Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-28

. Review OF commissioner Evans Annu.,
rcport-Heccipts More than 500 non
400 Less thai in 1888.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-The ann,,o, w.
mort of Hon. Walter Evans, COMMISSIONS
Il Internal Revenue, for the fiscal vaar
ended June 30, 1854, has been submitted ~
.he Secretary of the Treasury. Tho totoI
rnc,ipts from all sources of internal reva !,
AVIATION for the year were 1921. 500. O3o az
compared to S144, SIS, 344 for the wear 1859
el46.52@,273 for the year 1882, and s135 300
o,? for the year 1881. 1t is estimated tLat
$4,000, 900 will be collected during Tho n,os'
cnt fiscal year. The Commissioners save ,
falling off is anticipated in the present ye,r
fiat will follow from the diminished onan-
,ity Of bourbon and rye Whistles produced
in 1889, on which the tax will mature dr.
iNg the current fiscal year. Another causo
contributing to the reduction of rcceipts viii
peJhe largely increased expectation of shirts
in bond, on which, for various reasons t,o
owners can not pay the tax. Sometime
like 10. 600, 900 gallons have already hon9
forced abroad during the current calendar
year.
\ comparative statement of the recoints
for the fiscal years 1883 and 1854 shows a
decrease of SIG, 041,S5 from tobacco. an in
crease of S2,536,61 from spirits, an in.
crease OF S3l, lS4, 33S from fermented
liquors, and a decrease of $40, Ga. 4o4 from
the taxes under the repealed laws and men,
allies, making a total decrease of So, g63-
5o5. Inc total expenses were a little less
than o Il and one-tifth per cent. of tha
amount collected. The COMMISSIONS saws
the diminution of the gross receiuts couIJ
hot proportionatcly affect the cost of col.
lection, as nearly the same force had ia he
retained.
BY comparing the receipts for the last
fiscal year with those for the fiscal wear i'm.
mcdiately preceding it the decrease of rev.
enue from tobacco was S16,04l. $40.
There was an increase of Al in the num-
bcr of grain distillerics registered during
the last fiscal year and a decrease of rs in
tie number operated. The increase in the
number registered occurs as was tI,o case
in the preceding fiscal year, in the class of
distilicries having smaller capacities
for the production o spirits. In the class
Of larger distilleries a very decided
reduction occurs both in the number
registered and the number operated. Accom-
l~arative statement Of the spirits of different
kinds known to the trade remaining in the
warehouse at the close Of the fiscal years
1883 and 1884 shows that While there was
III increase in the stock OF alcohol, gin,
higii-wincs and pure spirits, there was
q decrease i'll other grades of spirits,
principally in bourbon and rye whis-
kies, OF II, 750,694 gallons. Nearly two
thirds was bourbon whisky. The quantity
Of spirits produced and deposited in
the distillery warehouses during the fiscal
year is greater than the production for the
year 1883 by 1,422,431 gallons. The quanti-
~ OF spirits Withdrawn from distillery
warehouses for the year is greater than the
quantity withdrawn during the year 1888
by :, 901 ,377 gallons. The quantity of dis
TILED spirits in the United States. eycept
what may be in customs bonded ware
houses, Oh October 1, 1854, was 96,Slo, 5a1
gallons.