Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-12-29


and sixtv-six thousand six hundred and
EIGHT dollars and fitty-nine cents.
The expenditures of lS29 amounted 10
twenty-five millions foriy-four thousand
three hundred and fifty-eight dollars and
forty cents. The expenditures OF the three
first quarters of 1880, amount to twenty
millions seven hundred and eighty thou
sand nine hundred and thirty-slx dollars
and eighty-four cents; the estimated eXpen-
ditures for the fourth quarter Of l03U, a.
mount 70 four millions three hundred and
sivteen thousand and four dollars and -
cents making the whole expenditures oil
1870 TWENTY-FIVE millions ninety-sx thou
sand nine hundred and forty-one dollars Is
and s. cents. The expenditures tor 1871
are. therefore, forty-seven thousand four
hundred and sixteen dollars and % cents
more than those for lS29. 80
The amount of pubic debt paid in 1879
was twelve millions three hundred and
eiqhly-three thousand and siXty-seven dol
lars and IS cents; the amount paid, and to
be paid, in 1890, is eleven millions three
hundred and fhy-four thousand SIX hun
dred and thirty dollars and nine cents.
The total amount of the public debt on
the first of January 1881 will be thirty nine
millions one hundred 81 twenty-three thou
sand one hundred and ninety-one dollars
and IS cents.
The whole remaining amount of this
debt is redeemable, nearly one half at the
pleasure of the government, and the bal
ance at different periods down to the first
of January, 1885.
The amount Of imports into the United
States for the year ending September 3Oth'
1880, was sixly-elght millions five hun
bred thousand dollars, and the amount OF
exports for the same period, was seventy
three millions eight hundred thousand dol
lars. Of the exports, ffty-nlne millions
four hundred thousand dollars were do
nestle, and fourteen million four hundred
thousand foreign, products.
The amount Of duty on imports and ton
mage which accrued in the three first quar-
tiers of the year 1880, is estimated at TWEEN
ty millions FIVE hundred and seventy thou
sand dollars; and in the 4th quarter at five
millions SIX hundred and ten thousand dol
| lars.
The report states that "it is estimated
that the accruing duty on coffee and CO.
Goa. imported 10 1880, and remaining in
store on the Gst January, 1881, will be re-
duced about FIVE hundred thousand dollars
by the operation Of the act of the last ses-
sion, reducing the duties on those articles;
and that the duties on coffee, cocoa, salt,
and molasses, accruing in 1881, and pay.
able within that year, will, upon a like
CONSUMPTION to that of 1929, be further
diminished by those acts about SIX hundred
thousand dollars. The repeal OF the du.
ties on tonnage, which will take effect on
the tst of April next, will further reduce
the revenue of the next year about seventy
| five thousand dollars. The subsequent
reduction OF the duties on tea, coffee and
salt, on the lst of January, 1892, will
those articles for the demand Of 1881,
But the influence of these circumstances
upon the revenue will be in some degree
counteracted by the increased capacity Of
/ the country for consumption, as evInced
by the enlarged amount OF domestic eX'
ports, the general prosperity Of mercantile
| business, and tie favorable state OF eX'
change with foreign countries--to which
may be added the opening ofthe trade with
the British colonies in the West Indies,
and on the North American continent.
1.-The revenue arising from the sales Of
public lands will be improved by the same
general causes, which tend to improve that
| from the customs"
From a view of all these facts and CIR
cumstances, the Secretary estimates the
receipts of 1881, at twenty-three millions
three hundred and forty thousand dollars
viz: from customs, twenty-one millions oil
dollars; lands, one million seven hundred
thousand dollars; bank dividends, -four
hundred and ninety thousand; miscellane-
Gus, one hundred and fifty thousand. The
estimated expenditures for 1881, are TWEEN
/ N-three millions two hundred and twenty
eight thousand and siXty-iive dollars and
eighty-six cents, including ten millions oil
( the public debt.
The balance in the Treasury on the lst
of January, 1929, was five millions nine
hundred aud seyenty-two thousand four
hundred and thirty five dollars and eighty
one cents; on the lst of January, 1880, ii
was FIVE millions seven hundred and fifty
five thousand seven hundred and four dol
| lars and seventy-nine cents; the estimated
balance on the lst of January, 1881, will
be four millions eight hundred and nnc-
teen thousand seven hundred and eighty
one dollars and seventy-six cents.
The Secretary states that ''the naviga-
ting interest employed in foreign commerce
and particularly in the carrying trade" has
suffered material depression; and he adds