Connecticut western news., 1883-08-08
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS.
$144,553, S66 Collected During the Past
 Year at Cost of About $5, ,12O,O0O.

The Commissioner of Internal Reve- nue has written letter to Secretary Folger in regard to the operations of his office, in which he says:
 The offices of all the collectors of in- ternal revenue, 126 in number, were carefully examined before the close of the last fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, and the entire collections of internal revenue for that year, mounting to $144, 553, ,366. 96 have not only been accounted for, but paid into the Treasury of the United States. The collection of this vast sum cost the Government about S5, 120, ,00O, percentage of B and the money was disbursed without any loss to the United States
 The comparative statement of the re- ceipts during the fiscal years ending as follows:
 In 1882, $146, 523, ,273; in 1883, $144,- 553, ,366, being decrease of $1 ,969, ,907; The total receipts from the spirits was in 1882, $69, ,873, 408; in 1883, $74, ,368,- 775, being an increase of $4 495, ,367. The increase was mainly from spirits distilled from grain, &, ,274, ,314; from re- tail liquor dealers Especial tax), $169, ,232; from spirits distilled from fruit, $32, 786, and from wholesale liquor dealers Especial tax) $16, ,897. The total receipts from tobacco were In 1882, $47, 1891, ,989; in 1883, $42, 104, 250, being decrease of $5, ,287, ,739.
 The decrease was mainly on chewing and smoking tobacco, $2,S97 ,339; on cigars and cheroots, $1 ,530, ,637; and on dealers in manufactured tobacco Especial tax, 1860, 723. The total receipts from fermented liquors were in 1882, $16, ,153,- 920; in 1883, $16, 900, ,615, being an in crease of $746,695 The increase was mainly on ale, beer, and porter, $745,- 365. The special tax on brewers was decreased $1O,939.
 The total receipts from banks and bankers, not national, were: In 1882, $5, ,253, ,45S; in 1883, s, 749, ,994, being a decrease of $1 ,5O4, 464. The decrease on bank deposits was $1 ,069, 1894, and on bank capital, $431, ,O66. The total mis- cellaneous receipts were: 1882, $7, ,S50,- 497; 1883, $7, 430, 721, being decrease of $419, 766. There was an increase of $105, ,973 on penalties, and decrease of $516, ,055 on bank checks friction matches patent medicines, etc.
 The following tabular statement is an estimate of the annual reduction of in- ternal taxation, under date of March 8, 1883, on the basis of. the receipts for the fiscal year 1883:
 Objects of Taxation. Annual Reduction Capital and deposits of banks and
 bankers not national. ...... $5, ,249, 17a Snuff, chewing and smoking tobacco IF, ,906, 196 Cigars ........................ 9,122, ,926 Cigarettes .... 694, 052 Special taxes of peddlers of tobacco
 and of manufacturers of and deal- CTS in tobacco, snuff, cigars, &c.,. 1,136, ,4Ot Stamp taxes on bank checks w 2318,455 Friction matches. ............ 3,272, ,25s Patent medicines, perfumery, cos- s- metics, &c. ...............:..... 1878, ,ss'
 
 Total. ....:....:.......... ss6, ,677, ,sel Add capital and deposits of national
 banks, paid directly to the Treas
 urer. ...................... 5,s5s, s,7Oi
 Total reduction. tion................$ SAP, ,6s7 ,56s