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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

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  Oleomargarine 
  (Statement 
  of 
  Manufacturers, 
  etc.) 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Internal 
  Revenue 
  for 
  the 
  

   fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1899, 
  contains 
  the 
  foUowinL'; 
  statistics 
  

   bearing 
  upon 
  the 
  oleomargarine 
  industry. 
  Since 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  

   August 
  2, 
  1886, 
  defining 
  butter 
  and 
  imposing 
  a 
  tax 
  upon 
  and 
  

   regulating 
  the 
  manufacture, 
  sale, 
  importation 
  and 
  exportation 
  of 
  

   oleomargarine, 
  the 
  average 
  yearly 
  production 
  of 
  this 
  substitute 
  

   for 
  butter 
  and 
  total 
  receipts 
  from 
  all 
  oleomargarine 
  sources 
  for 
  

   each 
  fiscal 
  year 
  since 
  November 
  1, 
  1886, 
  the 
  date 
  the 
  oleomar- 
  

   garine 
  law 
  took 
  effect, 
  is 
  interesting 
  as 
  showing 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  

   operations 
  in 
  the 
  country, 
  and 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  On 
  hand 
  November 
  1, 
  1886, 
  181,000 
  pounds. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  endlnR 
  (from 
  November 
  Pounds 
  Amount 
  

  

  1, 
  :886; 
  to 
  June 
  80, 
  1887 
  produced. 
  received. 
  

  

  1887 
  21,513,537 
  $723,948 
  04 
  

  

  1888 
  34,325,527 
  864,139 
  88 
  

  

  1889 
  35,664,026 
  894,247 
  91 
  

  

  1890 
  32,324,032 
  786,29172 
  

  

  1891 
  44,392,409 
  1,077,924 
  14 
  

  

  1892 
  48,364,155 
  1,266,326 
  00 
  

  

  1893 
  67,224,298 
  1,670,643 
  50 
  

  

  1894 
  69,632,246 
  1,723,479 
  90 
  

  

  1895 
  56,958,105 
  1,409,211 
  18 
  

  

  1896 
  50,853,234 
  1,219,432 
  46 
  

  

  1897 
  45,531,207 
  1,034,129 
  60 
  

  

  1898 
  55,388,727 
  1,315,708 
  54 
  

  

  1899 
  80,495,628 
  1,956,619 
  00 
  

  

  Total 
  (pounds) 
  644,965,630 
  $15,942,101 
  87 
  

  

  