In the Government Magazines for the Army; Cloth ing and Cloth...... In the same, Woollen Stuffs and other trifles......... In the same, 51,675 Muskets, 852 Rifles, 5,000 Carbines, 8,755 Sabres, 950 Pairs of Pistols, which compose the stock on hand after arming the whole 282,038 Army; taken at the Price at which they were bought....... 670,839 40,000 Reams of Paper, in the different States.... 200,000 Bars in the Office of the Commissary of Jalisco, sent At Vera Cruz; duties upon Vessels now in Port..... 1,116,273 At Tampico de Tamaulipas; duties of Importation and Internation, for which security has been given. 229,306 44,937 At Pueblo Viejo de Tampico; duties.......... 103,000 Total, Dollars... 12,117,203 Besides the sums here enumerated, others are due, in the Ports of San Blas, Acapulco, Mazatlan and Guaymas, which certainly do not amount to less than 300,000 dollars. At Campeche, on the 28th December, 53,516 dollars were due, at Refugio 40,552, and, both at Sisal and Alvarado, there is still some small balance in favour of the Government, although Alvarado, as a Port, may be said no longer to exist. In this Exposé I do not mean to strike a general Balance for the whole period of my Administration. I stated at the commencement, that I had not the necessary data for that purpose, from the more distant parts of the Republick, nor a sufficiently accurate account of the Re mittances in Specie, Tobacco, and other effects, which are now on their way from some parts of the Federation. I can, however, assure your Excellency that every thing is calen UNITED STATES. lated at the lowest possible computation, particularly the Sums due in the Custom Houses on the Coast, as has been proved very recently, at Vera Cruz, where a Vessel, the duty on which I had estimated at 20,000 dollars, has produced 35,000; besides I have not included in my calculation, in any of the Ports, the internation duty, which alone amounts to 17 per cent. With regard to the correctness of my statements, were they not calculated to stand, the test of enquiry, I should become the sport of my Adversaries, to whose attacks I have been so long exposed; I trust, however, that this plain statement of my conduct as Minister will convince both your Excellency and the Republick, that I have not been unworthy of the confidence, which your Excellency has reposed in me. p The preceding pages have been drawn up iu the midst of increasing occupations, a circumstance which will, I trust, entitle them to that indulgence, of which your Excellency has given me so many proofs, amongst the greatest of which I esteem the admission of my resignation, which your Excellency, wearied by my entreaties, has, at last consented to accept. I have the honour to be, &c. 9 al LETTER of the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the Expenditure for the Naval Service of The United States, in 1826, 9th February, 1827. SIR, Navy Department, 9th February, 1827. IN conformity to the Provisions of the Act of Congress of the 1st of May, 1820, I have the honour to transmit a Statement, showing the Appropriations for the Naval Service, for the Year 1826, the amount of expenditure under each specific head, and the balance remaining unexpended under each head, on the 31st day of December, 1826. The balances under the several heads will be required for the objects for which the respective Appropriations were made. I am very respectfully, &c. SAMUEL L. SOUTHARD.. The Hon, the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Statement of the Appropriations for the Service of the Navy Department, for the Year 1826, mait pursuant to the provisions of the second Section of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, entitled, "An Act in addition to the several Acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments. RECAPITULATION. 1st Column, "Balances of Appropriations on the 1st day of January, 1826." 2d Column, "Appropriations in 1826" 3d Column, "Repayments in 1826" 1,964,905 32 Dols. 3,748,985 23 427,431 67 4th Column, will make the Column of "Amount applicable to the service of the Year 1826" 6,141,32222 the} 4,657,584 14 6th Column, will leave this Column of "Balances of Appropriations on the 31st December, 1826," 1,483,938 06 Recapitulation of the Expenditures of the Navy Department, for the Year 1826. 5th Column Amount drawn by requisitions from the Treasury, during the 4,657,384 14 Year 1826" 3d Column, from which deduct this Column of "Repayments in 1826" Will leave this amount expended by the Navy Department, in 1826 427,431 67 Treasury Department, Second Comptroller's Office, February 7, 1827. RICHARD CUTTS. *To Surplus Fund. LETTER from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting Statements of the Commerce and Navigation of The United States, during the Year ending on the 30th day of September, 1826. SIR, Treasury Department, February 24, 1827. I HAVE the honour to transmit a Statement, prepared in obedience to the provisions of the Act of the 10th of February, 1820, entitled *An Act to provide for obtaining accurate Statements of the Foreign Commerce of The United States;" together with a Letter from the Register of the Treasury, explanatory of the same. I have the honour to remain, &c. RICHARD RUSH. The Honourable the Speaker of the House of Representatives. SIR, Treasury Department, Register's Office, February 24, 1827. IN conformity with the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 10th of February, 1820, entitled "An Act to provide for obtaining accurate Statements of the Foreign Commerce of The United States," I have the honour to transmit, herewith, the following Statements of the Commerce and Navigation of The United States, during the Year ending on the 30th day of September, 1826, viz: 1. A General Statement of the quantity and value of Merchandize imported into The United States from the 1st of October, 1825, to the 30th of September, 1826;........... 2. A Summary Statement of the same;........................ ....... Page 877 ...... 878 3. A General Statement of the quantity and value of Domestic articles exported; ..... 880 4. A General Statement of the quantity and value of Foreign articles exported; ... 881 5. Summary Statement of Domestic articles exported; .......... 882 ...... 883 6. Summary Statement of Foreign articles exported ...... 7. A General Statement of the Amount of American and Foreign tonnage employed in the Foreign Trade of The United States; 884 8. A Statistical view of the Commerce and Navigation of The United 886 States; ......................... 9. A Statement of the Commerce and Navigation of each State and Territory ;....................... ......... 888 10. A Statement of the Tonnage which entered into and departed from the principal Ports of The United States, and the Lake Ports. 889 ........ From these Statements it appears that the Imports, during the Year ending on the 30th September, 1826, have amounted to 84,974,477 dollars, of which amount 80,778,120 dollars were imported in American Vessels, and 4,196,357 dollars in Foreign Vessels. That the Exports have, during the same period, amounted to 77,595,322 dollars, of which 53,055,710 dollars were of domestick, and 24,539,612 of Foreign articles. That of the domestick articles, 46,199,528 dollars were exported in American Vessels, and 6,856,182 dollars in Foreign Vessels; and of the Foreign articles, 23,353,988 dollars were exported in American Vessels, and 1,185,624 dollars in Foreign Vessels. That 942,206 tons of American Shipping entered, and 953,012 cleared from, the Ports of The United States, and that 105,654 tons of Foreign Shipping entered, and 99,417 cleared, during the same period. I have the honour also to state, that the amount of registered tonnage employed in the Foreign Trade, on the 31st of December, 1825, amounted to...... 700,788 That the enrolled and licensed tonnage amounted to.... 657,899 That the tonnage of Fishing Vessels amounted to...... 64,424 Tons 1,423,111 As appears, by the Annual Statement of the District Tonnage of The United States transmitted from this Office on the 10th instant. Permit me further to state, that, in conformity to the 10th Section of the Act above referred to, the articles exported have been valued at their actual cost, or the value which they bore at the time of exportation in the several Ports from which they were exported; and that the articles imported were valued at their actual cost, or the value which they bore in the Foreign Port from which they were exported for importation into The United States, at the time of such exportation, free of any subsequent charges whatever. I have the honour to be, &c. JOSEPH NOURSE, Register. The Hon. Richard Rush, Secretary of the Treasury. |