Daily Republican., 1888-07-18

Tbs REPUBLICAN, has received from
the Hon. james W. Ware printed
copy OF Auditor James II. Boyos's re.
port OF the finances Of tue State OF
Delaware, A. presented by him - the
Legislative Committse on Accounts.
From this IL is shown that ct tho bs
ginning Of the year the account was As
follows:
EaIAnco In the trotFury 70 $40 0s
RscSiptS during lSs7...........". t9S,bTo 's
Total balance and roo.ipts ...... .S5gs AS es
Expenditures during the year.. AIS os2.is
BaISncs nsesmosr 81, IssT.......s A,703 As
or these suna the receipts Of the
general funu were. .s0tOo btI ~
Oyster Iu9d' ''''.'....'....'........ a,es7.st
soh00l iund. d...................,... SotoAIo
The balances TO each Of these funds
after the expenditures OF the yeAr 10
stated as follows:
General fund..,..............,,. 70, bI8 SO
Nystet fund '..,.....,............. b2s 50
SchOol tund.' d.'.......s............s. Il oss ~
The total Investments are on follows:
For the use OF the general fund, SG73. :
O50; school fund SA95, ,749. The. bonded
debt of the State is 1894, 700, inolUd In e
81, 900 Of Delaware College scrip. An
tbs bonds outside Of thls amount ere
due sud payable bssSeon tho years 1891
and 1906
The credits OF tho State exosed the
debts SS44, ,049. The total estimated
expenses Of the State Rovernmont for
the current year are S21T,2 IL. o. fol-
lows: General expenses, Sl20 .496 16;
school purposes, $780, ,276 05 Tho essi.
mated receipts Amou1t to s3l0, ,2s7.63.
Tho accounts OF New Oastle county
from October, 1855. 20 sepIem ber, 1887
show that during that time the Levy
Court made allowances and AppIopEiR-
tiohs OF public moneys amounting 70
e6l, ,628 25 In the assessments OF the
two years the sum Of S4,6l9. 3l9 was al.
lowed AZ eFTorS. The aSseSsmeBt o;
1886 Ia not stated, bat thAt Of 1887 shows
. total of S45, ,43T .9a7, yielding reven ua
Of S217 1900. OF this sum Sl19. 139 97
IL A,sessed in Wilmington. In the
ttAtament OF errors and commissions
SLOWED collectors In 1850 NssIy and
Diokey are ohArged with S2A 79l 10 %
erroru and S6 687 90 As commissions.
From June, 1896 TO March, 1887, they
returned % collected SB7 900. Thus Ao
counting for Sll9,37B 90. Assuming
the tax levy rs stated fer 1887 TO be
about sinuEr TO that Of 1885, there 10
An uuOOlleCJSu DhlhuCo OI ptO4 W IN
this city. The receipts Of the county
treasury from April 6. 1886, 70 Feb.
ruAry, 1887, 10 ttAStd Mt S246 ,492, 26 and
an unexpendsd balance OF 50 848 0l.
Tho assessment for Kent County for
1887 Gas Sl4 678 ,62l, and the total tax
levy S69, ,063.S4. The total allowance
for errors, deliIQuents and commissions
was S7,151 sS The school property OF
Kent County is valued at Sl06, $50. The
school fund OF the county Is stated at
064 101.a5, and the number Of scholars
at 06s, end the average length Of the
school year 81 eignt months and seven
dRyR.
The amount Of the tax levy in Sussex
County for 1887 wss S5l, ,bO4 IA, on a
total assessment OF Si0.O6S 526. Tho
allowance for errors, dellnQuents and
commissions was 81, 1896. The uDcOl
lected taxes for the year 1886, at Apr,
l, 1887, amounted TO slS,6l1,l3. Tht
treasurer of the poor received during
the year f6 314.6 81, and reports q balance
In hand OF 81, &c., 80. The school prop
srty Of Sussex County 10 valued at $50
QUO; and the school fund for the year
b56, 1913 80; and the number OF schpoli
were III, with ,e9S scholars, and the
average length OF the year WAS bi1
months and seventeen days.