Of the public debt. The payments on account of the (old) funded and unfunded debt, since the 1st December, 1838, have been as follows: 1. On account of the principal and interest of the funded debt: Principal $13,012 48 Interest 1,000 34 Leaving the amount of certificates and notes pay able on presentation $36,267 24 Viz: ring the revolutionary war, and registered prior to 1798 Treasury notes issued during the late war Certificates of Mississippi stock $26,652 15 5,295 00 Debts of the corporate cities of the District of Columbia, assumed by the United States, viz: Of the city of Washington $1,000,000 00 Alexandria 250,000 00 Georgetown 250,000 00 $1,500,000 00 The payments during the year 1839, on account of the interest and charges of this debt, amounted to $76,374 77 Statement of the issue and redemption of Treasury notes from the 1st of January to the 20th of November, 1839. The Treasury notes issued during the period above mentioned, under the acts of the 21st May, 1838, and 2d March, 1839, amounted to $3,857,276 21 Amount redeemed during the same period : 1. Of notes issued under the act of the 12th October, 1837, there have been entered in the books of this office $4,148,848 98 And there are at present, under examination by the accounting officers of the Treasury, notes which had been received in payment for duties and lands, amounting to 126,413 65 4,275,262 63 2. Of notes issued under the acts of 21st May, 1838, and 2d March, 1839, there have been entered in the books of this office 5,845,979 18 And there are at present, under examination by the accounting 6,353,996 44 Totat amount redeemed since the 1st January, 10,629,259 07 1839 NOTE—The Treasury Department was established in 1789. The Secretary superintends the fiscal concerns of the government, and is required to report to Congress annually the state of the finances: He recommends such measures as he thinks proper for improving the condition of the revenue. This department comprises the offices of Secretary, two Comptrollers, five Auditors, the Register, the Treasurer, and the Solicitor of the Treasury. The revenue is chiefly derived from duties on imports, the sale of public lands, post offices, lead mines, &c. The revenue on imported goods is the most important. One great source of revenue to the United States is the public lands, consisting of tracts of territory ceded to the general government by the several states; of lands in Louisiana, purchased from France; and those in Florida, acquired by treaty from Spain. A great portion of this land is occupied by the Indians, who are considered as proprietors of the soil, till the goverment extinguish their title by purchase. By the Convention of France, of the 3d of April, 1803, the United States paid for A statement exhibiting the value of imports and exports during the years 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, and 1839. VALUE OF IMPORTS. Year end ing 30th of Sep Paying duty Paying spetember. Free of duty ad valorum. cific duties. Total. 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 $68,393,180 $35,608,208 R22,519,944 $126,521,332 77,940,493 45,817,740 26,137,509 149,895,742 92,056,481 59.343,388 38,580,166 189,980,035 69,250,031 37,716,374 34,022,812 140,989,217 60,860,005 27,090,480 25,766,919) 113,717,404 72,040,719 42,563,739 43,005,102 157,609,560 VALUE OF EXPORTS. Year end ing 30th Foreign merchan dise. Value of Total. 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 $81,024,162 $23,312,811 $104,336,973 $126,521,332 101,189,082 20,504,495 121,693,577 149,895,742 106,916,680) 21,746,360 128,663,040 189,980,035 95,564,414 21,854,962 117,419,376 140,989,217 96,033,821 12,452,795 108,486,616 113,717,404 100,951,004 17,408,000 118,359,004 157,609,560 Louisiana in stock and money, $15,000,000. Interest on stock up to time it was redeemable, $8,529,353 43. Total, $23,529,353 43. By the treaty with Spain of the 22d of February, 1819, there was paid for the Floridas $5,000,000 00. Interest on stock till paid off, $1,489,768 66. Total, $6,489,768 66. Paid, and stipulated to be paid by the United States, to the several Indian tribes, for lands ceded by them since the year 1794, $84,549,254 81. FROM FROM FROM Years. Specie and bullion. Great Britain France and Spain and Netherlands Sweden and and depen- dependencies dependencies and depen- dependencies dencies. dencies. 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1927 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 $8,064,890 $29,277,938 3,369,846 39,527,829 5,097,896 34,072,578 6,473,095 32,732,340 6,150,765 42,394,812 6,880,966 32,212,356 8,151,130 33,056,374 7,489,741 35,591,484 7,403,602 27,582,082 8,155,964 26,804,984 7,305,945 47,956,717 5,907,504 42,406,924 7,070,368 43,085,865 17,911,633 52,679,298 13,131,447 65,949,307 13,400,881 86,022,915 10,506,414 52,289,557 17,747,116 49,051,181 $2,934,272 2,708,162 2,125,587 2,355,525 2,265,378 2,174,181 1,722,070 1,990,431 1,617,334 1,356,765 1,653,031 2,358,474 2,347,343 2,127,886 2,903,7181 3,861,514| 3,370,828 2,194,238 $1,369,869 1,544,907 1,503,050 1,101,750 1,417,598 1,292,182 1,225,042 1,946,783 1,303,959 1,398,640 1,120,730 1,150,804 1,200,899 1,126,541 1,316,508 1,299,603 1,468,878 900,790 FROM FROM West Indies generally. FROM FROM Denmark and Portugal and dependencies dependencies 1821 $1,999,730 $748,423 1822 2,535,406 881,290 1823 1,324,532 533,635 1824 2,110,666 601,722 1825 1,539,592 733,443 1826 2,117,164 765,203 1827 2,340,171 659,001 1828 2,374,069 433,555 1829 2,086,177 687,869 1830 1,671,218 471,643 1831 1,652,216 397,550 1832 1,182,708 485,264 1833 1,166,872 555,137 1834 1,684,368 699,122 1835 1,403,902 $1,852,199 3,307,328 2,258,777 2,209,663 2,067,110 2,617,169 2,086,077 2,788,362 2,218,995 1,621,899 1,608,328 3,251,852 2,772,550 2,595,840 2,395,245 2,778,554 2,816,116 1,838,396 $3,727 1,590 7,123 188 9,579 120 FROM FROM $5,900,581 $ 9,653,728 7,059,342 12,376,841 8,120,763 16,577,156 FROM FROM 1,125,713 1836 1,874,340 672,670 1837 1,266,906 928,291 1838 1,644,865 725,0581 $3,111,951 5,242,556 $ 990,165 167 1,860 3,314 7,386 10,691 12,740 4,460 2,183 217 FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM Argentine oll 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1938) $4,044,647) 3,916,198 $1,837,050 $ 56,789 204,270 $ 605,126 1,486,567 1,214,810 2,074,119 2,156,707 2,156,678 2,060,971 3,097,752 2,535,467 2,491,460 2,375,829 3,890,845 5,089,693 4,729,969 5,574,466 7,210,190 4,991,893 3,191,2381 $749,771 522,769 80,065 317,466 912,114 1,431,883 928,103 1,560,171 1,377,117 1,430,118 878,618 1,053,503 989,442 1,010,908 $163,384 165, 718) |