Income-Tax and their final repeal, see page 67. The statement made in that year 1871, is correct as to the levy of the tax, though not as to all payments under continued to be collected, as seen in the above table, to large amounts in 1872 and

SUMMARY OF INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS, FROM ALL SOURCES, FOR FIFTEEN YEARS, 1863-1877.

[From the Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.]

Total

in 15

$

$

5,894,945

exempt.

$

7,702,377

6,329,782

6,136,845

764,880

6,557,230
6,518,488

1,080,111

509,631

238,261

1863 5,176,530 3,097,620 1,628,934
27,170 4,140,175
1864 30,329,150 8,592,099 2,290,009 2,837,720 193,600
1865 18,731,422 11,401,373 3,734,928 4,940,871 520,363 11,162,392
1866 33,268,172 16,531,008 5,220,553 3,463,988 1,142,853 15,044,373
1867 33,542,952 19,765,148 6,057,501 2,046,562 1,459,171 16,094,718
1868 18,655,531 18,730,095 5,955,869 1,866,746 1,256,882 14,852,252
1869 45,071,231 23,430,708 6,099,880 2,196,054 877,089 16,420,710
1870 55,606,094 31,350,708 6,319,127 3,020,084 827,905 16,544,043
1871 46,281,848 33,578,907 7,389,502 3,644,242 636,980 15,342,739
1872 49,475,516 33,736,171 8,258,498 4,628,229 442,205 16,177,321
1873 52,099,372 34,386,303 9,324,938 3,771,031 461,653
1874 49,444,090 33,242,876 9,304,680 3,387,161 364,216
1875 52,081,991 37,303,462 9,144,004 4,097,248 281,108
1876 56,426,365 39,795,340 9,571,281 4,006,698 409,284
1877 57,469,430 41,106,547 9,480,789 3,829,729 419,999 6,450,429

years. 603,659,694 386,048,363 99,780,492 47,736,363 9,320,478 165,039,037 1,010,256,929

....

[Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Dec., 1877.] AMOUNTS COLLECTED AND COST OF COLLECTION.

It will be observed that the collections for the past fiscal year [ending June 30th, 1877] were $118,995,184. The accounts for making said collections have not yet been closed, but I am able to state that the expenses will not exceed the following amounts:

For salaries and expenses of collectors, which includes the pay of deputy collectors and clerks, house-rent, fuel, lights, and advertising, $1,865,523 For salaries and expenses of agents, surveyors, gaugers, storekeepers, and miscellaneous expenses..

1,570,000

For dies, paper, and stamps..

402,600

For detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons guilty of

violating the internal revenue laws...

For salaries of Internal Revenue Bureau.

61,000 272,372

Total.......

$4,171,495

Being scarcely more than three and a half per cent upon the whole amount collected.

When we consider the vast territory over which the internal revenue system extends, the large number of persons engaged in the manufacture and sale of taxable articles, and the amount of watchful care and surveillance necessary to be maintained for the purpose of collecting the taxes and preventing frauds, this exhibit must be regarded as exceedingly gratifying in respect to the small percentage the expenses bear to the amount collected.

AGGREGATE RECEIPTS FROM INTERNAL REVENUE (BY
STATES) FOR FIFTEEN YEARS, 1863-1877.

[From the Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.]
FISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30.

36,158,782 109,526,663 197,112,392 289,931,797 248,124,750

4,140,175 5,894,945 11,162,392 15,044,373 16,094,718 696,182 1,705,125 2,826,333 3,717,395 1,029,992

Aggregate

receipts

from all sources...

41,003,272 117,145,624 211,129,920 310,906,666 265,920,263

AGGREGATE RECEIPTS FROM INTERNAL REVENUE (BY
STATES) FOR FIFTEEN YEARS, 1863-1877.

[From the Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.]
FISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30.

175,257,261 143,027,877 167,560,195 127,873,141 115,291,159 14,852,252 16,420,710 16,544,043 15,342,739 16,177.321 1,043,561 561,963 1,109,526 787,263 294,565

from all sources.. 191,180,825 160,039,233 185,235,962 144,011,287 131,773,105

AGGREGATE RECEIPTS FROM INTERNAL REVENUE (BY
STATES) FOR FIFTEEN YEARS, 1863-1877.
[From the Annual Reports of Commissioner of Internal Revenue.]
FISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30.