Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-16

| the movement of plug tobacco by the reduction
| LII the rate of tax from 80 to 90 cents nor
pound.
The act of June 6, 1872, so far as it relates to
e. reduction of taxation on banks and docu-
mentary stamps, did not go into full operation
| prior to the last fiscal year
Inc number OF brewers engaged in the pro-
ductlon of Fermented liquors during the fiscal
years 1878 and 1874 was follows
II In 1917 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1854
decrease. ........... ............ 1,O3O
| During the fiscal year 1873 over five millions
| were collected from income as back taxes, and
i've hundred thousand from gas, items no
longer taxable. and collections of past-due
taxes, under repealed statutes, are of course
constantly decreasing.
The receipts from intereal revenue for the
| first quarters of the fiscal years ending June
80, 1874 and 1875, were as follows:
FIRST quarter Of 1874 1926, GAO, 454 II
First quarter OF 1874. -. 1914, 615 SO
Increase. Observation-Disclosures. 1914, 16O. go
L1FE-sAvING SERVICE.
There have been erected during the past
year twenty-five new life saving stations az
follows Five on the coast of Maine one on
the coast OF New Hampshire, five on the coast
OF Massachusetts, one on the coast of Rhode
Island, three on the coast Of Virginia, and
seven on the coast of North Carolina They
are completely equipped, and were manned for
the winters service On the first of this month
lhere have been IN operation during the
past year eighty two stations. They are all
located In the three districts DESIGNATED as
;he Cape Cod district, RhoIe Island district
| and the New Jersey district which embrace
the most dangerous p 'rt1oue OF the Atlantic
coast
The reports of the Superintendents show
that during the season of 1873-'74, forty-eight
vessels, valued, with their cargoes at So, 331,-
SOS, and having on board / JOG persons, were
driven upon these shores
In twenty Hlne instances tho lite-savinc apDa-
ratus was called into requlsltion and 303 per-
sons were rescued bv 1T In other cases its
use was not required bur assistance OF some
sort, IN admin;st erin" TO tbe comfort OF the
sh!pWrecked or ia SAVING property, was rem
dered In nearly all by tue force of the servicr.
VI the amount of property jeoDai ded only
S157 ,2o2 was lost, and the number of lives
| lost was but Two. Both of these we're caused
by the fa'ilng Of tan mast of a vessel when
she strHck-a case IL which, OF course, lite
saving Appliances We're not available. The
plumber OF days shelter Afforded shpwrecked
| persons at the stations Was 1914.
operation under the preset system three
Years on the coasts of Long Island and New
jersey and two years On the coast of CAGE
Cod. The STATISTICS of disasters upon til Sc
coasts during this time are reported as fol-
lows: '..
Number OF wrecks. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1O2
Number of lives imperiled 1907
N'nnper OF laVes saved. Recommendations. 1904
Number of lives lost. ........
Number of shipwrecked persons sheltered
and succored at stations. ..... l49
Number of days shelter afforded. ....... 81
Iotai value OF property imperied.. $685. 1886
no.ai value Oh property saved. 2, I58, 2S1
Io'ai value Oh properly lost. 927, 655
COMMERCE AND NAv1eAT1os.
Little improvement is observable in the for
elgn carrying trade. Over ~ per cent. of our
imports and exports during the last fiscal
year. was carried In foreign vessels. This
ratlo Is however, somewhat better exhibit
than for the fiscal year 1872, when 76 per cent.
OF thls trade WAS transported IN vessels of
other nations. 1t is estimated that, prior to
1860, from rs to 80 per cent. was done in YES
sells OF the United States
From the report Of the Register of the
Treasury. the total tonnage of vessels the
United Sta ties appears 10 be 800. 652 tons. be.
ing an increase over that of the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1873, of l04 ,626 tons, notwith-
standing the omission from the official returns
under the act Of April IS, 1874, of canal-boat
tonnage amounting to 133, 065 tons
Lie tolidSe oi VESSELS DullE during the last
fiscal year az given I'D the report of the Reg
lister, is 422, 725 TONS which amount exceeds
that OF the preceding year by IS, 489 tons, and
is greater than any year since 1855.
From July LIST, to November 10th, 1874 Off
cial numbers have been awarded by the Bureau
of STATISTICS to 684 vessels whose carrying ca
pacity amounts to 1863, 654 TONS Of these, 213
were new sea-going vessels, C ARRIVING from 100
to 200 tons, with an aggregate tonnage of
1909 TONS Of this number, twenty-nine
vessels measured over ], 900 tons, three over
1000 tons, while two were iron steamships of
5,O08 tons each.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
The comparative coin value of the exp orts
and imports of the United States for the last
fiscal year, as appears from official returns to
the Bureau of Statistics, may be exhibited as
follows
Exports of domestic merchandise 1859, 433 AL 90
Exports of foreign merchandise. l6 $40 6l9 o.
Total exports .................. $50 2S3, Gao 90
Imports go. SGT ,4O6, 342 20
Excess of exports over imports 500 49, STE, sos 90
Exports of specie and bullion. $685. $780, 405 90
imports OF specie and bullion. %, 454 906 90
Excess OF exports over imports. So, IT'S 499 90
Total excess Of exports Of mer.
chandise, specie, and bullion,
imports of same. S57 O52 1877 M
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