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estimates that the total amount of expenditures for 

 the year will not be less than $1,729,300. The 

 increase is caused mainly by appropriations ; — for 

 filling up the flats, (of which I have already spoken) 

 $100,000 ; for carrj'ing on construction of new jail, 

 $123,000; and for additional paving, $70,000. The 

 city tax assessed for the year was $1,174,715." 



According to law no liquors are allowed to be 

 retailed in the State of Massachusetts. Yet we find 

 Boston well supplied with oyster saloons and bar- 

 rooms, where a great quantity of liquors of every 

 description are vended ; probably a greater quantity 

 of spirits is sold in this way than if they had to pay 

 for licenses. I do not remember, however, to have 

 seen but one or two drunken men during the three 

 months which I remained at Boston. 



The city is well supplied with Temperance So- 

 cieties. There are 42 Divisions of the " Sons of 

 Temperance,'^ with 3,000 members ; besides which 

 there are ten or a dozen other Temperance Societies. 

 I heard Gov. Briggs deUver an address at a meeting 

 of the " Cadets of Temperance " in the Samaritan 

 Hall. I also heard Mr. Gough lecture at the Tremont 

 Temple, who is said to be one of the most popular 

 lecturers on temperance in the country. The lecture 



