The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-12-11
Fiscal Figures WITHOUT End.

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Fiscal Figures Without End.
The report Of the commissioner Of
internal revenue shows that the aggre-
gate receipts from ali sources for the
year ending June last, exclusive Of the
direct tax upon lanSs and duty upon the
capital, circulation and deposits Of IA
tional banks, were STA, O75, A56- This
amount includes the sums refunded and
allowed on drawbacks. The total
amount on drawback was So, 346 on
spirits, tobacco and general merchan-
die There were refunded for taxes Il
legally assessed and collected S61s, 667.
The receipts from the several sources
relating to distilled spirits were for the
year 1872, $40, AYE, SIC; for 1873, So, =
O99, 81. The increase IN the receipts
from the gallon tax on distilled spirits
is so, 032, 726; from the special tax Of
rectifers and dealersinI liquor 81, O94, pa
4 part Of this increase was, however,
offset by loss Of nearly 500, 900 du-
ring last year by the reduction Of the
value of stamps for spirits other than
tax paid stamps from % to 10 cents each
and by further loss Of a little over IS, =
900, 900 by the repeal of certain taxes
relating to spirits. The production Of
spirits during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1873, was IL taxable gallons ::
Total production from materials other
than fruit, 6s, 236, SCI; total production
from fruit, 2, 914, 500. The tax collected
on spirits Withdrawn from warehouses
during the fiscal year was 81, 232, 457, :
235. During the fiscal year Of 1873
81, 1O2, 92I. Tax on spirits Withdrawn
for export during the fiscal year 1873,
S731, 75I, O41, The tax received on irni-
tatiOn wines during the year ending
June 80, 1873, was S35, 151; on fermented
liquors at 81 per barrel for the years
1872 and 1873, it was IS, OO9, s69, and
$50, 91O, S23 respectively.
The total receipts from tobacco for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1873,
were s34, 3s6, 3O3. Compared with the
total receipts for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1872, there was a decrease Of
| collections on manufactured tobacco OF
ali descriptions Of s1,I72, 917. There
was an increase in total receipts from
the manufacture and sale of tobacco.
snuff and cigars in all their forms over
the receipts from the same source foE
the preceding fiscal year of $3.50, 132
One hundred and sixty millions fouI
hundred and fifty thousand nine hun,
dred and thirty-four pounds are giver
as the actual product Of the year, SC
/ faras such products have been reported
and showing an increase over the an
nual productions reported for the fsca
year Of 6, 1SO, O79 pounds.
The number Of cigars, cheerots, etc.
/ on which taxes were collected duriag tn,
fiscal year, ending June 80, 1873, 1, S07,
l34, 646, showing an excess over tn.
number reported for the preceding fisca
year Of 279, 32s, GA There was an in
crease Of "a, O69 pounds of expOrte,
tobacco during the ealyear, exceedin.
the commissioner estimate by 81, O75,
456.
1t is estimated the total receipts 70
the current fiscal year viii be 800, 600.
600. The plan adopted of abolishin
the Offices of assessors and assistau
assessors reduced expenses 81, O62, 50
lower than the estimated reduction IN
der the so district plan, and 81 ,O6O, 90
lower than the appropriation for 1ST5
under the old system The estimate
Of the fiscal year Of 1875 show a fu
Their reduction Of So, 45S, or s., O69, s.
less than the appropriation for the fl
cal year Of 1873, 81, or, 2s5 less tina
the estimate for 1874 on the so distri,
plan.
The commission recommends ths
collectors salaries be fixed at amount
ranging from s., 800 to s., 900, and 81
pervisors' salaries at 900 per aunun
and repeats the suggestions containe
, in the report of Nov. 21, 1872, that Sc
ton A of the act of July 20, 1868,
3 making the minimum penalty smaIIe
e such penalty being nov q fine Of n
! less than 81 600, with not less than s
: months Imprisonment.
The commissioner recommends legi
5 lation limiting the time to July I, 1s7
within which documentary stamps
5 sued under schedule B, Of greater d
e nomination than two cents, may
D presented for redemption.
= The report concludes with the 81
e gestion made in his last annual repOl
{ that the amendments Of june 20, 1S6
relating to the special taxes Of deale
$ In liquors, should be made more e
|; plicit