Statement of the quantity of spirits, in taxable gallons, withdrawn for export during the four months ended November 1, 1877, by districts. Statement of the quantity of spirits, in taxable gallons, produced and withdrawn, tax-paid, and the amount of tax paid, by months, for July, August, September, and October, 1877. The following table shows the stock on hand, production, and movement of spirits for the fiscal years 1875, 1876, and 1877: It will be observed upon examination of the foregoing tables that there was a great reduction in the daily producing capacity of distilleries for the months of July, August, and October of the current fiscal year, when compared with the same months last year; but the aver age daily producing capacity for the past four months has been about equal to that of the same months of the year 1875; the interference with the movement of freights in July last by the strike, the dull market during the past few months, and the prospect for low prices for grain, have all contributed, in my opinion, to reduce the production and withdrawal of spirits during the period in question. It will also be observed that the amount of spirits in bonded warehouse, at the close of the years 1875, 1876, and 1877, averaged about 13,000,000 gallons; and on the 1st of November in each of said years nearly 10,000,000 gallons. It will be noted that the increase in the production of spirits in the past fiscal year over the preceding fiscal year, viz, 2,000,000 gallons, is substantially represented by the increase in the exportation of spirits during the same period, so that the amount withdrawn tax-paid in each of those years was very nearly 57,000,000 gallons per annum. It would seem, therefore, that the spirits required for home consumption and for export at this time amount to nearly 60,000,000 gallons; and though the production and withdrawal of spirits during the past four months have decreased over a million gallons as compared with the corresponding period of last year, I am satisfied that, with the large crop of corn on hand, the production of spirits during the present fiscal year will equal, if it does not exceed, the amount produced last year. It will further be observed that during the first quarter of the present fiscal year the increase in the receipts from tobacco and cigars has been about $545,000, from fermented liquors about $138,000, from banks $11,000, and in the amount of taxes collected under repealed laws over $48,000, making a total increase from these sources of over $864,000. It may be too sanguine a view to assume that this rate of increase from the above sources will be maintained throughout the year, but I am strongly inclined to the opinion that the large crop of tobacco raised throughout the country will have the effect of increasing the production of the manufactured article, thereby adding considerably to the revenue from this source. As shown in this report, there is a steady increase in the amount of tobacco used, the increase last year being 5,658,539 pounds over the year previous. I think it is safe to estimate that the receipts for the current fiscal year will reach $120,000,000. TABULAR STATEMENTS. The accompanying tabular statements are made up from the accounts of this office, to enable you, as required by law, to lay them before Congress, to wit: Table A, showing the receipts from each specific source of revenue, and the amounts refunded in each collection district, State, and Terri tory of the United States, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1877. Table B, showing the number and value of internal revenue stamps ordered monthly by the Commissioner; the receipts from the sale of stamps, and the commissions allowed thereon; also, the number and value of stamps for special taxes, tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, snuff, distilled spirits, and fermented liquors, issued monthly to collectors, during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1877. Table C, showing the territorial distribution of internal revenue from various sources in the United States, for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, and 1877. Table D, showing the aggregate receipts from each collection district, State, and Territory, for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, and 1877. Table E, showing the total collections from each specific source of revenue for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, and 1877. Table F, showing the ratio of receipts from specific sources to the ag gregate of all collections for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, and 1877. Table G, showing the receipts from special taxes in each collection dis. trict, State, and Territory, for the special-tax year ended April 30, 1877. Table H, an abstract of reports of district attorneys concerning suits and prosecutions under the internal revenue laws during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1877. Table I, an abstract of seizures of property for violation of internal revenue laws during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1877. Very respectfully, Hon. JOHN SHERMAN, GREEN B. RAUM, Commissioner. Secretary of the Treasury. |
