The daily gazette., 1879-12-01

June 80, 1879:
From spirits. .......... toxyoIOszs4t
FROM pobacco .......-.....sss.s suslo1svv1e-on
From fermeuted liquors........ W.79. .32O.us
From banks and bunkeis...... 3,lrs. .bSy-5s
From penalties, etc............ H8, ,iW ~
From aches sive stamps........ 0,7V6yS ySslU0
From arrears OF taxes under
repealed law w.................. x5,Vv4."
Total. al...................... il3,vls, ,46tS1
That Is interesting to the tobacco
chewers and whisky drinkers and shows
that they pay Sl03, 49,, ,G07.42. To make
1t more severe the Secretary proposes to
saddle the poor people who drink coffee
and tea and take sugar with an increased
tax on both of these necessities.
The report shows that the bullion pro-
duced from the mines Of the United
States for the last year is estir ated by
the Director of the Mint to be nearly
sO,000, 900, the proportions Of gold and
silver about equal. The years to'al
production Is less than that of the pre-
ceding year, caused by . diminution in
the yield of the mines Of Nevada, which
was not compensated by increased pro-
duction In other places. The Director
estimates the the coin in the country ON
October 81, 1879, at $3O5, $50, ,497 Of gold
and S121 ,456,S55 Of silver; the bullion
in mints and New York Assay Office at
that date, awaiting coinage, amounted
to S49, ,931 ,035 of gold and sl,55S, 1872 Of
silver, making the total amount Of coin
and bullion, $4Sl ,691 ,009.
SHIPPING INTERESTS. M
The total tonnage Of vessels of the
United States, as shown by the records
of the Registers Bureau at the close Of
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1879, was
4,l69, 900 tons. or this tonnage 1,491,-
533 tons represented 2,7l7 vessels regis
tered for the foreign trade, and 2,67s,O67
tons represented 22,494 vessels enrolled
and licensed and engaged in the coasting
or domestic trade. There has been an
increase of 94,350 tons employed in do
meslic trade, and a decrease Of 37,5l4
tons employed in the foreign trade by
sea, as compared with the toi. mage of last
year.
The vessels built in 1878 Snprlsed
235 q tons, being slightly in excess of
the pumber built during the past year.
The total tonnage of vessels entered at
the seaboard ports from foreign coun
tries was ! l 8 o 527 tons during the year
ended June 80, 1873, and 3,7os,137 tous
during the last fiscal year; showing an
Increase OF 2. 235 6l0 tons, or about 10 per
cent. The American tonnage entered
exhibited an increase of only &C, ,3O6 ton,
or per ce mt, while the foreign showed
an iDcrea,o of 2 2,ly7 ,30i tons, Bor nearly
26 per cent The tonnage in these cases
IL computed on he basis OF the number
of entries of vessels and not on the 20 II
OF the total amount of merchandise
brought in at seaboard, lake aud river
ports during the last fiscal year, an
amount OF the value of Sl43, 500 1853 was
imported In American vessels and S3l0, :
iY9 ,i9Y in foreign. or the exports vaue
OF Sl2S 425,;5 ,;599 was shippei in American
nd 5000, 16y 633 In foreign vessels. Of
the combined importssaLd exports; %
per cent. only Of the total value was
conveyed in A nerican vessels. Iu 1857
over 75 per cent. of the merchandise itn-
ported and exported was carried In YES
selS of The United States; at present but
Is per cent. AZ stated, is carried in such
vessels though The total volume of the
| trade has arisen from IA value of nearly
500 000 600 to nearly 81 200 600 600
1t Is neither to the advantage nor tha
honor OF the country thar so immense u
proportion of It's foreign carrying trade
has passed TO other nations. The great
decline in our tonnage, ,as is well known
was due TO the war, aud soon after its
close II was proposed to facilitate tn.
restoration to our merchant marine oil
vessels that had been transferred to for
eign flags, hut the effort at restoration
failed, and a special prohibition against
against The return of such vessels va,
embodied in the statutes. Ii may wei
be questioned whether the severity %
the existing statute might not properl,
be relaxed after the lapse .of so long
time during which the privilege of regis
try has been denied to this class of yes
sells, and since the grounds for denia
have, in measure, lost their orlgina
force.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
The exports and imports of the Unite,
States during the fiscal year are as fol
lows
Exports of domestic mer,
chandise .....".............S S69o SAG, 20
EXPORTS of foreign merchan-
else ......... '''''' '..... II 00S "a
lotaI. ............. .s7lO 49, ~
| Imports of merchandise. s445 III II