, 1864-12-13

Total of cigars, sl,a55 424.7o. .sa6saol 80
The Total number ct pounds Of tobacco manu.
pounds Of snu is equal to 70 sa3 58 pounds OF leaf
Iobaeco, ~ Tbs total number Of cigars returned
Sas 4oa Ts8, 700, consuming ~ their manufacture
yious. amount makes grand totn Of 81, t@,055
pounds Of leaf tobacco consumeld during the year.
At cents psE thts a9n9t g 19 wogd hays
amount actually received, difference IN fayor Of
the Government OF $l4 3D., 446o. -.
If the total manufactures Of the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1855, arc as great as during the pre-
from, ut preeent Of taxation and assessment
will amount to SGT 7554. .51441. For this amount Of
would yield s2s,sss,513 revenues difference II
# he b q aa ahoat
the manufactures Of last ycar can be returned dur
ing the present ea 1 Ct 5hsse S stes theaetosc
evident TINT the country requires a larger manu-
cture than that Of last year. and therefore, II tho
tux were applied TO The Leaf the revenue would
513, because the trade would not then labor nnder
the disadvantage Of tho restrictions placed upon
them by the law.
all eyasions will he prevented, and every pound Of
tobacco Will be asconnted foT and wfil produce It,
fst q TIE ta T. ~ 49, e. she exports q
In 1868 they we're 7,25 ,2i8 pounds, Of which nom
four to five thousand PACKAGES were OF Canadian
manufacture, tAC draw bAcE upon which, under tue
system proposed, would be about s., QUO QUO.
TEE wAnEnoUs1So SYSTEM.
The report proposes to have the producer obtain
permit to plant tobacco from the assessor Of his
district, and make returns to him Of the amount
the bonded warehouse under the usual Eegulaions-
By this system both the producer and Spectator
i in h ssa e@ e st p ss Z
withdrawn from the warehouse By the manntac-
turer.
ns nessps sanI q 3E1 Ea a0n5sss e e.
suggestions therein presented.
SECOND DAYS FRocEEpiN6s-
From the Herald.]
Pursuant to Adjournment, tho mombers OF the
above convention held mother meeting at the
Cooper Institute yesterday. Mr. lawrence presid.
ed. Various addresses fa 9,;;e.a reference t9 he
Committee On RESOLUTIONS submitted a r.
Rittea Rdit to 70 Congress. fhs COMMITTEES eonsiee1ed
Of he trade, and proposed that one thoasand cop
les should be printed and distributed.
A resolution WIS then proposed to send memo.
Statee to Congress, that the ta1 might be taken
from the man1faetuTed article and pleced On the
raw material " Il Peass of Ct Connecteut % offered
cutters, and suu makers prepare petition IN hc1r
Congressional districts: 70 DO presented to Con-
ess by he members 1T ef the yafions districts ior
4 resolution was passed fnsInctins the Execu-
tive Committee to confer with an eminent lawyer
to draft law In reference to The taxes to be pre-
seuted to Congress for adoption.
A long deb3te took place on ulotion to pro-
pose 4 tax Of twenty-five cents per pound on raH
tobacco. Mr, Pearce, who advocated this proposf-
ton, observed that such ta1 wonld produce
twenty-five millions Of dollars for the support Of
the Government, which would come within a7o
millions OF dollars OF the tax which was raised BY
Great Britain on tobacco. Tho proposition y
name price was, howeyer, finally abandoned, the
msjority being willing to leave this matter to
Congress.
THIS concluded the business Of the Convention.
and after a vote OF thanks had been offered To tho
President, the Convention adjourned sine die,