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specie now in the Treasury, on account
Of the last item & the whole amount of
the debt which may be eventually cree
ated, cannot therefore exceed thirteen
millions Of dollars, the annual interest Of
which is equal to 78o, 900 dollars but
on account Of commissions and ~sariati-
ons Of exchange, will be estimated at
eight hundred thousand dollars.
The existing surplus revenue of the
United States win, as has been stated,
be sufficient to discharge six hundred
thousand dollars of that sum, and it is
expected that the next revenue collected
at New-Orleans will be equal to the re-
naming two hundred thousand dollars.
That opinion rests on the supposition
that Congress shall place that port on the
same footing as those Of the United States,
so that the same duties shall be collected
there on the importation Of foreign mer.
chandize As are now BY law levied in the
United States and that no duties shall
be collected either on the explorations Of
produce or merchandise from New
Orleans to any other place nor any ar
4 ticles imported into the United States
! from the coded territories, or into those
territories from the United States. r
SThe statements F. 6. H. exhibit the
ANNUAL exports and imports Of the United
! STATES to and from Florida and louisa
ma, For the yeaEs 1899 to / 800 and the
state nent &c particularly shews that the
expectation from the Atlantic states to
those colonies, Of articles not. of the
growth, produce or manufacture of the
United States, amounted for the wears
1893, 1900, and fso1, to 6,622, 1879 dol
lars making an average of more than
twomillions two hundred thousand dol
lars Of foreign articles, liable to pay du-
~, annually imported into Florida aud
= Louisiana from the United States alone.
4 II is aseertainsd that the expectations
! from the United States to Florida, are
! fitting that that statement may be. con-
! sidered as applying solely to New.Or-
Ieans and It is also known that almost
/ the whole Of those importations were con-
sumed within that colony, and that dur
ing the war the supplies from the United
States constituted BY far the greater part
Of its imports.
From thence it results that the annual
: importations in the ceded territory, OF
/ articles destined for the consumption of
hts own inhabitants, and which will, UNI
der the revenue laws of the u. States,
be liable to pay duty, may safely be esti-
mated at two millions FIVE hundred thou
sand dollars an amount which at the
present rate ofduties, will yield reve.
nue. Of about $4,000 dollars, From
that revenue must be deducted 10000
dollars. for the following items, viz:
list, The amount Of duties on oman
tity Of sugar and indigo equal 10 that
which shall be imported from New. Or
leans into the United States !; as those
articles being imported free from duty,
will diminish by so much the revenue
now collected in the sea ports Of the u
nited States. The whole amount Of su.
gar exported from New Orleans is less
than Loco, 900 ofpounds, and that of in
diso is stated at about &C. 900 pounds
Surprising (which on account ofthat ex.
emPtion, Is not improbable that the
whole Of those articles should hereafter
Be exported to the United States the loss
to the revenue win be about 1oo, 600 dol
lars. :. .-.'-,-- -.
I'd, No increase in expense in the mi
litary establishment Of the United States,
is contemplated on account Of the acoui-
sition os territory; but the expenses Of
the civil administration Of the Province
and those incident to the intercourse with
the Indians, are estimated at so, 600 dol.
lars leaving for the nett revenue deriv-
ed from the Province; and applicable to
the payment Of the interest Of the new
debt, 10000 dollars as above stated.
The only provisions which, If that view
Of the subject be correct, appear nxcss-
sary, and are respectfully submitted. are
. /. In relation to the stock Of II .2so.o 600
dollara tn he rra atSd - Il