Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-23
TOBACCO AND SPIRITS.

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TOBACCO AND SPIRITS.
Extracts from Report of Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue.
The report Of Internal Revenue-Com-
missioner Miller. OF West Virginia, as
regards tobacco and spirits, is in part, as
follows
The aggregate. amount OF taxes collect
cd from tobacco during the last fiscal
year was so. 7OiN7.63. This amount in
cludes internal-revenue taxes paid by
stamps on imported and manufactured
tobacco, snuff. cigars, and cigarettes.
The net Increase of collections for the
last fiscal year. as compared with those
for the previous fiscal year, was $685.
O0e.ol. The increase from the following
named articles was:
Cigars and cheroots ............S @l,l60 O2
Tobacco. chewing and smoking. 75s,V'O %
Total CONTAMINATION. .....N l3i,fi5 Ill
Deduct decrease. snuff ......... 1871 10
Net increase of collections ..sl.0SI.co9 Oh
The Increase in the number Of cigars
and cigarettes and in the quantity OF
smoking and chewing tobacco for the
last fiscal year. as compared with those
taxed for the previous fiscal year, was:
Cigars and cheroots, number N,o55,oOI
Cigarettes, number ................ lfl,oyiJi'
Total ...., .2i1. 1864
Tahacco chewing and smoking
pounds ......... .................. l-'sIhcoo
Decrease snuff. pounds ......... 1858
Net increase, tobacco and
snuff .............. ........... lZ.uz-,-lo
The export account shows a decrease
in manufactured tobacco and SNUFF OF
sl2,669 pounds, a decrease in the number
Of cigars exported of 793.Ol5. and an in
crease I'm the number Of cigarettes ex-
ported OF eo,253,soo.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
The following exhibit shows In detail
the receipts for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1895, from each particular source
Of the tobacco-tax. as compared with
those for the previous fiscal year:
RECEIPTS FROM TOBACCO AND
SNUFF.
Manufactured tobacco ..........sli, ssS,lls 81
Snuff ........... .................. 649. Sss ~
Total for the year ended
June 20. 1885 ............. $685. S6 %
Total for year ended June 3d.
1894 .............. ............... i4s24.7S3 50
Increase in collections ....S ~ 332 20
Increase from chewing and
smoking tobacco .............. 300 20
Decrease from snuff .......s E,7% 10
RECEIPTS FROM CIGARS AND CIGA-
RETTEs.
Cigars and cheroots .sl2. 4sl. 9l7 81
Cigarettes ...... ................. 1.6tG,93 ~
Total for the year ended
June 20, 1885 ................N4,lJS, $40 -
Total for the year ended June
80, 1891 Observation-Disclosures. 5,f9J,lbi ~
Increase in collections IS 365, s76 II
or this increase 1921 .ls5.O2 was on cigars
and s1i.5ll.09 was on cigarettes.
PRODUCTION.
The production OF tobacco. SNUFF. cigars,
and cigarettes for the fiscal year ended
June 30. 1925, computed from the re-
ceipts from stamps sold for all such
goods as were put on the market for con-
sumption, together with those removed
I'm bond for export and including mpor-
tations for consumption, was:
Pounds.
Tobacco ...... .................... 63s
Snuff ........... .................. 1881, "A
Total tobacco and SNUFF
taxed ............... ....... 25s,1Ol,l12
Tobacco and snuff exported go. l3.S56025
Total production for fiscal
year 1895 .................... 22,a7.lss
Deduct tobacco and snuff i'm
ported for consumption $50. 3il $40
Total domestic production. 272,el5lss
Pounds.
Total production. 1894 26l. l7,5a2
Less imports .......... 3sS,i9
- 2sl .3j91s3
Increase over fiscal year
1884, ....... ................. 1i,2560l5
The increase OF taxed tobacco and snuff
over fiscal year 1894 was i2.022.2l5 pounds
the decrease OF tobacco and snuff export
ed was sl2669 pounds. and the decrease
OF tobacco and snuff imported and with
drawn for consumption was IL. 49, pounds
CIGARS AND cHERooTs.
Number.
Cigars and cheroots taxed. 80. 4.163, 972. 40
Add quantity exported ........ l.i0l. 725
Total taxed and exported. 4.l65, 0T4, 165
Deduct quantity imported 1894
ESTIMATED average. II pounds
per 100 ........................ -, S5s
Total domestic production. 4. i27 ,607, J27
Number.
Taxed In 1894 .....4.o6s,sl7.t53
Exported In 1894 $50. l.Si7N
- f,O32, i53, ss3
Total for 1894 ......4, 06s, H2.l73
Less imported ......... S,5Ss,6O
Increase over fiscal year
1894 ........ ..................- soioi,OH
The Increase over the fiscal year 1894 for
taxed cigars was 37.055.0T. the decrease
OF cigars exported was 7sS.0i5. and the
increase of cigars imported and with
drawn for consumption was i,l07.sis.
CIGARETTES.
Number.
Cigarettes taxed at 30 cents
thousand ..s.......... ...........S,5zLtS,lO
Cigarettes taxed at s. thou
sand observation-disclosures ......s. iVi5.%
Total number Of cigarettes
taxed .........-.. ............S.Jzs,SU,oV
Add quantity exported .......... 4sl.xs.foo
Total taxed and exported. q 10. sas.7H