﻿COMMISSIONEK 
  OF 
  AGRICULTURE. 
  1T3 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  government 
  receipts 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  in 
  collections 
  from 
  

   the 
  regiilar 
  oleomargarine 
  tax 
  of 
  two 
  cents 
  per 
  pound 
  and 
  from 
  

   special 
  taxes 
  imposed 
  upon 
  manufacturers, 
  retail 
  dealers 
  and 
  

   wholesale 
  dealers 
  were 
  $1,956,619. 
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  In 
  the 
  fiscal 
  years 
  1887 
  and 
  1888, 
  the 
  largest 
  production 
  month 
  

   was 
  March; 
  in 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1889, 
  December; 
  in 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  

   1890, 
  October; 
  in 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1891, 
  March; 
  in 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  

   1892, 
  March; 
  in 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1893, 
  January; 
  in 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  

   1894, 
  October; 
  in 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1895, 
  October; 
  in 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  

   1896, 
  October; 
  in 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1897, 
  March; 
  in 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  

   1898, 
  ^November; 
  while 
  the 
  greatest 
  production 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  

   year 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  1899, 
  occurred 
  in 
  December. 
  The 
  quantity 
  

   produced 
  during 
  these 
  months 
  was 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

  

  In 
  March, 
  1887 
  3,568,254 
  

  

  In 
  March, 
  1888 
  3,940,727, 
  

  

  In 
  December, 
  1888 
  4,181,317 
  

  

  In 
  October, 
  1889 
  4,072,333 
  

  

  In 
  March, 
  1891 
  6,723,224 
  

  

  In 
  March, 
  1892 
  5,916,871 
  

  

  In 
  January, 
  1893 
  7,824,657 
  

  

  In 
  October, 
  1893 
  9,318,006 
  

  

  In 
  October, 
  1894 
  7,046,429 
  

  

  In 
  October, 
  1895 
  5,922,649 
  

  

  In 
  March, 
  1897 
  4,826,677 
  

  

  In 
  November, 
  1897 
  6,367,024 
  

  

  In 
  December, 
  1898 
  8,964,073 
  

  

  