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STATION BULLETIN 346 



APPENDIX 10 



A STUDY OF THE RELATION OF SELECTED FACTORS TO 



VARIATIONS IN THE EXPENSES AND PROPERTY 



TAXES OF 100 RURAL NEW HAMPSHIRE 



TOWNS 



The objective of this study is to examine the relation of selected 

 factors, particularly population and taxable wealth, to the variations 

 in the amounts and distribution of expenses and to the variations in 

 property taxes of rural New Hampshire towns. Attention is also de- 

 voted to the interrelation of these factors. Whereas the previous 

 study (Appendix 9) involves all town payments, including those to 

 other governmental units, the present inquiry includes only those ex- 

 penditures which are made to meet the expenses of the town as a 

 unit of government. Similarly, property taxes involve only the nec- 

 essary levy to meet town expenses and exclude that portion of the 

 levy collected by the town and paid to other units of government. 



MU MBEI^ OF TQWM5f 

 .3^ 



1000 



POPULATlOkl 



ZOOO 



5000 



^X)00 



Chart I. The frequency distribution of New Hampshire to\wTis 

 that have fewer than 4,000 persons according to the 1940 census of 

 population, and of the 100 rural towns selected for this study. (Class 

 interval:r:200.) Only 18 towns (including 11 cities) have a popula- 

 tion of 4,000 or more. The largest is Manchester, 77,685. 



