Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-05
Report OF the Commissioner of Inter-
nal Revenue.

mi neVcnue.
One Of the most important reports in the
annual budget is that of Commissioner Rol.
lins, of the Bureau Of Internal Revenue.
The Commissioner explains, in beginning,
that Hon. Joseph ]. Lewis having resigned
July LIST, and his successor, Hon. William
0rtun, on Nayember LIST, he had but little
time for the preparation of q complet 70.
port. He says:
at is matter Of sincere congratulation
that, thus far, the people of this country
have so patiently borne the burden which
has been put upon them, and have so freely
contributed Of their substance to fill the Ma
tional Treasury. With few exceptions, the
demand Of the tax collector has been met
promptly and willingly. And when it is rec
objected that the present generation only
know by tradition, or by reference to obso-
lete statutes, that taxes have ever been i'm
posed in this country upon articles of their
own manufacture, and the objects of internal
traffic, or upon the various crafts or profes.
sions in which they are Employed and when,
too, it is considered that the revenue thus
collected for the single year ending June 80,
1865, amounts to q sum nearly or quite equal
to all the receipts Of this Government, from
whatever sources except loans and Treasury
notes,) from its organization to the war Of
1872; and when 1t is further considered that
this amount was contributed at time when
the commercial marine Of the country had
been nearly destroyed, and more than mil
lion Of hardy men were withdrawn from the
productive pursuits Of life, we may not only
be justly proud that the national strength
has been fully equal to the burden imposed,
m haan hnrpa iatI pI
willingly.
AGGREGATE RECEIPTS.
Tho aggregate receipts of internal revenue
for the fiscal year we're
sls63. 1854. 1855.
vi, 0o3, 1872 % Al6 $50, 672 A S2ll, l29, SO II
These amounts are exclusive of the direct
tax, or tax Of twenty millions of dollars upon
the lands Of the country, which has been
partially paid in various ways, and the duty
upon the circulation and deposits Of National
Banks, which in 1858 was paid to the Comp.
troller of the Currency, and has since been
paid to the Treasurer, but are inclusive of
drawback and sums refunded which in the
several years were as follows:
,ss, !prgTSsek !S,1 TSS K Amount R:fnnded
1854. 6S7,4Sl 90 237, 40 81
1896. 5.......... 69S,656 SO 422,734 SO
1t may not be Improbable to present in
juxtapostion the amounts received from sew
eral of the most importent sources of reve-
nue., with brief suggestions in relation to
their differences. II should be borne in
mind that the law was in operation but ten
months for the year ending June 80, 1868.
Banks, Trust Companies, and Savings Instf-
1865. H'0"'' 1854. 1855
Dividends and
surplus. ..s766 COS IS 1911, ,OlO7s 3Ss7, 200 S5
Circulation. 1885, 80 1898, ,34l. SO
Deposits. 7s9,72S.6s 2,O4o,9SS %
Capital...... 9o2, ,s35.ls
The tax upon dividends was three per cent.
until June 80, 1864, after which it was Eve
per cent.
Circulation and deposits" were not
taxed until October, 1868.
Capital" was first charged under the act
of June 80, 1864, when the duty upon "cir-
culation' was increased.
By the act of March Sd, 1865, the tax
upon deposits was extended to savings banks
having no capital stock.
The taxes upon the "capital," "circula-
tiOn, and deposits" of national banks are
not received at this Office nor included in the
above.
1883 1884 1865.
Dividends. 1856, ,533 40 927, 1893 IS a46O T06 10
bonds. s..... .26s,0os 70 0ss,sOa 90 s4s,7s4 81
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
1868. 1854 1865.
Dividends and
additions to
supplies. 90, ASS A 445,366 II 7e4,65s IS
Premiums and
Rssessmentss9l, ,OOl 80 b2s,6s2 AZ 96l ,6O9 90
sALARIBs OF PERSONS EMPLOYED BY The UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT.
1851. 3o98,lsl II
1864. l,706, ,l24 50
1865. 2,s26, 1888 81
PASSPORTS.
ieot' Il,OOl w
1000 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. N,4Oo ~
REVENUE STAMPS.
ioVo' ''-ss's'sss 'sss'..s....s'...sssss fIifVlfo ~
loO4 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. o,b9t,94o IL
1860. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l,l62,392 IA
'NoTR. The act Of July, 1852, took effect Sep.
tember lst, and the receipts for the fiscal year
1868 are for but ten months. discrepancy ex-
lists between these amounts aud those from the
Office Of the Secretary Of the Treasury. The
same receipts are not always reported and en-
tered upon the books Of the two ofnnes on the
same day. The difference is only one Of ac-