Excerpt from Reports of a Commission Appointed for a Revision of the Revenue System of the United States: 1865-'66The census of 1860, only made available for detailed reference some four or five years after its enumeration, has been to the commission of but little service. Nor do the statistics which have been furnished from time to time by the Treasury Department afford the knowledge of those facts which are so essential as a groundwork for the labors of the commission.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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