New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-28
INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES.
STATISTICS AND ESTIMATES.

TIE PAST WORK OF THE INTERVAL REVENUE
BUREAu-PRoBABLR REDUCTIONS UNDER TIE
NEW LAW.
WASHINGTON July 27.-The Commissioner OF In
ternal Revenue has written letter TO Secretary
Foger in regard to the operations of his Once, I'D
which he says:
1 have the honor to report that the offices OF al
the OF e close of the last
cal year ending June 80, 1888 and the entire
but paid into the Treasury OF the p pan@
in his rerort 10 yon dated July % 1882 made sIate
ment which IL may not be improPrr 10 norf thaf
during the past sx fiscal years the sum OF $'4s 90
has been collected from internal revenue taxation ana
The expenses OF collection for the last 1lscal n
Guiding tue expenses OF this oice will be found o a
per cent the amount ooec ed The exprnses o. cor
lection for the six ears nave bel about & s
Clio per the amount coilec ed. rms sum ha7
been disoursed without loss IL the Government TIM
law S @ @ III Gs @a o s 81 a Of 1883
yet so large the increase OF taxes derived 5o 20
ed spirits that for The yer snGpS Sgls GU
Jhe collection Of this vast sun cost the Soverno as
about percentage n.s Oh Sbs y e ani states
IL gi,es pleasure to state that the repors o CIV
lectors and Internal Revenue agents az respeets
efficiency but also that no com oinatons eAs. ~ a.
fraud Ine Government OF us internal for me
Illicit manufacture OF either whisky toDscco VI s,ee
Mucn praise Is ju-y due 10 tn Officers In tne
for tIe zeal efficiency with when thor very mpoi
tant duties are discharged. - . ..Ao
The executive order OF June % 1883, directing the
consolidation OF revenue Districts is Oeng executed ~
rapidly eroat aOor OF doing 80 Will permit.
hoped that wiihln tow days, or weeks at most, INC
order will be made TO take effect In nearly all the
districts affected by it, In some Instances the mater
will necessarily ne delayed by the DIM uliies incident 70
the execution Of the bond required OF eacn COLLECTOR
Gesigpatcd for the district newly constituted
COMPARATIVE STATEMENTS As TO COLLECTIONS
Your attention Is respectfully called 10 the statements
appen cd which snow comparatively the receipts IRON
the various sources internal during the last
two years; the total amounts collected In each COZ
lection district during the last year and statement oi
the otal collections In eacu state separately Further
more append an estimate OF the probable Reductions
In the internal the hcil year. uder
Ae operation OF the act OF Congress of March g. 1883
The estimaied aggr OF reductions, as you viii
Observe. nearly S43.OOO.OOo The comparative stae-
Of tue receipts during tue nsca yea IS ending Jnns
S14o.52J273; 1888 Sl44.553.3G6 being decrease OF
81 9690G The total receipts RON sP ITS were, lS92
S69,s75.40s; 1883. S74,36S775, beng an incrta
O. "A 495.s67. me incr-as was mainly from spirts
distird from grain - 27i.3l4; from retail liquor
deaers Especial tax. S1692J2 from spirits distilled
from irnt S32 1856 anu rom wholesale liquor onso.
Especial TAX, Sl6s97 The tots receipts from Tobacco
were 1857. 1881 9s9 1883, S42.lOi.25O. beng
decrease al 49, 1879. ihe leorc..s was mainy on
wing and suokng tOoacco, S2oSI3Jv on ci=as alu
cnoroos. Sl03O637. aud on dealers ~ nanuinc'uien
tobacco specat TAXI $S6O.723 Iee dota rrcei Us i,op
ier,nented hqnors 1852, Sl6l539-O; 1883 So
9OV6I5, being an increase 81 $4,000 ne dacro1se
mainly on ale, beer ana pOrtcr, ft4p,oo'' IHe
special brewers was decreased SlU1@ ,,
Inc total receipts from banks aud DanErs not natlona
was O69 s9l and Dank capital Ti3l ,oG6 The TOLL
M SPONTANEOUS receipts were, 1852, S7sjO,407; 1883,
S743O. 13l. being decrease OF Silv'o I.crr was Az
S5I6OJ5 checks, friction matches, patent ine1i
Tne Santiio, Of Distilled spirits. ferrncnted liquors.
manufactured tobacco, saud cigars and cigarettes on
winch paid during t1o same periods are as io4
lows: