The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-27
IuteruaI Revenue Receipts.

WASHINGTON, November 24.-s!atis.
tics to accompany the annual report Of
the Commissioner Of Internal Revenue,
showing in detail the receipts from In
ternal Revenue for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1876, have been prepared. The
aggregate receipts for the fiscal year
were Sl17236,695, an increase over the
preceding fiscal year Of sG,69l,47l. The
aggregate receipts for the year were made
up from the following sources /:
From ~ SSS III
From cigars aud CheTOOtS...''..'..''''' IL's9s'ieV
From snuff and tobacco.
From fefmented soGI'sSg
From banks and Svv9eS9
Adhesive s1S
Penalties 6e"..,. VIO'O-S
S,,7 o9e cIE
Total.......,"..,..." I.Se'OEo
The receipts from special taxes, stamps
for spirits and tobacco are Included In
the figures given for the respective classes.
The receipts from tax on spirits were
S5l, 800, ass, an increase over the proceed.
Ing fiscal year OF S4,512,520. While the
receipts from this source show the above
increase there was a falling oil in the
quantity Of spirits upon which tax was
paid Of G,4O0, 1858 gallons. The excess Of
receipts is accounted for by the increase
in the tax from seventy 10 ninety centS
per gallon. The quantity Of spirits upon
which tax was paid last year was 5S,ol9.,'
248 gallons, against 64,495,9ll gallons IN
1875.
During the year there was received
from tax on cigars and cheroots $i0,sos',,
572, an increase over 1875 oil SS20, lSS, and
from cigarettes Sl35,56S, an increase oil
so 0l9e The number Of cigars and che
rootI upon which tax was paid was !.
s2S 782 2O7, a decrease Of 81, S79, 4sS, and
the number OF cigarettes returned for the
wear was 77,404, 1863; an increase OF 81
| 1OG,223. The apparent discrepancy be-
tween the amount Of tax recesved from
taxation is explained by an increase in
the Ia < from FIVE to six dollars per thou.
sand under the act OF March 8, 1874. OF
snuff there was returned for taxation 3.
3l7, 0sG pounds, IA falling of compared
with the proceeding fiscal year OF 1882
| 0OunOHs 0Huu 10 AbAeu az ShS Ast. "
thirty.two cents per pound, and yielded
during the year, S1,06l ,46s. From to
bacco, Of ali descriptions exclusive o.
snuff. there was received S25, 694, 1913
which represents 107O64,05l pounds
The act OF March 3, 1875, increased TIL
tax on tobacco from twenty to twenty
four cents per pound. Hence, whit
there was an incaease last year in tn
receipts for tho preceding year OF 81 90,
G72, there was decrease in the quality
Of tobacco upon which tax was paid o
} 9,O37 ,345 pounds.
! Or iermented liquors, there was re
turned for taxation O,l59,075 barrels
from which as many dollars were re
ceiyed by the Treasury, the tax on thi
commodity being fixed at 81 per barre
. Compared with the preceding fiscal year
these figures show an increase Of 4l5,9S
{ barrels. An idea Of the en- ormous quar-
, tity Of icrmented liquors annually cor
sumcd by the people Of this country ma
/ be formed from the fact that the figure
! above given represent 39i, 100, 632 gallon'
or nearly ten gallons for every man, VIC
, man, and child in the United States.
decrease is shown in the receipts troI
banks and bankers, compared with 1871
4 Of SOC. $50, and in the receipts from &c
. hesiye stamps OF $38, 742.