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high art, but from more familiar or domestic 

 points of view, with careful attention to cos- 

 tume and all picturesque surroundings and ac- 

 cessories. The most attractive specimens of the 

 paintings of his maturer years are : '' Queen 

 Victoria visiting the Tomb of Napoleon in the 

 Hospital of les Invalides in Paris," "Louis Na- 

 poleon receiving the Order of the Garter from 

 her Majesty at Windsor," " Jeannie Deans," 

 " The Duke of Argyll," " Dr. Johnson and John 

 Wilkes," " Queen Anne Boleyn at the Tower 

 Stairs," " The Earl of Leicester and Amy Kob- 

 sart," and " Caught on both Sides." 



ZSEDENYI, EDUABD VON, a Hungarian states- 

 man, born March 18, 1803, died February 20th. 

 He played for many years an important part in 

 the political history of his country, having been 

 first elected a deputy in 1833. From 1865 he 

 was one of the most prominent members of the 

 Deak and afterward of the Liberal party. He 

 was one of the ablest financiers of his coun- 

 try, a privy councilor, and from 1875 General 

 Director of the Evangelical Church of Hun- 

 gary. 



OHIO. The debt of the State on Novem- 

 ber 15, 1879, was as follows: 



Foreign debt, payable In New York : 

 Loan payable July 1, 1868, not bearing Inter- 

 est $2,50000 



Loan payable June 30, 1831, six per cent, in- 

 terest . . 4,072,640 80 



Loan payable December 81, 1886, six per 

 cent. Interest 2,400,000 00 



Total foreign debt $6,475,140 80 



Domestic debt, payable at Columbus : 

 , Canal loan, not bearing interest 1,66509 



Total funded debt $6,476,806 80 



Local indebtedness of the State on September 

 1, 1879 : 



Net debt of counties $2,872,834 49 



Net debt of townships, including debts cre- 

 ated by boards of education other than for 



separate school districts 161,821 10 



Net debt of cities (first and second class) . . . 86,086,069 77 



Net debt of incorporated villages 969,151 85 



Net debt of school districts (special or sepa- 

 rate) 1,451,197 82 



Total local debts $41,490,574 53 



Amount of the reimbursable debt : 



State $6.476.805 30 



Local.... 41,490,574 53 



Total debt redeemable $47,967,379 83 



Irreducible debt, composed of school and other 

 trust funds, upon which the State pays in- 

 . terest at six per cent, per annum 4,289,718 52 



Aggregate public debts in the State. . $52,257,098 35 



The revenue and expenditures for the year 

 were as follows: 



Balance in the State Treasury November 15, 



1878, belonging to various funds $918,694 97 



Receipts from all sources 5,730,170 10 



Total amount of funds in the Treasury. . $6.648.865 07 

 Disbursements during the year 5,653,752 33 



Cash balance in the Treasury November 

 15,1879 $995,11274 



Total estimated receipts for 1880, including bal- 

 ance on hand. $5,868,63928 



Total estimated disbursements for 1880 4,936,902 03 



Estimated balance in the Treasury No- 

 vember 15, 1880 $951,797 25 



The taxes levied in 1878, collectible in 1879, 

 were: 



State taxes $4,496,376 01 



County and local taxes 21,828,069 29 



Delinquencies and iorleitures 2,285,320 56 



Total for 1879 $28,559,765 86 



The taxes levied in 1879, collectible in 1880, 

 are as follows : 



Statetaxes $4,450,841 66 



County and other local taxes 21,306,328 05 



Delinquencies and forfeitures 2,304,596 55 



Total for 1880 $28,061,262 16 



The value of all the taxable real estate and 

 personal property in Ohio, according to the 

 consolidated tax duplicate for 1879, is as fol- 

 lows: 



Real estate in cities, towns, and villages. . . . $377,657,467 00 

 Real estate not in cities, towns, and villages 716,111,437 00 

 Chattel property 442,979,885 00 



Total taxable values for 1879 $1,536,748,789 00 



On personal property there was a decrease 

 in valuation, as compared with 1878, of $18,- 

 480,667; on real estate in cities and towns of 

 $4,235,500; total decrease, $22,716,167. There 

 was an increase on lands not in cities and towns 

 of $6,887,452, making the total net decrease 

 $15,828,715. 



At the close of the fiscal year 1878 (Novem- 

 ber 15th) there was a balance in the Treasury 

 to the credit of the public works of $26,641.66; 

 gross earnings from tolls, fines, and water rents 

 for the current year ending November 15, 1879, 

 $213,350.22, a total of $239,991.88. Received 

 at State Treasury since November 15th, of col- 

 lections during current year, $5,790.79. Total, 

 $245,782.67. Total expenditures for the year, 

 $187,116.32. Balance to credit of canal fund, 

 $58,666.35 ; add amount in hands of receivers, 

 $23,466.66, making the real balance to public 

 works, $82,133.01, since their abandonment by 

 the late lessees, over and above all expenses 

 chargeable to them. 



The statistics of the principal agricultural 

 products of the State, as reported by town- 

 ship assessors in May, 1879, are as follows: 

 Wheat, 2,123,958 acres, 35,218,773 bushels; 

 corn, 3,037,380 acres, 114,839,127 bushels- 

 oats, 935,315 acres, 29,671,231 bushels; pota 

 toes, 116,513 acres, 7,580,118 bushels; rye, 

 58,041 acres, 756,502 bushels; barley, 38,461 

 acres, 1,265,299 bushels; timothy, 1,586,778 

 acres, 1,951,488 tons; clover, 388,219 acres, 

 338,985 tons ; tobacco, 28,075,140 pounds ; 

 butter, 50,332,023 pounds; cheese, 36,401,386 

 pounds; wool, 16,390,505 pounds; flax, 48,- 

 986 acres, 474,669 bushels seed, 12,036,083 

 pounds fiber; sorghum, 16,305 acres, 11,909 

 pounds sugar, 1,273,048 gallons sirup; maple 

 sugar, 2,987,288 pounds; maple sirup, 510,117 

 gallons; bees, 169,755 hives; honey, 2,521,293 

 pounds; apples, 30,669,404 bushels; peaches, 

 1,476,159 bushels; pears, 110,419 bushels. 



The number and valuation of animals in the 

 State, as returned by the assessors for the year 

 1879, were as follows : 



