Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-12-11
Things at MISUNDERSTANDING Report
Ost Office Report, Contingent
Expenses, SC. &c.
INFLAMMATION. Dec.


Expenses, &c. &c.
wAsHIxeroS, Dec. Sd, 1s45.
The secrctary's Report is a massive document and
will in ue to the profits of the Public Primer The
tmat ID receipts and expenditures for the year ending
June 1846, are:-
Amo' Intiu Treasury 7655306 %
Acu al receipts FROM Customs for quarter es6 999 u
estimated, rest year 1868 06a s6
Miscellaneous 100000 90
Public Lands 2,2O0OOO 90
Total sa,47s9Oo %
he expenditures a magnificent scale
ia peuditures for FIRST quarter $s,d63O2 Al
70 remaining three quarters, Civil List, - -
. Foreign Intercourse and Miscellaneous 61522ll %
! laval Establishment 4,9O2,sl5 %
'Ort6estons Ordnance, and Aiming Militia 23i6 75s 81
indian Department ig45159I. - -
Interest on Public Debt and Treasury Notes s56gG 4s
Redemption of Loan Of al $4,000 90
Treasury Notes Outstanding 6s7z6i 90
Total S29627 ,05I 90
This leaves estimated balance OF only s4,s5i, :
asa 80 in the Treasury the S0h of June next, and
that at the risk Of having this sum- even reduced
by additional appropriations for mad schemes OF
diplomatic missions TO Mexico, Texas, and even to
parts unknown, for il is not yet known how much De-
fusion Smiths bill is going to come te- Among the
miscellaneous estimated expenditures there Is the
sl,54s,997 for deficiency In Postage add 100000
for Congress Postage, SC.
The amount received in the year ending
yune 30, 1916, including 81 379 81 -
in the Treasury $37 ,696,5l3 90
The Secretary of Treasury lays down the following
propositions about the Tariff;
|. No money to be raised than what is wanted by
Government
9 duty laid upon any article above lowest
rate which will yield the largest amount Of revenue.
s. Determinations made below that down to perfect Free
Trade.
4. Maximum duties on luxures.
5. All minimum and specific duties to be abolished sub
sutuiing I'D vaorem dntescare being taken to guard
6 Duties 10 be laid equally not discriminating in favor
any class.
There is no horizontal scale recommended
The Secretary finds these, arguments against the Tar
i of 1872 This part Of his rnor should be printed in
German and sent into the interior Of Pennsylvania Pre-
caution should be taken to prove, in that that Mi
lie also recommends a draw back on Cotton Begging
alton of the prices Of Pebble Lands and "gocs it, strong
fer the SubTreasury The whole fabric Of Loco Foco pro-
ducen then, Tariff for Revenue to pay Office holders
and Sub Treasury them gold place rags The
people may whistle for Protection and put up with what
shnPasier rags they can get they can get any but
such as Loco Foco principles, If carried out would cloth
them with.
The following taken from the Report of the
Postmaster General just presented to Congress. The
number Of Pos,mnsers appointed during the year ending
June 30, lsi5, 1888; desths and designations 1881
55s .4A '''' commissions eNps' - "'" o'"'e'
During the year SIC contractors were fined the a
Inc E Es,snHs Gs"s the year was 8 3
Net revenue a,er deductinr the commissions Of Post
masters contingent expenses, &c is S29i2,2i7 a.
The Postmaster General believes there will be afrp
off Of fory6 per cent in the receipts Of the current
and that there will be diminution OF the Of the De
partment of 81 1913 ,997.
The saving from former rates in New England and New
York in transportation, the current year, is $27 32
The Railroad service Is only one-tenth Of the whole
while they charge one-ffth OF The whole
Should there be similar saving letting the
in the other districts to that effected in the Northern vii
amount in lS47 45 40 TO 81 ,0O5,732.
Compensation 10 Postmasters and for Post Offices during
year ending Both June, 1916, 81 409,S75 IL. Ove
2000 Postmasters resigned account of the law
The Postmaster General mentions a of fraud the
Post Office where, in one envelope on which 81 GO had
been paid, there counted 100 letters enclosed which
would have amounted 10 SO co.