New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-08
REVENUE STAMPS PRINTING PRO
POSALS.
New Instructions for Disti!ierics.

The Memphis San of Thursday publishes
the following dispatch:
WASHINGTON, October s. The Internal
Revenue Department will, IN a few days.
invite proposals for printing ali revenue
stamps by contract. At present the Cinein-
matt Bank Note Company has the contract
for printing cigar stamps. and all strip to
bacco stamps Messrs. ButleA 81 Carpenter,
of PHILADELPHIA. have been furnishing all the
adhesive stamps, but have held no contract
for bureau engraving and printing. The
Treasury Department have been printing
all Others including beer AND spirit stamps.
Bids will be asked for printing all except
those printed under contract by the Con
tinental Company. Adhesive stamps are
to be printed III fugitive inks. but the beer,
whisky and tobacco stamps Will not be, lis
they are exposed to moIsturd.
The Revenue Department bias just issued
new instructions for the surJ ley of distiller
les distilling fruits. The following are the
main points The capacity for fruit distill
ing being found from the cubic capacity of
the still or stills used therein, the first step
is to find the cubic contents i'm each gallon.
The second step is to find W Nat space in the
still is required for the rising and ebulition
Of the material used while boiling. The al
lowances stated in the instructions Supple
ment No. 4, series }. No. u is twenty per
cent of cubic contents. The requirement Of
this allowance is hereby reyo ked, experience
having shown it to be too great and that
not more than ten per cent OF CUBIC contents
is needed or used. and much less per cent is
required in MANY cases. Having found the
correct allowance to be made in gallons,
substract such quantity fIOm the cubic
capacity. and the balance will be the actual
working capacity of the still. Add the
working capacity of the still, whether in
tended for doubling or not, and the total
will be the working capacity of the dlstlllery
or the quantity OF any given material used
thereat at one boiling. Could the quantity
of material found to be reduced to proof
brandy at one or the first boiling, it would
be easy to progress by the next step to de-
termine the spirit producing capacity OF
distillery at such single boiling, but as in
nearly every first boiling singlings or new
wines only are produced, the time and ca
pacity required for doubling must next be
considered. In order that allowance be
made for doubling, singlings or low wines
shall be stated upon the report, 80 that the
reviewer will readily and correctly under
stand it, 1t will be deducted from the total
working capacity in gallons, as per new
form of No. SO, instead of from number of
boilings, as heretofore, the balance showing
the actual working capacity for the produc
ton of proof brandy. In no instance should
the deduction for doubling be greater than
three-tenths of the working capacity.
Having found the actual working ca
pacity for the production of brandy
at a single boiling, the next step
is to determine the whole number of
boiEngs that may be made in twenty-four
hours, and for the reduction of the material
used to proof brandy previous to lnstruc-
tions, giving the number at seven, less the
allowance for doubling. This number Is be-
ieved to be too small in most instances, ex-
perience having shown that at least seven
boilings may he made in twenty-four hours
without any allowance for doubling as the
allowance for doubling is made elsewhere.
The whole number of boilings stated will be
nsed as multiplier to multiply the actual
working capacity to find the total quantity
Of material which may be used in twenty
four hours for the production Of proof
brandy The capacity of distilleries must
be estimated for twenty hours in oil cases
and so stated in the report and nOffor less
time.
Circulars making inquiries in regard to
cost, labor and subsistence, have been adj
dressed to the assistant assessors Of internal
revenue in all parts Of the country by the
bureau of statistics, the object being to
bring the statistics on this subject down to
the latest date. The circulars also embrace
questions in regard to the price OF land,
farm stock, manufacturers and the facilities
for Transportation in each section. The In
formation will be Of great statistlcal value,
and will be especially useful to Immigrants.