The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-04
TEE INTERNAL REVENUE.
Facts and Figures From the
Commissioners Report.
Nearly Sl4O,Ooo,ooo Collected
in the Last Fiscal Year.

Hon. John B. Mason, Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, has submitted to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury report of the opera
tions Of the Internal Revenue service for the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1889. The aggre-
gate receipts for the last fiscal year were
$13o, 1874, ,434, or IS, ,667, ,95S more than the re-
ceipts for the previous year. The receipts
for the first three months of the previous fls-
cal year aggregated S34, ,6S4, 526, an increase
Of s3,47O,S07 as compared with the
Rod of the last fiscal year.
The Commissioner says that if this ratio of
interest is maintained, the receipts for the
present fiscal year will amount to over $142,-
600, 600. He does not, however, think that
such will be the case, and he estimates the
collections for the current year at $135, 600, =
600. The increased collections were mainly
on spirits distilled from materials other than
apples, peaches or grapes. The only object
Of taxation showing a decrease during the
first quarter of the present year is oleomar-
garine, which dropped from s14s, ,623 in 1885
to 1924, 790 in 1889. The total cost of colec-
ton during the past fiscal year was 81, lsE, :
729, fraction less than 3.2 per cent. Of the
amount collected. The Commissioner esti-
mates the total expenses OF the service for the
next fiscal year at s., 263, $50.
The increase in the quantity of tobacco and
snuff and in the number Of cigars and ciga-
rettes was: Manufactured tobacco, II, 535, ,6S6
pounds; snuff, 626, 63I pounds; cigars, 22, 65S,
Boo; cigarettes, 2SS, 7S9, 800. The export ac-
count shows an increase in manufactured to-
bacco Of 118, 1S3 pounds, an increase in the
number of cigars of 266, roo and an increase
in the number Of cigarettes Of is, 9O9, ,950
The number of cigars imported during the
year was &C, 0s7, 4O7. The value Of the manu-
factured tocacco imported was $40, 353.
The total number Of special taxpayers is
given assoc, 1874, Of whom ,0l3 are dealers
In manufactured tobacco.
The number of gallons of spirits produced
from grain during the year was g.
SS7, ,456 gallons, showing an increase of 49,
400, 1896 gallons over the product Of the pre-
yious wear, or 4, 161, $50 gallons more than the
average produced (s3, re, ,S06 gallons for the
last ten years.
The quantity of rum distilled from mo-
lasses during the year was I, ,41, ,OS4 gallons,
showing decrease of 420, 1872 gallons from
$40 gallons less than the average product
Q,SS7, 564 gallons) for the last ten years.
The quantity Of distilled spirits in the
United States, except what may be in Gus
toms bonded warehouses, on October !, 1889,
was 102, 652, ,9S2 gallons, the average stock of
each retail liquor dealer in the United States
is estimated at $50 gallons
The average monthly production of oleo-
margarine during the fiscal year was 2,9R,
OO2 pounds; the average monthly production
for the previous year was 2, SEQ, 400 pounds,
and the average monthly production during
the eight months ended June 80, 1887, was
All, 1928 pounds. There was increase in the
number of persons engaged in the sale of
oleomargarine during the fiscal year ended,
as we'll as an increase in the production Of
the article. Tables in regard to oleomar-
from year to year in the production for con-
sumption both at home and abroad.