The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-12-09
Department Reports.
FROM COMMISSIONERS ROLLINS,

Commissioner Rollins reports the aggregate
receipts from Internal revenue for The year
ending June 30 1868 as S191 180, 564, not inclu-
ding the direct tax on land and the tax on the
circulation and deposits of banks or this.
SIS ,752 was from banks, ETC., 81 O13 667 from
II ilroads, ~ ,o94 ,235 from Insurance conn au-
les, S2I4 699 from telegraph companies, S14,-
$500 from revenue stamps, S671 ,949 from ex-
press companies, S2,813 751 from legacies S32,
VIZ ,blo from incomes, 81, 1874 los SO from arn
cies 10 schedule "A" aud S15966 1926 fom
special taxes. The number OF incomes tax d
L ABOUT 700 600. The tax on cotton has yield
60 SzZ,2oO 947, on cigars 50 9j1675, on tobacco
SI4'S4' luz, on fermented liquors SO 6o56 63, AID
on gu distilled liquors and brandy S14,29O,730 -
the total expense of collecting The revenue
Iir the year ending June 80, 1868, was S9,o',
3Ol, an increase of some 100000 over last yea',
due TO the additional piy of assistant asses
sors The total receipts for the e 81 y,
the present fiscal year are SO III ,oo4 less ina"
last year, owing TO the repeal OF tne ! TAX upon
manufactures, Mr.. Rollins iepofts the num-
Der of suits brought in federal courts as o5O3,
the number OF CONVICTIONS 149, anu OF suits
decided In favor of the government 1882. The
nror4eds OF f,rfetures pad into courts was ST.
l3f 15O The numbrr OF cases compromised Was
53f from which was received S1154 or
An increase in the fee OF district attorn-
eys is recommended. Since the date of The
present statute, however, there has been
large reduction in the number Of Illicit stills
in most parts OF The country. Those properlv
registered and authorized have paid, it is be-
ieyed, greater portion of their liability than
under the previous law, and The receipts have
been In marked and favorable contrast with
those OF the corresponding time last year MIR.
Rollins advises the remission of the direct tax
yet nncolleced III the lately rebelli ,us States
or the passage OF law allowing its assump-
ton by the State Governments He II COM
nendS The postponement OF the codification OF
the revenue laws until the statute relative to
distilled spirits, tobacco, etc. can be thorouph.
ly tested. The sale of coin and securit es
should be taxed. not by stamps, but by nontb-
~ returns to the collectors. Mr. Rollins also
recommends that no distinction be made be-
tween national and other banks as to the time
ana frequency OF returning taxes. He advises
tnat tue Stamping of receipts be abolished;
that MIR. Jenckes's Civil Service Bill be enact
ed; that large cities be consolidated into sin
gle collection district; and that the Revenue
bureau oe made separate department.
FROM SECRETARY BROWNING.
The annual report of the Secretary Of the
Interior states that 6,655, 742 acres of public
lands have been disposed of the past wear
OF this, 1928 923 acres have been taken Tor
hcmesteads, and ,942 $3.50 located with co lege
scrip There are lett undisposed of /, 405 1885,
67S acres. The cash receipts of this Office
have been 81 ,632, 745, larger by 1924 1873 than
last year. There are now 1888 widows OF revo-
lutionary soldiers on the pension list, and
1903 widows and children of soldiers in sub
sequent wars prior to the rebellion. During
the year there were added TO the number of
pensioners Of all classes, % 921; there were
dropped, from various causes, IA 1852, leaving
on the rolls June 80, 1868, 1896 The total
amount paid Tor pensions of all classes in
Guiding he expenses of disbursement was
$24OlO 9S1 80, a sum greater by Sc, 391 O25 SO
than that paid the previous year. Secretary
browning mentions the various Indian trea-
ties which have been concluded, but says they
will not be worth the paper upon which they
ere written, If Congress does not furnish the
lneans OF executing them. We have no Just
ground OF reproach against most of the tribes
Tor the nou-fufilment of their treaty stip-
ulations 1t is a significant fact that dur
ing the winter of 1868, when more than
1000 Indians were subsisted by us, not
single act OF depreciation or violence was
reported. 1t is believed that peaceful
reia lohs would have been maintained to
this hour had Congress, in accordance with
the estimates submitted, made the necessary
appropriations to enable this Department to
perform engagements for which the public
Faith was pledged. IL is recommended that
the reservations should not be held in COM
mon, but surveyed and the title vested in n-
dlviduals. The proposal to turn over the In
dian Bureau to the War Department is con-
sideied bad policy. The abolition of the De-
partinent OF Education and the office of COM
missioner is recommended. There were 2O,112
Applications TOR patents the past year, of
winch l4, l53 were granted. The Commission
ers on the Union Pacific railroad report var-
Gus imperfections in the construction of the
first $50 miles, and estimate that $64 $50
will be required to render it first-ciass. The
Secretary recommends that the issue of pa
tents for land and of Bonds be suspended I'M
til these imperfectiops are remedied. The re-
establishment Of the Office of Commissioner of
fuohc Buildings is recommended. The Sec
Rotary closes his report with the recommended
ton that the salaries of. the just ces O. the
Supreme Court, the Vice President and Cabi-
net ministers be increased so per cent, and
the clerical force Of the departments reorgan-