Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-12-04
Internal Revenue Report.
WASHINGTON, November

WASHINGTON, November 20.
The report Of the Commissioner o. In.
ternal Revenue shows that the aggregate
receipts from all sources for the year end.
ING with June last, exclusive of the direct
tax upon lands and the duty upon the
capital, circulation, and deposits of Ma.
tional Banks, were $114,075,456. The
amount includes sums refunded and al
lowed on drawbacks. The total amount
on drawbacks was $52,346. On spirits,
tobacco, and general merchandise there
were refunded for taxes illegally assessed
and collected, $G18,667. The receipts
from the several sources relating to dis
titled spirits were for the year 1872, $40.
475,516; for 1873, $52,099,371. Increase
in the receipts from the gallon tax on dis
titled spirits, $10013,27G; from the special
tax on rectifiers and dealers in liquors,
$1,094, 264.
A part of this interest was, however,
offset by the loss of nearly 100000 dur
ing the last year, by the reduction of the
value of stamps for spirits other than tax
paid stamps, from 25 cents to 10 cents
each, and by the further loss of little
over $8000000 by the repeal of certain
acts relating to spirits, leaving bal
ance of more than $2,500,000 increase
in receipts from all sources relating to
spirits.
The production of spirits during the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, was,
from materials other than fruit, 68,236, 567
taxable gallons; total production from
fruit, 2,914,800. Tax collected on spirits
withdrawn from warehouse during the
fiscal year 1872, $32 ,457 ,235; during the
fiscal year 1878, Sal, 102 1921 tax on spirits
withdrawn for export during the fiscal
year 1878, $1,65f ,041. The tax received
on imitation wines during the year end
ing June 80, 1878, was $S,55l; on fer
mented liquors at 81 per barrel, for the
years 1872 and 1878, was $4,000, 800 and
$S,010,S 1923 respectively.
Total receipts from tobacco for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1878, were $34 1886,
303. Compared with the total receipts for
the fiscal year cndingJ 30, 1872, there was
decrease of collections on manufactured
tobacco of all descriptions of $1,172,917.
There was an increase in the total receipts
from the manufacture and sale of tobacco,
snuff and cigars, in all their forms, over
the receipts from the same sources Tor
the preceding fiscal year of $3.50, 1873.
One hundred and sixteen millions four
hundred and fifty thousand nine hundred
and thirty-four pounds are given as the
actual product OF the year, so far as such
| products have been reported, and show.
| ing an increase over the annual produc-
ton reported for the preceding fiscal year
of 9,180,079 pounds. The number OF
cigars, cheroots, ETC., on which taxes were
collected during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1878, was 1907, 134 GAG, showing
an excess over the number reported for
| the preceding fiscal year of 279,32S,674
There was an increase OF 544,064 pounds
of exported tobacco during the last fiscal
year. The aggregate receipts for the last
| fiscal year exceeded the Commissioner
estimate by $4,075, 456. 1t is estimated
that the total receipts for the current fiscal
year will be &10c, 100000.
The plan adopted of abolishing the of
| fees Of Assessors and Assistant Assessors
reduced expenses 3l,O62,627 lower than
the estimated reduction under the eighty.