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

REPORT.
In obedience to the directions ef The al
supplementary to THE at entitled" I'm
at to saaklg6 sbe Tratxy Depart
ment," the Secretary Of tbe Tv9/Ayry.
teRJslyy/xbmits the taAo7virg Repsr: and
Eliminates:
The permanent revenue OF the United
States, according to the laws now in
force, coniiit of-frf. Duties on mer-
chandize and tonnage I'd. Internal duties
on fills and domeRic ditiiled fpirlss, re-
fined fugar, licences to retailers, fales
at auction, and pleaiurable carriages-
Sd. Proceeds of the fales of public lands
18th. Duties on Pofage sch, D,vi-
dends on flares in the Bank OF the Unit-
ed States-6th. Incidental, aridng from
fees, fines and penalties, repaymen1s in
the rreafary, and ialcs of public property,
other than lands.
Duties on Mertbaudize and Toauape.
The receipts IN the rrealury, srifing
from tina, fource, have amounted, for
the year ending on the goth September,
1891, to dollars Io,Iz6,z13 oz. If to
this fun be added the drawbacks paid by
collectors, on the expor,ation of domef-
tic dif,lled fpirits and refined fugar,
which are charge on the internal re.
venues, and that part of the additional
duties laid in the yea. 1909, which did
not operate during the year to which
thoie receipts refer; the fam which
would have been received, at the pre-
fent rates OF duties, cannot be etimated
a, lels than 10, 100000 dal!ars. The
amount Of duties Occurred on the goth Sep
TENDER lat, and falling due in the couyie
of the year 1902, compared with that of
preceding years, juRi6es ao opinion, flat,
had the impor,ations and expectations
continued in the fame proportion, thoie
duties would have brought in tie Tteafu-
ry, during the year 1907, near elevenm mil
lions of dollars.
How far this branch Of revenue may
be affected BY the reaora:;on ofpeace in
Europe, is rather fubjett Of Specula-
tive conjecture than of calculation ::
That it will be liable to fudden and
comfortable fluctuations, cannot be doubt
ed and for that reafon greater degree
of correctness may be obtained, by forming
an Ultimate for number Of years than for
any one year.
The period, for which fach an Ell
mate Mould be made, being arbitrary
70 far as relates to the revenue; that of
the eight years ISoa-ISoo is feleeted,
principally in refezAnce to the payments
to be made on account of the public
debt: the whole OF the foreign debt being
actually due within that term Of years,
and the eight per cent flock becoming re.
deemable the ialf year Of the period.
Tbs belt data on which the Ultimate
may Be predicated, ieesn to be the attu-
al eonfumption of imported articles, du-
ring former wears, and the ratio of en-
csesG Of population, aicer,ained by the
.cenfss.
Wi h view to the fri Object, the
fa,cmsn,s a to X, have been abitrac.
ted from the record in the Trealury.
They exhibit the value or quantities
of imported articles, on which duties
have been aaually paid FOR each CAL
lenlar yeastton 1890 TO 1900, deduct
ing from tie gTois amount imported
each year, the value or quantities. of ar
sic,es re-expcrsed during the fame year,
which were entitled to drawback.
Thofe na,ea,euts do NOT however Chow
correctly, principally for the iaa years,
the actual annual an,oan, of cociump.
t:on, becauie, lit. Expectations to
comfortable, 'ba. NOT preciieiy sieer,ain-