The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-30
OUR INTERNAL REVENUE
OPERATIONS OF TIE SERVICE FOR
the PAST YEAR,

The Total Collections $3.50, ,995, ,432,
Being an Increase over the Previous
Fiscal Year of Se,5e9, ,957-The Cost
or Collection About S4,195,OOO -
Some Statements.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue Mason has made the fol-
lowing preliminary report of the operations
OF the internal revenue service for the fiscal
year ending June 80 last The total coll
lectlons for the fiscal year just ended were
Sl8O, s95, 432. and this sum has been duly
accounted for and covered into the treas
ury. For the fiscal year ended June 30.
1883, the total collections were 1924, 326, AIS,
which compared with the collections for the
fiscal year ended June So 1889, shows an
increase of S6,56S, ,957.
The cost of collection for the fiscal year
Just ended will aggregate about S4, 1885, 900,
exclusive Of the amount expended for the
printing OF internal revenue stamps, which
Is paid from the appropriation made to the
bureau OF engraving and printing. The
percentage OF the cost Of Collection is a
fraction less than 3.2 per cent, which is
eAactly the same as the percentage of cost
for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1885,
A DEFICIENT APPROPRIATION.
Owing the great number of distllleries in
operation during the last fiscal year, and
the increased quantity OF spirits produced.
resulting in an increase Of the taxes coll
lected from that source as compared with
the receipts Of the previous year of more
than 80 200 900, the expenditures for the sala-
ries Of storekeepers and the fees of gaugers.
were largely in excess Of the amount esti-
mated when the appropriation was
made therefor. The result was that
there were not funds enough to
pay these officers in full for
the month of June 1889, and they have
been paid up to June only, leaving their
accounts for the remainder of the month Of
june unpaid until an appropriation is made
to cover this deficiency. The amount Of
this deficiency Is about $4,000, aud has
been included in the cost of collection, as
above stated, so that it appears that the in
crease in the cost of collection, as compared
with the previous year is in exact ratio
with the increased collections.
RECEIPTS OF THE TEAR.
From statements accompanying the
report it appears that the total receipts
from different objects of taxation during
the last fl cal year were as follows: FROM
spirits, $74,3l3,2Q an increase of S. OO7. .O39
over the previous fiscal year; from tobacco,
S3l, ,S66, $50, an increase of 81 ,204, ,429; from
fermented liquors, 1928, 793, 555, an increase
of $500, ,6l7; from oleomargarine, 1864, ,2S2,
bankers, $6,2l4, an increase Of $3,0lI, and
from miscellaneous, $9l, 900, a decrease Of
S74,24S.
A STATEMENT FOR TWO YEARS.
The quantities of the products on
which tax was paid during the last
two fiscal years are as follows:
Spirits distilled from apples. peaches and
grapes, gallons III 1888 SSS 107, in 1889
| ,249, ,593, increase 36l 1856; spirits distilled
N 81 ia Is ~ ba
and grapes gallons in 1888 20, 67, ,379, in
1889 75,9l5,047, Increase 5,237 ,66S; fer
mented liquor, barrels in 1888 "A, $50. .219.
in 1889 %, ll9 1853, increase 439, 634; cigars,
number in 1888 3, ,S44 726 $50, in 1889 8, ,867,-
3s5, $40 increase %, 65S, 800; cigarettes, num-
Der IN 1883 1862 726, ZOE, in 1889 2,151 ,515,-
800, 1ncr ase 206, 7S9 26O; snuff, pounds in
1858 7,436,9S9, in 1889 8.063, 1920, increase
626,63l; tobacco, chewing and smoking,
pounds in 1888 201 $685. ,6l3, in 1889 2l3, 461,-
249, increase II ,535. .636; ole margarine.
pounds in 1888 30 667, 755, in 1889 &c, ,S05, 100,
increase 1885.
COLLECTIONS BY STATES.
The following statement shows the az
gregate collections of internal revenue by
states and territories during the last fiscal
year: Alabama $92, 1862, Arkansas Sl2O. .7l9.
Connec .icut S7S5, ia, Florida S424, ,0S2,
Georgia $436, l19, Illinois $3l, ,O073l9 In
diana IS, 1856, Iowa S392,576, Kansas
$l83, ,432, Kentucky S16 9l0,Sl4. louisiana
S632,0U9 MARYLAND S., ,9S6, ,92S, M tssachu-
setts 81 424, ,536, Michigan 81, 1862. .397,
Minne'ota $l,377, 796, Missouri S7,73O.
COS, Montana 2,642, Nebraska So
248, 1924, New Hampshire $469, ,35l,
New Jersey S4 1874, ,618 New Mexico $59. .062.
New York SIS, ,64S, ,675, North Carolina So
467, 150, Ohio Sl1 500 726. Oregon 1926. .524,
Pennsylvania $500, 1856 South Carolina
SS1, ,722, Tennessee 81, SO, 1886, Texas 1928.
III; Virginia e3,303.626. West Virginia
s7a2, ,663, Wisconsin, S3,O96, ,495. The total
by states aud territories is $3.50, ,S95. AIS.
Cash receipts from the sale of adhesive
stamps, sl4. Aggregate receipts $780,
s95, 432
RECEIPTS BY DISTRICTS.
The report also contains a statement Of
the collections by districts which shows the
collections to be the heaviest IN the districts
named as follows: Fifth Illinois, $l9, ,322,-
265; First Illinois, 50, 1874, $50; Fifth Ken
lucky, 1886, 1872; First Ohio, IS, ,602, ,251;
First Missouri, So 449, 81; Third New York,
So, 677, 800; Fifth New Jersey, "a, 1872 204;
First New York, $685., ,693; Sixth Ken.
lucky, 50. .406,9l6.