The following statement shows the number of grain and molasses distilleries in operation at the beginning of each month during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1877: The receipts from the several sources relating to distilled spirits for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1876 and 1877, were as follows: OPERATIONS AT DISTILLERY WAREHOUSES. The following table shows the quantity of distilled spirits, in taxable gallons, at seventy and ninety cents tax, placed in distillery warehouses, withdrawn therefrom, and remaining therein, at the beginning and close of the fiscal year ended June 30, 1877: Quantity of distilled spirits remaining in bond July 1, 1876, at 70 cents..... Total remaining in bond July 1, 1876.. Total exported and unaccounted for June 30, 1876. Distilled spirits withdrawn, tax-paid under act of June 6, 1872, at 70 cents Total withdrawn, tax-paid..... Distilled spirits exported under act of June 6, 1872, at 70 cents.. Total withdrawn for all purposes named above.... None of the spirits at seventy cents reported above as remaining in bond June 30, 1877, were actually in warehouse. The following statement shows the balance unaccounted for by districts, action taken to secure tax, &c.: Of the spirits at 90 cents reported as remaining in bond June 30, 1877, 167,021 gallons were not actually in warehouse, portions having been destroyed by fire, seized, &c., as shown in the following table: |