592 



NEW YORK. 



New York joint stock fire insurance companies 93 



New York mutual fire insurance companies 7 



New York marine insurance companies 9 



New York life insurance companies 82 



Fire insurance companies of other States 78 



Marine insurance companies of other States 1 



Life insurance companies of other States 28 



Casualty insurance companies of other States 



Foreign insurance companies 13 



Total. 



The total amount of stocks and mortgages 

 held by the Department for the Protection of 

 Policy-holders of Life and Casualty Insurance 

 Companies of the State, and of foreign in- 

 surance companies doing business within it, 

 was $9,107,493.54, as follows : 



For protection of policy-holders generally, 

 in life insurance companies of this State, $3,961,143 54 



For protection of registered policy-holders 

 exclusively 2,815,35000 



For protection of casualty policy-holders 

 exclusively 1,000 00 



For protection of fire policy-holders in for- 

 eign insurance companies 2,027,000 00 



For protection of life policy-holders in for- 

 eign insurance companies 303,000 00 



Total $9,107,493 54 



The public-school statistics for the year end- 

 ing September 30th are as follows : 



Total receipts, including balance on hand, 



September 3D. 1871 $11,462,900 26 



Total expenditures 10,322,690 92 



Amount paid for teachers' wages 6,953,318 53 



Amount paid for school-houses, repairs, 



and furniture 1,988,460 34 



Estimated value of school-houses and sites. 28,632,967 00 



Total number of school-houses 11,740 



Number of school districts (exclusive of 



cities) 



Number of teachen? employed at the same 



time for the full legal term of school 18,031 



Number of teachers employed during any 



portion of the year 28,495 



Number of children attending public 



schools 1,010,242 



Number of persons attending normal 



schools 5,657 



Number of children of school-age in private 



schools 131,519 



Number of volumes in school district libra- 

 ries 875,175 



Number of persons in the State between 



five and twenty-one years of age 1,520,628 



The number of foreign immigrants landing 

 at the port of New York during the year was 

 293,603, an increase of 63,964 over the num- 

 ber of the preceding year. The Commission- 

 ers of Emigration have under their charge a 

 landing-depot at Castle Garden, in New York 

 City, and hospitals, refuges, and other build- 

 ings, on Ward's Island, sufficient for 2,500 sick 

 and destitute immigrants. The commutation 

 fee paid by each person on landing, which was 

 reduced in 1871 from $2.50 to $1.50, is declared 

 by the commissioners to be insufficient to pro- 

 vide for the expenses of the department. 



The militia of the State, known as the Na- 

 tional Guard, consists of eight divisions and 

 twenty-five brigades, distributed among the 

 different arms as follows, namely: One regi- 

 ment, one battalion, and nine separate troops 

 of cavalry ; twelve batteries of artillery, thirty- 

 seven regiments, and six battalions of infan- 

 try; making an aggregate of 23,672 officers, 

 non-commissioned officers, musicians, and pri- 



vates. It is reported as in a fine state of dis- 

 cipline, and is held in high esteem by the 

 people. 



The quantity of salt produced from the 

 Onondaga Springs during the year was 7,999,- 

 799 bushels, or 579,394 bushels less than the 

 yield of the previous year. The revenue 

 from this source was $54,622.12, or $7,965.33 

 less than in 1871. 



The Commissioners of Fisheries of the State 

 caused to be hatched and turned loose more 

 than 7,000,000 shad during the year, most of 

 them in the Hudson River. Large numbers 

 of black and other bass, and other varieties 

 of fish, were also collected from places in 

 which they abound, and distributed to other 

 waters in which they were wanting. 



According to the census of 1870, of the to- 

 tal population (3,378,959), ten years old and 

 over, there were engaged in all classes of oc- 

 cupations, 1,491,018 persons, of whom 1,233,- 

 979 were males and 257,039 females.' There 

 were : engaged jn agriculture, 374,323, includ- 

 ing 373,455 males and 868 females ; in profes- 

 sional and personal services, 405,339, including 

 233,569 males and 171,770 females; in trade 

 and transportation, 234,581, including 229,789 

 males and 4,792 females ; in manufactures and 

 mechanical and mining industries, 476,775, in- 

 cluding 397,166 males and 79,609 females. 



The State contained 15,627,206 acres of im- 

 proved land, 5,679,870 of woodland, and 883,- 

 734 of other unimproved land. The cash 

 value of farms was $1,272,857,766; of farming 

 implements and machinery, $45,997,712; to- 

 tal amount of wages paid during the year, in- 

 cluding value of board, $34,451,362; total 

 (estimated) value of all farm productions, in- 

 cluding betterments and additions to stock, 

 $253,526,153; orchard-products, $8,347,417; 

 produce of market-gardens, $3,432,354 ; for- 

 est-products, $6,689,179; value of home 

 manufactures, $1,621,621 ; value of animals 

 slaughtered or sold for slaughter, $28,225,720; 

 of all live-stock, $175,882,712. There were 

 536,861 horses, 4,407 mules and asses, 1,350,- 

 661 milch-cows, 64,141 working-oxen, 630,522 

 other cattle, 2,181,578 sheep, and 518,251 

 swine. The chief productions were : 1,834,- 

 330 bushels of spring, and 10,344,132 of win- 

 ter, wheat, 2,478,125 of rye, 16,462.825 of In- 

 dian-corn, 35,293,625 of oats, 7,434,621 of 

 barley, 3,904,030 of buckwheat, 2,349,798 

 pounds of tobacco, 10,599,225 of wool, 1,152,- 

 541 bushels of peas and beans, 28,547,593 of 

 Irish, and 10,656 of sweet, potatoes, 82,607 

 gallons of wine, 107,147,526 pounds of butter, 

 22,769,964 of cheese, 135,775,919 gallons of 

 milk sold, 5,614,205 tons of hay, 98,837 bush- 

 els of clover-seed and 57,225 of grass-seed, 

 17,558,681 pounds of hops, 6 tons of hemp, 

 3,670,818 pounds of flax, 92,519 bushels of 

 flax-seed, 6,692,040 pounds of maple-sugar, 

 46,048 gallons of maple-molasses, 7,832 of 

 sorghum, 896,286 pounds of honey, and 86,- 

 333" of wax. 



