Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-01-16

tualiy accrue IN those quarters, and are
payable within the year, and the amount
at which they had been estimated.
The receipts into the Treasury may,
also, considerably exceed or fall short Of
the sum estimated, in consequence OF
the issue OF greater or less amount oil
debeutures, payable during the year
1891, than bad been estimated.
The degree OF punctualily with which
the revenue bonds are discharged, upon
which the estimate is formed, must ne
eessaril? affect the amount that will be
received into the Treasury.
If the accruing revenue of the present
and two succeeding quarters should ex-
coed that of the corresponding quarters
Of the present and last year; if the
amount Of debentures which may be
issued and made payable so as to affect
Tie receipts Of the year, should be less
than that Of preceding years, since the
icave, compared "i,ti tiIu Eroso arnuu"e
OF duties secured within those years
spcctiveiy; and if greater punctualily
in the payment of revenue bonds now
should be observed than
during the last mentioned period the re-
ceipts from the customs will exceed the
estimates now presented; and they VII
fail short of ii should all those contin-
gencies tic uniavorable, as has been The
case during the present year.
The revenue bonds outstanding on the
5oth of September last, are estimated a,
S 8,770,000, Of this sum IS 10000
are in suit; Of which about SI,25o,0oQ
will hot be collected on account of the III,
solyency of the debtors; leaving Ii,
amount ofbonds outstanding, upon which
collections are to be made, estimated .
Sl7,520,0oo. The amount OF duties Sc
cured during the lst, o., and 81 quarter
oil the year 1890, is estimated al SIS.
$4,000; and that Of the who'll ye4t
may be estimated at 100000. Tn
oi dehehtures outstanding on tn
5oth OF September and payable during
the year 1921, is estimated at Silica.
ia Is, which is sublec TO be increased
by The amount issued in the presen
quarter and during the whole Of the en-
suing year chargeable upon the revenue
OF that year. The annual average
amount of debenturcs, bountes, and al
lowances, and expenses of collection,
chargeable upon the revenue has been
ascerianed TO be nearly equal TO 5 pr
cent. OF the annual average amount o.
the duties upon imports and tonnage,
which accrued from the year 1915 TO the
year 1919, inclusive.
II this proportion be applied to the
revenue bonds outstanding on the 3Oth
81 September last; and II the receipts
from the tonnage Of vessels, and upon
duties secured during the present am
the two succeeding quarters, are as
snnied to be equal IL any deficiency re-
salung from the want OF plnctua!Ity IL
the discharge Of the Oh outstanding bones,
the receipts into the Treasury for tie
Year 1882 from this source oil revenue,
may be estimated at Sl4.0oo,Jo0.
The receipts into the Il asury from
TIE public land, during the three first
quarters OF Inc present year, are estl-
mated at Sl,I24,645 80, and those oil
the entire year viii probably not much
exceed 81 600 900. The receipts from
that source during the year 1921, viii
probably not eXcecd those OF The present
year, lfno incentive to greater punchah-
ty or indncenenl to make prompt pay
ment should be presented 10 the public
debtors, in the course OF the present
session Of Congress.
The balances Of internal duties and
direct tax still outstanding, are SO con-
siderable as to rlstliy an estimate Of some
extent, in calculating the receipts Of the
ensaing year, il the difficulty Of enforcing
payment IN those states where the largest
amour, is due, were not known to be
great. Under these circumstances, The
receipts from that source Tor lie ensuing
year, are estimated at 100000 dollars.
According to the foregoing data, the
receipts into the Treasury, Tor the en-
suing year, may be estimated as follows,
viz.
Customs, S14,000,000 90
Public lands, eX-
elusive OF MIS-
sissippi stock, 100000 90
Arrears of inter-
nal duties and
drec. tax, and
incidental re-
ceipts 100000 %
Third instalment
from the Bank