819 



OHIO. 



On November 16, 187J, the pnbllc funded 

 debt of tbe Slate wa ..................... $8,5SS.48 S7 



Tbe redemplluni during the yer were 

 LoanoflSW.. ........ _....:. $10000 



Lou of 10TO. .................... 388,784 T 



Louo/IDTS. .................... 13,10000 



Lou of 1881 ..................... 6000 



The taxes levied in 1872 and receivable in 

 1873, were : 



For Slate pnrpows ........................ t4.414.567 M 



For coomlo, cltlef. villager, etc .......... 18,634,4SS 49 



Dellnquenclea and forfeitnrea ............ o61,9M S3 



TOUI 



Onutaodlng, Norember 15. 1873 ........ $8,l,06i 10 



Of the amount outstanding on the 15th of 

 November, the sum of $64,215 hod ceased to 

 draw interest, the holders having been notified 

 to surrender their stock for redemption, so 

 that the interest-bearing funded debt of the 

 State ii $8,146,847. The funded debt is di- 

 vided as follows : 



Foreign debt, payable ID New Tork City. . 

 DooMtlic debt, payable ID Culuuibna 



$8,209,397 10 



l.lHo (HI 



Tool $8,S11,08 10 



The local indebtedness of the State on Sep- 

 tember 1, 1873, was as follows : 



Neldebtofconntlea $3,145,537 ST 



Net debt of lownahlpa, Inrludint.' debti cre- 

 ated by board* of education other than 



for (eparate achool district" 401.510 18 



Net debt of cltle* iflrtt and eccond clair). . 14,527,106 78 



Net debt of Incorporated village* 730,581 88 



Net debt of acbool district* (special) l,*48,3t 11 



Total *0.03S,1S3 M 



The amount of reimbursable debt ii 



Local.. 



Total $J8,*44,*3S 4J 



Irreducible debt 4,070,480 96 



Aggregate debta In tbe State $.TS,814,650 38 



The local indebtedness in this statement is 

 reckoned to September 1, 1878, and the State 

 debt to November 15, 1878. 



During the year, the State debt had been 

 reduced $372,484.27, but the local indebted- 

 ness had increased $2,442,575.85. 

 Tbe balance In tbe State Trearary on No- 

 vember 16, lira, wa* $447,518 84 



Tbe reeelpta. Including tranifcn of $1,676,- 

 149.86. for tbe nrl year ending Novem- 

 ber 15. 1878, wai 6,886.778 68 



Toul amount of fnndi In tbe Treararr for 

 the year $6,814,817 50 



Tbe owbanementa. Including trantfen, 

 during tbe year, have been 6.884.78108 



Balance In tbe Treaanry, November 15, 1878, $120,686 43 



The valuations of the property of the State, 



according to the duplicate of 1878, were as 



follows: 



Seal ertate In dtiee. towni, and village*, $84*.94R.*00 00 



> *<* la cltlee, towna, etc Tw.815,781 00 



Chattel property 81^610.708 00 



Total taxable valoatlon for 1878.... $1,667.74,688 00 

 IOMI from 1871 to tbe 



Proprtrof $81,851,118 00 

 Iowa., and vUlagce. . . . 11.M.416 00 



taettootovatoeofreal 



inr.iiMl i.l 



$ ,-n^ 

 Total HcriMi over vamaUon of 18T... 



$4>,951.51 00 



Total 



The taxes levied in 1873 and receivable in 

 1874 were as follows: 



For Slate pnrpowa ........................ 5,477.889 25 



For count leu. cities village*, etc .......... 2ii.ifti.493 98 



Dolinquencli-8 and furfciturci ............. 348.10*1 75 



Total ............................... $*6.474,4W 98 



The statement of the number of charters 

 granted and papers filed under the corpora- 

 tion laws for the year ending Novi-mUr I.",, 

 1873, shows tbe number irnmud to be 459, 

 with a net amount of authorized capitiil t' 

 $91,232,760. Of these 188 were to new manu- 

 facturing companies, 32 railroad companies, 17 

 street rnilroad companies, 67 building and loan 

 associations, 89 mining companies, 21 savings 

 and loan banks, 20 printing and publishing 

 companies, 20 mutual benefit associations, and 

 14 associations for building hotels and tene- 

 ment-houses. The total number of charters 

 issued since the adoption of the constitution in 

 1851 was 4,069, with an authorized cii|>itul 

 stock of $875,119,618. The county auditors 

 report the following number of corporations 

 doing business in the State under general and 

 special charters: Manufacturing comp: 

 811; railroad companies, 62; luiilclinc and 

 loan associations 211 ; mining companies, 37; 

 turnpike companies, 165 ; street railroad com- 

 panies, 25 ; insurance companies, 61 ; hotel 

 companies, 8 ; printing and publishing com- 

 panies, 26 ; gas companies, 49 ; transportation 

 companies, 8 ; plonk-road companies 13 ; bridge 

 companies, 12 ; telegraph companies, 3 ; hy- 

 draulic companies 5 ; savings and loan associ- 

 ations (banks), 21 ; miscellaneous corporations, 

 156. Total, 1,148. 



The statistics of the agricultural products of 

 the State for each year are collected by the 

 township assessors in the following spring. 

 The grain-crops of 1872 as shown by the as- 

 sessors' returns were as follows: 



Wheat Acres sown, 1,611,217; bushels 

 produced, 18,087,664; average per acre, 11.22. 



Com Acres, 2,520,263 ; bushels, 103,058,- 

 234 ; average, 40.89. 



Oaf* Acres, 971,494; bushels, 25,825,742; 

 average, 26.58. 



JiarleyA.crc6, 72,488 ; bushels, 1,628,266 ; 

 average, 21.08. 



Rye Acres, 25,166; bushels; 295,843 ; av- 

 erage, 11.76. 



Buckuhtatr- Acres, 84,882 ; bushels 206,807 ; 

 average, 7.65. 



Potato* Acres, 105.896 ; bushels, 7,882,297. 



The total average of the grain and i>ot:tt 

 crops of 1872 is less than that of 1871 by 262,- 

 616 acres; and the total production of 1872 is 

 7,746,097 bushels less than in 1871. 



Sutet Potatoes Acres, 3,026 ; bushels, 215,- 

 023 ; average, 71. 



