Court-Houses. Aggregates. Estimated cost of Statement showing the places where Custom-Houses, Court-Houses, and Post Offices have been asked for but not authorized, the revenue collected at each, and cost of collection the last fiscal year, with the estimated cost of buildings. $43,145,261 41 $1,298,376 56 $41,853,565 43 $6,680 58 $1,226,107 76 $336,150 86 $889,956 90 14.345 83 50,000 1,098 83 513 19 50.000 4,837 94 4,596 51 50,000 7,369 83 6,895 99 50,000 4,275 66 2.717 901 50,000 8,512 69 4.927 43 50,000 10,978 90 7,700 15 ¡ 50,000 These estimates are such as would be asked for, judging by others for like places and purposes. OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTION, TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March 2, 1858. A. H. BOWMAN, Engineer in charge. Exports and Imports. Statement exhibiting the gross value of exports and imports from the beginning of the government to the 30th of June, 1857. Post Office Department. The following tabular statement is from an official report of the present Postmaster-General, Aaron V. Brown. Statement showing the gross revenue in each state and territory for the year ending June 30th, 1857. The above statement shows only the insufficiency of the net revenue to pay the regular inland transportation, without embracing the foreign mails, route agents, local agents, and mail messengers, and other important items paid for directly at the department. $2,814.574 Paid for foreign mails, per auditor's report Paid for route agents, local agents, and mail messengers, per auditor's report 417.220 502.718 51.776 45.376 54566 29,634 623 23,972 $3,940,459 Public Lands. Statement showing the areas of the several land states and territories, the amount of land disposed of by sale and otherwise, and the amouni unsold and undisposed of on the 30th of June, 1857. * Includes reserves under deeds of cession. Exclusive of Chickasaw cessions. Includes the estimated quantity of 560,000 acres of the Des Moines river grant, situated in this state, above the Racoon fork of the Des Moines river. Is the estimate of the Des Moines river grant in this territory, as above. |