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

REPORT.
IN obedience to the directions Of the
aet supplementary TO the act, entitled,
!" An act TO eGablilh the tEesfury de-
partmen,, the Secretary of the Irea-
fury respectfully fubmiss the following
RERoRr.
The permanent revenues Of the United
States, excluGyely of fees, fines, and Pc
naltiss, which in general view OF the
fnbief, may be omitted, con'it OF da-
ties on merchandise and tonnage; pro-
cseds of the iales of public lands, and du-
sfies on poRsge. 3.
Tie duties on;pofage, which were, in
the annual report Of Taft year, eitimated
at 10000 dollars, have, during the year
ending on the goth OF September laa,
yielaed GO, 500 dollars. The decreafe OF
ihip letters, the extenfion Of rhe eifablitn-
ment through unprodudive roads, and the
acceleration of the progreis Of the mail,
may, however, caufe foEne defalcation IN
me receipts Of the enfuing year.
Three hundred and twenty tx tlouiaad
and CITY two dollars and eight Gents have
been received during tie fame year, on
account Of public lands Of waieh ium,
-I7.l6z dollars and socents were pald IN
The treaiury, in evidences Of the public
debt, and 1865 dollars and = cents
in fpecie. The local htaation OF The land
Offices nos having yer rendered ifptactica-
bic 10 draw the balance from the receivers
of public monies.
Three hundred and forty shonfaad acres
of lani have beer fold for lix hundred and
-eiiphsy shopfand dollars, during the year
ending on tie ssG day Of October lat
Of which quaotity near nirsty feveO thou
fana acres were fold on account OF pre-
emptians Claimed by pulcilaiess under J.
Cls4es Symmss, and two hundred and tor
sty three thoDeand acres are the relult OF
.CuRpFNr Sales. Tire annexed fate
men, lA.) de6gnates the quantities re-
fps6iyely fold in theieversl dlaritts, and
the annual payments receivable on account
of the bal2nce of hire hundred and fx.y
thsufand dollars due on theie and on the
prsceditg lales.
From taofe ieseral refuits, il appears
probable that the annual receipts under
this head, will not, 90 an average, fall
ihort OF TIE fun Of four hundred thou
fsnd doiiaSs, at,which they have been CT
timstsd.
Al,hongh It had been anticipated that
the receipts In the treafary, on account
Of duties on merchandise and tonnage,
could not, far the psslent year, be at
seaed by the reifarasion Of peace in Gu
rope, yet tie fun aSfaaIiy PAID has ex-
.cceded TIE noit ianguine expectations. -
Twelve millions TWO hundled and sigh-
~ thorGaud dollars have been received
during the cousfs Of she year ending on
The 10Th Gsy ofSep,eHber latf z; fun
LARGER, BY two millions os dollars, than
the amount rec1;vSd for tie iaEe duries
during the preceding, q apy other year !;
and which exceeds, by twelve hundred
shoufand aallars, tie aggregate hereto
fore collected in any one year, On ac-
canns Of both g1zpee and .she Internal
Dufsss, repealed by an aa Of laa fiji N.
This sxcess, which had ~ been CAL
culssed ugon, is eonGdered, alons, as am
ply fuRcient 70 cove. any pofaole de-
.sslcat:sr, whieF night, during the next,
aud eniaipg years, isduce that branch OF
the revenue below laa years climate o.
nix< niltigxs fpe hnua',sd flsafaa2 asl-
sars. Such de:alcasioD is nor, however,
.apPrehendcd, for although. there are lloi