New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-04


The tabular statement OF amounts received mcludes
commissions sales ~ stamps paid IN kind when 30
sums reported collected, bat not deposited duihb
respective fiscal years Iirr"e there VII be an h
parent variation between he GmoUnis of collections tau
uiatcl, and hose shown 10y the cOFeiue- warrants g" lhv
Treasury TIE nr ease ia the aggrosate receIp.1 IRON
The sources specified during thc past fiscal year. amounts
10 hte than $l7JOOJO, aud il chiefly derived
rom s,rit, aud tobacco The increase IN The receipts
from spirits due III part to the greater qu1iilty on
WhsEcy Withdrawn from warehouse ~ 80 cents per Sa
lon during fhe current year. than Withdrawn il
1876. ana part the greater quantity ct brandy dt-
TILED lrom Tie irult the pS year ie agare-"" ~ ~
uy ta&-pid spirits Withdrawn at 20 cents per gallon,
under The act at june g. ISL and az % cents per Gu
oa under ol March ), 1870, nearly tay same;
cents greater by 3.7953 gallons during lo77 han
57G. Tue quantity Of Manufactured tob.eco on Wch
oi5SSi pounds in is77 the qGahliiy amognted to iI2
1864 pounds. the increase being 56'o'o0 Pnnis.
100; July 30, 1877 $50. By confoldatl9n, ne
number ~ district, hd- been further reduced 10 TO Inc
number % collectors was, Oh Juy 20. 10 an IS
now 10 For fur her particulars relating 10 tht opera
lions nf the bureau, attention If respectfully lnNnFd u
thc report OF The Comm soaer Of Internal Revenue,
herewith Transmitted.
fThe Secretary then calls the attention of Con-
grr,s 10 the laws imposing upon the department the
ADJUDICATION OF a multitude of claims, and suggests
that such of the claims old be transferred for
Investigation from the Treasury Department. that
department having no authority to cross-eXamne
witnesses aud learn the truth about cllims, like Il
court pO,sesses.l
THE BUREAU or FNGRAyING AND PRINTING.
or the appropriation OF S,O0.J0O for the payment OF
labor ponses this bureau Tor the prcscut fiscal
yt S6DOOJO will remain unoXV pended nc tine close ~
The ynr The internal stamps Tor csIr- liquors
snuff and tobacco printed uud contract by the New
York nank-notc companies last year, VIII b. printed IN
the bureau the year. at reduction cost
Government ~ Sos 81 50 The printing of the backs
of lcsatender notes and Of the 50 nati0naleurrency
notes. last year done by the Columbian Bink-Notc Com.
many of THIS city. will b. executed in the bureau
aud a "A reduction IN cost, compared with rates
paid last year Of SlU25i 30 Tie act making nppropr-
inus tue legislative cXrcutiv aud Idiciu cypen
of the Government for the present FISCAL year 10
Statutes AT Large, =. 1923 oppiopuaics for dies,
slG6. UOO the ugravng and printing 10 De- done n
tr Bureau ~ Engraving ard Printing " the Treasury
ID parmen provided tn cost does not exceed the prices
psl under existing outfac. The referred 10
made 80 l714 with Tie American, National. and Con-
turulal Bank Notc Companies. and were tormiulble
ninety days notice On the 2olh OF June last, the ,ecr
tarN requested Tue thel O TIC Bureau To make such oh
serVatOus he dies rcd urpu The comparative cost 81
printing Internal revenue stamps by private comma
mics ana bv the burtau, aui IN reply received, the 23d
done the bureau Tor 800, against n2OOi3l 50
,gii to te bank noe c'rnptn,-t last wear I'M of tbe
steel plates Being satisfied nat this saving could be
rd-red and toe law pleerrng Tint the wOrk he done
the 10Th of June GaF' tie required hlhtV
DAYS notice, aud On the Lat of October
authorized the WORK 10 be done IN the bureau The nd
heye AID proprietary sians used by The Commissioning
of Internal Revenue Ric stll printed by tho National
Bauk Note Company. under contract made August 10,
1873, which took rf ct ptrmD l. $50, aud still IN
A. these cia,ses Of stamps nave been
ecuied by the buTesu and may MT have been Intended
10 be included by Congress provision referred to-
disturbance has bcen made 81 the previously existing
arrangements ON the aecr-son of the present. Secretary
- the Department. all the printing upon notes,
OF uIe National Banks done III the bureau and de.
sitnent except the green backs Of tho egatendors,