The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-12-11
Fiscal Figures Without End.

Fiscal Figures Without End.
The report of the commissioner OF
internal revenue shows that the aggre-
gate receipts from all sources for the
year ending June last, exclusive Of the
direct tax upon lands and duty upon the
capital, circulation and deposits OF ma
tional banks, were &lli,O75,l ass. This
amount includes the sums refunded and
allowed ON drawbacks. The total
amount on drawback was S32,3f6 on
spirits, tobacco and general mcrchan-
die. There we're refunded for taxes il
legally assessed and collected $6lS,667.
The receipts from the several sources
relating TO distilled spirits were for the
year 1872, $i9,47J, BIG for 1873, 3d.
O99, 81. Tho increase in the receipts
from the gallon tax on distilled spirits
is 0,032, 72G; from the special tax of
rectiiicrs and deaIersin liquor ~ ,O94, 2Gi.
A part of this increase was, however,
| offset by II loss of nearly 800, 600 du-
| ring last year by the reduction of the
vnlue Of stamps for spirits other than
tux paid stamps from % to 10 cents each
and by further loss Of II little over 49,
600, 600 by the repeal Of certain taxes
relating to spirits. The production OF
spirits during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1873, was in taxable gallons {;
Total production from materials other
than fruit, 68, 23G, 5G7; total production
from fruit, 2,9li, 800. The tax collected
on spirits withdrawn from warehouses
during the fiscal year was ~, 1872, 1J7,
80. During the fiscal year of 1873
&il, lO2, 1921. Tax on spirits withdrawn
for export during the fiscal year 1873,
| $73l, 75l, Oll, The tax received on imi-
tation wines during the year ending
June 80, 1873, was s35, l5l; on fermented
liquors Mt 81 per barrel for the years
1872 and 1873, it was 80, COS, 800, and
SS9, $40, 1913 respectively.
The total receipts from tobacco for
the lisoal year ending June 80, 1873,
were $3l 1886, 1903. Compared with tho
total receipts for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1872, there was n decrease of
collections on manufactured tobacco of
all descriptions of 81, 72,0l7. There
wns an increase in total receipts from
the manufacture and sale of tobacco,
snuff and cigars in MI their forms over
the receipts from the same source for
the preceding fiscal year of $500, 1872
One hundred and sixty millions four
hundred and fifty thousand nine hun
dred and thirty-four pounds are given
M the actual product of the year, so
faras such products have been reported,
and showing an increase oven the nm
nnal productions reported for the fiscal
year Of 0, 1870, O79 pounds.
The number of cigars, chocrots, etc.
on which taxes were collected during tn,
fiscal year, ending June 30, 1873, 1907.
1866, showing an excess over the
number reported for the preceding fiscal
year Of 279, 32S, ga. There was an in
creaso of 5il,O 69 pounds of exported
tobacco during the fiscal year, exceeding
the commissioners estimate by 1900
15G.
ID is estimated tho total receipts for
the current fiscal year will be 800, OOO,-
600. The plan adopted of abolishing
tho Offices of assessors and assistant
assessors reduced expenses 81, 062, S27
lower than the estimated reduction I'M
der tho 50 district plan, and 81, 900, 900
lower than the appropriation for 1873,
under the old system. The estimates
Of the fiscal year of 1875 show n fur
reduction of S9,45S, or 81, OG9, 1853
less than the appropriation for the fis-
al year of 1873, &1,O72, 2S5 less than
he estimate for 1874 on the so district
,lan.
The commission recommends that
collectors salaries be fixed at amounts
from 81, 800 to S. 900, and SUI
ervisors' salaries at "a, 900 per aunum,
nd repeats the suggestions contained
the report of Nov. q, 1872, that sec
on n OF the net Of July 20, 1868, by
the minimum penalty smaller, :
lch penalty being now n fine of not
than $1,000, with not less than six I
lonths' imprisonment. c
The commissioner recommends lepis. =
i.ioh limiting the time to July |, 1874. @
n" ~nich documentary stamps is. d
ued under schedule b, Of greater do 8
'ominatlon than two cents, NAV he t.
PRESENTED for redemption. g
The report concludes with the sro Z
made in his last annua, renort
nat the amendments of June 20, 1868. ,
TO the special taxes of dealers
liquors, should be made more ex-
icit. !