TREASURY DEPARTMENT, October 12, 1855. SIR: In compliance with the provisions of the first section of the act of the 16th of September, 1850, entitled "An act to provide for printing the annual report upon Commerce and Navigation," which makes it the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause the said report to be completed at as early a day before the first Monday in January in each year as is practicable, I have the honor to state that the report for the year ending 30th June, 1855, has now been completed, being nearly three months in advance of the time designated in the said act. The work will be forthwith placed in the hands of the Public Printer for the printing, binding, and distribution of the number of copies therein directed; all which it is expected will be accomplished, and the usual number of copies prepared for the use of the members of the two houses of Congress and their officers, by the day of their approaching meeting, and consequently five weeks in advance of the time limited in the act for that purpose. I shall cause this letter to be printed in the said volume, together with the letter of the Register of the Treasury, in whose office the statement has been compiled, the act above mentioned, and a table showing the periods when the reports have been heretofore successively completed for publication. I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Treasury. To the PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, and the SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, REGISTER'S OFFICE, October 13, 1855. SIR: I herewith transmit the commercial and tonnage statements for the year ending June 30, 1855, compiled in this office from the quarterly returns made to it by the several custom-houses, under the act of February 10, 1820. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Treasury. C. T. JONES, Acting Register. AN ACT to provide for the printing of the Annual Report upon Commerce and Navigation. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause the annual report upon commerce and navigation to be completed at as early a day before the first Monday in January in each year as is practicable. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That when completed, or in the course of its progress towards completion, if that will give despatch to the business, the work of printing, under the superintendence of said Secretary, shall be commenced, and the whole shall be printed and ready for delivery on or before the first day of January next ensuing the close of the fiscal year to which the report relates. SEO. 3. And be it further enacted, That until Congress shall otherwise direct, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be printed, in the same manner as other printing of the department, twenty thousand copies of said report, which shall be distributed as follows: first, the usual number for the use of the members of the two houses and their officers; second, five hundred copies for the use of the Treasury Department; and thirdly, as nearly as may be, five thousand copies to the Senate, and thirteen thousand copies to the House, to be distributed by the members of each house. SEC 4. And be it further enacted, That the report aforesaid, except such as are to be bound with other public documents, shall be substantially bound: Provided, That the expense thereof shall not exceed twelve and a half cents for each copy. Approved September 16, 1850. The statements of commerce and navigation since the passage of the act of February 10, 1820, have been completed for publication at the following dates, to wit: 1839.. No. 1. STATEMENT OF GOODS, WARES, AND MERCHANDISE, OF THE GROWTH, PRODUCE, AND MANUFACTURE OF THE UNITED STATES, EXPORTED TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES, DURING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1855. |