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trust, which was of great importance and well 

 discharged. They equipped and forwarded 

 troops, supplied guns, aided organizations, pur- 

 chased arms and munitions, and extended aid 

 to the families of the soldiers. The first am- 

 bulances sent to the seat of war were by this 

 committee. 



A very great decline took place in the num- 

 ber of passengers that arrived in this port in 

 the past year, as follows : 



Arrivals for the past eleven years. 



The increase of crime in the city is not so 

 great as the circumstance of the continued flow 

 of foreign population into it might indicate. 

 Among the arrivals are large numbers of igno- 

 rant and vicious persons, who, in a strange 

 country, are thrown upon evil courses as a 

 matter of necessity to live. It is therefore not 

 surprising that a considerable proportion of the 

 arrests are among that class: 



The amount of property reported lost by rob- 

 beries, was $133,679 96 



The amount recovered. 79,822 11 



Totalloss $53,857 85 



Among the incidental duties of the police, 

 the following summary casts a singular light 

 upon the transactions of a great city. The 

 police find lodgings for such poor persons as 

 are houseless from any cause of vice or poverty : 



There were, in 1S61, of such persons lodged 119.348 



Lost children sent to central office 3,731 



" " restored to parents 8,470 



Sick and taken to hospital 1,336 



Horses and cattle restored to owners 2,066 



Horses and vehicles " " 247 



Stores found open and closed 1,723 



Dwellings " " " 1,181 



Number of fires 408 



" extinguished by police- 144 



Rescued from drowning. ' 183 



Foundlings sent to office 104 



Money restored to lodger? and others $142,593 



Violations of Sunday laws 24,370 



The total number of butchers' animals sold 

 in the city markets in eight years, has been : 



Bullocks 1,551,152 



Milch cows 83,351 



Calves 852,590 



Total 9,061,566 



Sheep and Lambs... 4,034,450 

 Swine 3,039,818 



Of the bullocks sold, 1,128,396 head have 

 been at the regular weekly market, held every 

 Tuesday and Wednesday. Prices have ranged 

 in that time from 5 to 14 cents a pound for 

 the meat, according to quality, but seldom be- 

 low 8 cents a pound for such as is considered 

 first quality. 



The sources of this large supply are indi- 

 cated in the 191,684 head which were sold 

 at the Forty-ninth street market-place, corner 

 of Fifth Avenue. These came from the follow- 

 ing States : 



Illinois 79,479 Virginia..... .. 1,117 



Ohio 35,485 Connecticut 896 



New York 28,044 New Jersey 460 



Indiana 15,080 Wisconsin 120 



Iowa ll.SeS'Massachusetts 67 



Kentucky, 8,799 Texas 58 



Michigan. 5,293 Cherokee Nation 100 



Missouri 3,827;Canada 1,423 



Pennsylvania.. 1,137; 



The increase of railroad transportation has 

 not only increased the quantity brought, but 

 greatly improved the condition in which they 

 arrive. They are no longer foot-sore and 

 fevered from long journeys, but come in upon 

 the railroads in good condition and healthy. 

 In 1861 they were brought as follows : 



It is to be borne in mind, that while the sup- 

 plies have been as large as ever, the number of 

 consumers has been less. Fifty thousand able- 

 bodied men left the city at the "call of the Gov- 

 ernment, and the effect upon consumption was 

 material. 



The consumption of flour in the city is about 

 1,000,000 barrels per annum. There are no 

 means of ascertaining the quantity of farm pro- 

 duce brought into the city from the surround- 

 ing country, and sold in the markets. 



