The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-11-27

The number Of di~tillcrieS registered dur
ing the year was A 1856, and the number
operated 1850. OF the number operated,
Cos were grain distilleries, : moIasses distil-
leries and 3, SOL fruit distilleries.
The Commissioned says pnbltc attention
has been often called, within the past few
months, to extensive frauds committed IN
certain localities upon the revenue by dis
tillers and rectiiierS Of distilled spirits. lie
gives an account, first of the cheeks, guards
and projections against the frauds establish
ed by law; second, of the manner in which
the whisky frauds, so called, lately exposed,
were perpetrated upon the Government:
third, the extent of these frauds; fourth,
the checks recently established to prevent II
recurrence of the same; and, fifth, suggests
the legislation which, in his opinion, is nee
essary to insure a fuller collection in future
of the taxes upon distilled spirits.
GAS an indication of the extent Of the
frauds above described, | have the honor to
report that documentary evidence is in the
possession of this office which has warranted
the seizure of twenty-tour distilleries and
thirty-seven recttfying houses, and lmpli-
Gated over fifty United States gaugers and
store-keepers. This evidence also shows
the issue between July /, 1874, and May /,
1870, of fraudulent spirits, by duplication,
| of over %, 600 packages, containing probably
200, 600 proof gallons, and, by means OF
false gauging, to the additional amount of
| 900, 900 proof gallons. This, of course, is
but a portion of the fraud actually commit
ted, but, in itself, indicates loss of tax to
| the Government in ten months to an amount
not less than II $50, 0O0.''
Receipts from all sources relating to fer
mented liquors for the fiscal year, S9,l44.-
004: decrease, $3.50, 61j as compared with
1874. Number of brewers manufacturing
fermented liquors, 1854.
The Commissioner expresses fun conf
dence in the stamp system for the collection
| of revenue.
The number of cases compromised during
the year was IA, and the amount received
| by compromise, Sl56, 90.
The total receipts for tobacco were S3T,-
| 303, 461, an increase over 1874 of - 900 $50,
and an increase over any previous fiscal year
| of II, 81, 1JS. The total amount of tax coll
| lected ON tobacco and snuff from September
l., 1862, to June 30, 1870, is 500 356, 2l9.
The total collections on cigars, cheroots and
cigarettes for the same time was SOS, 233, 2O6;
1t is expected that during the current year
| the assessments OF tax on tobacco will be
largely increased. The whole amount of
taxes assessed during the year was $500
OO3, an increase over the previous year Of
So, 444, 1886.
The quantity of distilled spirits in ware
house, July /, 1874, was II, 100, 1863 gallons.
Distilled spirits produced during the year,
60, 930, 425 gallons. Total, 7S,6S6, 1874 gall
Ions. Total withdrawn, 63, $40, 141 gallons,
leaving in bond June 30, 1870, 10, 1867, 253
| gallons. Spirits removed from warehouses
for export for the year ending June 80, 1874,
1900, iO6 gallons, while only 5S7 ,413 gallons
were thus removed during the last fiscal
| year. The value of tobacco removed for
expectation in pond without paying taxes,
50, 179, 315; decrease, II ,621 ,611.
The COMMISSIONS r estimates the collections
for the present fiscal year, from all sources
of internal revenue, at Sl22, OO0, 600.