New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14

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loss Of $751; 2io 49, suffered at the hands OF the OLD
generations. who we're unable to pay as large TAX
as in 1893 owing to decreased business anu 'o"-
seauently decreased dividends.
Tho following table shows succintly the amounts
received from corporations OF the seVera' .'a s 90
Insurance companies premiums 10 sa5 ~
Insurance companies, on 1 arninrs s04.18t no
Transportation companies Oh nana. On
Telephone and telegraph companies vi o. ssa So
ZION comnanes on capitnl.... 4ao32' Oh
Telephone and telegraph Companies ." 1888 II
ssp Electric and miscellaneous corporations
Foreign banks .....''.'...'''''''''. $50 76 10
81. 7o6s4o 81
The depressed condition Of business has SHOWN
Itself to a very marked degree in the NUMBER OF
new corporations organized. and In the amount OF
tax collected for Incorporation. The total NUMBER
OF new corporations organized during the year END
ing September so. 1894, was l,25 against i''oi J"
1893: and the amount of tax collected Tor ihcor-
poration was $50, 76i 80. compared with sZo'-
2ii 81, showing decrease OF slilf'93s or nearly
"a much az the entire tax collected last year.
The system OF bookkeeping in the Corporation Tax
Bureau. which, CONTROLLER Roberts says, was anu
quated and very defective when ne assumed once
has been entirely changed and greatly improved
A book record is now made In ink OF every trans
action in connection with the co,ecuun 81 ,,,a,u
from a corporation Any person OF ORDINARY liiteni-
lection OF a tax and II there has been change
made In the amount assessed, or II reotse "dS
SUCCESSION TAXES.
During the fiscal year ending September &c. 1884,
Controller Roberts reports there was collected under
tho Transfer or Succession Tax laws the sum OF
81 SIS 9J4 20 The average for the eight prior years
during which the law has been In operation mas
been 81 1G5 4o5 81 There therefore collected so--
81 50 In excess Of the average annual amount ,,b
In the number OF large estates settled TOUR
alone paying the annual tax OF N1sooSo ~, I'm ne
any $1,000 Controller ROBERTS says tndt
the bis OF APPRAISERS Sr 5rse and he suggests
the appointment Of one official appraiser III eac"
The Ives Pool Tax law brought larger amount
than usual into the state treasury me s sS g; So 81
There has already been paid the season OF 1894
the sum OF ssSl2 s5 and from the reports fled 1t
Year ET" 1871 Viii Viii exceed si2sc Controller Roberts
says it Is serious question whether me pr9vs'1hs
selling OF pools Will not greatly reduce. II they DO
not etey wipe out TIE ecspiS fTo hs s0srS o
the state which receive these moneys would th s
the distribution OF this fund among these societies
which should be sustained"
FOREST PRESERVATION.
Controller Roberts deals at considerable length
with the question OF preserving the States forests
and advocates the passage OF laws to prevent the
loss by the State Of It's lands through cancella-
tons lie says that the State has. through cancel
lrtons during the year ending September 30 1881.
serve. but only G63 acres of that amount were lost
since January !. 1894. The Forest Commission,
Forest Preserve but outside the Adirondack Park,
and has purchased in he park $40 acres The total
on October l. 1891. was 7s5ll acres. The total
acreage reported october !: 1893 was %,,i'S In,
G. 22s acres which the States little had not been
iSs fss is as to s existing "ae'
Durinf The ten years ending December 30. 1879.
KS si scres Of land in the Forest Preserve divided
by official terms. as follows
-; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
'c.
1904
SO far the records Of the Controllers office
show. these cancellations were n,ade ex-parte.
without consultation with the states legal al,
in the States behalf Controller Roberts adds: Il
Informed by members OF the Forest commIs-
all aaplica,ion. or cancellation and had offered to
sccu all available evidence in behalf OF the State,
th,yNere seldom notified OF any application. ami
TIE people of the sis Ge Of NeW-York have so en-
their holdings In these forests. that II may fairly
be ne1sd iGi ssy s g ,s eniag Isa ana n so
81 acres Of land in the Preserve The total acre
age in the park alone is zcc aGre' AS, As matisr
fourth OF the land within the park limits Every
% Whe ,s nts heoe 1s oP has
been obliged 10 restore them. The preservation
ri S" he pp % Of ne ow h
Rhine has within the last hfty years fallen twenty
people OF the State OF New York can learn a use
ful lesson from these experiences Indeed TIE aver
greatly fallen within the last twenty-five years The
keeping and acquiring OF these forest lands by the
State Of Newfork would seem not only 10 be
necessary To serve great public purpose but 10
be sagacious business policy wen, and the time
the state Of SG@ sSou MD ap rs
something for the purchase OF lands In the Adiron-
preservation OF the State preserve, ana one which
s ss sRs f and nsG o
state lands. The inycstsation Of hts department
has revealed the fact that these Expectations are
upon the Controller the auditing Of the estimates
OF their expenses made by the State charitable
prisons and the state hospit,s for the insane In
,So of tine sa rca u FcSsri
institutions which. under his direction. revses the
OF the S anY Of ns ssa they
need monthly. Controller Roberts says that the
tons for October was sl3 o. the OF $3.50 e
per annum The average monthly cost Of the same
institutions for 1884, as shown by the report Of the
latnre OF 1894 was sis7 Is. The total number OF In
October was i.7sS II the same favorable per capita
as shown In the first months operations Of this b;-
can b. maintained. II ni he q practical DEM
onstraton of the wisdom or the statute establish
ing this supervision
Controller Roberts reports that uniform system
OF bookkeeping has been adopted by the State chart
table institutions He reports an Improvement In
the condition OF tho Court and Trust funds since
their care was imposed upon the CONTROLLERS Office
IN 1892 The Chanccry Fund. he states. amounts to
sl59 s25 So
An inquiry has been made by the Controllers Of
taxation in the state: Mr. Roberts states that the
aggregate amount or exemptions somew ha.
startling. to wit: the sum OF 1884 l7s.10 O; this
.0s6 Ia government property; $50 State property
.Dg2 county property. 1921 town. city and village
property; .loj schools: 81 churches, parsona ages
and cemeteries: .033 charitable and refornatory In
stltutions; col property purchased with pension
money. and Gil miscellaneous
Controller Roberts states that upon assuming Of