The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-25
TWO CENTS.

of service submitting to the wisdom Of Congress the
question OF reducing that scale and the mode of such
nayked II received from collectors Of the customs
the ,uhJses In my jaSsment, no reduction Is
the contrary have no doust that the force shouUOe
increaeed
Congress 70 the appropriation required for the second
half Of the current frca yesr, for which separate
tion Of the act OF Sd March last The entire revenue
from customs eeng paid into the treasury remit
lance. made to each collector for all the expenses. Of
collection very great embarrassment would result IL
the necessary appropriations we're delayed
Under the provisions Of the 9th section Of the act Of
90 March last present herewith statement OF the
amount OF money expended at each custom house in
the United States during the fiscal year ending the 3oth
June last and also the number Of persons employed,
ana the occupation and salary Of each person at each
OF the said custom houses during the period aforesaid
IL viii he from the statement referred to, that
full compliments OF officers for twenty four revenue
vessels charged upon the The number Of
oflesIs has been reduced to sixteen of each grade
PUBLIC DEBT.
Annexed will be found table marked (E0 in compli-
with the 22d section Of The the 2sth Of Ian
1sJ7 containing the information uired thereby
respecting the issue, redemption purchase and resale
As required by the first section Of the act of the lcth
OF August ls46, statement is appended marked T.,
showing the amount Of Treasury paid wishin
the preceding year under the provisions Of that act
Statement q shows the payments into the rreasu-
ry On account OF the loan Of lSs8
The public debt amounted on the LIST Of October,
ls4s, ser.sahiy 10 table 20 annexed TO the last re-
~.
Since that time 81 O73 1866 10 of the debt
deemed and guished by the purchase OF stocks
thero account Of the debt Of the of the
district OF Columbia assumed by the act OF the goth Of
May, 1888 100000, on sccount of the old fu-jed and
unfunde1 debt, Sb0s9 bs; OF treasury notes pnrohased
1T par and received In payment for lands aud CUSTOMS
s2l50 OF military bounty scrip 1888 06 Of the stock
OF lS42 SSO00 of the stock OF 1913 Sl36 000 OF ths
stock Of 1913 SEQ 0C0 of the stock Of lsi7 500;
which last paid for out Of the land fund aud
chased BY Hugh Maxwell Esq collector of New York,
with The ard (kiDdly aHorded OF e. Lawrence, Esq,
the o. D. collector of that port whose resignation had,
at that time just taken effect aud who had acquired
experience In similar operations, from having
been employed in them by the government In the
your ear See state hereto annexed marked (G)
The public debt now amounts 30 the sum S64,704,693
Il. which will be redeemable as tollows:-
Parts Of the old funded and unfunded debt
Debts Of the District elite: assumed by
Congre.s, SEQ, 900, payable annually. 100000 90
Five per cent stsck, per act Of August,
ls46 redesmsble 9th August. 1851 -. 3oa,57a o.
Five per cent lean Of Sd March, l843, re-
deemable LIST July. 1863 ......... e,,os,23 IS
de- msSle 18th November 1855 -. 4sso,l49 IS
desmsbie aist December, 1862. s,i0S,ose os
o.emable lat Jsnussy, 1865. 21,0is $50 5s
Six per cent loan of 3ist March, IS4s, ro-
detmabls Ist July, 1868 l6,740o00 90
Treasury notes Issued prior 20 1sse, paya-
ble on preseptstion II converted into
into stock. under the act Of January,
lS47, will be redeefnsbe LIST July 1885,. l4l30 81
sst7oi,oss IL
IL will be observed that there Is estimated deficit
ON the lst July next of s5s2sl2l &c. and on tue lss
estimated deficit of SIC 37624 49, be- provided for,
sriing nom the expenses the war aud treaty with
Mexico.
In order to aid In forming estimate Of the
penses occasional by the war sih Mexico have d.
n.xsd marked IN showing the excess Of the expenses
Of the army proper for three years from Let April 1870
TO Let Apr 1912 over those for the three years i'm
IN r. n ses
the Navy proper for two and half years from iss
April 1916 to Ist October 1sas those for the two
and LAlf years immediately preceding
The excess of army expenditures thus as =
And the excess Of navy expenditures. sSSiG1 ~
Making, together, the sum Of. 500 ooSsai IL
The Increase ~ debt by tbs loans and
trsatuTy notes authorized by the acts OF
July ~ lS46, 18th January, 1S47, and
march Oh 1870 was. ssOVouoO W
Tho difference between these Gums via o2i 81
Of courfe paid out OF thu revenue Qncludins bs-
let April 1916, and 500 Dol 80 premiums On
loans) towards the extraSrdinary military aud naval
expenses OF the
In addition to these expenses (wiihout taking I'M TO
the calculation sundry smaller items) the number u
military lard warrants issuabe under the OF lth
February 1851 and the act VI August TO- Ss Is To DO
taken into copsideratisn. Under those acts, O511l
warrants leo each snd zio for 40 eaen
have already been rsu.d. claims 90 the amount OF
1900 have been suspended eotrd, aud u ~ esti
mated that the number CT claims yet 10 he presented
viii amount 10 az co. (s.e statement marked %,
The whole amount Of warrants issuabie under the
act above mentioned, may therefore, bs estimated ~
equal to 80 OC0 az 100 zach which At $500 each
will amount TO SIS 600 900 OF oous-. until These
rants hall b. exhausted large proportion OF the re-
from iale Of public lnnds must be thereby divert
ed
My predecessor estimated the revenue from public
lsndr the ast fiscal year To be received at the
Treasury. at 100000
The actual receipt. at the treasury from that source
In the ebdiJg 3Cth Jane 1915. ,J3.s6s2 50.
During tho calendar years 1stT and 1875 aud tnres
quarter fIs4y tbsrs located fer pal ent- m-
tHry bounty land variants bU2j a0o acres amounting
at ~ rs per to the fum Of SO ISL 75g, VIZ
In ltNs I.N eNu sctss. SXtssbo 90
In ls4s 22ss $50 acres. ......... z sol 400 %
y Of ls@9 2 sl6 $40 ..........3 10000 %
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