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wAsmIxeTux. Nov. Dc -Thc annual
report 81 John W. Ma~on. commission
er Of internal rcvcuue. which has 1ust
been Submitted % the secretary Of the
treasury. contains . mas u interest
ing information In regard % the opera
ton of that scrvicc.
The total receipts for the last hscal
year from al sources were sifd, ola tia
an increase Of SEQ. Tip over the re-
ceipts Of the previous fiscal year. The
cost % collection for the past fiscal
year was s..a!06ot or - per cent Of
the receipts against asa last year. The
estimated expenses for the next fiscal
year are ASA $50
During the year COS stills were de-
stroyed and nincty-scvcn were removed.
involving the arrest Of SIS persons
The aggregated amount Of taxes col
lected from tobacco was So. 200. go. 4
decrease Of 81. TO-. 20. due 10 the re-
duction Of the tax on snuff. chewing
and smoking tobacco aud % the repeal
Of special taxes relating 20 tobacco
The tax on cigars and cigarettes was
not changed aud the collections there
from were increased 81. $50. $50 during
the last fiscal year. The increase Of
taxed tobacco and snuff over 1880 was
1850. $50 pounds. the increase Of
tobacco and snuff exported Aes9
pounds, and the increase of tobacco and
snuff imported and withdrawn for con-
sumption i6l. TOi pounds. The increase
during the fiscal year of 1894 Of taxed
cigars was ss7, ,OOa, Ts4, and the decrease
of cigars exported was 40,966, and Of
cigars imported and withdrawn from
consumption s9,7a0, Tsa The increase
Of taxed cigarettes was 45i. as4, ,Os0, and
of cigarettes exported IS. 224. 900.
The decrease of cigarettes imported
were 5a4, ,sT5
The commissioner says that In order
10 make the tariff law effective seven
amendments will be required. among
which is one forfeiting Illicit factories
and also duly authorized factorie.
where there Is any serious violation OF
the law. II should also be made Q
penal offense to remove or 20 use
stamps or TO have in possession stamps
that have once been used Tn,
total number of grain, molassei
and fruit distilleries registered
and operated during the yea
Is 400 and 3.si9 respect
lively. decrease of asst in the number
registered and decrease OF e,399 II
the number operated The quantity o
spirits (ll5 062, $50 gallons) produce'
and deposited In distillery warehouse
during the fiscal year ended June 80
- 1891, Is more than the produc
ton (O9, 275,o2s gallons) Of tn
year 1890, 10y G,6s6, 46i gallons
The difference Is distributed anon
the different kinds as known
. the trade, as follows: Increase in pre-
duction, high wines 45i, 40s gallons, ry
: whisky $50, ,sl2, alcohol 906, 1873, rur
1876, 5O4, gin 90, 73l, pure neutral or &C
logne spirits l.332, 507, miscellaneou
1881. 2O2; total increase 0, ,229, $50 ga
Ions; decrease in the production Q
Bourbon whisky 2,543, 500 gallons; nj
increase G,Gs6, lGi gallons. There wa
an increase OF spirits withdrawn fC
scientific purposes and for the use {
the United States, 956 gallons
The quantity of spirits In distiller
warehouses June SO 1891, was the large
quantity so held at the close of m
fiscal year. The stock on hand hi
grown from CT, 600, 600 in 1883 TO 6s, SOC
900 in 1889, to 50. 700. 900 in 1890 al
finally TO nearly 1l3, 900, 900 in 1891
appears from reports recently receive
that while the quantity OF spirits
distillery warehouses September 3
1890. was s5 1O6, 670 gallons, or mo
than 100000 less than the qua
tity therein June 80, $780, the qua
tity in warehouses September
IE 1891, was lO4 $40, 500 gallons or mo
than 8, 100, 900 less than the quantity
!, held June 80, 1891. 1t is noticed al
'h that this increased reduction is due
lu decrease in production during Jul
p August and September, 1891, rath
80 than to increased tax paid withdrawal
: the quantity withdrawn tax paid dr
a ing these three months being nearly
~ 600, 900 gallons than the quantity
ie withdrawn during July, August al
September, 1890.
he The commissioner announces his pr
g. pose of substituting weighing for gau
Ic- ing in ascertaining the quantity of d
of titled spirits subject to tax. He h
to therefore decided, with the approx
sc of the secretary of the treasury n
ch under the authority Of section S9i9,
at viscd statutes, to prescribe the use
tho scales in place of the gauge rod
lie distilleries and, so far as applicable,
mt rectifying houses, retaining the rod
ed use in gauging packages of rectifi
d. spirits whose true proof is not asc
he tainable owing to the presence OF 81
nd charine or other matter in the spiri
ief Statistics show that great striC
have been made in the production a
or consumption OF oleomargerino in
Netherlands, oleo oil to the value
$40, 900, 900 being imported from
United States during the calendar "
en 1890, and an estimated total output
,er i65, 900, 900 pounds being produced d
on ing the same period, of which nea
mo- 12s, 900, 900 pounds were exported
- England Belgium, France, Spa