The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-02
ovER A HUNDRED MILLION.
,,cREAsE IN THE INTERNAL REEVE
NUE. RECEIPTS.

os Tint Amount More Than $43 ,OOO.-
ono came From the Stamp Tax.
Revenue From Liquors, Tobacco
and Almost All Taxable Articles
.ho,vs an Increase-Receipts From
,,.Narfous Sources Under the War
Revenue Act.
washington, Aug. 1.-The annual prelm-
,...-y repo.t Of the commissioner of inter
.sl r.ysnue for the fiscal year ended June
a. 1898. shows that the receipts from all
,,urees of internal revenue for the year
,..,ecatei 1913. 4S4, $50, which amount in
.,.5ld s37f .953. tax on money orders turned
avon Inv The Postmaster General TO the col
,t,r for the district of Maryland, and
(which no expense for collecting was in
,.,rre5 making an increase of $102, 617, 1853
aver the receipts for the fiscal year ended
June 80 1898
THE receipts from the several sources Of
,,vsnue and the increase or decrease in
each for the year as compared with the
wear 1885 are given as follows:
Spirits. 500 ZS3,Jl increase, $6,736, 5i3; to-
ba,,5 So 4g3. POI, increase, SIC 262 $50; fer
rerrel liquors $6S,644,55S. increase, $29 l29,-
,s7. oItomargarine 81 ,956,6lS, increase. $64O,-
>gl fled cheese, $1S,09S, increase, $l,579,
mixed hour. $3.50 CAV not in effect last
vs5r,. special taxes under war revenue act
MT elsewhere enumerated "a, 921 ,593; lega-
c.ez and distributive shares of personal
property 81, 235 ,4S5.
schedules A and b (stamp tax, $43 3d.
SIS. miscel aneous, $1,0S586S. Total. $273,-
445:2.
some War Revenue Receipts.
Among the war revenue receipts includ-
ed in the above are the following:
Bankers Capital not exceeding $4,000.
s4&T2
Bankers Capital exceeding $4,000, So
8o2I4
Billiard rooms, 1867. Oh
Brokers stock and bonds, etc., 1851 ,010.
Commercial brokers, $1Sl,919.
Custom house brokers, IS, los.
PawnhoEers $50,522.
Bowling alleys, SCI ,349.
CircuseS, SIS 233.
Thelters. exhibitions, etc, S126541.
Playing cards $271, 27S.
Penalties, $685. SIC.
Increase in Quantities.
The quantities of distilled spirits. fer
mented liquors, manufactured tobacco.
snuff cigars cigarettes, oleomargarine
and filled cheese on which tax was paid
during the last fiscal year, with the in
crease or decrease in each case, as COM
pared with the fiscal year 1898, are given
as follows.
Spirits, distilled from fruit, 1,9O6218 gal
Ions; decrease 105. 230
Spirits. distilled from grain 81. Sl9 314 gal
ions; Increase, 5466,0l3.
Fermented liquors (beer), 365S1 ia bar
rels; decrease. Pip
Cigars weighing more than three pounds
per 100" 1929, 304; increase, 2461l,787.
Cigars weighing not more than three
pounds per 1000 SAL 45,520; increase, H.
1864
Cigarettes Weighing not more than three
pounds per 1000, 2,802, 502, 573; decrease, 94S,
A22i
Cigarettes Weighing more than three
pounds per 1000, 2,62S, 1874; increase, All, 053.
Snuff l462I1O6 pounds; increase. $3.50
Tobacco chewing and smoking, 237 49,, 40
pounds; decrease, 81 OBS, 203.
oleomargarine. so, 49562S pounds; in
crease % l06,90l
Filled cheese, 16S2,6h pounds; increase,
257S
The Largest Collections.
The statement of the collections in states
showing receipts above $1OC0 0)0 with
cents omitted, contains the following:
Louisiana, including Mississippi, $2,254,-
Maryland, including Delaware, District
OF columbia and two counties in Virginia,
}>1394C9
New York, $46,684 $50: North Carolina,
H92l.16; Tennessee. $2,173 S95; Texas ST.
.,lS& Virginia, $4,Sl5,S5l; West Virginia,
Sl430.l0i