US Presidency
1886

I especially direct the attention of the Congress to the recommendations contained in this and the last preceding report of the Secretary touching the simplification and amendment of the laws relating to the collection of our revenues, and in the interest of economy and justice to the Government I hope they may be adopted by appropriate legislation. The ordinary receipts of the Government for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886, were $ 336,439,727.06. Of this amount $ 192,905,023.41 was received from customs and $ 116,805,936.48 from internal revenue. The total receipts, as here stated, were $ 13,749,020.68 greater than for the previous year, but the increase from customs was $ 11,434,084.10 and from internal revenue $ 4,407,210.94, making a gain in these items for the last year of $ 15,841,295.04, a falling off in other resources reducing the total increase to the smaller amount mentioned.