ICRB8. <Tni 



MESSAGE.) 





nil purpose* of ii, 



ui.-i wh.-n u nOpalaSJ -!r ,_-.. f r . - r. 



A h ,,ur obiifistioM "- - m 



e can hardly he*i' ugniat 



Deferring the choice of . 



trrive*. we should 



Btren were appointed to plaeat not beted** in the 



uM ma U determined upon 



1 u,t,-n- 



Mil ' f . 



fgMtl I 



we should 



nstances exi 

 its of public Uw and our regard 



llily of ; la! i' n 



- *l,.,.iM plainly t. .i.l 



and ill-tmtrd expre 



lint I 



.h 



welt us a n-^nnl f 

 ations and tin i 



lete devastation wil. 



will nub* i 



. ,-l aixl Ht tin- name ti""' prom- 

 :t- an o|.|H,rtunity l<> 



11 and 



nin H !u mb- 



aii-l 

 zurlu It con- 





aH'itt 



Toroncca 1 . tin- 



'.ir advanced. nnl pri>niine to 



a Micoetaful oonmitnmation at an early 



he past year 85 appoint im-nt hare been 



<errice,87>f win, l, . 



nci oauaed ly .l.nih .-r t.*. 

 plv newly created poita, 9 to meet** 



rn. the offlctal tit 



n^i-nt t 



part- 



f ilnn ap|Niinttl hail 

 vious Mnrice under the de|mi 



l>erons who paased a *ali*factory 





* of exam n ants for certain 



nl.-r issued 



nf tlr 



;an *>f . \tunination. promotions and 



in, unit* n 1 - have been 

 \ccllcnt result*. 



'it 1 1 -i i i * ' ' t i 



>iiui*( 1'iucTA, |nuvniflU lor oy 



n appn'i>ruitiun for that purpoie at the last ses- 

 sion of tbo Congrats, has been jm- 

 tolsjOsMdhifetlNsI I . 



in the futr be continued. I know of nothing 



i d.nc VIM, - -. , - . 



t- t!,. HTfioi 1 ' afa ' 



..-: : hi ' 



' . f ; ..-..'; .' . -; 



... r- *.<[ !i- f. r MM ISJDSjSjSjMSJfl "' : '- 



at foreign caj reasons Mppuning tin* 



ranomnisiiditlon are strongly stated in 



of the Secrrtar nd the * 



such iin|>riaiii r that I h- i-- tl may receive the 



earlv ,. 



e hut vear labored faithfully 

 and against unf 



.in lave lately 



[!.- i . r.!,! '-.....- 



causes of their rapid duraaai. I j 

 commisioner.soon to be 

 with thrfxercise of patience and good smse on the 



l-art of all inu-refttrd |rtie. it t earnestly hoped 

 that hearty co-operation may be secured for the 

 i rota\ ti. n nfajsjsj :.... : 

 life in th. ix.rthirn l'u< i He and Bering Sea. 



rt-asury reports that lur- 

 lie fiscal year ei> 30, 18% the receipts 



f tin- (i< all ources amounted to 



p.-lnur-v van $4.:;- > . M, taencesi of , v 

 penditures over r $2&.* 



808,245.70. The ordinarv expenditures <. 



\vt-rt- $4.015.K'2.21 lew than duhr. 





 th.T,- :.- iit-n\-'l fr--ni . Bill DM lilt I IH '. *!"" 



>1.67. and frm internal revenue $146,380,- 

 615.66. The receipts from customs snow an in- 

 crease of $7.868,184.22 over those from the fame 



>e 80. 1895. and 

 tin- n- !!!- fnxn internal revenue an miliass of 



ur imported dutiable men handise 

 dunnu- the last fiscal year was $860.7'. 

 .f fn-.- K"l- importetl $409.!- 



value of duti- 



at.!,- p^N. and $41. 11 .(KM in the value of free 



goods over the preceding year. Oar exports of 



merchant I IM\ foreign and domestic, amosjntod in 



vabM ;. ^^--..>H;.-,.> - . . .- ....,;. ; - . 



.; vear of $75.068.778. The average aW ia/sriai 



lid on dutiable goods imported during the 



yeaf 780*4 per eent. and on^rw and dutiabk 



looditaco JNkM IMI pareeni 



Mlrrnal revenue was 

 2*78 tier tvnt.. a am 



. exclusix 

 86Usm708 taxable gallons, being an mcnase of 



* an increase of 1,448.676 gallons of t 



..m|*rl with the prrce*!. 



' larrebof 



(lurr.1 



88^80.784 prodaoed m 

 the preceding fiscal year, being an increase of 



The total amount of gold exported clurinj: the 

 IMI iui farwat$lll,l(>4; 



541.*. ,n mrreae of 



and $U.2K..:>4 ol M^T i-r : . - ' 



fiscal rear. The imnorts of gold 

 of silver $3> 



