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Ninth Annual Report of the 



The following statements show the operations under the act 

 of June 6, 1896, defining cheese and imposing a tax upon and 

 regulating the manufacture, sale, importation and exportation 

 of filled cheese. 



The quantity of filled cheese produced, withdrawn tax paid 

 for export, and that withdrawn tax paid for domestic use from 

 manufactories monthly, from July 1, 1899, to June 30, 1901, is as 

 follows: 



MONTH. 



July 



August ... 

 September 

 October ... 

 November. 

 December . 



1899. 



January... 

 February. . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August. ... 

 September. 

 October ... 

 November. 

 December . 



1900. 



January.. 

 February. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



1901. 



Total 



Quantity 

 produced, 



pounds. 



84,375 

 113,346 

 168,742 



218,508 

 221,673 

 235,818 

 319,846 

 212,671 



20,913 



95,133 



229,269 



175,663 



257,509 

 250,549 

 126,069 

 112,906 

 37,448 



2,880,438 



Quantity Withdrawn- 

 Tax Paid— 



For do- 



mestio use, 



pounds. 



26,019 

 3,613 



3,638 

 1^222 



3,967 

 4,163 

 3,423 

 3,190 

 37,448 



100,683 



For export, 

 pounds. 



84,375 

 113,346 

 142,723 



214,895 

 221,673 

 232,180 

 319,846 

 197,449 



20,913 



95,133 



229,629 



175,663 



253,542 

 246,386 

 122,646 

 109,716 



2,779,755 



It will be noted from the above table that the largest produc- 

 tion month for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900, was April, 

 and the quantity produced that month was 319,846 pounds. The 

 largest production month for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901, 

 was January, and the quantity produced that month was 257,509 

 pounds. 



There were 1,574,979 pounds of filled cheese produced at manu- 

 factories during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900, and the 

 entire quantity was tax paid. For the fiscal year ended June 

 30, 1901, 1,305,459 pounds were produced and tax paid, showing 

 a decrease in production as compared with the previous year of 

 269,520 pounds. 



