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amounts to less than five percent of the total net expenditures, com- 

 pared with nearly six percent for towns with less than average taxa- 

 ble wealth. "Other public services" amount to more than four per- 

 cent for towns with high taxable wealth, compared with less than 

 three percent for towns with low taxable wealth. 



Assessed Valuation per Capita 



The relation of assessed valuation per capita to the amount and 

 distribution of expenditures is shown in Table 10. In those towns 

 in which the assessed valuation of taxable property is low relative to 

 the population, expenditures for education, welfare, and "other public 

 services" constitute a larger proportion of the total expenditures than 

 in the case of towns in which the assessed valuation is high relative 

 to population. The relationship is more pronounced in expenditures 

 for education and for welfare. For the 31 towns with less than 

 $1,000 of taxable wealth per capita the expenditures for education 

 amount to 35.0 percent of the total expenditures compared with 33.1 

 per cent for 31 towns with taxable wealth per capita of $1,000 to 

 $1,200, and 30.9 percent for 27 towns with $1,200 or more of taxable 

 wealth per capita. The percentages for welfare expenditures are 7.3, 

 6.5, and 4.8, respectively. On the other hand, the state and county 

 taxes, and expenditures for highways, and "all other" expenditures 



Table 10. Relation of Assessed Valuation per Capita to the Amount and 

 Distribution of Expenditures 



