For 1812. Support and maintenance of light-houses, &c., $389,388 84 Marine hospital establishment, Six mos.of 1843. $184,548 46 114,771 73 50,134 54 Public buildings, &c., in Washington, 164,963 56 21,698 60 Furniture of the President's house,. 1,500 00 Support of the penitentiary, Sixth census,. Patent fund,. Distribution of the sales of public lands,. 425,607 68 83,233 79 To meet the engagements of the Post-Office Department, Public buildings in Iowa territory,· 600 00 14,400 00 Printing, &c., ordered by Congress, Building custom houses, &c., Survey of the coast of the United States,. Mint establishment,. Two per cent. to the State of Mississippi,.. 144,214 33 Two per cent. on sales of public lands in Ala., Miscellaneous claims unprovided for, 8,290 34 904 75 Survey of the northeastern boundary line,. Insane hospital for the District of Columbia, Expenses incidental to the issue of treasury notes,. Expenses incidental to the loans,. Support of lunatics of the Dist. of Columbia, Three and five per cents. to certain States, Relief of the cities of the Dist. of Columbia, 132,724 05 93,560 64 375,004 00 2,450 00 Additional compensation to collectors, &c.,. 23,637 62 100,923 85 Payment of horses, &c., lost,. 2,825 98 28,596 69 Duties refunded under protest, Repayment for lands erroneously sold, 16,468 99 7,712 59 Documentary history of the American revo lution, 34,468 00 To Maine and Massachusetts under treaty of Sales of lands ceded by Ottowa Indians, Under the direction of the War Department. Military academy, 178,776 05 63,605 10 Fortifications, and other works of defence, 958,277 90 404,083 78 Armories, arsenals, and munitions of war, 738,979 79 328,203 94 Harbors, roads, rivers, &c., 108,482 34 104,698 68 Surveys, 37,708 32 21,472 00 Light-houses and marine hospitals,. 14,804 13 4,667 04 Pensions, Indian Department,· 1,445,212 78 836,277 36 Total under direction of the Navy Dep't, 8,324,993 70 3,672,717 79 111 12 3,000 00 20,000 00 2. Statement of the Debt of the United States, December 1, 1843. 1. Of the (old) funded debt, being unclaimed principal and interest, returned from the late loan offices, 2. Outstanding certificates, and interest to 31st December, 1798, of the (old) unfunded debt, payable on presentation, 3. Treasury notes issued during the late war, payable on presentation, 4. Certificates of Mississippi stock, payable on presentation, 5. Debts of the corporate cities of the District of Columbia, assumed by the United States, viz: Of the city of Washington, Alexandria, Georgetown, $900,000 00 $210,000 00 $208,009 34 24,214 29 4,317 44 4.320 09 210,000 00 $1,320,000 00 *This sum includes $98,300, in the hands of the accounting officers. 3. Revenue and Expenditure from July 1, 1843, to March 1, 1844. From a subsequent report of the Secretary of the Treasury, made up to February 29, 1844, we gather the following particulars : The balance in the treasury on the 1st of July, 1843, was $10,434,507 55 The receipts from that time till 29th Feb'y, 1844, were From Customs, $15,102,688 26 84,208 62 Loan of 1843, 70,231 35 Treasury notes, 1,919,800 00 18,513,981 02 28,948,488 57 Balance in the treasury, 1st March, 1844, From these data it would appear, that the amount of the national debt, including treasury notes as a part of said debt, has been reduced $7,778,680 14, between the 1st July, 1843, and the 29th February, 1844. Thus 547,286 67 647,434 97 25,361,048 93 3,587,439 64 |