NEW YORK. 



of Ang. I* 18M, of what has been accom, 



in the Blnewater valley. \ aleneia 

 irrigation 



lateral-inheritance tax, the abolition of t) 

 selling tax, and increased expend.t 



Hi-atie. 



Tti Platwatsr vaii.% A- nine month* ao nn The I'ompt roller reports that 

 **n.l%. the corporations for 1895 were 



t |a*i, w plated our In* aerafwrful of earth uj*>n MOe ( . mj>anies on pn-miums, 



If ajNBOeSQ deSa SlneS) WhlCh ttOie We naVe OOO- urannn nmiitianintt nn numl-il s 



itoaia*.*0sfeell< 

 meat tfcrtHifh UM 







We tare 



t^M. MO fcflfc Intw Ami 4i 



is^BW^ v^v v%r% e*naK| 



;/MOaere-feet of water. Wa*te- 

 solld rock mounian 

 long, 100 ftt-i ii... nth. 80 feet 

 f 6 feel 



fall from there to lower end. 

 St mile* of canal* 



-JMbrt ;wW. I Iboi deep ; IS fcet wide, 8 feet deep ; 

 dee* 



M4 1 * wide, t <* dee* much of the work 



reeky point* and atony hilUi.lm. Have 

 plowed UOO aeraa tage-bruah lan.l. <u,.l 

 have pUnuii wo aeres. We have ma*niite.-nt 

 i Wfrmin in all ur Held*. Sugar and mangel 



proved a t . 



\OlCk. a Middle State, one of the 

 original thirteen, rat i fled ' -.IM-.M July 



**. 1788; area, 40.170 sqnan mil. s. The popu- 

 lation, according to each decennial census, was 

 S4CU*> in 1790; 580.051 in 1800; 050.049 in 

 .Mil in 1880: 1.018.608 in 1880; 

 M0*l in 1840; 8.007,804 in 1850; 8.880.785 

 in 1810; 4^82.750 in 1870; 5.082,871 in 1880; 

 and 5J07.8W in 1800. According to a State cen- 

 nsUken in 1K02. the population was 6,518,844 

 Capital, Albany, 

 l.oiernmrnt, The following were th 



ofloarv ilurinj; the year: Governor, Levi P. Mor- 

 ton. Krpu I .Mi.'iiit Governor, Charles 



Jaxion; Secretary of state. .John 

 Comptroller. James A. Roberts; Treasurer. Ad- 

 dfoon B. Col MI. ; Attorney-General, Theodore E. 

 Hancock; State Engineer and Survey.. r. Camp- 

 bell W. Adams; Superintendent of Vubl, I,.- 



P. Crooker. who was succeeded 

 on April 6 by Charles It. Skinner: Sup.-rint.-nd- 

 ent of Insurance, James P. Pierce : Superintend- 

 ent of Banking Dep harles M. Pres- 

 ton: Saperintendrnt of State Prisons, Austin 

 lAlhrop. Superintendent of Public Works, 

 George W. Aldrtdge ; Commissioner of - 

 tk of Ubor. Thomas J. Dowling; Railroad 

 Coeimieeionen, Michael Kiekard. S. A. Beards- 

 . Alfred C.rhapin: rhi.-f Judge of the 

 < <irt of Appeals, Charies Andrews; As 



-rt Haight Uufiis W. 



(who resigned in December to become 

 Tosticeof thi-Supn- . fthe 



i. and was succeeded, Dec. 31. by 

 Irving ci. YaunK Denis o i; r is M. 



Ftotk. Kdwrnnl T. llartlett. Robert Karl. 

 FlaanrM. The balance in the treasury on 



|&^' 8 I l ''"*"! on >p red with 



H.llN.nt.ft? Sept. HO. 1804. The receipts were 

 'tlAlTe^nnared with $18,5*7,048.08 

 watl *J'>.:;,;,;.,;i.; ; :. 

 ~ "11.13 in 1804. There 

 ei the beginning of the vear of 

 TIM actual receipts of the year 

 * WMtUt than the expenditures, but 

 '^n.!**** Wl ^lble for paving the 

 aeUa, In October, 1808. the'beginning 

 peeedinf, 



. 



K7. This year's balance was only 

 iso that the working fumls of the 



*%J?L l }* n lk * y ***** Wn for **nd 

 |n. TakbdoetotkefaUinc of in the col- 



ance companies on premiums, if].;. 1 

 Mirance companies on capital. > 

 portation compan. < n .-aniings, $408.! 

 telephone and telegraph companies on eat 

 |80 1 |r,n j; ; ! ransportatii n ompanies i\ .; .. 

 tal, $615,457.63; t.-lrj-hon,- and teh . 

 panics on capital, $:.: ras, elect ri< 



miscellaneous corporations, $589,24:1' 

 banks, $84^06. l 



There was collected in ls<>:> $1.:;.. 

 foreign corporations as license fees. < 



total amount received fr -orpurations > 



848.25, an increase of $',MU'. 



The Comptroller's de|.arlment eolleete-: 



080.54 from the racing 



which was distributed aim-ni: a-ri. , 



ties. Since thi< sum was distnlmt. 



has be'ii collected, making the ti.ial $ 



The State tax ra- I mills. Last year it wa^ 



2*18. The tax is to be distrii 



For schools, 0'94 mill; fur can;. 



general purposes, 0*94 mill : f< i 



l mill. This tax of :KM mill- 

 ent valuation, $4,292,082,167, will yi- 

 I, distributed as follow- 



34; schools, $4,OJJ4.:.:.7 

 x l .: t:.. 1 .|'..:s : suto care of insane. $ ; 

 total, $13.906,346.23. The amount r- 

 the corporation and or^ani/ation tax for the year 

 ending Sept. 30. 1895, was $2.1 K>>" 



Wealth of the State, 

 property in the State in 1*'.1, as assesses 

 local assessors, was $4,488,776, 1-' 7. It 

 vided as follows: Real estate, $:{.- 

 personal property, $592.1 

 sonal property so assessed, $1 1 1,693.080 v 

 porate property not subject to taxation 

 lor State purposes. The amount 

 l>oth real and personal, subject to tn 

 ly for all purposes was * 

 tal increase in the taxable pripert\ 

 all purposes was $92,200.10!). divide.: 

 Real, $79,903,364 ; personal, $1 



Legislative Session. The one h.mdt 

 eighteenth regular session of th. 

 began on Jan. '2. ' continued un- 



ite, consisted of 



publicans. i:{ I>emeraN. uml 1 hide;- 

 Democrat: and the Assembly of 1<". I, 1 

 ans and 23 Democrats. Tin 

 ing in the hands of the Hi-publicans I 



mor was chos.-ii 1'iv.idmt pro (em. ot UK 

 .- and Hamilton KM,. Jr.. Sp.-ak i 

 Assembly. During the se ~ n 1.015 bi 



zes( number in any 

 th< history of the State. 



<>n the last day of 

 committee, appointed to 

 charges against Senators r-.^.^hall. l 

 and Haiti.--, in connection with tl.- 

 the N,-w York City Fin-men' 

 in connection with an amendment ii 

 salary of the officers of the New York < 

 Department, submitted a report exonerating t 

 itora mentioned. Also at the <}-> <>f t 

 Assemblyman Vacheron was 



