Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-11-13
NUMBER u.
THE INTERNAL REVENUE.
Annual Report OF the United States
COmmfsSiOners

The annual report of the commissioner Of
internal revenue for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1884, says that the total receipts
from all sources Of internal revenue taxation
for the year were s12l, $50, ,059 as compared
with s144, $50, ,S44 for 1883, s14g, ,52s, ,27S for
/ 1882, and s135, 90, ,912 for 1881 1t is estim-
ated that s115, 900 will be collected dur
ing the present fiscal year.
A compartive statement Of the receipts for
the fiscal year 1858 and 1884 shows decrease
Of s16,04l, $50 from tobacco, an increase of
81, $50, $40 from spirits. an increase of 81. .ls4
1888 from fermented liquors, and decrease Of
SIC, ,642 404 from taxes under repealed laws
and penalties, making total decrease of $22.-
9ei3, SO5. The largeJt collection in any one
district was made in the Fifth Illinois district
-$l3, ,0S6, ,355 and the smallest In the Second
North Carolina district-$1, 1872 There are
four States, namely, Illinois, Kentucky, New
York and Ohio, in which the collections were
over $13, ,00J,000
The total cost Of collection for the past year
YVES IS, LOG. 40, as compared with So los, ,g55
for 1888. The total expenses were little les
than 10 per cent. Of the amount collected.
The internal revenue taxes collected from
tobacco during the year aggregated SIC ,062.
i 3. The collections from the same sources
during the fiscal year 1888 were $42, l04- ~,
and during the fiscal year 1882 were ~, ,3gI.
9S8- By comparing the receipts for the last
fiscal year with those for the fiscal year i'm
mediately preceding it, it will be seen that
the decrease was SO, OF, ,549, and by conlpar-
ing those receipts with the receipts for the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1882, that the de-
crease was S21 ,329 SIS.
The total number Of grain distilleries
registered during the year was ,19l. OF
which number only LOIS were operated. The
numbers registered and operated in the fiscal
year 1883 were $50 and ], ,09G respectively,
year of fortY-one in the number registered
and a decrease OF eighteen in the
number operated. The quantities OF
grain used in the production Of spirits during
the past fiscal year-lS 927, ,9S2 bushels-is an
increase Of 2S3. l95 bushels above the amount
uzei in the preceding year, but is 5,137, ,egT
bushels less than the average for the last i've
years. A corresponding increase appears in
the number Of gallons of spirits produced
from grain during the year-73, 724, ,5S1 gal
Ions. which is an excess Of ], ,4s9, 406 gallons
over the product for 1883.
The quantity Of spirits t75, ,435. 80 gallons
produced and deposited in distillery ware
houses during the current fiscal year >
greater than the production IA, ,013. sos gal
lons) Of the year 1888 by ~ 43l gallons.
The quantity OF spirits t7S, ,342, 474 gallons
withdrawn from distillery warehouses dur
ing the current fiscal year is greater than the
quantity withdrawn rs, AL ,OS1 during the
year 1883 by 2,901, ,387 gallons. The quantity
1 Of distilled spirits in the United States, ex-
cept what may be in customs bonded ware
houses on October !, 1884, was 81, SIC, 81 gal
Ions