Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-21

he SECRETARY OF the Treasury yeS,arday
communicated 10 Congress he fret reaort
made to him by the Hon. George s. Boutwell,.
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue, respect
ing the operations Of the Excise LAW passed
by the present Congress at its last session.
Mr.. Boutwell, entered upon his officiafesuties
on the 18th day Of July last. The States no; in
actual rebellion have been divided into eo,tec-
tion dis tricis, corresponding in number ranar
ally TO the Representative 10 which they will
be severally entitled in the Thirty eighth
Congress An assessor and collector ha ys
been appointed in each district The whole
number of districts is one hundred and eighty.
tnre'', ihcinnlng TWO IN virginia not filled by
appointment OF assessors and collectors
The assessors and collectors have been re-
CURED 10 make returns of the mum ber of depu-
~ collectors and assistant assessors employed
in the several districts. The whole number of
deputy collectors thus appointed is So; the
mum Der of assistant assessors is 255S: making
an aggregate Of collectors, deputy collectors,
assessors, and assistant assessors OF 3sit
There are also sixty male clerks and eight fr-
NAL. clerks who have been appoin led in tha
Treasury Department, and assigned TO duty I'm
the office of Internal Revenue. The whole
number Of persons employed in assessing and
collecting the revenue is therefore 3SS2
Although the organization of the ONCE IS Hew
nearly accomplished, Mr.. Boutwell, states that
the returns Of assessors and collectors are not
yet SO general and complete in their character
as 10 enable him 70 furnish tatistics OF import-
6nce as the basis Of an estimate Of the revenue
10 oe derived from specific subjects OF taxation.
As the result, however. of a carful inyestiga-
ton recently instituted into the several sources
OF revenue, he makes the following statement
as 10 the probable amount that will be raised
under the excise law:
Il have not the means. ut the present time
OF estimating with confidence, the amount of
revenue which will be derived under the ex-
else law OF July ist, le62. During the last
menth have caused q careful investigation 10
be instituted into the several sources OF rev.
which may he derived from each source.
"Accordng 10 Tins estimate. there will be re-
ceiyed from all sources, except stamp duties,
during the current and fiscal year, ending the
3Gth OF June next, the sum S6I,991,79a. i esti-
mate that the Receipts from stamp duties, during
the same period, will amount 10 the sum OF
Si5,G O,GO, making an aggregate revenue of
S16,1S9..ao. This result has been reached by
the most careful inquiry that could be insu-
tuted into The AMOUNT OF the various kinds of
manufactures, the revenue 10 be derived from
each. and by a like careful inquiry into all the
other sources of income
This estimate is less by about eight millions
dollars than the general estimates which
j had the honor 10 submit 10 you early in
the month OF December last L have only TO
say that, in the more careful investigation
which has recently been made the revenue
from each source has been estimated below
rather than above, what may reasonably be
anticipated. 1T may be assumed, further, that
without material changes i'm the business OF the
country, the re- venue from the same sources,
for the hseal year 1854, will not be less than
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