Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-08


The manner in which the Pfehdea'
ipeaks of the I" receipts Of external du-
ties," is calculated 10 convey The ides
thar the duties thenfelyes have actually
accrued TO the government within the !'a'
congregational year, that is to fay, from )
tie Ii Of October, 1901, TO The 3oth OF
Sept. 1902. But it is material TO advert
to the diflnfion between duties becoming
DIE aud duties becoming f9yabIs I; BE-
canfe they really are, IN law phraie' a
de6ifum in present., solveadam IN fataro !;
due at one, but payable at future Gay.
The /" Aft for the collection OF DUTIES
on imports and tonnage" Pa1ed March,
1900, among other things, diret's that
6 where the amount Of the duty on gooas
imported in any hip or vedel, en- account
of one perlon only, or of feveral perlons
jointly interefed, lhaIi not exceed nifty
dollars, the fame lhall be Immediately
paid and if exceeding that fun lhali, at
the option Of the impolIer or importers, be
paid, or iecorsd TO be paid, BY bond /; II
on articles the produce Of the Welt In
dies (sakt excepted the one halt IN fhfee
and the other half in SIX months On iall
in nine calender months on madeira and
all other wines in fqvelve calender months;
on all goods, wares or rerct andre TO-
ther than wines, Ealt and teas imported
from Enrope) third in right, one third
in ten, ard one. :hird IN fqveive calender
months; and all goods, wares or meFchan-
die (other than wines, falt and teas IN
ported from any other place than Europe
and the Wet Indies, one half in .is, one
quarter in niue, and the other quarter IN
tqvrlve months from the date OF each rel
pe6iive importation; and on teas import
ed from China or Europe, it ihall be at
the option of the importer or importers
either 10 fecu.e the duties thereon on the
fame terms and fipulations as on the O.
ther goods, wares and merchandise I'M
ported, or to give bond TO the collector OF
the diftriet where any fuch teas fhall be
landed, ia double the amount of the du
ties thereupon, with condition for the pay
ment in two years from the date OF iuca
bond )" bot the practice as 10 teas, as we
are informed, has been TO lecure the duties
thereonupon the fame terms as on other
goods imported that is, at fix, nine and
twelve months.
Every merchant knows that the inpor-
tations received in the fall of 1901, and
mott of thofc ordered for the ipTlng OF
1902, are to be conGdered as war impor-
ta,ions, made on calculation OF CONT
nuance Of the war. The peace was not
known here till late in November, 1901,
and the FIRING orders had been then prin-
cipally, though not all, given. From
theie importations arofe thcfe " receipts
of external duties to the lat twelve
months" which. the PRECEDENT now often
tatiouay BOATS Of as s. exceeding thote OF
any former year" great proportion Of
which NUT be carried to the credit OF the
year preceding, and the remainder was
owing to a favourable fate OF things,
which no longer exit. On this fubjea
we have reafon 70 believe, the MATS Of rea-
deys have been led into an important
error, by the turn given to 1t in the Mlei-
fage.
But what haM we do with the conclud-
ing member of the fentence, in which we
are told that the g ratio oi increafe [of
duties has been ALTO greater than nfuaI'"
To enable the public to judge how far the
PRECEDENT is correct in point of fact, we
ihall not merely deny this, bur we dhall
oppofe to it the authority of his own fe-
cretary Of the Treafury. In Mr.. Gala
tins laa report, we find a fatcment (B)'
/" exhibiting the amount of revenue ac-
crued on account of duties on Importation
for each quarter, from the 1T OF October,
ISoo, to the goth OF September, 1907"
and from this latement we fhall now give
- follou,;pr eytraff