The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-05
THIRD DIVISION
 PAYS MOST OF THE REVENUE
Fish Industries and Mines Turn Large Sum Into
 l reaSury


 Treasury
 In the six and one-half years from July l, 1916, to December 31, 1922, revenues accruing to the Territory from taxes on various branches of the fisheries industry were almost three industry, according to the official audit report of the Territorial Treasury Revenues from the fisheries of all kinds amounted in that period to $1,85O, ,43S.3O.
 Second as a revenue producer is the mining industry which, during the same period, turned into the Terri torial treasury the sum of $661, ,694.75. The school poll tax was in third, rev. enue from it amounting to $349,971.61 Income taxes from railways brought in $151, ,140.63 and from the National For ests was received $134,22421. Of the last named sum, the Tongass Forest returns were $119, 9,45013 and the Gnu zach, s14,774.O8. Corporation fees in the Secretary's office contributed dur ing the audit period almost $65000; ships and shipping $56,121.44.
 The fur tax passed by the 1921 legislature proved to be revenue producer of some import the total for the biennium being $42,145.75. Most of that amount was collected in 1922, | when receipts under the act totaled $40,5S118, as compared to $1564.57 for the first years operations of the law. The First and Third Divisions con- | tribute virtually all of the fisheries taxes, according to the audit, which gives the following tabular statement: Salmon canneries and fish traps: Division-1 2 3 Years 1917-1S .4440 10 5550 w Years 1919-2O 54.2O 60 4520 ..,.. Years 192O-21 1922 .59 COLO ..,. Average reve-
 nue years 46.06 AT 5347 .....,.. The Third Division produced most of the revenue from the mining indus try which comes mainly from the cop per mining operations of the Kenne- colt and Latouche properties. The First Division is also second in reve nue from this source, the audit show ing the following percentage of re- turns by Divisions:
 Mines and Mining:
 Division-1 2 Pet. Pet. Pct. Pct. Years 1917-1S :. 3.S6 2.5S SS.62 4.94 Years 1919-2O 1878 3.63 7S.14 4.90| Years 1921-22 ..17.3O 5.12 1915 4.43 Average for
 year .......--....- S.46 BPS S343 4.S3
 The growth in revenue from mining taxes since 1916 has been larger from the First Division than any other. In fact only the Second Division showed any increase in the percentage of re- turns, both the Third and Fourth show ing declines in each biennium. The First Division returns grew from 3.S6 per cent of the total revenue from this source in 1917-1S to 17.30 per cent in 1 the last biennium, while the Second in- creased from 2.5S per cent to 5.12. A decline of 15 per cent is shown in the Fourth.
 | In poll tax receipts, the Third Di- vision also leads according to the fol- lowing table for the four years of it's operations:
 School poll taxes:
 Division-1 2, 3 4
 Pct. Pct. Pet. Pct Years 1919-2O 41.44 49O 46.3S 7.2S Years 192O-21 ..23.99 3.55 65.4S 69S Average for
 years ..........32,S3 424 55.S9 TIA In taxes on furs and pelts the Sec ond Division leads all others in the two years the law has been in effect, the following percentages being shown: First Division, 10.35; Second, 3276; Third, 2767; Fourth, 1922.
 The division of the total revenue from taxes from all sources for the six year period was:
 Division-1 2 3 Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct Years 1917-1S ,.26.13 1.SS 67.91 4.0S Years 1919-2O 44.37 1.sS 5O.96 2.79 Vaarc 1Q0O-21 27 AT 2S5 E4 6S 4 30