656 



OHIO. 



Township expenses $1,006,098 37 



School and school-houses 6,848,699 68 



City, town, and village taxes. . . . 7,125,177 57 

 Other special purposes . . 1,532,489 25 



Total township, city, school, 

 and special taxes $16,507,459 87 



Total county and local taxes levied in 18S2 . $28,892,236 71 



Total levies made in 1882 for all purposes. . $28,627,984 83 

 Per capita tax on dogs-sheep fund 23 1 ,633 00 



Total levies made in 1882 (including per 



capita dog-tax) for all purposes $28,859,617 88 



Add delinquencies and forfeitures of previous 



years 1,990,801 03 



Total taxes for 1882, including delinquen- 

 cies, etc $80,660,418 91 



BANK- STOCKS. There is quite a noticeable 

 increase in the amount of capital invested in 

 the stock of national banks over what was re- 

 ported last year. This increase is confined al- 

 most entirely to the large cities of the State. 



The valuation and taxation of the property 

 of such banks for this year are as follow : 



The total valuation of national banks, as 

 equalized by the several county and city 

 Boards of Equalization for the year 1881, was. $21,778,313 20 



The valuation of this class of property, as 

 equalized by the several county and city 

 Boards of Equalization for the year 1882, is. 25.355.6S3 41 



An increase over the valuation of 1881 of 3,577,370 21 



Total valuation of State banks for taxation, as 

 fixed by the several county and city Boards 

 of Equalization for 1881, was 1,186,233 09 



The valuation of this class of property, as fixed 

 by the several county and city boards for 

 1882,is 1,406,39000 



An increase over the valuation of 1881 of 220,156 91 



CANAL REVENUES. The report of the Board 

 of Public Works shows revenues from the 

 canals as follow : 



Miami and Erie Canal ... $98,764 67 



Ohio Canal 57i703 27 



Muskingum Improvement 17,659 56 



Hocking Canal 5,614 43 



Walhonding Canal 1,573 89 



Total $181,316 12 



The total receipts of the year, including ap- 

 propriations by the Legislature, were $226,- 

 748.97 ; total disbursements, $222,059.94. This, 

 added to $4,000 fraudulently drawn out by the 

 defaulting clerk of the board, makes a total 

 of expenditures $226,059.99, and leaves a bal- 

 ance of $688.98 in the State Treasury to the 

 credit of the canal fund. The number of boats 

 on the different canals is given as follows : 



Hocking, 241 private boats, 11 State boats, 

 and 3 dredges; Miami and Erie, 97 private 

 boats, 8 State boats, and 2 dredges ; Muskin- 

 gum River, 9 steamers, 43 flat barges, and 10 

 United States boats. 



RAILROAD STATISTICS. The statistics of the 

 Railroad Commissioner of the State are made 

 up each year to June 30th. The report for 

 the year ending June 30, 1382, shows the aver- 

 age number of miles of railroad operated dur- 

 ing the year to have been 6,040, an increase 

 over the previous year of 3-504 per cent. 



The total stock and debt on June 30, 1882, 

 was $483,963,079.83; the average amount of 

 stock and debt of the roads operated during 



the year was $439,252,387.64, being an increase 

 of 14-92 per cent ; the net earnings have been 

 equal to 3-115 per cent of the above amount of 

 stock and debt, or to $14,694,210.92. 



The gross earnings amounted to $46,737,- 

 163.80, or 1-9095 per cent increase. Of this 

 amount $12,335,239.73 were received from pas- 

 senger-traffic, an increase of 19-52 per cent; 

 $32,312,140.94 were from freight, a decrease 

 of 3-302 per cent; $1,143,532.43 were from 

 mail, an increase of 20 per cent, and $1,146,- 

 385-55 were from "other sources," an increase 

 of 32-88 per cent. 



The operating expenses amounted to $32,- 

 042,952.88, an increase of 9*35 per cent. The 

 maintenance of way and structures made up 

 $7,149,722.84 of this amount, being an increase 

 of 5-94 per cent ; the cost of conducting trans- 

 portation was $12,485,529.06, an increase of 

 9-90 per cent. 



The operating expenses were 68-55 per cent 

 of gross earnings, as against 64-14 per cent for 

 the previous year. 



The number of passengers carried during 

 the year has increased 27"95 per cent, and 

 have been equal in amount to each inhabitant 

 of the State being a passenger about four 

 times. The passenger mileage has increased 

 19-417 per cent, while the rate per mile re- 

 ceived from each has decreased from 2'336 to 

 2-310, or 1-114 per cent. 



The total tonnage carried during the year has 

 increased 10-76 per cent, and has been equal to 

 about nine tons moving for each inhabitant of 

 the State. The total ton-mileage has increased 

 8*37 per cent, and the rate per ton per mile has 

 decreased from -015 cents to -807 cents, or 

 11-863 per cent. 



In comparing the year 1882 with the year 

 1872, it is found that the mileage has increased 

 59'51 percent; the gross earnings, 36-43 per 

 cent; the operating expenses, 35-34 per cent; 

 the passengers carried, 142-04 per cent; the 

 passenger mileage, 99'95 per cent ; the freight 

 tonnage, 191*93 per cent; and the ton-mileage, 

 181-98 per cent, while the rate paid per passen- 

 ger has decreased from 2'935 cents to 2-310 

 cents, or 21-295 per cent; and the rate per ton 

 per mile has decreased from 1-569 cents to 

 807 cents, or 49'2 per cent. 



MILITIA, ETC. By the report of the Adju- 

 tant-General it is shown that the present force 

 of the Ohio National Guard consists of 79 com- 

 panies of infantry, one troop of cavalry, and 

 six batteries of light artillery, and a total num- 

 ber of 5,875 men, including officers, being a re- 

 duction of 1,469 during the year. 



No call has been made by the civil authori- 

 ties for the militia to aid them in the preserva- 

 tion of peace and order. 



The allowance obtained by the agent of the 

 State, of $67,674 in settlement of suspended 

 war claims against the General Government, 

 has been collected, and paid into the Treasury. 

 A further allowance of $70,043.96 has been 

 secured, and reported by the Secretary of the 





