Evening star., 1901-07-26
INTERNAL REVENUE
Annual Preliminary Report of the
Commissioner.
RECEIPTS INCREASED $ll,0o0,00O
Percentage of Cost of Collection
Reduced
COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR

The annual preliminary report of Conn
missioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes for
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1901. shows
that receipts from all sources of internal
revenue for the year aggregated $306,-
S71669. This included $3.50, 4S7 tax on money
orders turned over by the Postmaster Gen
eral to the collector for the district OF
Maryland and for which expense for
collection was incurred, making an increase
of S11 800, ,561 over the receipts for the fiscal
year ended June 80. 1900.
The expenses of the bu eau for the fiscal
year will approximate I.T3T, 1872, and the
percentage of cost of collection, predicated
on these figures. less tax on money orders,
as above stated. will be 1.55, a reduction
of .03 in the percentage of cost of collec-
tion as compared with the preceding fiscal
year. when the percentage of cost was Los.
Sources of Revenue.
The receipts from the several sources or
revenue are given as follows:
Spirits. S116.027.979, increase over last
year, St, ,159, 1ts2; tobacco, s62, 4S1 ,9V7, in
crease. s., ,126 SD; fermented liquors, s15,-
G69 9OT increase, s., 40, 153; oleomargarine.
s2JlS, 101, decrease, S25.6s3: filled cheese.
Slices. decrease S2,411; mixed flour, S6,Ge6,
decrease, 1893.
Special taxes. not elsewhere enumerated
81 l65, 49,; decrease, S349,905.
Legacies and distributiye shares of per
sonal property, $5,211, ,S9S; increase, $2321,-
4O1.
Schedules A and proprietary and docu-
mentary stamps), 39,241, ,o36; decrease, ST.
12i.32S.
Banks. bankers. etc, s1,91s; increase.
S457
Miscellaneous. 1851, ,s2s; decrease. s75,-
%.
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, are as follows:
Spirits distilled from apples, peaches,
grapes. pears, pineapples, oranges. april
cots, berries, prunes, figs and cherries
gallons. 1,5J9.271. increase. 122,910.
Spirits distilled from materials other than
apples, peaches, grapes, pears, pineapples,
oranges. apricots, berries, prunes figs and
manifestations, W,267, I32; increase. ), IT'D. :
Sg2.
Fermented liquors 40.51I O7S;
increase. 1. 1892
Cigars weighing more than three pounds
per Observation-Disclosures, 5,1IO,o3l, ,'59; in
Cigars, weighing not more than three
pounds per thousand-Number, 1904, $50;
Increase, 81 ,6UI go.
Cigarettes. weighing not more than three
pounds per Observation-Disclosures. 2.2'1 O222,
GIG. decrease, 1863 SIS, I6I.
Cigarettes weighing more than three
pounds per thousand-Numbsr, o,44I, ,i92
increase. 99S.S00.
Snuff-Pounds. 1851, ,s44; increase, 1.7T4,
425.
Tobacco. chewing and smoking-Pounds
2.4. 101. 10: increase 15,12i.6S9.
Pleomargarine = Pounds, 101 Gle 33::33; de-
crease, 2.61T,3
Filled cheese-Pounds, 1906. .J91 decrease
269 400.
Collections by States.
The following statement shows the ag-
gregate collections by states:
Alabama, S513,254; Arkansas, S2,i5, 500
California and Nevada, $3.50 ATS: Colorado
and Wyoming, s1,24o.52s; Connecticut and
Rhode Island. s3O99,9ss: Florida ss04, 7Os;
Georgia. 92i.379; Hawaii, S102, 1s2, Illinois,
o5,pi,0 ,02i: Indiana, y ,466SS; Iowa
3.3i3; Kansas, Indian territory ard
Oklahoma, s10O9. .939; Kentucky, So. 49,
800; Louisiana and Mississippi, s., 399, ,9S1
Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia
and two counties of Virginia. 50, $50 133
Massachusetts, S7,541 .S52: Michigan 81, 800
2l9; Minnesota, 81, CO. ,966: Missouri, S17-
5G5.64s; Montana. Idaho and Utah. S755 5673
Nebraska. North Dakota and South
Dakota, ss,407,sos New Hampshire,
Maine and Vermont, s1,2o1.556 New
Arizona, Sl20,30S; New York
So, 429. .914; Oregon, Washington and Alas
ka, sl,223013; Pennsylvania, s26,o62, $50
South Carolina. $40, $50; Tennessee s. 4O6
$50; Texas. s1.6S1, 424; Virginia, 50 623 COS
West Virginia, sl,631 576; Wisconsin, $10,-