New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-12-10
WHOLE NUMBER 1Ol

of the present fiscal year, the report says:
1t shows that the foreign demand of last
year Is steadily maintained, while the produce
Gallon geS1S q st than for tho
withdrawal ., SIS 95) greater than for the same
period last year. 81 the business Of these
Of the fiscal year, which is scarcely to be cred
tied, the production will be over s., COO gall
Ions, and the amount of tax received will be
The Commissioner predicts that the receipts
from Internal Revenue taxes will during the
present fiscal year reach Sis 10000. During
the year ended June o. 1872 $ll5,449, 621 of In
| ternai Revenue taxes were collected and paid
into the Treasury.
There were during the year 5,44s distilleries
registered, and 5,a7 operated. During the
specialtax year ended April 80, 1879, there
were As, AGA 42l proof gallons of spirits rectifieti
The quantity OF spirits Q9, 2l2,470 gallons) actu-
any remaining In warehouses June 30, 1879 iS
each package. - Sc
Almost the entire increase @, 1854, sss gallons)
in the quantity of spirits exported in 1879 con-
sisted OF those varieties which had been sub
1ected to several processes of distilling, redis-
t TUNE, purifying and refining before being
deposited In the distillery warehouses. Tho
increased production of spirits is distributed
among all the different varieties known to the
trade s.a -. except ep highwines which decreased
| i,ots 55 gallons. The taxes paid on spirits
Withdrawn wit, from warehouses during the year
1879 aggregate $40, 3l2. The receipts from
termented liquors for the year 1879 are shown
!
During the last three years and four months,
BIZ illicit distileries have been seized, ISL
persons arrested for illicit distilling, and n
officers and employees killed and IS wounded
while engaged in enforcing the Internal Reeve
nue. laws. During the last sixteen months
o.sSl persons nave been arrested and ,4G5
Stills seized, officers have been killed and %
wounded. ~ I7-|-.l'-
The total cost Of collecting the revenue for
the year was A,2B,so, being 40 per cent.
the report is Il detailed statement showing
the amount collected in each district, from
ears 1aat The was
$50. The First Illinois contributed 81, 2esO.9 TS:
the Fifth Illinois, s8,40.l.0.. The smallest
amount: 5000 was collected in the Third
Texas District. During the past three fiscal
years, $343,0J9,C10 Internal Revenue taxes
| were collected and paid into the Treasury.
The average cost Of collecting. including sal
| aries and the expenses OF the Internal Reeve
nue. Bureau. was IA per cent.
The total amount expended through Col.
leading to the discovery OF frauds and punish
mcnt OF guilty persons WAS S!s.56. During
the year thirty-iivc revenue agents have been
ainpioycd, and their total expenses have been
| A detailed statement Of their work shows
tne value OF property seized on Information Of
| uncollected taxes and penalties reported to
collectors by revenue agents was SSSJ65
The total amount realized by tax on capital
| and deposits of banks and bankers during the
fiscal year ended June 30 was $34SO, 9l3, and
for the fiscal year Of 1879 So lsI $40, decrease
Of $;a5, 1874. A statement of capital and de-
posts Of savings banks and banks and bankers
other than National banks. shows an aggregate
of $l95, 5l3 invested in Government bonds,
against $l5S, sSs.s OJ reported last year. Tho
total value of property seized during the year
| for violation OF the Internal Revenue laws was
1874 l46. The total number of suits pending
July !, 1879, for violation of tho Internal
| Revenue laws was 1920. During the year
| 1900 suits have been settled, decided, or dis
| missed, and the amount recovered by the Gov
eminent on judgments aud from compromises
accepted has been $50 Sis The total value of
| Internal Revenue stamps issued during the
year, $l29. $3.50 The table of assessments
| made during the year 1879 shows a total Of
| I4gS, 7oS, decrease since 1878 of $50 $50.
| The expenses for the next fiscal year are
esy4nated Mt H,j2S, COO, being an increase OF
| $l2AUOO over the past year. For salaries of
officers, clerks and employees of the bureaus
proper, aegregating 49, persons an appropria-
| ton Of $253.3.O is recommend ,d-the same as
last year-the Commissioner adding that it
will be wholly impractcable to reduce the
| force in any particular without material in
| jury to the public service.
In addition to the bureau proper there oya
connected with the various districts through
out the United States l26 collectors, EGO deputy
| collectors, l79 clerks. messengers and janitOrs,
Ga5 gaugcrs, l,:0i storekecpers and 81 tobacco
| inspectors.