FINE ARTS IN 1892-'9:J. 



FLORIDA. 



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I'aysage d'Auvergne," $12,000; Rembrandt, 

 "Homme d'Armrs," $9,000; Rousseau, Forest 

 in Winter," $!UHK). 



A < 'olumbus inonuinent, by the Sicilian sculp- 

 tor, (iaetano Russo, presented to New York by 

 Italian eiti/.ens, was deilirateil in tho circle at 

 tin- Ki.u'liih Avenue entrance to (Vnt nil Park, in 

 October, 1892. It consists of a tall column of 

 gray granite, ornamented with the beaks of gal- 

 leys in bronze, surmounted by a colossal statue 

 of the discoverer in marble. Two reliefs in 

 bronze, representing the departure of Columbus 

 and his landing, decorate the pedestal, which 

 sustains also a marble figure with a globe on one 

 :>ile. and a bronze eagle with the arms of New 

 York and of Genoa on the other. 



A life-size bronze statue of Ericsson, by J. S. 

 Hartley, was erected at the Battery, New" York, 

 in April, 1893. 



The pictures by Gustave Dore, formerly in the 

 Dore Gallery, London, and later on exhibition at 

 the Carnegie Music Hall, were displayed in a 

 new Dore Gallery at 810 Seventh Avenue, New 

 York, in June. 



The Sculpture Society, for the promotion of 

 good sculpture, was organized in New York in 

 June, with J. Q. A. Ward as president. 



The figure of Diana, by St. Gaudens, formerly 

 on the tower of the Madison Square Garden, and 

 later sent to Chicago to decorate the dome of the 

 Agricultural Building at the World's Fair, has 

 been replaced by another one of better propor- 

 tion, only 13 feet high. The original one was 

 18 feet. 



The Washington Memorial Arch is finished, 

 excepting the four spandrils, which are to be 

 filled with sculptured figures of Victory, Peace, 

 Fame, and another, by William MacMonnit-s, 

 the designer of the Columbus Fountain in the 

 Court of Honor at the World's Fair. Chicago. 



A bronze statue of Alexander Hamilton has 

 been erected by the Hamilton Club in front of 

 their clubhouse in Brooklyn. 



On October 19, was dedicated at Trenton, N. J., 

 u monument to mark the site of the battle of 

 Trenton, fought by Washington, Dec. 26, 1776, 

 the corner stone of which was laid in December, 

 1891. It consists of a fluted Doric column ele- 

 vated on a square pedestal, and surmounted by 

 a colossal statue of Washington. The base and 

 shaft, which rises 150 feet above the street, are 

 of Maine granite. The base contains a room for 

 Revolutionary relics, and an elevator gives access 

 to an observatory on the summit overlooking the 

 entire battle field. The statue, which is bronze, 

 and 13 feet high, represents Washington with 

 outstretched hand ordering Alexander Hamilton 

 to begin the attack. The monument is the de- 

 sign of John H. Duncan. 



A bronze statue of Nathan Hale (known as 

 "the patriot spy"), larger than life, by William 

 MacMonnies, was unveiled on Nov. 25. Evacua- 

 tion Day, in City Hall Park, facing Chambers 

 St rei't, on the traditional spot of the martyr's 

 execution, Sept. 22, 1776. The figure is ideal, 

 there being no portrait extant of Hale. It was 

 erected by the Sons of the Revolution. 



A bronze statue of Roseoe Conkling. by J. 

 Q. A. Ward, was erected in December at tho 

 southeast corner of Madison Square. It repre- 

 sents him as speaking. 



FLORIDA, a Southern State, admitted to the 

 Union, March 3, 1845; area, 58,680 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial 

 census since admission, was 87,445 in 1850; 

 140,424 in 1860: 187,748 in 1870; 269,4!):! in 

 1N0 ; and 391,422 in 1890. Capital, TallaL 



<iovemment. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Henry L. 

 Mitchell, Democrat ; Comptroller, William D. 

 Bloxham; Treasurer, C. B. Collins; Attorney- 

 General, W. B. Lamar ; Superintendent of Pub- 

 lic Instruction, W. N. Sheats ; Commissioner of 

 Agriculture, L. B. Wombwell ; State Board of 

 Health, W. B. Henderson, James Y. Porter; 

 State Health Officers, James P. Talliaferro and 

 Dr. W. E. Anderson : Chief Justice of the Su- 

 preme Court, George P. Raney ; Associate Jus- 

 tices, Milton H. Mabry and R. F. Taylor. 



Taxes. The value of property, with gross 

 amount of State taxes for the year 1892, includ- 

 ing licenses and auction tax, was as follows-: 

 Total value of real estate, personal property, 

 railroads, and telegraphs, $98,368,014.64; total 

 receipts at treasury from all sources, $769,225.- 

 76 ; general school tax, 1 mill ; Board of Health 

 tax, one fourth mill ; receipts from license tax, 

 $161,333.41. 



Valuations. The assessment rolls for 1892 

 show the following property assessed: Acres, 

 25,097,278 : acres improved and cultivated, 985,- 

 152 ; valuation (except town and city lots) of all 

 improvements, $43,140,493 ; valuation of town 

 and city lots and all improvements, $22,250,778: 

 aggregate value of telegraph lines, $192,192.95 ; 

 number of horses, asses, and mules, 46,644: neat 

 stock and cattle, 470,380 ; sheep and goats, 120.- 

 414 ; swine and hogs, 197,900 ; cash value of 

 animals, $5,371,373 ; value of personal property, 

 $11.690,106; value of real estate, $65,391,271; 

 value of railways, railroads, and rolling stock, 

 $15,676,072.67. ' 



Phosphates. Among the companies organ- 

 ized in 1893 is the Florida Mining and Chemical 

 Company, whose object is the mining and the 

 manufacture of high-grade superphosphates, cot- 

 ton-seed oil, etc. From Punta Gorda the ton- 

 nage has exceeded that of the preceding year. 

 In November, 1893, the aggregate was 9.200 tons 

 4,000 domestic and 5,200 foreign. The ton- 

 nage from Tampa for the same month was 

 12,370, and from Fernandina 10,000. The de- 

 mand from European buyers has been steady, 

 and the market shows an upward tendency for 

 1894. 



Legislative Session. The fourth regular 

 session of the Legislature under the Constitu- 

 tion of 1885 was held at Tallahassee, beginning 

 on April 4, 1893. Few bills of general impor- 

 tance were passed. Among those that became 

 laws were the following: 



To provide for the redemption and cancellation of 

 tax-sale certificates held by the State for taxes duo 

 for 1890 and previous years. 



To amend sections 2421, 2423, and 2425, and to 

 repeal seetioii '_'4'22 of the Revised Statutes of tho 

 State of Florida, relating to the carrying of concealed 

 weajxms. 



To provide for the service of nonresident defend- 

 ant* and others in chancery causes, being an act to 

 amend section 1418 of the Revised Statutes. 



To limit the time within which appeals iu chan- 

 cery may be taken. 



