INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS. Detailed statement of the collections of internal revenue in the First District of Illinois for the year ended December 31, 1896. For the fiscal years from July 1, 1891, to June 30, 1896, together with comparative cost of collections. IMPORTED MERCHANDISE. Statement showing the value of imported merchandise entered for consumption, and duties collected thereon, at the port of Chicago, in 1896. CANAL STATISTICS (OFFICIAL). The following statement shows the expenses of repairs, renewals, etc.; also the tolls collected, with the dates of the opening and closing of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, from 1850 to 1896, inclusive: ILLINOIS RIVER IMPROVEMENT. Lock and Dam Lock and Dam Creek. Receipts. Expenses. Receipts. Expenses. Lock and Dam Lock and Dam at Henry. at Copperas Creek. Receipts, Expenses. Receipts. Expenses. In addition to the above figures there has been expended between Sept., 1891, and Nov., 1893, the sum of $25,000 in renewal of gates and improvements on locks at Henry and Copperas Creek, being a special appropriation passed by the Legislature June 15, 1891. |