The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-04


annna tti.s assssg 49, p
contrasted if ibs I,,,s l u ),
the iSuf W. s. !.
cadinp. Is certainly pfatifyirsr hs,is liz s.s,
clease during the lsrss three n,ts ,f,s ~ ftss
present fiscal year. rs Allows statad fap &C.
ceeds that OF any corresponding period N
Office. ~ = s esu'1sslo = u ttiis
INCREASE AND DgcarAsr.
AL ne increase OF: batiksan bankers Ia apss
sSss on gas, S25Ss5s6i and on adhesive
Stamps, Ss34,esh The decrease in che re.
Se,pts OF Mco,ne from individuals was 80. 5I0,-
.oi. Sl,'so,i 72 were, however, offset BY tho
increase ~ the returns from corporations, 40
that the halahee shows a kotai decrease OF
only N,I2S, 7S9. The large apparent falling
on IN the receipts of income from individuals
Is chletiy owing TO a difference in the rite Of
tax. OF the S14.434,e50, exclusive Of the
salary-taS returned in 1871, s10,6S0, 1857, or
nearly IS per cent, were collected at per
cent, Under act Of March 3, 1857. while the
balance for that year and the whole amount
for ASIA were returned under act OF July IA,
1870, at D per cent. Estimating "a per cent.
on the taxable income Of the two years,
there is difference Of only S675 ISL in favor
of 1871. The collections on the annual and
monthly lists of 1871 amounted to 1926, 400.
The receipts to date OH the lists of 1872 are
slightly in excess Of $s,000,0oo.
IMPORTANT CHANCES
having been made in the law by act Of June
6, 1872, touching spirits and tobacco, 1t is
impossible to state with certainty st this
early day how much the receipts for the cur.
rent fiscal year will be affected by the niodi-
fed provisions of the law. From the best
information now obtainable, estimate that
they will not fall short under the present
law of Sl10,000,0O0.
So far as the COMMISSIONER sable to judge,
the law providing for uniform rate Of tax
on all manufactured tobacco, whether chew
ing or smoking, is operating very satisfac-
torily.
Total amount received by compromises,
S236,Il9. Total humber Of suits pending
July /, 1872, G,245. The
SEIZURES OF PROPERTY
for violation of the internal revenue law
during the fiscal year ended June 80, 1872,
were as follows:
1880 gallon. Of distilled spirits, valued
s,6S3 barrels of fer,nented liquors, valued -
............... 47sa7 90
9St, 40 pounds of tobacco, valued at.... 77lla rs
l,lsl,o9s cigars, valued Observation-Disclosures. 1874 81
Miscellaneous property. valued at....... 3364l7 0s
Total value Of seizures. Se46,2es 81
The report contains statistical information
in addition to what is stated above.
The Commissioner concludes with an mr.
gument in favor Of
TIE CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICTS,
and says:
"In preparing the proposed plan I have
consulted freely with the leading officers
now in the service, as well as with many of
those who heretofore have been prominent
| in it.
"Without an exception it has met their
hearty concurrence. They have commended
| it with view to its simplicity, concentra-
! ton Of responsibility, economy, and the just
expectation of the nation that no more off,
GERS shall be retained than are clearly neces-
sary for the due enforcement of the law. In
this recommendation I have not forgotten
that the plan, if accepted by Congress, will
bring personal Inconvenience to many Of the
ablest and best citizens Of the country now
and for years i'll tho service; and while
| l express the tribute Of this office to their
intelligence, faithful and efficient discharge
of important duties, cannot but suppose
that their individual loss will be largely com.
| pen>ated in the consciousness of great
| uIlnlIc rain''