The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-13
The Comptroller's Rcport-A CheeriI
Exhibit.


The Comptrolier's Rcport-A Cheering
Exhibit.
The city Comptroller has submitted to the
Mayor his report for the year 1870, accom-
panied by tabular statement to include May,
1871, of the city and county finances during
the period named. 1t Is very full report,
purporting to show not only the general con-
dition of the Treasury, but giving In tabular
form the amount of warrants and claims
against the city, paid and unpaid, the receipts
into the Treasury and from what
sources; the disbursements made and for
what purposes, the general appropriations
made by the Comptroller under the law Of
1870, and the means provided for such appro-
prlations, statement, indeed, including every
little item of revenue or disbursement, even
to conscience fund item amounting to fifty
dollars, and which, therefore, may be fairly
considered elaborate enough to meet all OBJ
jections
The figures in a nutshell show that the debt
of the city on the 30th of April last was
$40, 100000 There are $1s, 900 in the
Sinking Fund, which, deducted, leaves the
total debt $3l, 49, 900. The aggregate valua-
tons Of taxable real estate in the city
amounts to $742, lo3,O75, and of personal
estate to $l,Ol7, 3sS, 449, while the total
amount of tax levied during the
year was 1923, 566,O72. The Sinking Fund,
according to the compiler is in itself sufficient,
with its accumulations from various sources,
to pay off the debt, without any necessity for
the pressure Of extra taxation. The credit of
the city is resting upon 50 sound a basis that
the easiest part of all the work Of
our municipal authorities, according to
Mayor Hall, is the negotiation of the
city bonds. The statistics of the Comptroller,
taking them for what they are offered, will,
therefore, be welcome reading to all who feel
q pride in our growing metropolis for they
guarantee that there is to be no cessation of
the grand improvements we are making every
where, in our docks, our avenues, orr parks,
our bridges, our public buildings, our rapid
transit routes. Everywhere the metropolis,
under the benignant nurturlng Of the Comp
troller's statistics, bids fair to bloom even
more beautifully than befor..
The New York Yacht Club ReSaita-Opcn-
ing Of the Season.
We publish to-day the programme of the
regatta of the New York Yacht Club, which
comes off on the 22d Instant. The prizes
are numerous and the competition will be
very great; indeed, we expect to witness
sight fully equal to any thing that
has ever been seen in our waters. Two
days after the regatta the ''Wallack Cup will
be raced for by the schooners. and this will
doubtless be an exciting and interesting race,
for every schooner yacht will endeavor to win
a reputation or add to that already won. We
can only hope for fine day and all the
wind necessary to make the vessels show
to every advantage. Following close upon
these races comes the regatta of the
Brooklyn Yacht Club on the 9th, then
the regatta at Cape May, on the Fourth
Of July, at which, probably, twenty or more
Of the New York Yacht Club squadron
will be present and take part therein. They
| will leave our bay as squadron, and their
| appearance will, beyond question, be very fine,
and their arrival in the waters of Delaware
Bay will be hailed with great enthusiasm.
Invitations have also been extended to the
| Brooklyn, the Atlantic, and the Eastern Yacht
| Clubs to take part therein, so that there is
| every probability that more yachts will appear
| 10 squadron that day than are ever seen to.
| gcther.
The prizes offered at the Cape May regatta
| 70 ar,ita vaiuahlo and in addition IN N. %,yo
named there will be sweepstakes open to
the yachts of all organized yacht clubs. The
| latter will be one Of the principal features
Of the day, and will prove very
! interesting race. II is very evident that
those who frequent Cape May during the
summer season, and who will be there on the
| 4th proximo, will have the pleasure of seeing
one Of the finest fleets of yachts in the world
| The excitement in the City Of Brotherly Love
about the Cape May regatta is rapidly on the
increase, and the probabilities are that Cape
May will be more crowded on our next national
holiday than ever it has been before II the
day is favorable and there is wind enough
their expectations will be fully realized, and
they will have the pleasure of witnessing
race that will be credtabe to all concerned.
The season opens well, and in short time
the whole feet will be of on its pleasure duty.
The CoMMUNE-TuK CHURCHES AND THE
MINr.-We printed in the HERALD Of yester-
daya very singular despatch regarding the
Paris Commune and the plundered church
property. 1t was stated that all the sacred
vessels and valuable ornaments taken from the
churches by the Communists had, with few ex-
ceptlons, been found at the Mint and other
places. How narrow the escaps! At the
Mint A little more time. for the Commune
and the sacred gold and silver wonld have
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