Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-10-25
STATISTICS OF NEW YORK.
New YORK STATE Rooster, 1916. edited By O. l..
HoLLEY published by J. DIsTuRNELL, N. Fork.

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Whoever wishes to obtain knowledge Of the truly
empire State Of New York. extent population, commerce
agriculture, manufactures and resources will do well to pos
themselves of this very comprehensive and truly useful
digest We call digest for into the reasonable and con-
venent compass Of its pages have been compressed the con-
tents Of great number Of large, and in instances diff
fcut to be procured volumes and the result convenient
handbook for reference upon all subjects relating the great
interests Of the State. We have here Of its
civil divisions population productions tade and resources
It's public works, its mssnsof general intercourse its prn-
cPal local Improvements its wealth, revenue, and sxpen
ditures the organization of its government list Of the
officers Of the State Government, the general scope and
character Of its legislation, eremplfed and illustrated by
m various institutions and methods for the promotion Of
education MORALS and religion; for the protection and
lief Of the destitute, inm and helpless for the repression
and punishment of disorder and crime and for the
agement Oh enterprise, industry, science, and the arts In
snort picture q the living acting, growing Common
wealth. Ihs 10 an extract from the preface TO The rst
edition OF this work, which pubshedn IS43 Il Ia we
believe, the intention Of the editor to reprint the eo hen
nially and this second edition contains In .,i \, III
principal part of the first edition. revised and coectad 10 ,b
present time, large mass Of matter, COMPLIED with
smuch labor, directly from official documents and other a
thentic sources"
We will make few extracts from the yerv var;ed Inn,
New York contains nine chartered cities and no fewer than
hundred and forty five incorporated villages beses nu
other villages which arc Incorporated Of sase
latter list Of nearly four hundred given The population
Of the State was in 1910, 2428 92l The census Of the
State for S45, which being taken will probably raise
it nearly 100000. The statistics Of the State are de-
rived from the United States of e4O The aggregate
valuation Of real and personal ia the several counties
of the State said to be- in the aggregate for the year 1874
$500 923 and the total taxation thereon a. 24 lOl 81
about wothds of per cent The State New York
contains than nineteen hundred post Offices there
about three hundred and eighty and other
rodica journals published therein The incorporated banks
number IS, the banking associations S. making $50
banks in the State with aggregate capital Of S43 46
and the balance Of profits undivided have BEEN on
the first of February last $ 33l 1885, or about 10 per cent
the capital The bank full and official be-
ing gathered from the reports made the Comptroller We
observe great apparen discrepancy these bank state
ments Thus the Bank Of Poughkeepse said to have
capital of 100000; circulation of 1926, l4l loans and
DISCOUNTS 1924 and to have profit hand of 49,
1t incorporated in 1880. The the list the Bank
of Rochester, was incorporated in 1924, with capital of
$3.50 OOO has circulation Of only 633 loans dis
counts only $751; 83l, and balance of profits only So AGO.
We think that greater discrepancies may be found than
these but these banks being contiguous in the statement
caught eyes. The only inference wish draw Is
that very different modes Of banking, and consequently very
different results obtain in the and the western sec
tons of the State
We give the following list of the which the money
and coins of foreign nations taken at the New York Gus
tohouse, because know such list will be acceptable to
our commercial friends