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sentatives. The salary of the President is §25,000 

 per annum ; of the Vice-President, $5,000 ; of the 

 Secretaries and Postmaster General, $6,000 each ; 

 and of the Attorney-General, $4,000. 



REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES OF GOVERNMENT FOR 

 THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1849. 



Receipts. 

 From Customs, $28,346,738 



Public Lands, 1,688,959 



Miscellaneous sources, 1,038,649 



Treasury IS'otes & Loans, 28,588,750 

 In Treasury, July 1, 1848, 153,534 



Expenditures. 

 Cash, $46,798,667 



Treasury Notes funded, 10,898,342 



Total Receipts, $59,816,630 Total, $57,697,009 



Estimated receipts for the year ending June 30, 1850, $37,823,- 

 464; expenditures, $43,651,585. Public debt, December 1, 1849, 

 $64,704,693. 



The population of the United States at the time of 

 the Declaration of independence was about 2,500,- 

 000. In 1850, the population is estimated at 22,000,- 

 000, 3,000,000 of which are slaves. 



The principal denominations of Christians, accord- 

 ing to the latest returns, are as follows : — 



Communicants. 

 Methodist Episcopal Church, 663,310 



« « " South, 504,530 



" Protestant and Wesleyan, 81,000 



Total of Methodists, 



1,248,830 



Not Cora'ts. 



5,000,000 



