\56] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



vernment in every department 

 were estimated at less than '10 

 millions of dollars, while the per- 

 manent revenue arising from the 

 existing sources was stated at 

 about 25 millions. The mea- 

 sures taken for regulating the 

 currency were alluded to, in 

 whicli the Bank of the United 

 States would bo an important 

 auxiliary. 



The President concluded his 

 message with self- congratulation 

 on the condition of that country, 

 his public services in which he 

 was soon to quit; and certainly, 

 at the present period, it would 

 not be easy to name the rulei' of 

 any other considerable state, who 

 could offer a prospect s'o cheer- 

 ing, of difficulties overcome, and 

 the means of future prosperity. 



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