The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-01-28

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read and committed.
Mr.. Fuller, from the committee on Ma.
val Affairs, made a report, accompanied by
. a bill TO fin aud render permanent III,
Naval Peace Establishment of the United
States = which bill was twice read anu
committed.
The Speaker communicated the follow.
ing letter from the Secretary OF the Urea
sury
TREAsrRY DEPARTMENT.,
18th January, 1898.
SIR-In conformity with the provisions
of the act of 10th January, 1870, entitled
" An act To provide for obtaining accurate
statements of the foreign commerce Of th,
United States" | have The honor to sub.
nit the following statements Of the com
merce and navigation of the United States
during the year ending on the 30th Sep
tember, 1879, viz
LIST. A general statement of the quantity
and value of merchandise imported into the
United States.
I'd. A summary statement of the same
3rd. A general statement of the quanti-
and value Of domestic articles exported.
I'LL ~ Htilfidl aAhltIiiiil VI ilif 1ldiilll1
and value of foreign articles exported.
9Th and 9Th. Summary statements Of
the value of domestic aud foreign articles
exported.
9TH. A general statement of the amount
of American and foreign tonnage employ
ed in the foreign trade Of the United
States.
9Th. 4 general statistical view of the
commerce aud navigation Of the l.. States
and
9th. A statement of the tonnage enter
ed aud cleared, in and from the ~seyera.
states.
From tilese statements, it appears thai
the imports, during the year ending on the
30th of Septembcr, 1929, have amounted to
S83,24l Sal, Of which amount $40, 984, 1881
were imported in American vessels, and
S6,257,210 in foreign vessels that the ex-
ports have, during the same period, Il.
mounted To S72, 100, 281 of which S19,874,.
O79 were domestic, aud S22, 286 ,202 were
foreign articles that of the domestic arti
cles S39,93i 1913 were exported in Amer
can vessels, and S9,942, IG6 in foreign yes.
sels and, of the foreign articles exported
$50, 1880 were exported in American
and Sl,502,517 in foreign vessels Tha.
7%87,8GI tons of American shipping entered
aud 8lS,748 cleared from the ports of In,
United States and that l0O,J4i tons off o.
xlgn shipping entered, and 81 1880 %cleare,
fhm the ports of the United States durinl
the same period.
remain, with respect, your most ODE
dent servant.
WM. II. CRAWFORD.
Hon. L. p. BARBOUR, Speaker ofthe
House of Representatives.
The letter was read, and, with the do
cnments, ordered to be printed.
On motion of Mr.. Hill, of Maine, 5OC
extra copies of the Letter and Document,
accompanying the same, were ordered /,
be printed, by a vote of 90 to 81.
Regulation Of Duties on Imports.
The House then again resolved itselfin
to a committee on the whole on the stat,
of the Union, Mr.. Hill in the chair, on tn,
bill regulating the duties on imports.
The gentlemen who took an active par
in arranging the details of the bill, and dis
cusslng the various amendments propose,
tn 1t, IN the committee, 10 day, are Messrs
MckIm, Cambreleng, Golden, Little, Nc
Lane, Tracy, Wright, lngham, Walworth
Barslow, Rhea, Whipple, Tomlinson an,
Mccoy.
Before going through the details of tn
bill, the committee rose.
The Speaker communicated a lette
from the President of the United States
transmitting a Report from the Secretar,
! nI tho A1ND rnpna,t,,r A., 1901, - ---
d'ency of terrifying Thompson's Island, o
hey West ; which was leferredto the com
mittee ON Naval Affairs, and ordered to b
printed. And then the House adjourned
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