MASSACHUSETTS. 



513 



Educational $87,822 72 



Judiciary 192,991 72 



Public buildings 46,601 36 



Agricultural department 52,487 02 



State and military aid, including expenses of the 



Commissioners 427,105 59 



Charitable, ordinary and exceptional 452,723 05 



Keformatory and correctional 819,385 73 



Military, ordinary and exceptional 148,755 06 



Gratuities 62,865 42 



Exceptional on State-House 16,998 26 



Troy and Greenfield Kailroad and Hoosac Tunnel 456,278 65 



Total $4,817,630 95 



The number of cities and towns paying State 

 aid was 562 ; that of the persons to whom 

 such aid was rendered was 6,723, of which 

 2,805 were invalid pensioners, 591 wives of 

 invalid pensioners, 2,332 widows of invalid 

 pensioners, 941 mothers and 54 fathers of 

 invalid pensioners. The number of indigent 

 soldiers and sailors aided was 1,889. The Sur- 

 geon - General examined 321 applicants for 

 State aid ; the total payments for which to 

 January 1, 1883, were $17,868.81. The esti- 

 mates for the year 1883 are : 



Legislative department $208,600 00 



Other State departments 879,035 00 



Charities 449,400 00 



Eeformatories and prisons 836,500 00 



State and military aid 415,000 00 



Interest, including January payment, 1884 1,720,000 00 



Military department 159,400 00 



Agricultural department 23 000 00 



Troy and Greenfield Kailroad 650,282 00 



Other items 241,428 00 



Total estimated expenditures $4,582,940 00 



ESTIMATED REVENUE. 



Corporation taxes, net ... $475,000 00 



Bank-stock taxes, net 490,64400 



Savings-bank tax 725,000 00 



Insurance taxes and licenses, including Massa- 

 chusetts Hospital Life-insurance Company.. . 225,000 00 



Excise tax on life-insurance companies 95,000 00 



Hawkers and peddlers 17,00000 



State-Prison income 100,000 00 



Almshouse, Women's Prison and Eeform School 



income... 18,000 00 



Secretary's fees and commissions 20,000 



Cities and towns for support of paupers 85,000 00 



Kailroad commissioners 17.785 00 



Fees from courts of insolvency 9,000 00 



Liquor licenses.. 150,00000 



Confiscated liquors 1,000 00 



Coal and mining companies' taxes 24,000 00 



Troy and Greenfield Kailroad and Hoosac Tun- 

 nel (manager's estimate) 275,000 00 



Miscellaneous 23,000 00 



Total estimated revenue $2,700,429 00 



Add cash in the Treasury 1,793,933 82 



Total.... $4,494,36282 



Estimated revenue. 4,494,362 82 



Estimated expenses, as above 4,582,940 95 



Deficit $88,57813 



The amount of State tax required was not 

 estimated. 



Including cash on hand at the beginning of 

 the year, the following is a summary of the 

 transaction on account of funds : 



Cash on hand, January 1, 1882 ... . . $3,1 20,313 14 

 Receipts during the year 16,462,915 IS 



Total ...$19,583,228 32 



Payments on this account 17,143,825 40 



The cash balance as shown above 

 the credit of the following funds : 



Troy and Greenfield Kailroad Sinking Fund 



Bounty Loan Sinking Fund 



Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad Sinking 

 Fund 



Coast-Defense Loan Sinking Fund , 



War Loan Sinking Fund 



Prison and Hospital Loan Sinking Fund 



Commissioners' Public Lands Fund 



Commonwealth Flats Improvement Fund 



Harbor Compensation Fund 



Income Harbor Compensation Fund 



Massachusetts School Fund 



Technical Educational Fund Commonwealth 

 Grant 



Income Technical Educational Fund Common- 

 wealth Grant 



Income Technical Educational Fund United 

 States Grant 



Todd Normal School Fund 



Income Massachusetts School Fund 



Income Todd Normal School Fund 



Income Rogers Book Fund 



Unclaimed dividends of insolvent insurance 

 companies 



Savings-Bank Trust Fund 



$2,439,402 92 



The aggregate net indebtedness of municipal- 

 ities in Massachusetts in each year from 1871 

 to 1881, and the total property valuation, were 

 as follow : 



stands to 



$498,204 85 

 738,958 89 



106,632 52 

 5,627 99 



18,847 70 

 864,006 09 



81,368 23 

 144,659 76 



49,630 92 



26,418 63 

 213,029 26 



106,575 85 

 8,579 25 



425 00 



1,850 00 



72,182 90 



266 08 



6,221 72 

 943 28 



The funded debt of the State on the 1st of 

 January, 1883, amounted to $32,399,464, repre- 

 sented by $11,904,000 in dollar bonds, and 

 4,234,600 in sterlings of the value of $4.84 

 to the pound $20,495,464. 



The following is a classification of the debt : 



Railroad loans $17,816,757 60 



War loans 10,495,567 80 



Public buildings, etc 4,199,355 50 



Total as above $32,511,680 90 



The maturity of the debt is shown in the 

 following statement: 



1894 $9,687,148 90 



1895 4,855,58725 



1896. 1,100,000 00 



1897 520,00000 



1900 3,618,729 40 



1883 $1,088,000 00 



1888 8,078,061 25 



1890 505,12955 



1891... .. 8,834,742 75 

 1898 1,065,00000 



Cash on hand, January 1, 1883 $2,489,402 92 



VOL. xxii. 33 A 



The amount of sinking funds January 1, 

 1883, was $16,914,263.05, an increase of $2,- 

 118,988.07. Of this increase $1,737,000 came 

 from the exchange of the stock of the New 

 York and New England Eailroad Corpora- 

 tion for its bonds; $330,322.94 from the ex- 

 change of the stock of the Boston and Albany 

 Eailroad Corporation for its bonds ; $43,757.93 

 from the sale of lands ; $62,040.60 from trans- 

 fers of balances of accounts on the books of the 

 Treasurer ; $9,087.91 from the income of the 

 old State-Prison,, and the balance from invest- 



