Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-08-01
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A Preliminary Report as TO Its
Operations Uurin2 the I.flst Year.
WASHINGTON, July 29-Commissions
of Internal Revsnus Mason has made the
following preliminary report Of the
operations OF the internal revenue
service for the fiscal year ending June
3Oth, last:
The total collections for the fiscal
year Just ended were $3.50, 1896, 432, and
this sum has been duly accounted for
and covered into the Treasury. For the
fiscal year ending June Both, 1888, the
total collsctions were 1924, 326 475,
which compared with the collections for
the fiscal year ended June 30th, 1859 show
an increase Of IS 568 957.
The cost of collection for the fiscal
year just ended will aggregate about S4,-
1s5, 900, exclusive OF the amount ex-
pended for the printing of internal
revenue stamps, which ID paid from the
appropriation made to the bureau Of en-
craving and printing.
From statements accompany the report
it appears that the total receipts from the
different objects OF taxation during the
last fiscal year wore as follows: From
spirits. S74, 3l3 FOG, an increase Of S.
007 ,039 over the previous fiscal year;
from tobacco, $3l 1856 $50, an increase Of
81, 20i .429; from tsrmentet liquors, S23,-
723 1856, an increase of S399,6l7; from
oleomargsrine, 1891, 2i8, an increase Of
$50, los; from banks and bankers, Sc 214,
an increase OF So OIL, and from misoel.
lRnsous, S9l .069, a decrease OF $74,243.
The quantities OF distilled spirits, fer
mented liquors, manufactured tobacco,
snuff, cigars, cigarettes and oleomarga.
rine on which tax was paid during the
last two fiscal years, are as follows: Spif-
its distilled from npples, peaches and
grapes, gallons-lSS8, IS, lO7; 1883,
j 2S9 ,693; increase, 1851 ,4s6. Spirits dis
titled from materials other than spples,
| peaches and grapes, gailons--lSSS, 70,-
| 677 379; 1899, 75,9l5, 0i7; increase, g..
237 6GS. Fermsnted liquors, barrels
1883, "a $50. 2i9; 1889, 70, ll9 $50; in
crease, 439 GSi. Cigars, num5er-lSS8,
| 3,Sa4, 1855 1889, 3,S 1885, $40; in
crease, % 65S $50. C'garettes. mum her
| 1858, / 1862, 72B. 100; 1889, ISL, sis $50;
increase. 2ss. 7S9 900. s'nutf, pounds =
1888 Z 436 $50; 1889. S,063 620; Increase,
4 626 63l. Iohnoco, chewing md smnk,
ing pounds 1853, POI ,925 6l3; 1889,
2l3, 46l ,2l9 increase, II 535, 636 Oleo
MARGARINE, poundS-10SS 80 667 755;
1883, 33sG5 100; increase, 1877, 1855.
The following statement shows the
aggregate collections of internal revenue
by states and territories during the las
fiscal year:
Alabama, 500 T62; Arkansas, S12n7i9
California, 81 I97,013; Colorado. 1894,
lie; Connecticut, $Ts5,7ld; Florida
&4l4 0S2; Gsorgia, $436,ll9; Illinois
S3l ,0O7, 4l9; Indiana, 50 TSS, 1856; Iowa
1892 SIG; Kansas, S13s 492; KeutUoky
SIG 90, S1i; Louisiana, $685. U9; Mary
land, & 3, 1856 92S; Massachusetts, so t2i
636; Michigan. 81, 500 39T; Minnesota
81, 377 1876; Missouri, 81, 730 sos; Mon
tana, $l62 G42; Ne5ra7ka, 80, 24s, 62l
New Hampshire, S469 ISL; New Jersey
a4, 3l9 6l3; New Mexico, $50 O62; Mes
York, SIS, Gas CTS; North Carolina, 81
i67 $50; Ohio, Sill ,5G6 726; Oregon
S22G,524; Pennsylvania, $500, 79G
south Carolina, Ssl.722; Tennessee, 81
G66, 1886: Texas, 1928, III; Virginia, So
800, 626: West Virginia, S732, 663; Wiz
cousin, SO COS 405. Total by states on
territories, Sl3O, o95, 4ls. Cash receip,
from sails of adheave stsmps, $l4. as
gregGte receipts, $3.50, 1895. 1872.