The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS.
Annual Report of Commissioner Mil
Ier-FaIIinE on for the Year.

The annual report of Joseph S. Miller,
the commissioner of internal revenue,
shows the total receipts from all sources
for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1894, to
have been S147, les, 449 a decrease for the
year of $13,S36, $40. The following table
shows the receipts from the several sources
during the last fiscal year and the increase
or decrease as compared with the year next
preceding:
Spirits, $S5, ,252, decrease, s9.461, OOS;
tobacco, $2S, 617, 1898, decrease, $3,271, S13;
fermented liquors, S31, 414,7SS, decrease, ST.
134.195.
ole0margarine, 81, 72s, 479. increase, $751;
1856.
The quantities of spirits, ETC., on which
tax was paid during the last fiscal year,
with the increase or decrease as compared
with the fiscal year 1898. are given as fol-
lows:
Spirits distilled from apples, peaches and
grapes 1430,55S gallons, decrease, 256, 9SS;
distilled from other materials 81, 346, S34
gallons, decrease, 10,111,514; fermented
liquors, S3,S34,7SS barrels, decrease, 1,219,-
534.
Number Of cigars. cheroots and cigar
cites, weighing over three pounds per
thousand, 4066, 917, 433. decrease, 1929 ,6S4;
cigarettes Weighing not over three pounds
per thousand, 9,1SS, 57S, 76O, increase, 6,SS1,
OeO; cigarettes weighing over three pounds
per thousand, 20S.370, increase, 203. $40;
snUffs, II, 81, 092 pounds. decrease, 2S5. SOP:
chewing and smoking tobacco, 235, 451, 500
pounds, decrease, 1884, 944; Oleomargarine,
66,427,9 900 pounds, increase, 1866, 125.
OF the receipts by states Illinois is at
the head of the list with S0,942, 233; Ken
lucky next with S24, 30S, $50; New York
next with S1S,922, ILL., Ohio with $l2, Asa, S9S;
Pennsylvania, $12.151 1876.
The cost of collecting the internal reve-
nue. during the last year was $3,975,904, or
2.10 per cent. of the collections.
The total number of Chinese registration
certificates applied for under the act of
Nov. 3. 1893. was 106.S11, at cost up to
June 80, 1894, of $42, S99
The estimated expenses of the internal
revenue service for the fiscal year ending
Jun 80. 1896, are given as $4,S59.S70. The
report shows the work on the bureau is
in excellent condition, both in the office
Of the commissioner and in the field
The annual number and class of special
taxpayers in the. United States on June
80. 1894. is given as follows:
Retail liquor dealers, 215,419; rectifiers,
/ ,494; VII )lesale liquor dealers, 1856; manu-
facturers of stills, 26: brewers. 1905; retail
dealers in malt liquors, 12,61S; wholesale
dealers in mali liquors, 5,51S; manufacture
ers of oleomaTgarine, p; retail dealers in
oleomargarine, 400; wholesale dealers in
OleOmargarne, 271. Total, 2491 which is
a decrease for the fiscal year Of t,456 The
number of distilleries operated during the
year was 514S; of this number 1,541 were
for grain, u for molasses and 1886 for
fruit. The quantity of grain used for the
production Of spirits during the year was
-. 116,S1S bushels, a decrease for the year
of 9.313,591 bushels. The yield of spirits
from each bushel of grain was 4.02 gallons,
as against 4.24 gallons for 1892 and 4.35 for
1893
During the fiscal year ended June 80,
1894, 6,349 licenses were issued to domestic
sugar producers intending to claim bounty
on their product and So, 10O.20S net, after
deducting refundments, were disbursed by
this office in payment Of approved bounty
claims. During the fiscal years ended June
go 1892 and June 80, 1893, OF and
S9.375, 40 respectively were disbursed as
bounty on sugar, making, with last years
bounty, a total disbursement of SIS, ST., All,
exclusive of administrative expenses in
CURED in executing the bounty law. The
following table shows the amount Of the
various kinds Of sugar returned, bounty
paid Gents omitted, etc, during the fiscal
year 1884,