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assistance Of these balance, ami the Commit
| tee have already submitted the data, upon
which they estimate their existence. the work
Of paying the debt viii be very ma; ;erially ac
CELEBRATED.


The Legislature and the public, cannot fail
to perceive, that The chief reliance OF the com
mittee for the means Of meeting our engage
ments TO the public creditor, is founded upon
the system of taxation direct, and indirect,
established by the last and preceding Lcgis
latures, they would not however be doing
full justice to the subject, and would expose
themselves, as they think, to the imputation oil
exhibiting our financial Affairs in less ell
couraging point Of view, than the circum s
stances which surrounded US will Justify, If
they leave it TO be inferred that we may not,
with reasonable degree of confidence, rely
upon assistance from other sources.


The State it is well known, has invested
large sums Of money in various companies,
chartered for the constguction Of roads and
canals.


In the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Com
pany, she owns Independently Of the three
million, two hundred thousand dollars already
spoken of, stock to the amount Of one mil
lion and fifty thousand dollars upon which
there was paid into the treasury last year for
dividends and the States one fifth Of ,he pas
sage money S9G,G99 AS, being upwards of
eight per cent. on the inves meDt.


The State also holds the bonds o.. the Sus-
quehanna and Tide Water Canal Companies
for 81, l92, 500 90, upon which there was re-
ceived last year for interest, the sum Of a.
500; and she holds more over the bonds of the
Baltimore and SusquehanDa Rail Road Com
pany for $l,8S4,045 90, upon which there
was paid last year for interest $40, 900 10.


In addition TO these stocks and bonds, more
or less productive, the State is the owner Of
bank stocks to the amount Of S5l0 ,966 &c,
and other productive stocks amounting to
$4,000 %.


The whole amount Of her productive stocks
and securities may be stated thus:-


Bank Stock, s5lo,966 &c
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road


stock 1850 900 90
Bonds Of the Susquehanna and


Tidewater Canal Companies, 1892, 500 90
Bonds Of the Baltimore and Sus-


quehanna Rail Road ComEa-


ny, 1884 ,045 %