New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-23
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WASHINGTON.
THE MONEY DUE FROM REVENUE COLLECTORS
INTERESTING BERR-DRINKING STATISTICS
BUSINESS OF THE PENSION OFFICE.
GBY TELEGRAPH TO THB TRIBUHRi

INTERESTING BERR-DRINKING STATISTICS
BUSINESS OF THE PENSION OFFICE.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THB TRlBUHEi
WASHINGTON, Thursday June n, 1871.
Democratic journals, both here andin Eew-York, arc
charactrng the statement recently made by the Inter
nal Revenue Bureau OF the amount OF taxes actually due
from exCollectors pdrte and asserting that In an
official document communicated to Congress by the Sec
rotary of the Treasury months ago, the deeien
ces represented TO exceed $0oooo instead or be-
ing less than The secretarys report has 50 often
been explained that nothing but desire TO deceive
could induce any one 10 repeat these statements When
Collector goes out of Office all uncoected taxes on his
sts are charged to him the books of his successor
AS these taxes are collected they credited to HIM;
but any taxes have been wrongfuy assessed, or as
seseed against nsovent firms they still remain charged
to the exColector until they finally settled and the
accounts OF the exCouector with the Bureau closed
Until the advent Of the present Administra.
ton, the number OF unsettled accounts OF ex-
Collectors was constantly increasing 80 that
some accounts which should have been closed
early during the war; in 1863 s found open. These
accounts have during the past two years. been gradually
settled, that comparatively few OF them remain
Enclosed The secretarys statement shosed the total
amounts charged to exCoectors the books Of the BIZ
reau az explained above. but the statement just pub
lished shows the actual amount OF cash due. great
portion of this will yet be obtained. The statement that
have been prosecuted against the bonds
men Of defaung Collectors with either vigor or success
Is true and the journals which printed the statement
published In the issue telegraphc report of YER
dict for the Government against one OF these exCo
lectors by which he his bondsmen ordered 70 pay
about 900. Three millions would be large sum To
lose but believed that Of it should ever be
collected, the percentage Of loss TO the total amount
collected since establishment OF the Bureau would be
extremely small TO reflect great credit for honesty
on the great body Of Collectors
1t estimated by Col Given Of the Internal Revenue
Bureau that Of beer consumed in each State
equal to the amount produced and table showing the
number Of glasses of fermented liquors consumed in
each State during the current year has been prepared
From this appears that in HewYork and NewJersey
the average amount Is 24s glasses for every man. woman,
and child In California it is l65 glasses In Pennsylvania,
New-Hampshire, and Nevada, 90 glasses In Mary
land and Massachusetts,. So glasses; In Missouri,
II glasses; In Michigan and Nebraska, IS glasses;
In Iowa aud District of Columbia, 80 glasses;
Washington Territory and Idaho As glasses Connecticut,
Colorado and Wyoming Territory. Al glasses" Indiana
and Utah. SO glasses oregon. S5; Louisiana, 49, Rhode
Island, 2s Kansas az Kentucky, &c; West Virginia, lG;
Delaware 15 Arizona, a. Dakota Il Texas, 4; Tonnes
see, Virginia. and Maine, s. Georgia and Vermont, q
South, Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and
North Carolina, each
Duties having been repealed teas, sugars, &C., by
the act of March last, numerous claims have arisen
for duties wrongfuly paid Three hundred and twenty
FIVE Of these claims have already been allowed at the
Treasury Department varying In amount from " to
as ZOO each. The astnamed amount was allowed to
New-York firm as q refund Of duty on teas. Among
the importers whose claims have recently been settled
are several Chinese firms Of San Francisco.
The following is brief exhibit of the business Of the