The Registered Tonnage as corrected at this Office, for the year, 1816, is stated at Tons. 95ths. 800,759 63 The Enrolled and Licensed Tonnage is stated at 522,164 84 49,294 01 The Tonnage on which Duties were collected during the year 1816, amounted as follows: Registered Tonnage, paying duty on each voyage... 865,219 57 Enrolled and licensed Tonnage employed in the Coasting Trade, paying an annual Duty Fishing Vessels the same..... Note. Duties were also paid on Tonnage owned by Citizens of The United States, engaged in Foreign Trade, not registered Ditto......Coasting Trade 414,594 47 48,147 40 Tons... 1,327,961 49 11,811 02 430 82 12,241 84 Total Amount of Tonnage, on which Duties were collected .... Tons. 1,340,203 38 The Registered Tonnage, being corrected for the year, 1816, according to the mode prescribed for the government of the Collectors of the several Districts, as stated in the Communication made to Congress the 27th February, 1802, and in conformity with the intimation contained in the Register's Letter of the 7th December, 1811, may be considered nearly the true amount of that description of Tonnage :800,759 63 viz: ....... The Enrolled and Licensed Tonnage is stated at the amount upon which the annual duty was collected in 1816, on that description of Tonnage, and may be considered as nearly the true amount... at Fishing Vessels, the same The District Tonnage of The United States is stated ........ Tons 414,594 47 48,147 40 Tons 1,263,501 55 Of the Enrolled and Licensed Tonnage, amounting as above stated to 522,164 84 tons, there was employed in the whale fishery, 1,168 tons. I beg leave to subjoin a Statement (marked A.) of the Tonnage for the year, 1816, compared with the amount thereof as exhibited in the preceding Annual Statement for 1815; with Notes in relation to the increase of the Registered and Enrolled Tonnage respectively, in 1816. By this Statement, it appears that the total amount of new Vessels, built in the several Districts of The United States in 1816, was: 62,206 41 69,461 45 Total Amount, Tons 131,667 86 I have the honor to be, &c. JOSEPH NOURSE, Register. The Hon. Wm. H. Crawford. Recapitulation of the Tonnage of The United States, for the Year 1816. Tons 95ths. The aggregate amount of the Tonnage of The United States, on the 31st December, 1816, is stated at ......... 1,372,218 53 Whereof : Permanent Registered Tonnage... 701,477 66 Total Registered Tonnage Permanent Enrolled and Licensed Tonnage........... 501,497 41 Temporary............do... .... Total Enrolled and Licensed Tonnage.. Licensed Vessels, under 20 Tons, 800,759 63 17,529 03 (a) 519,026 44 employed in the Coasting Trade........ 42,185 70 Cod Fishery .... Total Licensed Tonnage, under 20 Tons...... 10,246 66 52,432 41 General Statement of Tonnage Accounts, showing the Increase of NOTE.-The increase of the Registered Tonnage for the Year 1816, is shown as follows: The difference in the Registered and Enrolled Tonnage above, brought The nominal increase appears to be 73,216 71 4,090 70 Tons, 95ths.. 77,307 46 Treasury Department, Register's Office, 14th January, 1818. Tonnage, from the 31st Dec. 1815, to the 31st Dec. 1816, inclusive, NOTE.-The increase of Enrolled Tonnage for the year 1816, is The difference in favor of the increased Registered Tonnage, brought over 15,242 84 Enrolled Tonnage, brought down 60,657 93 CAPITULATION of the Spanish Troops at Amelia Island, and Proclamation, &c. of General MacGregor, as Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish-American Forces.*-Fernandina, June, July, 1817. (1.)-Capitulation of the Island of Amelia.-(Translation.) Fernandina, 29th June, 1817. BRIGADIER-GENERAL MacGregor, Commander-in-Chief of all the Forces, both Naval and Military, destined to effect the Independence of the Floridas, duly authorized by the Constituted Authorities of the Republics of Mexico, Buenos Ayres, New-Granada and Venezuela, offers to Don Francisco Morales, Capitan del Regimiento de Cuba, and Commandant, Civil and Military, of the Island of Amelia, the following Terms: ART. I. The Commandant, Civil and Military, Don Francisco de Morales, shall forthwith surrender the Garrison of the Island, with all the arms and munitions of War belonging to the King of Spain. II. All the Officers and Troops of the Garrison shall surrender as Prisoners of War, to be sent to Augustine, or to The Havana, with their private baggage, which shall be respected. III. The lives and property of all Private Persons, whether Friends or Foes to the System of Independence, shall be sacred and inviolate; and to those who do not choose to join the Standard of Independence, 6 months shall be allowed to sell or otherwise dispose of their property. IV. The General also offers to the Inhabitants of Amelia, whether Friends or Foes, who have absented themselves on account of the present circumstances, the privilege of returning to their Homes, and enjoying the benefit of the IIIrd Article of this Capitulation; and Passports will be freely granted to all who wish to depart. The preceding Articles were agreed to between the Commandant, Don Francisco Morales, and the Secretary of General MacGregor. BERNARDO SEGIN. Approved, FRANCISCO MORALES. JOSEPH DE YRIBARREN. GREGOR MACGREGOR. (2.)-Proclamation of General MacGregor.-(Translation.) Head Quarters, Amelia Island, 30th June, 1817. GREGOR MACGREGOR, Brigadier-General of the Armies of the United Provinces of New-Granada and Venezuela, and General-in Referred to as Addenda, to the Message of the President of the United States to Congress, respecting Amelia Island, of 13th January, 1818. See Vol, 1817,-18. Page 762. |