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FINANCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



The only articles on which a loss was sus- 

 tained are legacies, successions, and penalties 

 special taxes not included under spirits, etc. 

 and these aggregate only $802,732. 



The following statement of the receipts from 

 the several general sources of revenue for the 

 first quarter of the present and last fiscal years 

 includes the returns of twenty out of the twen- 

 ty-six districts. The receipts of the following 

 districts only are, therefore, not included in 

 the receipts for the year 1870 : Third Missis- 

 sippi and Ninth Kentucky, for the month of 

 July ; Third Mississippi, for August ; Elev- 

 enth New York, Sixth Tennessee, and Fourth 

 Texas, for September : 



SOURCES OF REVENUE. 



RECEIPTS FOR FIRST QUARTER 

 OF FISCAL YEARS. 



Total gain, $8,020,517, or 20.8 per cent. 



It will ^ be seen that the gain on tobacco 

 during this period of comparison is increased, 

 and that on stamps is sustained, while that on 



spirits is fully sustained. The gain on tax of 

 banks and bankers is likewise more than sus- 

 tained by this comparison, and the entire table 

 affords ample promise of satisfactory future 

 results. 



The expenses of collecting the revenue have 

 been as follows : 



There were paid for expenses incident to the 



collection of the revenue for 1868 $8,776,814 



For 1869 $7,394,395 



Deduct the amount paid to store- 

 keepers, act of July 20, 1868 608,918 



Leaving for this year on the hasis of the ac- 

 count for 1868 6,785,477 



Decrease in favor of 1869 $1,991,337 



The following statistics of this department 

 present a summary of the magnitude and im- 

 portance of its labors : 



Number of seizures for violation of law for 



the fiscal year 1869 



Number of seizures for violation of law for 



the first quarter of 1870 



Number of cases compromised during the 



fiscal year 1869 



Amount received as tax thereon 



Assessed penalties fixed by law 



In lieu of fines, penalties, and forfeitures.. 

 Number of cases compromised during the 



first quarter of 1870 



Amount received as tax thereon 



Assessed penalties fixed by law 



In lieu of fines, penalties, and forfeitures. . 

 Number of compromise opinions prepared 



from March 11 to September 30, 1869.. . 

 Number of suits brought in Federal Courts 



during the fiscal year 1869 



Of these, the number of proceedings in rem 



Number of indictments found 



Number of other proceedings in personam. 

 Number of judgments in proceedings for 



forfeiture ..'. / 



Number of convictions on indictments 



Number of acquittals 



Number of suits decided in favor of the 



United States 



Number of suits decided against the Uni- 

 ted States 



Number of suits settled or dismissed 



Number of suits pending July 1, 1869 



1,744 

 1,021 



152 



$156,004 86 



$44,130 63 



$125,169 98 



2,166 



1.359 



4,007 



