Evening star., 1896-07-30
| N ERNAL REV ENUE e
Commissioner Report Of Operations During
the Year.
Some Increase in the Receipts
Mostly From Spirits and
Tobacco.

The commissioner Of internal revenue has
just submitted to Secretary Carlisle pre-
liminary report Of the operations Of his
bureau for the fiscal year ended June 20.
1t shows that the receipts from all sources
Of internal revenue for the year aggregat-
ed $146 $50, ,615, being an increase of s..
537 over the receipts Of the preceding fiscal
year. This expenses approximated $,O44,-
351, and the percentage of cost Of collec-
ton will be 2.70, reduction Of is in the
percentage as compared with the preced-
ing fiscal year. The exact cost cannot be
definitely stated until all the accounts have
been received.
From spirits the receipts were $S0. 0,010.
an increase Of ssO7, ,443. The largest item Of
increase under this head was from fruit
spirits. where the receipts Cs1, ,5S4.s s13D were
$4SS,S63 in excess Of last years receipts
from the eame source. Retail liquor taxes
also increased by SOD, ,106. rectifiers' taxes
$i9.45S and Wholesale liquor dealers spe-
cial taxes SAG, 2i3. The only decreases noted
were trifling, being in the cases of manu-
factures of stills and stills themselves
Revenue From DObacco.
Tobacco brought in a revenue of So.l1l,-
629, which was s1.Oo8.721 more than was
derived from this source in the preceding
year. There was a general increase in
all the items under this head. the largest
being in cigarettes under three pounds per
thousand, where the receipts were $2,o2l,-
195. or 1891. 493 more than in the preceding
year. Chewing and smoking tobacco
brought in s1520so2s- -S323, $40 more than
in the preceding year. Cigars and cheroots
over three pounds per thousand realized
s12, 113,267, an increase Of s221 $50, and
snuff afforded a tax of $152,915. an increase
Of S103,O27.
rived taxes aggregating S53.lS4235. or
81. 1867 more than during the preceding
year. Ale. beers and similar liquors
brought in sSs, 1914. an increase of s2.o34.-
ShrinlSaEc I'm Oleamargarfne.
There was falling off Of s1s9.77s in the
taxes realized from oleomargarine, the
revenue from which amounted to 81 ,219 49,
The decrease was general in all the items
under this head the largest item being
s112sl1 in the direct tax on oleomarsarine.
WI lie retail dealers taxes shrunk Sd 2l5
and wholesale dealers taxes s26.52o.
The miscellaneous receipts diminished
$lS2GD during the year, the largest item
being $122.54s decrease In the receipts from
playing cards. which We're only s259 a:s3
During the past year 81 7,039,9lO gallons Of
spirits distilled from other materials than
fruit were Withdrawn for -consump.io on :
which was decrease of 1,413, ,1o9 gallons
as compared with the preceding year Gig
arettes to the number of 4,0i2, ,391 ,6i0 were
drawn out. which was 7l4,9s7,s1o more
than were consumed during the preceding
year. The number of cigars and cheraots
withdrawn were 4.237, 755,9i3, an Increase
of Is, s., SOB. Chewing and smoking tobac-
co was taken out to the amount of 253-
651. 131 pounds. an increase of 5,397 499
pounds
Returns by States.
Illinois returned more internal revenue
taxes than any other state, the total col
lectons there being s31 ,973, 133. New York
came next in order with sd l,62o,470. Ken
lucky stood third, wita sl4.9o31l0. Ohio
and Pennsylvania were close together, with
s11, ,947, ~ and s11, ,1i3,54S respectively. Mis-
souri,. s6,A59,9l5: Maryland including the
District of Columbia, so.96S, ,S55 and Wis
cons,n, s5,o12.O77. None of the. remaining
states reached the five million mark IN the
returns.