Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-12-14
CUSTOMS BUSINESS IN VERMONT.
Various Reports Of Interest from the
Treasury Department In Washington.

Various Reports Of Interest from the
Treasury Department In Washington.
For the fiscal year ending June 80 the
total amount of internal revenue collected
by the general government was $249,-
102,73S, according to- the report of the
commissioner of internal revenue OF
this Vermont contributed $2O,016.2S, the
smallest amount from any state or ter
ritory save the Indian territory alone. The
lack of breweries and distllleries accounts
for this.
In Vermont during the year there was
an aggregate of 1926 special taxpayers,
classified as follows: Rectihers, /; retail
liquor dealers, 22S; wholesale liquor deal
ers, 2; retail dealers in malt liquors, n;
wholesale dealers in malt liquors, IS. No
special taxes were received from Vermont
from manufacturers or dealers in oleo-
margarine, renovated, or adulterated but
ter or filled cheese. In the year ending
Dec. 81, 1905, Vermont had 81 cigar fac
tories which used So, 096 pounds Of tobac-
co and produced 3,034,375 cigars. Five
tobacco factories did business in the same
year and manufactured 2475 pounds OF
smoking tobacco from the grade of stock
known as scraps. Maine, New Hampshire,
and Vermont are consolidated in one in
ternal revenue district with Edgar o.
Crossman of New Hampshire as collec-
tor.
The report Of Charles II. Treat, treas
urer of the United States shows that Sept.
30, public moneys were deposited In YER
mont banks as follows: Regular deposit
tory, Merchants National bank, Burling-
ton. 500, 240.91; special repositories, Ma
tional bank OF Barre, SOS. 900: Peoples Ma
tional bank, Brattleboro, $50, 900; Vermont
National bank, Brattleboro. S35 900; Byn-
donville National bank, $50, 000 Killington
National bank, Rutland, $50, 900; First Ma
tional bank, St Johnsbury, $4,000; Ma
tional bank Of Newbury. Wells River,
$4,000. National Bank OF White River
Junction, $50 900; Woodstock National
bank, 5000; total, $610.2lO91. The av-
erage amount Of national bank notes In
circulation In the state during the year
ending June go was s4.506, 272. and the
duty paid thereon was 500, 630.62,
Neither of the Vermont customs dis
tricts is in the class OF twelve leading
ports where customs receipts for the last
fiscal year amounted 10 at least a mil
lion dollars but II the state was n single
district as formerly the receipts would
have been we'll above that figure. accord
ing to the report OF the secretary OF the
treasury.
The following statistics will show In de-
tail the customs business transacted in
Vermont during the year: District OF YER
mont (Burlington) vessels entered--for-
eign IFS; vessels cleared-foreign 1874,
costwise II; entries Of merchandise. &c.
$50; documents issued TO vessels %; du-
ties and tonnage tax 1856. 1894; aggre-
gate receipts $754. 2ss .2s; value OF exports
foreign $,772.0l4. domestic $6.4O3.S37; ex-
penses S75,s75,36; average number OF per-
sons employed 65; cost to collect one dol
lar .099.
District OF Memphremagog CNewport)-
vessels entered-foreign 500; vessels clear
ed-foreign 36S; entries OF merchandise
2s 405; duties and tonnage tax $392, 076.15;
aggregate receipts &404, 322.S9; value OF
exports-foreign $685. 1856. domestic IS, 300
253; expenses si7.s77.9i; average number
Of persons employed AZ; cost TO collect one
dollar lis. OF the 1853 district and ports
statistics OF which are given, the district
OF Vermont ranks 18th and the district OF
Memphremagog goth In the matter Of ag-
gregate receipts