The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-12-06
INTERNAL REVENUE.
Annual Repor. Of the Commissions

Annual Report OIL the Cominissio"e'
Commissioner Douglas has submitted
his annual report, covering the transac
tions OF the Internal Revenue Offic'
during the administration Of Hon. Z
Delano, from July l to November l
1870; his own administration as Acting
Commissioner, from November l, 1870
to January 3. 1871; Hon. A. Pleas
anton. from January 8, 1871, to June
30, 1871, and his own administration al
Commissioner since that date.
The aggregate receipts from al
sources, exclusive Of the direct tax upor
lands and the duty upon the circulation
and deposits of national banks, were for
the fiscal year 1871, Sl44Oll,l76.M
which sum includes the amou nts re
funded and allowed on drawbacks. The
drawbacks allowed amounted to 81,
SS7.97. This amount is augmented by
the allowances on account Of the adJudI
cation of old claims for drawback on
cotton goocs, rendered admissible by
the joint resolution of Congress of July
IA, 1870.
Amount refunded during the year for
taxes illegally assessed and collected
$6l7,5Sl VI. This large increase over
the preceding year was due TO the ad'
justment of claims that had been sus'
pended during former years for more
complete consideration. The claim oi
one State was embraced in the above,
amounting to S45,S 500.
The estimate OF the receipts for the
current fiscal year under the present law
is Sl25 100000.
The number Of spirit distillerles regis
tered during the year was 1913; num-
Der Of truit distlleries registered, 7l49.
Total, Sl92. Of the spirit distilleries,
SIT were operated during the year, and
OF the fruit distileries 40O7. Total tax
able gallons Of spirit, produced from
other material than fruit, 54,576, ,446.
Total from fruit, 2,l99733. Total year
ly production, 6,776.l79.
Gallons.
The quantity OF spirits in bond
July |, 1870, waS..........".......o. III u,6'l, $50
The quanti Y entered IN bond Tor
the year ended June 30, 1871, was 81 d,576, ,4i6
BOND dur ng the last period was 59. 500, ,s72
june 80, III, was. 6,744,36O
Tne qu nifty remaining in bond
July |, 1879, as per pre'ent report,
less than quantity stated in the
report Tor so, shown by correct
ed reports OF collectors receiver
subs quent TO the publication OF
the report for 1870 was..-.......-. lO,5I2
The total quantity Of spirits in the
United States, not in internal revenue
warehouses, on the lst OF May, 1871,
was Al, 1918 proof gallons, showing
a decrease in the quantity on the mar
ket since November l5, 1870, Of 4, 452,-
$50 gallons.
The receipts from spirits for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1871, were as fol,
lows:
Spirits distilled from apples,
grapes, and peache'............ ,236,OO0 6'
Spirits di>til. ed from male. iaIS
other than apples, grapes, and 49, ,oo =,
peaches 20 SZl,O -
DiStIlicrlrS, per diem tax on. l,SI ,6JZ 10
Distii er,' special ana balreltax 81 i,U77 81
K.clitiers 81 80 ~
dealers. retail ilquDr............... 3,6o ,4Si 10
Dealers, wholesale liquUr....... 2,l5l,2Sl W
TAXI U.s. ~ 1877 40
Still, Or worm manu- acturrd.. 3,2iU "
stamps, va ehOuSe, rectiiiers'
ana wholesale liquor d :alers' 75S,i.7 OD
Exc.ss oiyauLeIs, .ecs...... 1858 70
Total ..........................s s4j, Isl ,siS u
Rule. having been given Tor estinat-
ing the spirit pro lucing capacity OF
each class OF distleries; the local sur
veyor5 have bees thoroughly instructed
N their duties, and the expense Of
making surveys will be materially
les>ened III the future.
Arrangements have been made to
secure c)rrectness and uniformity IN
weighing and gaugng spirits; and to
this end all hydrometeTs and gauging
rods are inspected and tested in the
revenue Office before being sent out for
use
The amount OF tax received on fer
mented liquors al 81 per barrel was, for
The years
1876 .....sj,l5.l4O 40 1880 .....s5, ,Ss6 400 9s
1857 . =. 5,sl9,3Ij ~ 1917 ........ 6.0ol 80 81
1868 ...... 5,5,5,6j3 ~ 1871 ....... 7,l5974O 20
The total receipts from tobacco for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1871,
were S33,5IS, ,901.lS. showing a total
increase OF S2,22S, 100 80 over the total
amount OF receipts from the same source
for the preceding fiscal year.
The total product OF manufactured
tobacco represented by the amount Of
collections during the year was l05, ,S2S,-
963 pounds
In relation to the mode Of collecting
revenue rom tobacco, the Commissioner
says: The steady and uniform in
crease, from month to month, In the
r r,venue derived from manufactured
cigars, &c, since the present
law went into operation, by which the
mode OF collecting taxes on these arti-
cles was changed from an assessment
after removal from the mandatory and
sale, 10 q prepayment, by means OF
suitable stamps, before the goods are
removed from the place OF manufac.
ture, has fully demonstrated the supe-
riority of the present system over the
former. Few frauds are possible while
the taxes are required to be paid at the
aud before the goods are
allowed to 60 upon the market, and
where every package is required to bear
upon it the evidence that the tax has
peen paid.
Concerning the advantage to be de-
rived from fix ne a Uniform rate Of
tax upon tobacco, the Commissioner
SAYS:
From the tables presented in this
report it will be seen that more than
twotbirds OF the manufactured tobacco
which reached taxation during the last
fiscal year paid the tax Of 81 cents per
ponnd vieldinu foDr.ftths NJ the rev.