The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-26
vaysntinc's Manual OF che oerpcraesen OF
Now York.

va1onumcp 0anes1 On VIC OoFrcrafaon on
Now York.
We have again before us tho annual Manual Of
the New York Corporation, presenting daguerreo-
type picture Of municipal matters, rules, Ia vs aud
incumheDts from the time of the Revolution down
to the present day, when city rejoces in local
reform government. ID. T. Valentine, the veteran
Clerk of the Board Of Aldermen, has exhibited in
the volume for 1854 even more than his wonted in
dustry and research; and his iabors have produced
work exceeding some sixty pages any Of the pre-
vious Manuals. The contents of the present mum.
Der are mutifarious and comprise the most reliable
lists of the officials of the various city institutions
municipal and other public boards, bureaus, crmi-
nal and civil courts, schools, hospitals, Fire Depart
ment-in fact, portable epitome Of the whole city
Of New York, civil, criminal, military and munich
pal, together with numerous maps and Autographs
Of rome Of the timehonored buildings OF the city,
venerated by Americans from the Revolutionary
incidents with which they are identified.
BY this Manual we learn that the amount OF mo-
ney applied to the relief Of the many recipients Of the
Fire Department fund during the pas. few years was
about $4,000, and tina. they now have three hun-
dred widows and. eight hundred children under
their care.
The total humble. Of New York citizen soldiery-
infantry, cavalry and artillery, il $3.50.
The scDt dule Of officers whose salaries are paid
from the city treasury, shows that exclusive Of fees,
the aggregate cost Of theso various functonaries,
from the Mayor and Judges down to policeman or
an asy um door keeper, amounts to nearly one mil
lion Two hundred and zen thousand dollars.
The financial tables show that the expenditures
Of the city government, including trust accounts
for the yea, ending 9lst of December, 1853, were
81 927740, whilst the receipts were % 1928 ISL.
The city debt yet 70 be redeemed by the sinking
fund 80 800 1888; and the funded debt redeemable
from taxation is $3.50 900.
The total value Of real and personal estate in the
city and county OF New York In the year 1885, was
l0723s, 9sl, and the amount raised by tax was
s3s3,75s SO; whilst ia 1852 the total Of real and
raised by tax was $3,3s0,5h 05, or nearly three
millions more than it was tventysix years pre-
yiously.
The amount required for the care and culture of
Under the head of the Croton Acqueduct Depart
rent for 1853, We perceive that the great line Of
four feet pipe, being the largest ever laid,
nenceo ACROSS Manhattan valley. The entire water
receipts, from she introduction TO December 81, WAS
$500, 5S4 AZ, aud the whole length Of pipe the
islard, for supply and distribution amounted TO 2S6
miles and 205i icet.
The total number OF deaths in tho city of New
York, rom various diseases, during the year 1853
was ~ GGG.
The total number OF criminals sentenced in the
Oyer and Terminer aud General Sessions, for the
gear 1858, wcfe-to be hanged, 8; TO the state
prison, 262; 70 county prisons and house OF refuge
! LIZ.
Tic number Of indictments found by the Grand
Jury was 1884, whilst tho complaints dismissed by
the sane were only 30.
The CONVICTIONS at Special Sessions were-for
petit larceny, lil5 for assault. and battery, 230;
OF vhom 36l were sentenced to inprsonm- mt.
| The number OF hack and special hack licenses, for
| 1853, was 6j2.
! The amount Of tavern and excise licenses paid
into the city treasury was $75,346, and s30S fines
the total lumber OF licenses issued for twenty wards
being G,5T
But 1t impossible In this brief notice to give an
accurate idea of al the valuable information IN At is
contame. In Mr.. Valentines compendious review Of
the political affairs OF the municipal government Of
Kew York for the las, fifty four years, complied it
Is, with great minutenass, attention, and deep re-
search, and we therefore recommend the Manual itself
to universal usc library in this country be
considered perfect without 1t.