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OHIO. 



All the powers of Japanese diplomacy have been con- 

 stantly exerted to obtain from Great Britain and 

 the other European powers the concessions that 

 the United States are willing to accord and the equal 

 treatment that is observed between civilized govern- 

 ments, and the realization seems further off now than 

 when Viscount Yoshida made the treaty with the 

 Government at Washington. lie returned to Japan, 

 became Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs under 

 Count InouyOj and a member of the Senate and of the 

 Privy Council, and devoted his whole mind and 

 energy to the object of treaty revision. 



Zalewski, Lieutenant von, a German soldier, born 

 about 1865 ; died inllenza, East Africa, Aug. 18, 1891. 

 He attended the Military Academy from 1882 till 

 1885, and on passing the officers' examination he en- 

 tered, on Aug. 29, 1885, into the service of the Ger- 

 man East Africa Company. He led several expedi- 

 tions into the interior, founded the station of Usun- 

 gula, and at the breaking out of the revolt of the 

 coast tribes was commandant at the Pangani station. 

 Joininsj Capt. Wissmann's force, he distinguished 

 himself in the assault on Bushiri's camp, led a re- 

 connoiterinsj party to Dunda, and took part in the 

 storming oTBaadani, where he commanded a part of 

 the assailing force and was at the front through all 

 the battle. On July 30, 1891, ho set out from Maroro 

 at the head of a punitive expedition against the 

 Wahehe marauders who made the caravan route un- 

 safe. Penetrating their country, the expedition was 

 caught in an ambuscade as it entered a wood between 

 Lula and Mdawaro and was almost annihilated. 



OHIO, a Central Western State, admitted to 

 the Union in 1803 ; area, 39,964 square miles ; 

 population, according to last census (1890), 

 3,666,719, being the fourth in rank of the States. 

 Capital, Columbus. 



Government. The State officers for the 

 year were : Governor, James B. Campbell. Demo- 

 crat; Lieutenant-Governor, William V. Marquis ; 

 Secretary of State, Daniel J. Ryan ; Auditor of 

 State, Ebenezer W. Poe ; Treasurer of State, 

 John C. Brown ; Attorney-General. David K. 

 Watson; Board of Public" Works, C. A. Flick- 

 inger, Wells S. Jones, William M. Hahn ; Com- 

 missioner of Common Schools. John Hancock ; 

 Judges of the Supreme Court, Thaddeus A. Min- 

 shall, Marshall J. Williams, William T. Spear, 

 Joseph P. Bradbury, Franklin J. Dickrnan ; 

 Clerk of the Supreme Court, Urban H. Hester. 

 All these officers, except the Governor and Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, were Republicans. 



Finances. The balance in the treasury at 

 the beginning of the fiscal year was $402,586.44. 

 During the year the State's proportion of the 

 direct tax refunded by the United States Govern- 

 ment was received, amounting to $1,332.025.93. 

 The receipts from all other sources were $5,737,- 

 268.93, making an aggregate of treasury re- 

 sources ot $7,471,881.30. During the year the 

 funded debt was reduced by the payment of 

 $250,000, and in addition bonds of the State 

 Board of Agriculture were paid to the amount of 

 $67,739.63. The other disbursements were $5,- 

 783,549.87, leaving a balance in the treasury at 

 the end of the fiscal year of $1,370 591.80. 



Decennial Appraisement. The decennial 

 valuation of the real property in the State was 

 made in 1890 by the local assessors, and after re- 

 vision by the county boards of equalization the 

 returns were passed upon in 1891 by the State 

 Board of Equalization. The county returns 

 showed in general a considerable falling off in the 

 value of farm lands, compared with the figures of 



the preceding decennial valuation ; but the com- 

 plaint in nearly every instance was that the 

 local valuations had been too high. The State 

 board, in revising the returns, paid attention to 

 those complaints, and transferred a considerable 

 percentage of the total from farm to urban prop- 

 erty. In 1880 the total valuation of real prop- 

 erty in the State was $1,097,509,830, of which 

 $684,826,516 was returned as farm property and 

 $412.683,314 as real property in cities, towns, and 

 villages. The decennial valuation of 1890 as 

 finally left by the State Board of Equalization in 

 1891 placed the total amount of real property at 

 $1,144,033,563, of which $576,183,975 was farm 

 property and $567,849,587 real property in cities, 

 towns, and villages. In 1880 the farm property 

 formed 62 per cent, of the total, while in 1890 it 

 had fallen to 50 per cent. There had been, ac- 

 cording to the returns of the two periods, an 

 actual depreciation in farm property of nearly 

 16 per cent. It must be understood that these 

 are the figures for taxation only. While the 

 Constitution requires that all property shall be 

 taxed at its true value in money, the custom is 

 to place the taxation value at about 40 per cent, 

 of its selling value. The amount of farm lands 

 in 1890 was returned at 25,319,698 acres, and 

 the average taxable value per acre at $22.76. 



Agricultural Statistics. The following sta- 

 tistics of agriculture in the State were compiled 

 by the Secretary of State for his annual report 

 for 1891 : Wheat. Acres sown in 1890, 2,266,012 ; 

 bushels produced, 31,509,676; acres sown in 

 1891, 2,613,281. Rye. Acres sown in 1890, 54,- 

 874 ; bushels produced, 618,238 ; acres sown in 

 1891, 67,062. Buckwheat. Acres sown in 1890, 

 13,968; bushels produced 190,991. Oafs. Acres 

 sown in 1890, 959,012 ; bushels produced, 19,049,- 

 033 ; acres sown in 1891, 886,946. Barley. 

 Acres sown in 1890, 31,446; bushels produced, 

 579,849; acres sown in 1891, 20,884. Corn. 

 Acres planted in 1890, 2,593,203 ; bushels (shelled) 

 produced, 63.694,215; acres planted in 1891, 

 2,670,842. Broom Corn. 1,608 acres in 1890 

 yielded 564,998 pounds of broom brush. Mead- 

 ows. 2,087.370 acres produced 2,863,284 tons 

 of hay. Clover. 586,746 acres produced, tons 

 of clover hay, 591.152 ; bushels of seed, 191,264. 

 Flax. 18.056 acres produced, bushels of seed, 

 132,392 ; pounds of fiber, 3,704,111. Potatoes. 

 Acres planted in 1890, 114,569 ; bushels produced, 

 2,678,245: acres planted in 1891,121,218. To- 

 bacco. 39.283 acres produced 28,645,130 pounds. 

 Butter. Number pounds made in home dai- 

 ries, 52,359,086 ; number pounds made in fac- 

 tories, 3,961,861. Cheese. Number of pounds 

 made in home dairies, 1,138,215 ; number of 

 pounds made in factories, 17,080,062. Sorghum. 

 Acres planted, 6,577 ; pounds of sugar pro- 

 duced, 801 ; gallons of sirup produced, 415,282. 

 Maple. Number pounds of sugar, 1,465,972; 

 number gallons of sirup. 997,148 ; number of 

 trees tapped, 3.506,690. Bees. Number of hives, 

 145.666 ; number of pounds of honey produced, 

 1,271,086. Eggs. Number of dozens produced, 

 45,593,751, of which 1,828,919 were shipped be- 

 yond the State. Grapes and Wine. Acres 

 planted in 1890, 2,300 ; acres in vineyard in 1890, 

 24,870 ; pounds of grapes gathered', 25,027,289 ; 

 gallons of wine pressed, 466,725. Sweet Potatoes. 

 Acres planted, 1,675 ; number of bushels pro- 



