The New York herald., 1878-12-03

plements iron and manufactures of iron, copper and
% o. copper Of iSassr and psrosa
The expectation Of the manufacturer articics 70.
terrea 70 1 increased from ss I,.,sU wross W n'Is
products of American manufacture previously
exported in very small quantities or not az h now
find profitable markets i'll foreign couhtfles snu cer-
tain of these commodities are now being exported 70
countries from which, few years sso' 'noy were
largely imported into the United States
INTERNAL REVENUE.
The receipts from the several sources of taxation
under the Internal revenue laws for the nsca years
ended respectively. June 80 1877. and June U 1875
shown in the following tabular statcment-
Sources. 1877. 1873 .
Spirits S57. .4t9, 4a9 S50.42O.S15 Dec. .$70is.6l3
Tobacco.... 4l.lOi.5t6 4o,o9l, ,754 Dec. 1oli,7ss
Ii liquors .'s -. s.4so7ss s.aa7o5l 1nc.. 4so.aca
bankers s,s;s5as s.s9sos. ',l De-. ss..so1
Penalties, &c. 4l9sD9 3i6,UO7 Dec. 73,v9l
A d n hcsive
stamps..... O,l)u,423 o,ooV, fuo Dec. IO,U-t
Back taxes un-
der repealed
laWs... Zoo,lO 4--o'"oo Inc. AvIsovo
Totals..... Sis. .995, ,1S4 $111,OJ7,725
COMMERCE NAVIGATION.
Tho total tonnage vessels of the United States
4,21a. 76i TONS decrease of ~ $50 tons from that OF
the fiscal year ended June 3D. 1877. The following
table exhibits the total Tonnage for the last two
ye.rs:-- kt8& tkN ftEA@s
Iesseis. Tons.
Registered engaged in foreign
EnroIIe, and licensed, engaged
IN domestic commerce. 2239S 2,631,i ,i07
Totals. 1856 r4.aa.eoo
--1S1S-
4HFlsttst.af Vessels. Iotw.
Registered engaged in foreign
trade. ........ .........-. JnOt i,o.'of
Enrolled and licensed. engaged
in domestic commerce. 22227 23SJ,il7
Totals. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a52s4 4,aia,764
The decrease in the tonnage is exhibited in the io
lowing tablet
lacrosse. Numtr Tons.
Vessels built. Observation-Disclosures. ,25s 235,5Dt
Wrecked and rebuilt. ............. 1s5
Balance absolute dccreasc)........ IL. @.s3i
Totals. IaN 2p5,J.o
Decrease. Auaber. itns.
Sold to Foreigners, ............... lbs 4J.6u7
Lost 1t sea ................ @ .oo ie.'ys.
Abandoned. 4Sj 0o,lo0
Loss by readmeasurcment and yes-
sells not documen ted. ........... 20 1i6
Totals s.......................... 1851 26',S1S
The tonnage OF vessels built is about 33 cent in
exc of that of last year.
The vessels built during the year ended June 30,
1875 arc classed as follows:--
fst Nun4tcr. Tonnage.
Sail vessels. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81! lo6o56.l
Steam vessels. 334 Sl,s59hU
Enrolled canal boats ............ ~ rt 9OsoD
BarEes.. 80 4o,oOS3o
The total number of entries OF vessels into ports Of
the United States from foreign countries, returned
by the Bureau of Statistics during the year ended
June O 1875, ~, 1885, OF these entries 1854
OF American vesscs the total number OF cloarances
tforegn) during the time J1,3G4; OF this
number O572 cearances OF American vessels.
Of the total tonnage thus entered about 70 per cent
American and IS Fer cont forciyl; OF the total
number of clearances oreign about 2G per cent was
American and "a per cent foreign.
The remainder OF the Scretarys report is devoted
to steamboat inspection, the revenue marine, the
life saving service, the lighthouse establishment, the
coast survey the marnc hospital service and public
buildings. .&4