The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-04
Internal Revenue.

Internal Revenue.
The receipts from the several objects Of
taxation under the Internal Revenue laws
fer he fiscal years ended June 80, 1899,
and 1900 we're as follows
1Ss9-DistilIed spirits, so. 2s3. 524 I6:
manufactured tobacco. $52. 4s3- zO7 81: fer
mcnted liquors. Sos. 81 .55S. Is; oieomarga-
riBe, s., $50. 61S-56; filed cheese. SIS, 09s.z2:
mixed -four, S7,S+e. So; special taxes not
elsewhere enumerated. 81, 921. 59S- q: Iega-
cies and diSJributIye shares OF personal
property, $1,235. 435-25; schedules 4 and B,
$43. S3T, Sizes; miscellaneous collections.
$L085 .S6S.47. Total, $273. 4S44 sal
1990--Distilled spirits, SI09. 6S,S17.1s;
manufactured tobacco. $59. 355, 0S4-27. fer
mented liquors $73 $50. 754 20; oleomarga-
rine, S2,543, -S5-1S; filled cheese, ST. o64. IS:
mixed -four, S7,439-45; special taxes not
elsewhere enumerated. $4.515 640.S5 lega-
cies and distributive shares Of personal
property, S2,SS4, 491 SIS; schedules 4 and B.
S40,964 $3.50; banks, bankers, ETC. 81
5000; miscellaneous collections. 81 &c.,
204.S1 Total, $295. $40, 1851
District of CoIunabia
The net expenditures On account CT the
1900 were S7.IoS.58157 The net revenues
deposited in the Treasury on this ac-
count for The same period were 81, Co.'S
722.77. During the year 3.s5 per cent
bonds for 81, 800 were issued, and sold
to provide funds TO pay interest under
decree OF court, on Board of Audit Ger
tifcates, as provided in the act of Con
gress approved August Is. 1894 Under
the operations of the sinking funds. the
net reduction OF the bonded debt during
the year was 1896. 800. and of the annual
interest charged, $40, 405. The total amount
of the bonded debt at the close of the
fiscal year was S15,G91, 800. OF this sum,
S14. 224, 100 consisted of $50 per cent
bonds The bonds of the old funded debt
retired with the sinking fund for the
water stock bonds equal in amount the
water stock bonds outstanding. The $50
per cent teQ-year funding bonds issued
under the act of Congress approved
March 8, 1891, have all been called in and
Cancelled The unsigned bonds provided
for transfers on this loan, amounting to
81 924, 600, have been destroyed
The total number of public buildings
under the custody of the Treasury De
partment, including completed buildings
and buildings partially completed or au-
thoriZed is 429. OF this number forty
have not yet been commenced and fifty
are III course of construction The total
number OF buildings occupied is 357. 4
The Secretary again calls attention to
the necessity for providing a hall of rec
ords in this city, quoting from his annual
report for 1899
In1mi grafton.
The Commissioner General of Immigra-
ton, in the annual report of the OPERA
tons OF his bureau for the fiscal year end
ed June 30, 1900, submits tabuIated state
ments showing the arrival in this country
during that period of 44S,572 alien imni-
grants. 425,372 through ports of the Uni
ted States and 23-200 through Canada OF
these, SG4,14S were males and 144424 fe-
males; 81, 64 were under fourteen years
OF age, $40, 552 were from fourteen to for
ty-6ve years old, and % 566 were forty-6ve
and over
As TO the Iiteracy of persons fourteen
years Of age and over, there were SO, SIS
who could neither read nor write, and q
09G who could read but were unable to
write; 81, 2SS brought each $50 or over, and
271, S21 showed sums less than $50 the
total amounts displayed to inspectors ag-
gregating sc, s57,59
The Marine Hospital Service.
The secretary reviews the yellow fever
Outbreak in the fall Of 1899 and states that
nc fever was reported in 1860. The out
break OF the bubonic plague in various
parts Ct the world is also described and the
precautions taken against its admittance
70 this countrS detailed
The following IS a summary of the work |
performed By vessels Of the Revenue Cut |
ter Service during the year: Distance COW
cred u nautical miIes AZ 0oI: lives savsd I
tae;Dsily rescusdl, from drowning, IS; YES |