Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1849-12-27

| Total deficit 1850 and 1851. $40, 1924 81
Prior TO the LIST OF July last the expenses of collecting
the revenue from customs paid out OF the accrune
revenue at the several ports, and only the balance came
into the Treasury OF course the receipts the Trea
sury, actual and estimated, of the nett revenue
after deducting all expenses.
BY the act OF the Sd of March last the system was
changed from and after tie lst OF July 1S49 And ac
cordngy the receipts actual and estimated from thai
date, OF the gross revenue, and estimates are submit
ted OF the expenses OF collection.
The alteration thpsmade in the law must prove to be
salutary as the attention of Congress will be annually
drawn to the expenditures under this head and they vii
be enabled to limit them in spirit OF economy as severe
as the eXlgencles OF the public service will admit.
Notwithstanding the great increase of the business Of
the country the act OF the 18th OF June, 1874 has pre-
vented any addition to the number OF inspectors gaugers
welghers measurers, or markers lin any district then
estabshed since its passage, except ten inspectors
New Orleans per act OF Sd Of March, lS45, and the
consequence 49, that at all the large ports the number
inspectors insufficient for the discharge OF the duties oil
those oces and the prevention OF breaches evasons
OF the revenue laws.
These duties have been greatly increased by the es-
Enlistment OF the warehousng SYSTEM and the Difficult
ties thereby enhanced without any provision for inceas-
ing the number OF officers to the emergencies OF
the new service In addition to the temporary "aids to
the revenue appointed by some OF the collectors under
authority OF the act OF 1899, have been compelled to
meet in part the emergency thus occasoned by author
zng, at the ports OF New York, Boston, New Orleans
Philadeph Baltimore, and Bristol R. L. the employ
ment OF thirty-two additona clerks to sorekeep-
ers and relieve from attendance upon the warehouses
that number oinspectors in order that they might al
tend to their appropriate duties and have declined as
sentng to requests Tor similar authority from other ports
only because the necessity did not appear to be of so
urgent character as to make it impossible to await the
action OF Congress on this subject.
The establishment OF new collection districts in Texas
and California and the probable necessity of creating
more, will OF course make addition the expenses
heretofore incurred, well to the revenue to be re-
eeived.
The preventive service is amaleamated by our system
with the service OF collection. There are now ITO col
lection districts in the United States OF this number is
are nisintaned at the public expense, not having collect
ed any revenue during the past year There 36 at
which the revenue collected not sufficient 10 the
annual expenses and but DO az Wc Inc gross revenue
exceeds the expenses.
Under these circumstances ! submit the estimates
herewith presented marked c. ofthe expenses OF collect
ing the revenue from customs on the present scale OF
service submitting to the wisdom OF Congress the ques
ton OF reducing that SCALE and the mode of such reduc
ton annex to the report copies of letters marked T
received from collectors OF the customs the sub ect
In my judgment reduction is practicable consistently
with the security OF the on the contrary have
no doubt that the force should be increased,
deem Improper to invite the early attention of Con-
gress 10 the appropriation required for the second half of
the current scal year, for which separate estimate is
submitted ~ as required by the Sd section OF the of
Sd OF March last. The entire revenue from customs
being paid into the Treasury and remtances made to
each collector tor all the expenses OF collection, very
great embarrassment would result the necessary appro-
prations were delayed
Under the provisions OF the 9th section OF the act Of
3D. March last. present herewith Statement Of the
amount OF money expended at each house in the
United States during the fiscal year ending with the
Both oJune last, and also the number OF persons
ployed and the occupation and salary oeach person. at
each OF the said custom houses during the period aore
said" (marked d.
Il will be seen, from the statement referred to, that
full compliments OF officers for twenty four revenue
sells were charged upon the revenue The number Of
officers has been reduced 10 sixteen OF each grade,
PUBLIC DEBT
Annexed will be found table, marked y in compli-
with the 22d section OF the act of the 2Sth of Janu
ry, l947, containing the information required thereby
pectng the issue redemption, purchase and resale Of
Treasury notes
AS required by the first section Of the act of 10th Au-
gust, 1876, statement is appended, (narked ED
showing the amount OF Treasury notes paid within the
preceding year under the provisions Of that act.
Statement + shows the payments into the Treasury
on account Of the loan OF 1s4s
The public debt amounted, on the LIST OF October