Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-12-19
REPORT.

bIish the Treasury Department" the Sc
cretasy Of the Treasury respectfully SUBJ
mits the following rcport aud estimates
REVENUE.
The nett revenue arising from duties
upon imports and tonnage, internal du-
ties, direct tax, public lands, postage,
and incidental receipts, during the year
1915, amounted tn S49'ooI'ooZ o@
Viz: Customs S6,S0S Isl II; inter-
nal duties $685. So; direct tax
5,72s,I52 25; public lands, exclusive et
those in the state q: Mississippi and Ala
bama territory. 1859 IS; postage
and incidental receipts s75,e8s ga.
And that which accrued from the same
sources, during the year 1916, amounted
40 S6,?4S,574 OF
Viz: Customs see statement Az
s7,569, go n; internal duties (see state
ment B J 4,S96,l3s IS; direct tax (see
Statement mt c. s,7s5.s4s 90; public lands,
exclusive of those in the state OF Missis-
sippi and of the Alabama territory, lseee
statement D. ',754,4S7 SO; postage ana
incidenta, receipts SS7 ,4SO IS.
It's ascertained that the gross amount
Of duties on merchandise and tonnage,
which have accrued during the three First
quarters Of the present year, exceed
100000; and that the revenue arising
from Internal duties and from the public;
lands, during the same PERIOD exceed
that of the corresponding quarters oil the
year 1916, Il,
The balance in the Treasury on The
first day of January. 1917, exclusive OF
1866, 1857 dollars Sc cents, in Treasury
Notes of every description, amounted
70 1895 500 &C.
The payments in the Treasury, curing
the three first quarters of the year, are
estimated to amount to s7,095,9s4 IA,
viz: customs sl,7S2,O68 22; internal
revenue and direct tax S,4S0,l1S 49,
public lands, exclusive of those in the
state of Mississippi and the Alabama,
l,sa6,O77 a.; postage and incidental
receipts e6.9l3 9S; repayments into the
Treasury ssO,75l IS; and the payments
iato the Treasury, durins the fourth quar-
ter. from the same sources, are estimated
at e8O, 900 : making the total amount
estimated to be received into the Trea-
sury, during the year 1917. amount to
S5,O75 984 IA
Which, added t, the sum in the Trea-
sury, on The lst day of January last,
makes the aggregate amount OF
Assist 90
The application OF this SUN, for the
year 1917, is estimated as follows, viz
70 the sOth September the payments have
amounted to 32,71O,O02 9S, viz: civil,
d;plomatic and miscellaneous expenses,
exclusive of $4,000 paid to the state OF
Georgia, from the proceeds of the Mis-
sissippi lands 2,79S,s4s IS; military ser
vice, including srrearage, 7,lO5,Slb 80
naval service s,a44,474 IS; public debt,
exclusive of s,592,927 6e of Treasury
Notes. which have been cancelled in due
course of settlement, s0,76l, 46s 90. Du-
ring the fourth quarter it is estimated that
the payments will amount to $3.50 900 ;
civil.diplomatic Il miscellaneous expenses
100000; military service l,ll0,oo0; ma
val service 100000; public debt, to
,bs LIST of Jan. 1918 Inclusive, 1850, 600 ;
making the aggregate amount OF
Ss,S7O,OOs SO
And leaving on that day, exclusive oil
eight millions, 6s9,697 70 in Treasury
Notes, which are in train OF settlement,
in order TO be cancelled, balance in the
Treasury OF o'coi,o'' Se
OF THE PUBLIC DEBT.
The funded debt contracted before the
year 1912, which was unredeemed on
the lst day Of October 1916, as appears
by the statement, ~ amounted to
S7,494,267 81
By the same statement it appears that
.he funded debt contracted subsequent
Z, the first day of January 1919 amount,
Ell TO 7l,s0i,55l &c; making together
The sum Of 1Os ,659,SlS 'sl; to which
mus, be added the temporary loan tfon
the Cumberland Bank Of $4,000; making
the aggregate amoantst lOS 745,0lS g
On tue 6rst day Of January 1917 there
was added to the above amount, including
seyeu millions dollars OF five per cent
.tock subscribed to the bank, and inclu'
a;ur also a temporary loan from the bank