Treasury Department November 10. 1798 Sir, In pursuance of the request in your letter of the 4^th instant and for the purpose therein mentioned, I enclose a view of the public finances. I am respectfully, Sir, Your Obedient Servant [signed] Oliver Wolcott The Secretary of War The Secretary of the Treasury in pursuance of the request contained in the letter from the Secretary of War dated the 4^th instant, and with reference to the objects mentioned in the document accompanying the same, submits the following view of the finances of the United States. Of the Revenue The duties on Impost and Tonnage have produced in the Treasury the following sums Viz: — During the year 1793 . . . . $5,588,961 26 During the year 1794 . . . . 6,840,982 [undecipherable] During the year 1797 . . . . 7,549,649 65 During the two months preceding the first of October 1798 . . 7,105,420 86 It is presumed that notwithstanding the depreciation on Commerce the before mentioned branch of Revenue may be safely estimated at . . . . . . . . $67,100,000 [undecipherable] The duties on Domestic distilled Spirits, Sales of Licenses for selling foreign Spirits and Wines by Retail, refined sugars and Carriages have produced during the periods above mentioned, the following sums — Viz.