The Tonnage on which Duties were collected during the year 1814, amounted as follows: Tons. 95ths. Registered Tonnage, paying Duty on each voyage 58,756 30 Enrolled and Licensed Tonnage employed in the 189,661 82 16,453 03 264,871 20 Note. Duties were also paid on Tonnage, owned by Citizens of The United States, engaged in Foreign Trade, not registered Total amount of Tonnage on which Duties were collected for 1814 The Registered Tonnage, being corrected for the is much below the true amount The Fishing Vessels as above Amounting to 1,029 73 265,900 93 674,632 63 338,196 19 16,453 03 - Tons 1,029,281 85 Of the Enrolled and Licensed Tonnage amounting, as before stated, to 466,156 08 tons, there were employed in the Whale Fishery 561 55 It appears by the Collector's Abstracts, that 29,039 90 tons new Vessels were built, whereof 13,445 55 tons were registered, and 15,594 35 tons were enrolled, during the year 1814. I have the honor to be, &c., The Hon. A. J. Dallas, Secretary of the Treasury. LETTER from the Secretary of the Treasury of The United States, transmitting the Annual Statement of the Duties of Customs for the Year 1814, and of the Sales of Public Lands, for the Year ending on the 30th of September, 1815; also Statements relating to the Internal Duties and Direct Tax, for the Year 1814. SIR, Treasury Department, 20th December, 1815. I HAVE the honor to transmit herewith, the Annual Statement of the Duties of Customs for the year 1814, and of the Sales of Public Lands, for the year ending on the 30th of September, 1815. I have the honor to transmit, also, the Statements relating to the Internal Duties and Direct Tax, required by the 33rd section of the Act of Congress of the 22nd of July, 1813, to be laid annually before Congress, in the month of December, viz: a Statement of the Internal Duties for the year 1814, showing the amount accruing from each branch of those Duties, in each Collection District throughout The United States and their Territories; the amount paid into the Treasury; and the Expenses of collection: a Statement of the amount of the Direct Tax received, and the amount paid to the Officers employed in the collection thereof, in each Collection District, wherein the same became payable: a Statement showing the amount of the compensation received by the Principal and Assistant Assessors, under the Acts of the 22nd of July and 2nd of August, 1813: and a Statement of the Official Emoluments and Expenditures of the Officers employed in collecting the Internal Duties and Direct Tax, during the year 1814. I have the honor, &c. The Honorable the Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. J. DALLAS. (A.)—STATEMENT, exhibiting the amount of Duties which accrued on Merchandise, Tonnage, Passports, and Clearances; of Debentures issued on the Exportation of Foreign Merchandise, and of Expenses on collection during the years 1813 and 1814. STATEMENT shewing the amount of American and Foreign Tonnage employed in Foreign Trade for the year 1814, as taken from the Records of the Treasury. American Tonnage in Foreign Trade Tons. 59,626 • 48,302 Total Tonnage employed in the Foreign Trade of The United States - 107,928 Proportion of Foreign Tonnage to the whole amount of Tonnage em- 44. 7 to 100 (B.)—STATEMENT exhibiting the value and quantities, respectively, of Merchandise on which Duties actually accrued during the year 1814 (consisting of the difference between articles paying Duty imported, and those entitled to Drawback re-exported), and also of the Nett Revenue which accrued during that year from Duties on Merchandise, Tonnage, Passports, and Clearances. 4,045,508 Extra Duty of 10 per cent. on merchandise imported in Foreign Vessels.......... 4,800 15 per cent. on merchandise imported in do...... 251,645 256,446 Accounts outstanding, estimated at...... 150,000 Nett amount, Duties on merchandise........ Dollars... 4,451,954 |