Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-29
LETTER FROM RICHMOND.

Correspondence of the Alexsndria Gazete.]
RICHMOND, February 2S.-Auditor Taylor
to-day submitted the following important aud
interesting statistics 10 response 10 a resolution
of the House:
Real estate, reassessm ent of 1875 6,o46,-
397. 49; personal property, $50, 263 254 W; to,
tai, $500, 300 65l.49. Tax on real estate aud
personal property for 1876, 1881 54S 26;
cap,ation tax, 1854 ,206 W; total, Sl,s95, I54
e. Estimated license tax for 1876 unier pres
ent law. $55O,0OO. Total tax for 1876 (estl
mated) 81 445'f54,26.
Commissions Tor assessing taxes tor 1876,
SAT 635 So; for collecting, sos Isl SO; lpsol,
vent capitatiop tax, Sol 524; lusolveut personal
property tax, $40 SAT rs; ins'lvant real estate
tax, Sf4 527 O6; total, 1922 SIS 81. which d"
Quoted fir IN the total Estimated taxes Tor 1910
leaves 81 .223, 23S Is.
Estimated amount of taxes due to ru6ilc
schools for 1876, lcapitstlon taxi 1854 zoo,
IRON which deduct COMMISSIONS tor assessing
and collecting and for insolVeDts, S63,045 ii,
leaving $20l l6O.S9, to which ado total land
aod properly tax for same purposes Tor 1870
1888, 504.S9. making total for puolc Tree
Schools OUT of the public revenue, for 1876,
S4S4,6657S DeductlDg the school tax frnm
The whole estimated revenue leaves, 81 ioo,
57297. Estimated additional taxes from all
other sources. $500, 900, making 81 938. 81 ".
Expenses OF government tor 1876 1881, $50 59
leaving balance to pay interest and contlugen
cies, 1886, 5S7.58.
The revenue under this estimate will TALL due
during the fiscal year lS76'77. Amount OF
revenue received in coupons during the fiscal
wear 1874 IS was $500, 726.l0. What amount
will be received during tue fiscal years 1878. 10
and 1876 IT 10 coupons is uncertain, but Will
hardly fall below the amount, the Auditor
thinks, for 1874 rs. The annual amount need
ed for current interest is 81 100000, not IN
GLIDING arrearages of interest. An allowance
must be made for such appropriations as the
General Assembly may make outside OF ordl-
uary expenses. ~
Balance sheet for February Oath 1875: TO
credit of State, $89 295.72; balances when
NAV be received on account of arrearages OF
revenue for former years and judgments against
officers in default, 100000; balance OF reVe'
Tue for 1875 to be accounted for op or before
June l6. 1876 amount assessed 50, 465, $780,
4U-trom winch deduct estimated commissions
and iusolvents, 1929 SIS 81, aud amount PRIOR
TO "a h February, 1876 81 ,263, 239. 10, leaving
$3.50, 1878; estimated receipts from license
TAX from February Oath to D cember 1876
$3.50, 900; estimated receipts from AL otueI
sources for same period, Sl35,OOO; amount
from collateral inheritance tax, SAL 900; total
amount estimated to be received to the hrSt
day of December, 1876, 81, 795, 47l.45. OF which
it is estimated that one halt will be paid IN
coupons and one half in currency.
Debts: 10 the banks for temporary loans,
$2OO,00O and the Muller fund Tor temporary
loau, $50, 900; estimated expenses OF govern
SToe AGO az m
of 1875, yet due to public schools, S5o8 OOO;
to arrearages of revenue of 1870 II, II, IS
and IA, yet due to public schools, S4O9, OUO;
total, Lac, 4S9 Us.
From the foregoing statement it will be seen
that the estimated receipts of revenue in cur
reucy from the "a b Of February to December
|, 1875, will be 1897 1878, while the dis
bursements will be 81 74y, $780, showing
deficit of sS5l,753 81.
This large deficit, the Auditor says. results
10 great measure from the item OF $4o9.OOO OF
arrearage due the school fund. TueSc alrear
ages, difficult of ascertalDment until the Work
of the year has been fully completed, have re-,
Gently been estimated for under resolution OF
the House, and it is supposed will reach the
amount reported. 1t will, Of course, be a mat
ter of anxious Inquiry how this deficit Gao be
provided tor. Were the gu stlOu propouuded
directly to me, should uuhesitatiogy answer
that there are only TWO modes known t. NE BY
which it can be affected: lst. By an Increase
of the rate of tax on the value of land and
property 10 the State; or, ID, by stamp tax
and tax Oh the cousuml ton OF whskey.
His many friends amoog the Subjects at the
Theological Seminary will be pleased to learn
that young Episcopal Minister OF this city
will 10 few months lead to the altar one OF
Richmond's tairest daughters
The Readjusters met tonight and adjourned
without doug anything, to meet subject TO the
call of their chairman, which will be, as Poe
raven prophesied, long ago. Cad OF 1t.
Though nearly all of the members OF the
House voted against Stevens, | noticed some
of them taking Jumper with him.
[ understand that Mr.. H. X. Ellison, of tie
Dispatch, will be put forward by his friends as
candidate tor Mayor. at the coming munlcl-
pal election. Mr. H. K. will make number
one officer, and Richmond would be benefited
by his election.
MIR. R. B. Munford, the able Commissioner
of the Revenue, will, judge, have 90 opposl-
ton. He is the best man for the place
STRoNGBoW.