The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-12

incompetency on the part of those
charged with the duty of nrimaril,
making up the tax Est.
The irregularities in listing of course
begin in the counties. and it may be in
teresting to note some Illustrations as to
the differences that nave occurred there.
In doing tAis. note Will he taken of the
returns for the last five years. viz:
1893. 1894. 1893. 1896. and 1897. For
En>tancc one count CAlamance) re-
turned for taxation in 1893. 234.0D0
acres: IN 1894. 231 900 acres: in 1898,
80, 900 acres: in 1896. Is 900 acres: in
1897. 262.J05 EacreS 3hlS showing Il
difference one year and another during
the past five years, Of $1,000 acres III
that county,
The receipts of the Public Fund for
The year ending November Both. 1856
we're 1~.239.4lS.4O. The receipts for
the year ending November 3Oth. 1897.
were S1.292:4I.61-an increase ovcr
1896 Of 80 3.OS9.21.
The disbursements for the year 1896
were $1.2i4.9l7.I1. The disbursements
for 1897 were 81 .3O3. Ol.11-an increase
over 1896 of SIS S6.:54. The fact thai
the expenses of a session of the General
-h'tN mn - III IIit 4 "
mentS for 1897 accounts for the increased
expenditure.
The revenue receipts from real and
personal property were $2.1S1.03 less
i'll IL than in 1896: but the reyenue de-
rivod under schedules b" and &C..
known as privilege axes for 1897. eN-
coed the receipts Of 1896. from the same
sources. 10y S~17,337.72.
The most notable increase of revenue
from any one source for 1897, over the
previous year. rs in the returns of col
l~ectionS made by the Secretary of State.
The cXccsS OF receipts through that De
partment, over 1896. amounts to $50,
1:9. So.
The revenue from railroad property
exceeds the receipts Of 1896 by S5.03O.43.
change N the license tax schedule
on piano and organ dealers by the Gen
eral Assembly of 1897 has caused a loss
of 81. 100000 from that source. The re-
CENTS in 1896 were 81. ) 90: in 1897.
$4,000.
There is an increase of 81 .607.O5 from
telegraph and telephone companies. the
tax being two per cent on gross receipts.
The increase Of revenue from tax on
incomes is S13O.02. The gross amount
of incomes returned for taxation for
1896 is $630.624. The gross amount of
incomes returned for the previous year
was S55o,S93.
CircusSes and mcnagerieS yielded for
the year 1897 an increase Of 81 Sc.
over 1896.
The receipts from merchants Pur-
chase Tax" shows an increase Of
S2.S22.54.
There IS an increase of 81 $1,000 from
lawyers. physicians and dentists over
the previous year.
White polls increase from 171.915 to
112.2S1. while colored polls shows the
small Increase between 65.697 and CO.
I4O.
"During the year 1897 a very large
number of applications for pensions were
filed in the department. 1t must be said
that the general presentations made III
these applications are of such q charac-
ter as to make it difficult. in most cases.
10 satisfactorily determine whether the
applicant is legally entitled to such pen
sion as the State can pay or not. There
is no raShneSS in asserting that there
are those now on the State pension roll.
who are neither morally nor legally emit
ted to the aid they are receiving from
the state. and it may be reasonably sup
posed that there are those who have
applied for pensions. not on the roll.
IN WI 'hl' '&l''i III lit dihibllts1-
tons. as filed. who richly deserve all that
the State can offer them.
There was Il net increase of IS ppn-
sionorS during the year 1897.
The substantial and bcnoficent fea-
lures of Building and Loan Associations
do not appear to ave found general
Judgment in the permanent appreciation
Of the citizens of this State or Snch assoc
cations do not appear to regard the attl-
tudc of the State as favorable to thcra.
At one time there were sixty organ;za-
tons of this character operating in
North Carolina. This report shows that
thlrty-fonr companies were licensed to
do business in 1896. OF this number.
six are foreign companies. These, as
we'll as the t~Wonty-cight State compan-
les. exhibit evidences of s~oundness ana
stability"
Mr.. Aver adds that for any measure
Of success which may attach to the
work of his department for the past
year. credit Is more largely due to Mr..
John y. Sims. the painstakin@ and eff
cient chief clerk. thar to any other.
The kinstOn Free Press says that Mr..
j. w. Granger shipped a box Of aspara-
OILS TO Ihil1In1INhia ON NInnlnr