38 ANNUAL REPORT OF NEW-YORK 



sachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, 

 Georgia and Alabama were but about $70,000,000, thus showing 

 most conclusively the superior advantages we possess over any 

 other State in the Union as an agricultural, manufacturing and 

 commercial State j and it should be borne in mind that not the 

 least part of the above item is agriculture, and hence the justice 

 of the claims which the farmers of our State have upon the 

 treasury, to which they so largely contribute by their productions 

 as well as taxes. 



The citizens of New- York pay more taxes by over a million 

 dollars, than those of any other State in the Union, and from 

 what source are they derived ? Most evidently a large propor- 

 tion from the soil and by the sweat of the brow. The real estate 

 of New- York, in 1854, amounted to $946,457,907, and the per- 

 sonal property to $221,802,950; and this amount is arrived at 

 from its assessed taxable valuation, and it is hardly necessary for 

 me to remark that these assessments do not show the full value of 

 the property, falling short not much, if any, less than one-third of 

 the actual value, which, if added would swell the amount to 

 about $1,600,000,000, which is more than the assessed valuation 

 of thirteen other States in 1852. 



In 1853 the revenue collected for the port of New- York, was 

 $38,289,341.58, while at all the other ports on the sea-board, 

 they were less than $20,000,000. 



In 1850, there were in the State of New-York 12,408,964 acres 

 of improved lands, and 6,710,120 acres of unimproved land; 

 average number of acres to each farm, 113. Cash value of farms 

 was $554,000,000; while the value of farming implements was 

 over $22,009,000. Both of these items have largely increased since 

 that time. Average value of farms, $3,250. Valuation of live 

 stock in our State was over $73,000,000. In 1850 over 13,000,000 

 bushels of wheat were raised; over 4,000,000 bushels of rye; 

 over 26,000,000 bushels of oats; over 17,000,000 bushels of In- 

 dian corn; over 15,000,000 bushels of potatoes; over 3,000,000 

 bushels of barley; over 10,000,000 pounds of wool; and but one 

 other state exceeds us in the production of the last article, and 

 that is Ohio, which exceeds but by a fraction. 



New- York is not behind some of her neighbors in manufactu- 

 ring, mining, and mechanical arts. Her productions in 1850 



