together with those removed in bond for export and including importations for consumption, which are subject to internal-revenue taxation in addition to customs duties, was: Tobacco TOBACCO AND SNUFF. Total tobacco and snuff taxed.. Tobacco and snuff exported... Total production for fiscal year 1896....... Deduct tobacco and snuff imported for consumption... Net total domestic production.. Total production, 1895. Less imports.... Increase over fiscal year 1895.... The increase of taxed tobacco and snuff over 7,114,624 pounds; the decrease of tobacco and 821,008 pounds, and the decrease of tobacco and withdrawn for consumption was 14,555 pounds. Cigars and cheroots taxed.. Add quantity exported. CIGARS AND CHEROOTS. Total taxed and exported.... Deduct quantity imported 1895 (estimated average, 12 pounds per 1,000) Number. 4, 237, 755, 943 1,005, 411 4, 238, 761, 354 36, 956, 720 4, 201, 804, 634 4, 127, 607, 527 Increase over fiscal year 1895..... 74, 197, 107 The increase over the fiscal year 1895 of taxed cigars was 73,783,503, the decrease of cigars exported was 96,314, and the decrease of cigars imported and withdrawn for consumption was 509,918. CIGARETTES. Cigarettes taxed at 50 cents a thousand.. Cigarettes taxed at $3 a thousand Total number of cigarettes taxed. Add quantity exported.... Total taxed and exported... Deduct cigarettes imported (estimated average, 3 pounds per 1,000) .. Number. 4,042, 391, 640 1, 407, 097 4,043, 798, 737 628, 086, 390 4, 671, 885, 127 3,864, 775 4, 668, 020, 352 3,790, 336, 777 3,786, 624, 057 881, 396, 295 The increase over the fiscal year 1895 of taxed cigarettes was 715,321,060, and of cigarettes exported was 166,227,290. The increase of cigarettes imported and withdrawn for consumption was 152,055. THE TABULAR STATEMENTS. In the tables annexed will be found statements showing the manner in which the manufacturing is distributed among the different States and districts, the number of persons and firms engaged in each of the two branches of manufacturing, the quantity of different kinds of material used, and the quantity and kinds of product manufactured. These tables are compiled from the reports received from the collectors of internal revenue of the transactions of manufacturers in their several districts for the calendar year ended December 31, 1895, a period of time differing from the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896, which will account for any apparent discrepancies between them and the previous part of the report relating to tobacco. STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER, BY STATES, OF CIGAR MANUFACTURERS' ACCOUNTS REPORTED, THE QUANTITY OF TOBACCO USED, AND THE NUMBER OF CIGARS AND CIGARRETTES REPORTED MANUFACTURED DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1895. Average quantity of leaf tobacco used per thousand cigars, 19 pounds. SUMMARY STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER OF TOBACCO FACTORIES IN EACH STATE, AND THE AGGREGATE QUANTITY OF LEAF TOBACCO AND OTHER MATERIALS USED DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1895. SUMMARY STATEMENT OF THE AGGREGATE QUANTITIES OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF MANUFACTURED TOBACCO PRODUCED IN EACH DISTRICT AND STATE DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1895, TOGETHER WITH A STATEMENT OF THE QUANTITY OF DIVISION OF LAW. The following is an abstract of reports of district attorneys for the fiscal year 1895-96 of internal-revenue suits and prosecutions pending, commenced, and disposed of: ABSTRACT OF REPORTS OF DISTRICT ATTORNEYS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1895-96 of INTERNAL-REVENUE SUITS AND PROSECUTIONS PENDING, COMMENCED, AND DISPOSED OF. The following statement shows the number of offers in compromise and action thereon under section 3229, Revised Statutes, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896, with the amounts of tax, assessed penalty, and specific penalty accepted: |