time OF
iale, and may bring in the treafury two
dollars and twenty Even cents per acre,
if the purchalss lhail avail himielf OF
the terms Of credit given by law.
If the proceeds OF the whole fsles lha'l
be eitina,ed only at the rate Of dollar
ana S. cents per acre, it will allow "a
per CENT fox loaes, on account OF nom
payments on the three laa inltal!mecss
and after the year 1865, give on an an
ndal fale off $4,000 acres, an annud IN
eome of 46aooodohars; bat, as on &C
count of the credit given by law, the
whole OF this FUN will not till after the
year 1906, be annually receivable If
pa yment Of lands fold after the 1T Janu
airy next; while on the other hand the
fums due f2r lands, fold before the enc
of this year will become payable during
The four next emitting Years, it will b.
found, thar, making the fame deductio;
Of a. per cent for loiles on the iuns al
rcady due, the whole iam receivable tor
i4,,is already fold or 20 be fold, during
the eight years ISoz--- 1900. viii, to-
thoie eight years, en- an ae!tse, amour
annual!, to 100000 1o!lArs.
Some legiiia;i. proriiions feem necei
fay 70 aicertain the we;sern boundary 9:
the Virginia lands, to deaae in what man.
ne, the leven hrit ranges Of townihips
: hall be fubdiyidcd into fettions, withou
interfering with the claims of torme,
plrcha!ers and perhaps, In re.stlon 10
;he lands claimed b. purehaiels u.der J.
c. Symmes. But the moG important OF
j@tt, in order to iecure and Improve this
valuable branch OF. revenue, is TO provioe
asaintt the proyreis Of lnSruiions on the
public lands and cipec,ally 10 cev.te
(omc efficient ard prompt mode ct giving
que, poteaion to every peIlon pur> hatlns
undcr the law.
Pofaqe, EividsuGi iii Bank Shares, In.
eiaextaL
The annual proceeds of the duties on
poNage may not be efimated at lels than
1000 dollars. The dividends on bank
flares, at the rate Of S per cent. dividend,
amount 10 1900 dollars but as the
flares thsu,!slves may eventually be
wanted, as a refource to NEE. certain
contingent demands againa the Uniteo
States, thoie dividends, although contti.
tu;ing part of the revenue, unlefs j,
hail be found neceaary to fell the flock,
and the incidental or temporary revenue,
ihall be omitted in this climate Of the
permanent revenues. rqT
Thefe, therefore are ealna.ed in the
whole, at $500, 900 dollars, viz.
Duties on merchandise and
tonnage, 100000
Internal duties, famps ex-
cep,ed, $4,000
Proceeds OF the faies Of pub
lie lands, 100000
Duties on poRage, $4,000
Tie other temporary rsj6Hrcei Of the Unite.
States, are: y-,
If. The proceeds OF Hamp duties for
the Ia months from the 1T January.
1907, to the 18th Marek, 1908, which,
under the exiting law Limit their CONT
nance, doilars, 2oo,ceo
I'd. The balance due on the direc'
.ax-The amount paid in the Treaiury
to the hrit Infant, 70 far as the fame
can be afcertained, was I,z45,ooo dol,
lars, leaving all ou'faaaing fun OF.
77,,ooe dollars; but as this lat fun i
chareeable with all tie expences of col
lection, eRima,ed, a, the rate of 7 per
cent, at 10000 dollars, the real ba-
lance is only about $4,000 dollars, and
as delays and perhaps an eventual !ois
may Be expected on the lat part Of the
Collection, it would not be fase TO ca;-
mate the amount, which will probably