In this manner he held up the Navy Department to a strict accountability and made it responsible to Congress and not to the cabinet for its administration, and he thus, from his own point of view, relieved the Treasury Department from any responsibility for extraordinary expenditure.
Mr.Gallatin closed his four years of administration with flying colors.
The successful management of the finances was an important factor in the election of 1804, which returned Mr.Jefferson to the presidential chair and insured to the country the inestimable advantages of Mr.Gallatin's practical mind.

Order reigned in his department at least, and order subordinate to the strictest requirements of law.

In the four years, 1801-1804, Jefferson's first term, the imports aggregated $337,363,510 and the customs yielded $45,000,000.
The annual report, made December 9, 1805, announced an increasing revenue, amounting in all to thirteen and one half millions of dollars, chiefly from customs.

Still Mr.Gallatin made but small addition to his estimates for the coming year.

The permanent revenue he raised to twelve and one half millions and increased the appropriation for the payment of the debt and interest to eight millions.