CHARITIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



137 



AMOUNT EXPENDED FOR SUPPORT AND RELIEF DURING THE YEAR. 



* Expenditures included under Department of Public Charities, New York city. 



t For expenditures not otherwise specified. 



t Of this amount, $1,050,000 was for repairs and improvements of buildings and grounds. 



Donations to poor adult blind, $29,986; coal supplied to families, $12,232. 



ESTIMATED AGGREGATE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND SOCIETIES UNDER THE 

 SUPERVISION OF THE BOARD, AND THEIR INDEBTEDNESS, AT THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1897. 



* Exclusive of amounts reported in State institutions. t Finances and statistics included in State institutions. 



