Of which sum there has probably been paid to the Contractors 117,476 49 dollars, leaving the sum of 106,078 51 yet to be paid, when the Contractors shall have executed their respective contracts.

All which is respectfully submitted.

I have, &c.

JOHN RODGERS.

The Hon. Smith Thompson, Secretary of the Navy.

COMMERCIAL Statements, accompanying the Report of the Committee of the House of Representatives of The United States, on Manufactures.—15th January, 1821.

(1.)-Statement shewing the estimated value of the Domestic and Foreign Merchandise annually Exported from The United States to Foreign Countries.—1789 to 1820.

(3.)-Value of Exports and Imports of The United States, for the Year ending on the 30th September 1819.

PROCLAMATION respecting the Discriminating Duties on Norwegian Ships in the Ports of The United States.20th August, 1821.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, by an Act of the Congress of The United States, of the 3d of March, 1815* so much of the several Acts imposing duties on the Ships and Vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchandize, imported into The United States, as imposed a discriminating duty of tonnage between Foreign Vessels and Vessels of The United States, and between goods imported into The United States in Foreign Vessels, and Vessels of The United States, were repealed, so far as the same respected the produce or manufacture of the Nation to which such Foreign Ship or Vessel might belong, such repeal to take effect in favour of any Foreign Nation whenever the President of The United States should be satisfied that the discriminating or countervailing duties of such Foreign Nation, so far as they operate to the disadvantage of The United States, have been abolished.

And whereas satisfactory proof has been received by me, through the Chargé d'Affaires of The United States in Sweden, under date of the 30th day of January, 1821, that thenceforward all discriminating or countervailing duties in the Kingdom of Norway, so far as they operated to the disadvantage of The United States, had been and were abolished.

Now, therefore, I, James Monroe, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim, that so much of the several Acts imposing duties on the tonnage of Ships and Vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchandize, imported into The United States, as imposed a discriminating duty of tonnage between Vessels of the Kingdom of Norway and Vessels of The United States, and between goods imported into The United States in Vessels of the said Kingdom of Norway and Vessels of The United States, are repealed, so far as the same respect the produce or manufacture of the said Kingdom of Norway.

Given under my Hand, at the City of Washington, this 20th day of August, in the year of our Lord 1821, and the 46th year of the Independence of The United States.

By the President:

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Secretary of State.

JAMES MONROE.

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LETTER from the Secretary of War to the Congress of The United States, transmitting information in relation to the progress of the Board of Engineers, in the selection of sites of Fortifications, &c—12th February, 1821.

SIR,

Department of War, 12th February, 1821. In compliance with a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, directing" that the Secretary of War report to that House the progress which had been made by the Board of Engineers, in determining the sites and plans of Fortifications of the Coast of The United States; the sites which may have been selected; the estimates of the expense in completing the several works; the number of troops necessary to garrison them in peace, and in war; the progress made in erecting the Fortifications; the advantages resulting from the system when completed, particularly in reducing the expense of defending the Atlantic frontier;" I have the honor to enclose a Report of the Board of Engineers, marked A, and a Report of the Engineer Department, marked B, which give the information required by the Resolution.

It may be proper to observe, that the projected Fortifications have been distributed into three classes, according to their relative importance, and that it is determined to erect those of the first class, previous to the commencement of the second and third classes, with the exception of the works at Mobile Point and Dauphin Island. These works were commenced in preference to those projected at Bayou Bienvenue, and Fort St. Philip; for, although the latter are placed in the first class, it was not however deemed proper to commence with them, as they were much less extensive than the two former, and could be completed in a short time, should the state of our relations with other Powers render it necessary.

The contractors for the works at the Rigolets were, by the arrangements with them, to have erected those contemplated at Chef Menteur, but so many impediments have been encountered, that it has been necessary for them to confine their operations wholly to the former. I have the honour to be, &c.

J. C. CALHOUN. The Hon. John W. Taylor, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

SIR,

(A.)-Report of the Board of Engineers.

City of Washington, 7th February, 1821. THE following summary of the operations of the Board of Engineers, called for by your order, is respectfully submitted.

The Commission charged with reconnoitering the frontiers of The United States, has completed the three most important sections of the maritime boundaries, viz. The Coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast between Cape Hatteras and Cape Cod, and the Coast between Cape