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Show INTERNAL REVENUE ! FORCE DECREASED; Washington. Oct. 1.1 Carrying out the policy of the administration to extend to the Filipinos a great meas ure of home rule, the American em ployea oT the bureau of internal revc nue in the Islands have been reduce. almost half within six months, accord ing to the annual report of William T N'oltln?. revenue collector, received I by the bureau of Insular affairs today Incidentally, Mr. Nolting reports that i In the fiscal year ending June 30 last. I the receipts of Internal revenue wer I $11,392.3X2 an increase of more than t.suii nno over the pre ious fiscal year The greatest Item collected v a? from alcoholic and tobacco products, although there was a decided Increase I In the taxes derived from the increased in-creased output of manufactured articles. arti-cles. One condition evidenced by the tax returns, says Mr Nolting, is the gra Illy Il-ly ing falling on in the importation of opium, the duties having been one-fourth one-fourth less than the previous year. |