Brevet Captain. ELIJAH LYON, 1st lieutenant 2d regiment of artillery, 1st January, 1817, to be captain by brevet, to take rank from 1st January, 1827. CAPTAIN LYON, of the 2d artillery, is arranged to E. company. CAPTAIN THRUSTON, of the 3d artillery, to C. company. CAPTAIN BAIRD, of the 3d artillery, to D. company. Assistant Commissaries. 1st lieutenant REUBEN HOLMES, of the 6th infantry, to be assistant commissary of subsistence, 19th January, 1827. 1st lieutenant W. S. NEWTON, of the 3d artillery, to be assistant commissary of subsistence, 27th February, 1827. Transfers. SAMUEL SPOTTS, captain of the 3d ar tillery, transferred to the 4th artillery. W. L. M-CLINTOCK, captain of the 4th artillery, transferred to the 3d artillery. JAMES ENGLE, 2d lieutenant of the 4th infantry, transferred to the 5th infantry. Washington, July 14th, 1827. Third Regiment of Infantry. 1st lieutenant, ANDREW LEWIS, to be captain 6th June, 1827, vice Brooks, resigned. Sixth Regiment of Infantry. 1st lieutenant N. J. CRUGER, to be captain 11th February, 1827, vice Armstrong, deceased. 1st lieutenant, THOMAS NOEL, to be captain 1st May, 1827, vice Shaler, resigned. APPOINTMENTS. JOHN H. WINDER, late of the artillery, and a graduate of West Point, to be 2d lieutenant 1st regiment of artillery, 2d April, 1827. JOHN HILLS, late of the artillery, and a graduate of West Point, to be second lieutenant 6th regiment of infantry, 25th June, 1827. Assistant Commissaries. 1st lieutenant F. N. BARBARIN, of the 3d artillery, to be assistant commissary of subsistence, 16th May, 1827. 1st lieutenant BENJAMIN WAlker, of the 3d infantry, to be assistant commissary of subsistence, 26th March, 1827. 1st lieutenant L. N. MORRIS, of the 3d infantry, to be assistant commissary of subsistence, 26th March, 1827. 1st lieutenant ALEXANDER H. MORTON, of the 7th infantry, to be assistant commissary of subsistence, 26th June, 1827. 2d lieutenant G. W. LONG, of the 4th artillery, to be assistant commissary of subsistence, 8th June, 1827. 1st lieutenant E. V. SUMNER, of the 2d infantry, to be assistant commissary of subsistence, 15th June, 1827. 1827.] CAPTAINS. NAVY PROMOTIONS. Samuel Woodhouse, 3d March, 1827; Joseph J. Nicholson, do do. MASTER COMMANDANTS. Charles W. Skinner, 3d March, 1827; Otho Norris, do do; John T. Newton, do do; Joseph Smith, do do. LIEUTENANTS. To be Lieutenants in the Navy. Passed midshipmen.-John W. West, GOVERNORS OF THE STATES FOR 1826, &c. T. O. Selfridge, Reuben R. Pinkham, 505 To be Lieutenant Colonels by brevet. Majors-R. D. Wainwright, Samuel Miller, John M. Gamble, of the marine corps, 3d March, 1827. SURGEON. James Page, April 23d, 1287. Dudley Walker, August 21st, 1827; The sums disbursed from the treasury, during the year 1825, on account of the principal and interest of the public debt, amounted, as per the port, to And have been accounted for in the following manner, viz: There was applied for the payment of a sum short provided on account of the public debt, prior to the 1st January, 1825. And there was applied, during the year 1825, towards the payment of the principal and interest of the public debt, as ascertained by accounts rendered to this department, Viz: In the redemption of treasury note six per cent. stock, In the redemption of 7 per cent. stock, In the redemption of exchange of 6 per cent. stock In the redemption of 6 per cent. stock of 1812, And on payment of certain parts of the domestic $12,124,085 97 1,479,374 82 2,113 92 56,539 30 6,187,006 84 1,524 02 last annual re$12,101,864 78 88,395 78 2,001 49 15 31 7,728,575 70 The interest which accrued for the year 1825, amounted to 4,395,498 59 And there was paid for premium on 7 per cent. stock, 11 68 12.124.085 97% 62 Of this sum, there was short provided, consisting of unclaimed dividends not applied for by the proprietors, 110,616 97 12,013,469 00 12,101,864 78 That, during the year 1826, the following disbursements were made by the treasury, on account of the principal and interest of the public debt, viz : On account of the interest of the debt, the redemption of the 6 per cent. stock of 1813, the redemption of 7 per cent. stock, In payment of treasury notes, Mississippi certificates, certain parts of domestic debt, Making together, 3,971,842 95 7,070,730 91 25 00 2,389 58 450 00 27 86 $11,045,466 30 Which disbursements were made from the appropriation of ten millions of dollars for the year 1826, and from the unexpended balance of the appropriations at the commencement of that year, and will be accounted for in the next annual report, in conformity to the accounts which shall then have been rendered to this department. In the mean time, the manner in which the said sum has been applied, is estimated as follows: There is estimated to have been applied to the deficiency, at the end Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Mexican Congress. The progressive increase of the revenue for the last four years, exclusive of the foreign loans, appears as follows, viz: For 1823, $5,409,722-1824, 8,452,828—1825, 13,164,644-1826, 14,159,349. From September 1, 1825 to June 30, 1826, (10 months,) the receipts amounted to 13,848,257 dollars, including the foreign loan, 2,458,559 dollars. The customs in the ports yielded 6,414,383; tobacco, 1,316,127 dollars; the states contributed 1,368,452 dollars; the duties of Averia, 529,850 dollars. The expenditures, during the same period, amounted to 12,189,725 dollars, leaving a balance in the treasury, on the 30th June, 1826, of 1,658,532 dollars. The expenditures of the war department were 6,955,078 dollars, and the navy cost 900,253 dollars. Of the treasury department, 3,673,043 dollars, which includes a remittance in March last to England. of 283,800 dollars, for the payment of the dividends on the loans. Since the last of June, 800,000 dollars have been remitted for the same purpose. For the year ending June 30, 1828, the net revenue was And the expenditures of department of state, Department of justice, and ecclesiastical affairs, Treasury department, $13,667,637 $264,082 226,098 5,085,685 Army and navy departments, estimated at ten millions, but reduced to 7,787,233 $13,363,098 Balance in treasury, June 30, 1828, 304,538 From September, of 1825, to June, 1826, (10 months), the coinage of the republic, in the five mints of Mexico, Guanajuato, Tacatecas, Guadalajara, and Durango, 7,463,300 dollars. The entire coinage of Mexico, from the year 1733, when the mint of the capital, (which, from 1535, to 1732, was in charge of private individuals, who left no records), was conducted on account of the government, to June 30, 1826, amounts to one thousand four hundred and thirty-five millions, six hundred and fifty-eight thousand six hundred and eleven dollars. The difference in favour of the republic, in the present year, compared with the preceding, amounts to the sum of $6,991,889, 3 reals. Demonstrated thus: Estimate for 1826, $15,487,719 31 $6,991,897 3 BRITISH REVENUE. Abstract of the net produce of the revenue of Great Britain, in the years and quarters ended 10th October, 1825 and 1826, showing the increase or decrease on each head thereof: * In the event of its being necessary to equip and arm all the vessels of war belonging to the republic, the estimate for the marine department will be increased to 2,260,422 dollars, 6 reads. Comparative statement of the produce of the revenue, for the first nine months of 1826, with the produce of the revenue realized during the same nine months for 1825. At the same time, it appears from another table, that the estimates for 1826 were made out from the receipts of the revenue in 1824, and the increase during the present year, compared with 1824, is From direct taxes, 23,578,000f. 4,032,000 1826. forests. } Sale of wood, 25,950,000 Stamp duties, Revenue and sale of domains, Indirect Customs, navigation dues, &c. taxes on the coast, On liquors, 79,886,000 77,709,000 Various indirect taxes, stage coaches, &c. Sale of tobacco, Sale of powder, Post office, 5 per cent. on sending The amount of the debt of France, constituting the capital of the rentes, as they are called, or inscriptions on the great book, is, we believe, about four hundred mil lions of dollars. SUMMARY STATEMENT Of the Exports of the Growth, Produce, and Manufacture of the United States, during the year ending September 30th, 1826. Produce of the fisheries, Furs, skins, ginseng, oak bark, naval stores, pot and pearl ashes, Lumber, staves, and shingles, Beef, tallow, hides, butter and cheese, pork, and live animals, Tobacco, $1,473,388 1,939,556 2,011,694 3,098,860 7,527,257 5,347,208 |