New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-05

not be held responsible for eyasons OF the law which
they were powerless 10 prevent
All cascs Of alleged violations of law reported 10
the department we're referred to the department OF
At the request OF the Department an appropriation
has been provided for tho present year for the pur
pose OF carrying into effect the provisions Of the law
And in order 10 render the execution OF the law moro
effective. amendments thereto were passed, October
10, 1853, upon the recommendation OF the I@asury
Department, by which the secretary Of the Treasury
is authorized, IN case he shall be satisfied that an
Immigrant has been allowed TO land contrary TO law,
TO cause such immigrant within period of one year
after landing or entry to De taken into custody and
pensc of the owner Of the importing vessel or. II he
ere, from an aaohng ar me expense
The Secretary of the Treasury IS also authorized 10
that the law has been violated, such share Of the
penalties recovered as he may deem rea enable ana
just exceeding 80 per cent, where IL appears that
the recovery had in consequence Of the inormar
ton thus furnished. In, ,,.
the appropriation to meet The isary expenses OF
its proper enforcement Will be SUFFICIENT To prevent
the landing Of persons prohibited by inc sta,ule.
Under the law as amended, special force mas been
employed at the principal ports, whose duty II Is 10
It viii be observed that Ike provisions are recon-
mended TO be inserted by way OF amendmen, 10 me
Immigrant Act, which, II adopted Will render these
laws more effective in keeping out undesirable lmh-
grants. .cr,,,
The Bureau of Navigation reports small increase
during the last fiscal year in the tonnage OF the
country arising from the building Of vessels, chiefly
for the coasting trade. The tonnage built during the
previous year was 150430 tons, while that buiit
during the last year was 2l6,056 TONS comparing
favorably, according TO the statistics available, with
the amount built during that time I'm Austria Belgium,
Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy,
Russia and Sweden combined. The amounts In either
case, however, small compared with the tonnage
built in the United Kingdom. where on the
3Oh of june 1855 37 vessels, Of Cos ills tons gross
were under construction 1t IL useless to expect any
material Increase In the building of iron and steel
steam vessels in this country for the foreign trade
under present conditions. We're AL the restrictions
of the tariff removed, the business would sun Do
hampered by the higher cost OF the completed vessel
compared with the expense OF similar snip buli
upon the Clyde at Belfast
The tonnage of the country amounted at the close
OF the last fiscal year the respectable figure Oi
410l ol577 TONS and is likely TO increase. for the
trade is less than the increase in the tonnage built
for the domestic trade, more especially upon ne
Great Lakes, where the business Of shipping grain
and ore is growing rapidly.
The burdens imposed upon the coasing trade by
Federal legislation have nearly all been removed
within the last four years. with the exception or such
may arise from the present tarff. Other dlsabl-
ties, spr!nglng from local legislation I'm regard TO
compulsory pilotage and taxation should be abolished
by The States. COasting vessels Of one state are
forced compete with those of others and 10 burden
the former with local taxation. while The later arc
exempt therefrOm, is fniudc.Ous, 80 far as the IN
teaests OF the State concerned, and unfair 10 he
owners Of the property.
INTERNAL REVENUE
The receipts from the several objects or mtefnn
taxation during the last fiscal years, as reported
by the Commissioner Of Internal Revenue. are as fol-
lows: