NEW YOKE. 



of $839.91. The three denominations having 

 the largest membership are the Roman Catho- 

 lic, 518,714; the Methodist Episcopal, 180,782, 

 and the Presbyterian, 111,660. The three de- 

 nominations having the largest amount of 

 church property are the Protestant Episcopal, 

 $24,601,370 ; the Roman Catholic, $22,668,080 ; 

 and the Presbyterian, $19,114,170. 



The population of the 24 cities of the State 

 is as follows : 



Albany 86.541 



Auburn 19,649 



Binghamton 15,518 



Brooklyn 482,498 



Buffalo 184,557 



Cohoes '. 17,498 



Elmira 20,486 



Hudson 8,784 



Kingston 20.445 



Lockport 12,558 



Long Island City 15,587 



Newburg 17,822 



New York 1,041,836 



Ogdensburg 10,853 



Oswego 22,428 



Poughkeepsie 20,022 



Eochester 81,722 



Eome 12,251 



Schenectady 12,759 



Syracuse 48,255 



Troy 48,581 



Utica 82,496 



Watertown 9,992 



Yonkers.... 17,237 



Of the population of New York City, 595,843 

 were born in the United States, and 446,043 in 

 foreign countries, including 3,979 born in 

 Canada, 26,923 in England, 165,011 in the Ger- 

 man Empire, 199,084 in Ireland, 7,635 in Scot- 

 land, and 43,411 in other foreign countries. 



A little more than one-tenth of the popula- 

 tion of the State were proprietors of land. The 

 number of farms was 241,839. Of these 90,- 

 496 contained between 100 and 500 acres, 

 and 71,118 contained between 50 and 100 acres. 

 There were 39,973 farms of from 20 to 50 

 acres, and 38,970 of less than 20 acres. The 

 aggregate of laud in farms was 25,659,266 

 acres, of which 15,875,552 were returned as 

 improved, and 9,783,714 unimproved. The five 

 counties having the largest average of farm 

 lands are : St. Lawrence, 712,717; Jefferson, 

 556,616; Steuben, 503,014; Oneida, 501,099; 

 and Erie, 458,343. The cash value of these 

 farms, improved and unimproved, is returned 

 at $1,221,472,277. The aggregate value of 

 farm buildings other than dwellings was $148,- 

 715,775; of stock on farms, $146,497,154. The 

 chief agricultural productions (for the year 

 1874) were as follows: 



Buckwheat, bush 8,992.8^6 



Indlancorn, " 20,294,800 



Oata, " 87.908.429 



Rye. " 8,046,84* 



Spring wheat," H3WS2 



Winter wheat," 9,017.7:17 



Beans, " 1,076,458 



Pease " 410.4W 



Potatoes, " M.WMM 



Hops, Ib9 18,*4<5,05 



Tobacco, " 8.11*,075 



Apples, bnsh 28.11S280 



Cider, bbls , Wfi -15 1 



Grapes, Ibs 17,081,574 



Wine, gals .Si 1 '^ 



Maple engnr, Ibs 9,272.702 



Maple molasses, gals 240,0*8 



NICHOLAS I., PRINCE. 571 



Honey, Ibs 1,469,815 



Butter, " 111,087,486 



Cheese, " 98,726,172 



Wool, clipped," (1874) 7,869,9*2 



' " (1875) 6,608.806 



Number of sheep shorn (1875) 1,846,711 



No compilation of the returns of manufact- 

 ures has been made. They were found to be 

 so incomplete and inexact as to be worthless 

 for statistical purposes, and their compilation 

 was therefore abandoned. 



The aggregate amount of public debt, includ- 

 ing State, county, and municipal, was $226,- 

 318,308. 



The debt of New York City on August 1, 

 1877, was as follows : 



Funded Debt 1121,819.188 60 



Less Sinking Fund 2y,67,56s 59 



Net Funded Debt $91,651,518 21 



Temporary Debt Assessment Bond* 22,144,400 00 



Temporary Debt Eevenue Bonds 18,800,977 01 



Total $182,096,692 22 



Only a few years ago the value of real estate 

 belonging to the corporation was appraised at 

 nearly $250,000,000. There has been a great 

 shrinkage in values, but at the same time large 

 accessions have been made to city property, 

 through expenditures for various public pur- 

 poses, such as the docks, the Croton aqueduct 

 and reservoirs, the Brooklyn bridge, etc. The 

 actual value of City property may therefore be 

 fairly estimated now at over $200,000,000, or 

 more than double the amount of the net fun- 

 ded debt. 



By the decision of the Court of Appeals in 

 September, all legal obstacles to rapid transit 

 in New York City were removed, and the con- 

 struction of two lines, from the lower to the 

 upper part of the city, was promptly begun. 



NICHOLAS, Grand-Duke, the second broth- 

 er of the Emperor of Russia, was born August 

 8, 1831. He received a thorough military ed- 

 ucation like all his brothers, and at present 

 combines in his person four of the highest mili- 

 tary offices in Russia, being General of En- 

 gineers, Inspector-General of the Cavalry, Com- 

 mander-in-Chief of all the Imperial Guards, 

 and of the military district of St. Petersburg. 

 Unlike his brother Constantino, he never strove 

 to play a political part, but devoted himself 

 assiduously to his military offices. Being so 

 regarded among the brothers of the Emperor, 

 it seemed but natural that he should be chosen 

 to command the Russian armies in Europe. 

 Even the St. Petersburg journal Rvtki Mir, 

 which is as strongly opposed to the Govern- 

 ment as is possible in Russia, says that he is 

 the foatt ideal of a commander-in-chief. 



NICHOLAS I., Prince of Montenegro, was 

 born September 25, 1841. After having studied 

 in Cettigne and Trieste, Prince Danilo cent him 

 to Paris in 1855, where he entered the Military 

 Academy. In the spring of 1860 he returned 

 to Cettigne, and after the assassination of Prince 

 Danilo was proclaimed Prince of Montenegro. 

 During his reign he made four journeys to 



