7. The regulation for free Commerce, the general Instruction of the Revenue issued in 1816, and the other Resolutions relative to the Commerce of America, are suspended, in whatever shall be at variance with the contents of the preceding Articles. By the Royal Order, &c.—Palace, 9th February, 1827.

LUIS LOPEZ BALLESTEROS.

Total.

Fines.....

REPORT of the Minister of Finance to the Congress of

Colombia - 1st January, 1827. (Extract.)

(Translation.)
STATEMENT of the Income and Expenditure of the National Trea-
sury of the Republick of Colombia, 1826, 1827.
INCOME.(3D FINANCIAL YEAR, TO JUNE 1826.)

Dollars
Imports

3,178,197
Exports

582, 100 Excise

424,854 Tonnage

75,638

1,126 Warehouse

456 Licences

1,431 Exportation of Gold Coin

722 Anchorage Duties

55,973 Wharfage.. do....

5,578 Bonding....do.

8,152 Sundry dues ....

41,658 Duty on Salt

134 Fees (Improvements)

2,656 Arrears of last Year

101,188 Idem approximative.....

1.208,146

5,688,019

MINTS.
Balance in hand

82,522
Receipts in 1826

59,629

142,151 Value of Gold melted

2,473,557 Do. of Silver....do...

40,952

TOBACCO.

Profits on Leaf Tobacco.

......Snuff ..

800,380

137

800,518

POST OFFICE.
Carriage of Letters and Parcels, &c.......

Total.

..

Stamps
Spirits
Auctions
Ninths of Tithes
Fees (Improvements).....
Rents of Houses, Lands, and Warehouses
Duties on Smelting Gold and Silver...
Sweepings of the Mints....
Ecclesiastical vacancies
Waste lands
Printing
Ninth of Consolidation of Tithes.
"Nuevo espolio"
Quicksilver
Gunpowder
Urao (Barilla).....
Fund denominated “ Semanario de Madrid”
Tax on Cock-pits....
Direct Contributions
Foreign Loan......
Extraordinary Contributions.
Domestic Loan
Donations
Arrears of Accounts
Sequestrations and Confiscations
Seizures
“ Tiendas de Composicion"
Unclaimed Property taken by the State
Fines and Condemnations to the State...
Repayment of Advances
Sale of Effects of the State
Monthly and Yearly Contributions
Deposits, general and particular

ney recoined......
Received from the Republick of Peru
Mass of Finance
Tributes (Indian).
* Medias anatas Eclesiasticas”
Do, Secular
Alcabala
Fund for Museum.
« Cruzada”
Other Branches....

Dollars.
52,776
28,116

2,246
97,933
20,726
2,091
2,000

539 93,488 3,182

83 37,665 500

53 8,391 7,814 1,280

860 131,363 1,895,701

31,748 254,216

3,904

1,466 20,528 2,505 1,531

81 1,586 62,483 13,731

3,480 74,792 28,577 18,816 12,750 138,067 7,700

200 75,733

744

316 174,531

3,795,488

TREASURIES OF THE MAGDALENA.
Mass of Receipts..
Ninths of Tithes
Stamps ...
Seizures

968,078

7,939 9,517

797

Expenditure, (Estimate, Financial Year, to June, 1827.)

TREASURIES OF THE MAGDALENA. Remittances to other Treasuries

629,963 Other Expenses....

825,827

...

1,455,790

OBSERVATIONS. 1st. The expenses of the Mint are not inserted above, because the sums stated in the Income under those heads, are the nett proceeds,

and the enumeration of those expenses would therefore have made it appear that they were double their real amount.

2nd. Even calculating the sum of 2,862,911 dollars for the Department of Venezuela, which is the highest amount, compared with what is assigned to those which are subject to the heaviest expenses in Colombia, there is still an excess of 1,230,297 dollars.

Bogota, 1st January, 1827. JOSE M. DEL CASTILLO.

N. B. The foregoing Statement is given, of the Expenditure for the Financial Year, ending 30th June, 1827, because no Return has been made of the Expenditure of the Year preceding.

REPORT of the Minister of War to the Congress of

Colombia.-30th January, 1827. (Extract.)

(Translation.) General Estimate of the Expenditure of the War Department, for

the Year 1827.

Staffs.-Salaries of the Persons employed in the War Office,

and Office Expenses...
Pay of Generals and Chiefs.
Salaries of Inferior Employés of the Staff, and Office Expenses
Veteran Force.-Pay and Clothing of the Infantry, Cavalry,

and Artillery, in the 4 Northern Departments...
Pay and Clothing of the Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery, in

the 3 Maritime Departments of the Centre and South .... Pay and Clothing of the Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery, in

the Departments of the Interior.....
Militia.-Pay and Clothing of the Organised Auxiliary Militia
Retired Pensions granted up to the 15th instant....
Administration.-Salaries of Employés in the Administration

of the Army, and Office Expenses.....
Invalids.-Allowances to Invalids, granted up to the 2nd inst.
Hospitals.—Expenses of all Classes in the Hospitals of the

Departments, wherein extra pay is received ....... Expenses of all Classes in the Hospitals of the Departments,

wherein extra pay is not received......
Artificers.-Expenses of the Manufactory of Gunpowder in

Bogota.....
Engineers. Personal Expenses, supposed to be about ......
Fortifications.-For the more urgent expenses of this branch,

about
Rations.—Rations of Forage, there not being many Cavalry

mounted... Parks of Artillery-To supply these with the articles of con

stant consumption .....

7,200

87,103

261,333

35,988

25,061 60,000

50,000

20,000

100,000

Dollars.

50,000

Remounts.-For remounting the Cavalry, and for Mules for

the Army on the march....... Extraordinaries.-For extraordinary and unforeseen Ex

penses.....

1,000,000

REPORT of the Minister of Marine, to the Congress of

Colombia.—7th February, 1827. (Extract.)

(Translation.) Estimate of the Amount required for the maintenance of all the

branches of the Navy.

Dollars.

4,300

44,880 123,006 151,956 46,830 75,573 57,784 6,226 5,566

For payment of the Salaries of the Chief and other Clerks

of the Office of the Minister of Marine .....
For payment of the Military and Civil Employés of the Naval

Departments and Stations .....
To keep on the War Establishment the Corvette Ceres...
Idem the Corvette Urica and Brig Pichincha .
Idem the Brig Congreso in Guayaquil
Idem the Schooners Manrique, Padilla, and Independencia..
Idem two Schooners and two Cutters, as Packets
Preservation and care of the Frigate Colombia ..
Preservation and care of the Frigate Cundinamarca
Por maintenance of the three Arsenals of the 2nd Naval De-

partment, and of the Cumanà and Guayaquil Stations...
Idem the Arsenal of Carthagena
Idem the Naval School of Carthagena
Idem the Naval Schools of Guayaquil, Puerto Cabello, and

Maracaibo... ,
For the Careening, Refitting, and Manning, and the conduct-

ing of the Corvette Bolivar to the Ports of Colombia....
For the Careening of the Corvette Ceres
For Repairs and Careening, on an extensive Scale, of the

Vessels on the War Establishment....
To maintain the Small Craft, indispensable in the Naval De-

partments and Stations ...
For Dock.yard repairs for the preceding Small Craft......

26,937 10,626 4,600

7,440

34,917 8,550

113,420

178,889 11,220

Dollars....912,721 Additional Estimates, in the event of its being found necessary to

keep on the War Establishment the other larger Vessels of War. To place the said Vessels on the War Establishment