Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-01-28
Report OF tine Secretary of the U. $. Treasury.

ular statements IN detail OF the RECEIPTS Ex-
PENDITUREs of the government the previous fiscal
year. with estimates for the current and next sue
ceeding years. The substance of these is then Civ
en- as follows
By the last annual report from this Department
the estimated total receipts and from all
ces for the year ending Both June, 1852. were
62,4l1 ,645 6S. The estimated total expenditures
for the period were S50,952 900 SO leaving
an estimated unarpropriated balance in the Trea-
sury on the 1st of July last, of S11 ,45S, 743 90.
The actual balance in the Treasury at that
From which deduct the balance of appropra-
lions already made for the fiscal year,
undrawn, but subject to draft on the lst of
To the pa ment of which the actual balance
in the Treasury on that date of $l4, 632. 1876
81 was table, and the actual snappropriG-
ted balance in tie Treasury the 1st of
The estimated receipts for the current fiscal year
as submitted in December, 1851. ISL, 800, 900.
The actual receipts so far returns have been re-
ceived for the five months ending the 30th Novem-
her, being $50 200. 299 90, indicate the then esti-
mates of receipts to have been nearly correct.
! The then estimated expenditures submitted to
Congress for the current fiscal year were S42 o92-
299 49, and the unapproprated balance in the Trea.
sury on the 1st July, 1853 provided additional
appropriations beyond the estimates then submit
ted should be made by Congress, was estimated at
S20,366.4 43. Congress, however, in its approprla
tions exceeded the estimates submitted by this De-
partment, (including provision for any deficiency
in the income of the Post Office in consequence Of
the reduction in the rates of postage) about ten
millions of dollars.
The actual expenditures for the current fiscal
year, as appropriated and authorized by Congress,
(exclusive of the to be applied to the redemp-
tio1 of the public debt) thereto, amounted to $685.
36O,579 %, in place of S42, .299 10, estma-
ted by the Department; and the balance in the
Treasury at the end of the current fiscal year Is
estimated at ,O79 81, after allowing the
of $7,199,479 II as applicable to the redemption
of the public debt.
This, however, it must be observed, is the IN
appropriated and not the actual balance which will
be in the Treasury at the date specified. The acu
al balance undrawn at that date, provided Congress
creates no unexpected demands upon the Treasury
: TO be lquidated prior to July next, may be est-
mated at about $l0000,OO0, after having redeem
! ed during the year more than 81 100000 Of the
debt.
For the fiscal year ending on the 3Oth of June,
1854 the total receipts estimated at S5l 2O0,-
900, which, with the estimated balance in the trea-
sury the lst of July next, will give the esti
l. mated total means for the year the sum of $780,
+ 572,079 81.
. The estimated total expenditures for that peri
cd are SAG ,203,753 60, leaving estimated unap-
priated balance in the treasury on the lst of Ju-
", 1854, Of S10,368, 1926 81, without other deduc-
the reduction Of the public debt, except the sum
S586,6S for tho purchase from the land fund of
e the loan Of lS47.
n The public debt on the Goth November, 1851, was
- 62560395 &c, exclusive of the stock authorized to
be delivered 10 Texas by act of Congress of 9th Sep
, tember 1850, amounting to S1O,O0OOOO; of which
g. S5,O0OOOO of certificates ready and awaiting
the demand of that State at the date of my last
e annual report; that amount has since been delv-
cred to the authorized agent of the State of Texas
thus Increasing the aggregate registered debt to
u $6756O395 26. The following reductions have
- - been made since the last annual exhibit of the
% public debt, up to the LIST January:
I'm of The ht0ft Tho
On account of the old funded unfunded debt 243 3s
On account of the the loan loan Of 1913 O
e Do. do. Observation-Disclosures. 5000 OF
4 Treasury notes paid in SPECIE reed such so OF
is Making total Of. ,42s. 7os L
! The bubble debt on the lst January, 1858, wa
$65, 500 Is, exclusive of the remaining $4,000,
ID 600 deliverable to Texas under the act of 9th Sep
t. TENDER, 1850 when the provisions of that law arr
% fully complied with.
ia Since the above date an additional amount of tn,
public debt has been redeemed to the extent of a
an bout S25O,00O.
The importations of foreign merchandise for the
year ending Both June last amounted $2O7 100 10
H. The exports for the same period
K. were of domestic merchandise. $l54, $50, 447
to Foreign merchandise -eXported... 12.O37 ,O43
The imports of specie during same PERIOD 81
d. And the exports of the same AZ, 674, l3
c. In tobacco the exports show an increase in guam
tty of Al, 152 hogsheads, and of value of S812O32
having been in 1851, 95 ,945 hhds. valued at So
Iv 2925l; 1852, 137O97 hhds valued at $40 OBJ 2Sa
re The exports of rice were 1l9, 1873 tierces value
to at 40 O29-being increase in quantity of IA
RS 143 tierces and of value $780, 1922 as compared wit
&C. the previous year.
Is, The exports of breadsufs and provisions amount
ed to S25 1856. 1877, being increase of So 9O7 $50
e. The aggregate exports of domestic merchandise
is show decrease compared with the previous yea
of S24 349, 5S5.
The exports of specie show increase of S13 POI
1888, and an excess of expectation importation
$3717O, sol.
cb We called attention, last week, 10 the card {
ON MesSrs Rankin & Martin, of Wilmington but acc
of denally omitted 10 insert the card II will now be foun
H. in another column
nr Speaking of Wilmington reminds us of an idea tn:
&c we have entertained for some time and that is, th
f there many articles of merchandise that might
is bought by merchants 10 much better advanas
~. in Wilmington than in any other market accessib
n 10 them. The roundabout way of obtaining goot
b from there has heretofore been an obstacle that wi
be removed by the construction of the Weldon ar
IN CASTOR link of Railroad The articles that could
bought cheaper there all those imported from Il
West India Islands, many of which are first landed
Wilmington and then reshpped to northern ports.
al gentleman engaged in the Commission and Forwa
ad- ding business in Wilmington informed us that he fir
all queny received such goods as sugar. moasses sa
&c, from the West Indies, reshpped it TO Baltimo
lay and other places and afterwards received and orwa
ded the goods for merchants in the interior w
lily had purchased them further north Of course t
articles might have been purchased cheaper in w
. mngton, by. at least, the freight and Commission a
crung on their various transporta:ions
II is worth while for merchants in this section
think of these things and try the exnerment of radi