Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-13
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS.
Total Amount Collected the Last Fis-
cal Year @I40,63O,6lb.

cal Year SI46,e3O,6IB.
The commissioner of internal revenue
has just Submitted to Secretary Carlisle
a preliminary report of the operations Of
his bureau for the fiscal year ended June
30. 1t shows that the receipts from all
sources of internal revenue for the year
aggregated STAG, ,S30, ,615, an increase of
So, ,5S4, ,637 over the receipts Of the pre-
ceding fiscal year. The expense approx
mated $4,044,3 ,351 and the percentage OF
cost Of collection will be 2.70, reduction
of 1S, as compared with the preceding
fiscal year. The exact cost cannot be deti-
nitely stated until the accounts have been
received.
From spirits the receipts were SSO,67O,-
O7O, an increase Of $S07, ,443. The largest
item Of increase under this head was-from
fruit spirits, the receipts of $1,5S4,S ,S79,
being $4SS, 1863 in excess Of last year. Re-
tail liquor taxes increased by 1921 JOG;
rectifiers' taxes, $40, ,45S, and the whole
sale liquor dealers special taxes, $46,-
243. The only decreases noted were
trifling.
Tobacco brought in revenue of $780,
I'll 500, or S1,OO6,721 more than was de-
rived from this source In the preceding
all the items under this head the largest
being in cigarettes under three pounds
per thousand, where the receipts were
So, ,021, ,195, or 1857 ,493 more than in the
preceding year. Chewing and smoking
tobacco brought in $15, ,220,O2S, S323, ,S49
more than in the preceding year. Cigars
and cheroots over three pounds per thou
sand realized $12, ,267, an increase of
$221 300, and snuff afforded a revenue Of
1852, 2,915, an increase of $1O3,O21
From fermented liquors there was de-
rived taxes aggregating $}3, 7S4 ,233, or
50, 143, GIT more than during the preceding
year. Ale, beers and similar liquors
brought in $33, 139, 141, an increase Of
81, ,O94, ,S26.
There was a falling off Of $1S9,7TS in
the taxes realized from oleomargarine,
the revenue from which amounted to ST.
219, ,432. The decrease was general In
all the items under this head the largest
item being $112,S17 in the direct tax on
oleomargarine, while retail dealers taxes
shrunk S57,215, and wholesale dealers
taxes $26,520.
The miscellaneous receipts diminished
1882, 600 during the year, the largest item
being S122,45S decrease in the receipts
from playing cards, which were only
S259. 9.S53.
During the year 67,O39, $40 gallons Of
spirits distilled from other material than
fruit were withdrawn for consumption,
decrease of 7,413,119 gallons as COM
pared with the preceding year. Cigar
cites to the number of A, ,042 ,391 GAO were
drawn out, which was 714,9S7 800 more
than were consumed during the preceding
year. The number of cigars and cheroots
withdrawn was 4, 4,237, ,755, ,943, an increase
of 73, 7S3, ,503. Chewing and smoking to-
bacco was taken out to the amount of
253 ,667, 1877 pounds, an increase of $780,
400 pounds.
Illinois returned more internal revenue
taxes than any other State, the total col
lections being $31, ,973, 1873. New York
came next in order with $21 $40, ,470, Ken
lucky stood third with $14,903, 40. Ohio
and Pennsylvania were close together
with S11 1.947, 724 and S11, 145, ,54S respec-
lively. Indiana had $7,693. 154; Missouri,
sc. .959,911; Maryland, S5,96S, ,S95, and
Wisconsin, $5,012,077. None of the re-
remaining States reached the S5,OO0,OO0
mark in the returns.