2. Statement of the Annual Amounts of Deposits of Gold, for Coinage, at the Mint of the U. States, Philadelphia, from the Mines of the U. States. Virginia. North South Georgia. Tennes- Alabama. Not as Carolina. Carolina. see. Total. certained. The Branches of the Mint at New Orleans, Dahlonega, and Charlotte were, neither of them, in full operation at the date (Jan. 13, 1837) of the last Report of the Director. IX. PUBLIC LANDS. 1. Exhibit of the Quantity of Public Land offered for sale in each year; the Quantity of Public Land sold, and the Amount paid by Purchasers therefor, in each year; with the Average Price per acre of the Lands sold, and the Average Quantity offered for sale, in each year, from the commencement of the Cash System, (1st July, 1820,) to the 30th of September, 1837. Average quantity offered for sale, per annum, since the commencement of the cash system, 6,806,243 acres. 2. Exhibit of the estimated Quantity of Public Land in each State and Territory; the Quantity offered at Public Sale; with the Quantity sold, and the Amount received therefor, from the earliest period of the Sales to the 30th September, 1837. Ohio, 16,555,952.17 16,512,110.65 12,373,247.58 $21,777,692.95 Indiana, 20,457,393.67 18,464,679.82 13,754,370.12 Illinois, 31,933,736.31| 23,991,748.89 9,273,256.99 Missouri 40,241,436.55 21,004,365.47 5,531,954.81 31,699,470.19 29,265,055.93 10,088,687.75 21,920,786.32 20,172,482.34 9,235,945.26 6,543,393.39 2.010,426.45 Ala.* 17,569,450.39 11,610,024.72 7,435,881.96 16,466,849.08 Miss.* 12,538,606.13 La. 20,437,559.43 2,714,805.78 Mich. 31,118,392 50 12,731,853.08 8,894,224.68 11,186,537.41 Statement of the Annual Expenditures, exclusive of the Public Debt, from the commencement of the Government to the 31st of December, 1837; as stated by the Secretary of the Treasury. *The lands ceded by the Chickasaws are not taken into the account in any of these amounts; also, the lands in Ohio, to be sold for the benefit of the Indians, have been excluded. Estimated on Searcy's map. In calculating the unsurveyed lands, one third was deducted for water and swamps. Six townships of land offered for sale in October, 1837, are included in this quantity. XI. POST-OFFICE ESTABLISHMENT. [Statement of the First Assistant Postmaster-General.] On the 30th of June, 1836, the length of the post routes in operation in the United States was 118,264 miles, and the annual transportation thereon amounted to 27,578,620 miles. During the year ending the 30th of June, 1837, 22,978 miles were added to the length of the post routes, and the annual transportation was increased 5,018,386 miles, as is more fully shown by the following Table of Mail Service for the 30th of June, 1837. RATES OF POSTAGE. On a Single Letter composed of One Piece of Paper. For any distance not exceeding 30 miles, 6 cents. A Letter composed of two pieces of paper, is charged with double these rates; of three pieces, with triple; and of four pieces, with quadruple. "One or more pieces of paper, mailed as a letter, and weighing one ounce, shall be charged with quadruple postage; and at the same rate, should the weight be greater." Newspaper Postage. For each Newspaper, not carried out of the State in which it is published, or, if carried out of the State, not carried over 100 miles, 1 cent. Over 100 miles, and out of the State in which it is published, 14 cents. Magazines and Pamphlets. If published periodically, dist. not exceeding 100 miles, 1 cts. per sheet. do. distance over Ditto. 100 66 21 If not pub. periodically, dist. not exceeding 100 do. distance over 66 4 66 66 Ditto "Every Printed Pamphlet or Magazine which contains more than twenty-four pages, on a royal sheet, or any sheet of less dimensions, shall be charged by the sheet; and small pamphlets, printed on a half or quarter sheet, of royal or less size, shall be charged with half the amount of postage charged on a full sheet." The postage on Ship Letters, if delivered at the office where the vessel arrives, is six cents; if conveyed by post, two cents in addition to the ordinary postage. Privilege of Franking. Letters and packets to and from the following officers of the govern ment, are by law received and conveyed by post, free of postage. The President and Vice-President of the United States, Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, and Navy; Attorney-General; PostmasterGeneral, and Assistant Postmasters-General; Comptrollers, Auditors, Register and Solicitor of the Treasury; Treasurer; Commissioner of the General Land Office; Commissioners of the Navy Board; Commissary-General; Inspectors-General; Quartermaster-General; PaymasterGeneral; Superintendent of Patent-Office; Speaker and Clerk of the House of Representatives; President and Secretary of the Senate; and any individual who shall have been, or may hereafter be, President of the United States; and each may receive newspapers by post, free of postage. Each member of the Senate, and each member and delegate of the House of Representatives, may send and receive, free of postage, newspapers, letters, and packets, weighing not more than two ounces, (in case of excess of weight, excess alone to be paid for,) and all documents printed by order of either House, from the period of sixty days before he takes his seat in Congress, till the next meeting of the next Congress. Postmasters may send and receive, free of postage, letters and packets not exceeding half an ounce in weight; and they may receive one daily newspaper, each, or what is equivalent thereto. Printers of newspapers may send one paper to each and every other printer of newspapers within the United States, free of postage, under such regulations as the Postmaster-General may provide. XII. COMMERCE. 1. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF EACH STATE. Statement of the Commerce of each State and Territory, commencing on the 1st of October, 1836, and ending on the 30th of September, 1837. Total, $122,177,193 18,812.024 140,989,217 95,564,414 21,854,962 117,419,376| |