Condensed statement showing value of imports and exports at the port of Samana during the years 1875, 1876, and 1877, &c., undated
Condensed statement showing value of imports and exports at the port of Samana during the years 1875, 1876, and 1877, &c.
Arrivals of vessels at the port of Samana during the year 1875.
| British | 28 | Danish | 3 |
| German | 13 | Spanish | 1 |
| American | 12 | ||
| Dominican | 4 | Total arrivals | 67 |
| Dutch | 6 |
| Import duties | $50,177 57 |
| Charge | 6,032 39 |
| Total | 56,209 96 |
Value of imports estimated at $110,000.
Departures of vessels from the port of Samana during the year 1875.
| German | 13 | Dominican | 2 |
| American | 8 | Italian | 1 |
| British | 7 | ||
| Dutch | 3 | Total | 34 |
Vessels leaving port without taking cargo are not included in this and the following lists of departures:
| Export duty | $10,957 85 |
| Charges | 328 81 |
| Total | 11,286 66 |
Value of exports estimated at $150,000.
Arrivals of vessels at the port of Samana during the year 1876.
| British | 31 | Spanish | 2 |
| German | 11 | Danish | 1 |
| American | 8 | Haytian | 1 |
| Dominican | 4 | ||
| Holland | 3 | Total arrivals | 61 |
Tonnage, 28,568.
Value of imports, $53,275.03.
| Import duty | $19,655 76 |
| Charges | 1,316 99 |
| 20,972 75 |
Departures of vessels from the port of Samana during the year 1876.
| German | 12 | Dominican | 2 |
| British | 10 | Danish | 1 |
| American | 5 | ||
| Spanish | 2 | Total | 34 |
| Holland | 2 |
Value of exports, $58,312.86.
| Export duty | $4,171 98 |
| Charges | 87 90 |
| 4,259 88 |
Port charges at Samana, Santo Domingo.—Tonnage, $1 per register ton; entry, 6 cents per register ton; anchorage, 6 cents per register ton; pilotage, 6 cents per register ton; health officer, $4; interpreter, $4; vigia (port signal service), $4. Small vessels pay one-half of the three last charges.
Vessels loading on the coast are required to procure a special permit for so doing, and are charged $1 per ton extra. Steam and other vessels running as regular packets pay no tonnage fees.
In addition to the import and export duties fixed by government, a local municipal tax is also imposed upon many articles, which, taken in connection with the difference between the government standard of values and actual values, will swell the most on imports to about 50 per cent., and on exports to about 8 per cent.
Export duty is generally a specific tax for package, as, for instance, tobacco pays an export duty of 50 cents per seroon, the value of which will vary from $5 to $10.
Samana, October 15, 1877.
BENJAMIN F. CLARK, Vice Commercial Agent
Arrivals of vessels at the port of Samana during the year ending September 30, 1877.
| British | 27 | Danish | 3 |
| American | 10 | Holland | 1 |
| German | 10 | Austrian | 1 |
| Dominican | 4 | ||
| Haytian | 3 | Total arrivals | 59 |
| Value of imports | $76,000 00 |
| Import duty and port charges | 37,981,76 |
| Value of exports for the year ending September 30, 1877, estimated at (more or less) | 75,000 00 |
As the stocks of imports (provisions excepted) are, generally speaking, full, and sales dull, and as only about one-half of the crop of tobacco, &c., had been shipped up to September 30, it may be calculated that the value of the exports for the current year ending December 31, 1877, will exceed the value of the imports by some $25,000.
Vice Commercial Agent.