Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-12-25

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fnpuceH Sc IN hn prrar MED in the annual fpprr
81 III Errtrtnrv N the Transnry. The tlnuprt
fdr the lRzr fiacal lrnr, ending on the ihirtirtii {
JnnH, 1897, were n the value Of arn hubdtr
and fort sig million five hundred and fOfty .fv
Thousand eighl hundred and thifty-pieht df.
larR TT which tile amount imported was pipl
million steven thousand une hundred and ffty
eight dniiRrs, leaving one hundred and thirty
eight miiliuna five hlHdfpd aud thirty FIJI
tlousend four hundred and eighty dollars n M
country for domestic Use The value Of III
exports for the sHrna period Yves one huhd.ef
and fity-eight million sis hundred md EttF
eight thousand 81 hundred and twenty iwo dol
tHts Of which ore hundred and ely miller
siE hundred and thirty seven thousand four hun
bred and sisty-fouf dollars consisted If d1tIra
lie productions, and eight rnilliun eleven thu.
sand one hundred ahd FMS -eight dollars d
fDfrign articles
Tie receipts into tie treasury f0r the same
period nHhnteJ % twehty-riK million three
hundred ar5 forty thousand seven hundred aud
ninety dollars hhd thirty 4Eevpn cents. Of which
there wns derived rom customs lwpntv-gtrpb
million seven hundred and iartyLpevpH thousand
eight hundred and aixir-fgur dollars and sjrtv-
Fix cents from sales Of public lands, two mill
lion four hundred and uinety-pipht Thousand
three hundred and thirty five dollars and twenty
cents; and from incidental aud miscellaneous
sources. one hundred Thousand five hundred
and twenty dollars and ffty-one cent?. The
lnat fiscal year during which ibis amount was
received embraced Eve months under the ppera4
ton Of the tariff act Of 1912, and seven months
during which the tariff act al 1876 was in force.
During tliH five months under the tafif aat Of
lB42, the amount received FROM custuina was
seven million eight hundred and GuftyltRo
Thousand thtpe hundred aud six dollars and
ninety cents, and during the seven months TN
der the act of 1916 the alppuht received was
fifteen million one hundred and five lhutisHnA
I've hundred aud hlty-seven dollars and seventy
sin cents,
The nett revenue ffen customs during tlts
year ending on the first rf December, tB4G,
bling the last veHt under The operation Of the
tariff net OF 1912, yves twenty-five million one
hundred and Eetenty.uue Thousand four hundred
and three dollars and ten cents, and the netI
revenue from customs during the yept ending
on the frat of December, 1Di7, being the first
year under the operation If tile tariff net Of
l84G, was about thirty. one million Eve bnBdrpd
thousand dnllarE being m increase Oh revenue
iur the first yeaf under The tariff net Of 1916, Of
tuptp than eight million i've hundred thousand
dolnfs over that of The last year under the tariff
orlBi2,
The expenditures during lie fiscal wear emil.
ing eli the thirtieth uf JiHe last, were Gly-1ine
million four hundred aud fifty. one thnHs md pne
hundred and seyEnty-seypn dollars ana ststr.
v tNlAt : VI WHICH tiltfFi iitIli1fl Ff9 HiElfIfFFf
end twenty-five thousand and eighty two dol.
lnrs mud thifty-seten cents was OH account rf
payment Of principal aud interest IF the public
d+bt, including treasury notes redeemed and
not funded, The expenditures, EXCLUSIVES pf
pnyIneLt " public debt, were fifty five million
nine ht5ldred and twenty .hine thousand and
ninety Eve dollars and tvehty-Bipht cents.
" 10 estimated that the receipts into The trpa.
rury mr the fiscal year ending on the t~llirtletb |
II June, l8iB, including the balance In the ttsa. |
RurF 80 Tho first pf July last, will atnntint Ii
iorty-two million eight hundred and sinlityspiz |
thousand five hundred and f%orty-fve dollars ami /
eighty cents, Of which thiftv-one million. il il
estimated, will be derived from customs three
million five hundred thousand from the sale of
the public lands four hundred thousand ffnm
Incidental sources, including sales made by tlra
Solicitor Of the Treasury and six hundred and
ninety bout dollars and fily-fye cents from loans
already authorized by law, which, together
with the balance In the treasury on the ftpt Of
July last make the sum estimated.
The expenditures fuf the same nafiod. #
peace with MeNien shall not be concluded. and
the army shall be increased as Ia proposed will
amount, including tho necessary payments on
account Of principal and interest Of the public
debt and treasury nnteH, 10 fhly-ei9ht million
six hundred aud fifteen thousand ps hundred
aud sixty dollars and seven cents,
On the let Of The present month, the amount
Of the public debt actually incurred. inelndipv
treasury notes, was thirty.iya milIion ais ham,
drrd and City nine Thousand ak hundred end
hity nine dollars and forty cpnts. The public
debt due Oh the Alb March, l845, including trps.
sulY nnteF, was seventeen million seven hun.
dred and eighty eight Thousand seven hundred
nineiy.nine dollars and aixty-twp cent.
and, consequently, the addition lnade to the
public debt since that time is twentv-seyrn
million eight hundred and seventy tiinnzant
hundred aud fly. nine dollars and seventy
cents,
OF the loan Of twenty three milliuna, authpr- I
by the net ot the 99th Of Jannarv. igA7 I
The sttn Of five millions was paid ont 10 the
public cretiturR, Or EXCHANGED Mt par ftf eperie. /
Inc remRtnilg eighteen millions was onnFrd In y
specie 10 The hieh hest bidder not below mar l., II
~ advertisement issued by the Secretary If Il
he Treasury, aud published itatn the ahI nj h
February until the 10Th Of April, I847, when y
awarded 10 the several highest hidlers. nj h
varying from one-tighth Of ti,a nef Il
'ent tn 1--we per cent above par, The pFemiun Il
lRH been paid into the treasury, and M suna II
iwardcd deposited In specie IN the t~tpHktl,y ae ii
Az II was required by the wants III the n
government. n
To meet the expenditures for the reahafn5sy n
Il the present and for the next Rscnl yrAy, Ana. a
ng on the Seth Of June, 1919. a further 5oan. IL "
NJ OF tho ordinary revenues Of the Government
gil he uecrFEoty. Retaining n sufficient an, I'd
lua IN tue Treasury, the Ionn required fpr leo Nj
e%ihatnder Of the present hscal ycpr win bc ok
bout eighteen million i've hundred tscttaa,I nj
nllatp. II the duty on tra and cofrh ba irn- n
oecd, and the graduation 81 the prire uf m. u!
ublic lands shall be made ~ an early sprisj If :
our session, us recommended, thp loan fin IN. es
resent fiscal wear may be reduced 10 sayan,ner nj
titEons OF dollarp, The loan may hs fitrthar hi
'dnced by whatever amount of aypeif,ditttss H.
IN he saved by military contributions collected CD
Mexico, The most various mnaFrreg E,y thr ID
lgmentalon Of tteRn contributions haye beer oi
tecfed, and a very considerable surf ig ~. AZ
'eted from that source. Fin amounrnapnn nj
'weVor, he calculated with my certainfy, II Oh
recommended that TIE loan TO be ipsla be tea
upon the same terms, and far thr oil
me time. aP that which was authorized ,Indsr St
. ptovr''ons Of the act of the 28th Of January. sti
e., Sg"''F' H.
Should The war with Mexico he continued cr
ii the $Oth Of Iuuc, l8f9, il Is estimatrd that Elf
iorthor loan Of twenty million five Rlndrad piu
'usahd dollars will be required for tla 6sraI VIII
AZ ending m that day, in case no dut& he i'm rFp
sed on ten aud coffee, aud the public ends he oih
reduced and graduated in pice, and mo nil. tor
Y contributions shall be collected in aexieo. ban
the duty on tea and coffee be imposRd and /
lands he reduced and graduated in mice. as zAt
posed. the loan mae ha rrd,,,I a. - -