Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-02-11
OHIO STATISTICS.
Annual Report of the Secretary
of State.
Agricultural, Mining and Manu-
featuring Statistics.

L
Secretary of State, for the year ending
Nov. 10, 1874, has come from the
printer. 1t is document of 462 pages
and contains :. large amonnt of valua.
BILE information, bJth for study and
reference, classified so as to be easily
found. Besides statistics of the charac-
ter hitherto given in the reports from
the Secretary's Office, the volume this
year contains many new and interest.
ing chapters and tabulations. 1t is the
most comprehensive statistical report
yet made in Ohio, and the best
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
1t contains list of State officers, by
election and appointments; full list of
Territorial and State Governors, with
dates and notes; full lists, with dates, of
all the persons who have occupied the
positions of Lieut.. Governor, Secretary
of State, Auditor of State, Treasurer of
State, Comptroller of the Treasury, At
torney General, Clerk OF the Supreme
Court, School Com missioner, Commis-
sioner of Railroads and Telegraphs,
Superintendent of Insurance, Inspector
of Mines, Judges under the Territorial
and State Governments, Supervisor of
Public Printing, Member Of the Board
of Public Works, and State Librarian.
1t also contains complete list of Uni
ted States Senators from Ohio since the
organization of the State Government;
the Ohio delegations in the Forty-third
Congress-; tabuiation showing the
number of years and service ofSenators
and Representative to Congress from
each county in Ohio, from the organi-
zation of the State Government to the
close of the Forty-third Congress; a
complete roll of members and officers
of the General Assembly, with resi-
dences and occupation; and complete
Judiciary directory, with times of hold
ing courts. The usual full lists of
county officers are given. Passing
over classified tabulation of the in
corporation business, and the appor-
tionment, we come to
ELI CTIoN STATISTICS,
which are fuller than ever before Civ
en-. All of the old features are preser-
we'd, and valuable additions have been
made. A very useful table is an analy-
sis of the vote in Ohio from 1872 to
1874, inclusive; the vote is compared,
year by year, and the table shows the
changes in the aggregate, as well as in
the party vote. Another new feature
is tabulation of the vote on Governor
from 1903 to 1856, giving the names of
all the candidates; and similar table
giving the vote at State and Presiden-
tial elections since 1850. A full list of
cities and incorporated villages in
Ohio, with population, and detailed
stationery account, complete the report
of the Secretary's annual report-1S7
pages. In the
STATISTICAL REPORT
there are many improvements. The
Secretary says:
1.-The effort made by this department
last year to collect and utilize the differ
ent classes of statistics, has secured,
y
ports from the county offices than were
received in any previous year. Impor-
tant vital statistics, not heretofore re-
ported to this Office, have been secured.
Blanks were prepared calling for full
reports of the causes of all deaths in
the State during the year ending March |
81, 1874. Nearly all the probate judges
returned the blanks with the informa-
tion sought. These reports require
much labor, and those assessors who |
have faithfully discharged their duties,
and the probate judges who have |
made the nosolOgical arrange |
ment of details required, merit much |
praise. Some OF the judges report that |
many of the assessors are too careless or |
too ignorant to perform their work as
required by law, but it is thought that, |
as their duties become better under !
stood, their reports will be more valua- |
BILE. From this class of statistics many !
useful facts may be learned such as the |
mortality of particular
diseases under different circumstances
and in different localities. Much at
tention is being paid to vital statistics
by the nations of Europe, as also by !
many of our States, and it is desirable
that the system for collecting these |
ssay be improved and become
that the results may be of |
more practical value"
The statistics on agriculture are very
elaborate, presenting the products by !
sections, and in detail, and instituting
careful comparisons. 1t is not possible !
to make even an approximate reflec-
tion in the space that may reasonably
be devoted to a newspaper abstract;
but some of the leading features of the
are here given.
GRAIN CROPS.
The following comparison of the
crops of grain in the State in 1872 and |
1873 shows an increase in the yield of
wheat, but decrease in that of all |
other kinds of grain.
Grain Crops of fOhiO i'm '72 and '73.
1872. 1873.
Corn bushels 1O3,O53,23 84,O49,32S |
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