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Total amount of securities, sos $40 SO


The Comptroller recommends to the Legislature the
policy Of compelling all the sanks to redeem their issues
at par, in the city Of New York


The United States Dspssts Fund loaned to the coun
ties, amounted the Ia. Of JAM, ls45 to So 72l Il6 90


The aggregate amount Of valuations Of and person.
al estate in the countless the number acres
assessed in ch county, &c were annexed
Number o. se,. 81 Sr Rs. PERSONAL E'r.ss
Assessed value Of real 80. :. sao, 500


Do personal estate. 1862 3i3


AGgregst. valuation. as corrected by t'e Boards of


SUPERVISORS. 1893 ,83l 923
AMOUNT of State and county taxes 50 ,oss s5


Total tax. 81 243. 1ol 81
The general average rate of taxation each dollar Of
the assessment is mills and sevenhundreths Of
mill while in several the rate of assessment on
the dollar TO- H. Is and Is mills and in the county o.
Hamilton nearly SO mills on the dollar.


The report the acting Canal Commissioner Of Illinois
has been made TO the Legislature oftha State We snnex
condensed statement from it. giving the most important
items


In October, ls43. there sale of canal lots and
lands in Chcsgo Lockport. Otowa and Lasalle
ing in the aggregate to $297 252 26 This be dis.
charged in canal scrip indebtedness par There re.
mains on hand from the sales Of every description canal
ing t, the sum Of sss4.6a5 From the commencement OF
the canal in 1886 up the lst of November 1884, the
cripon the proceeds of which have been paid iDo the
Treasury is S3a a07 9 OF this there was paid dur
ing the years lS43 and "a $37 426 O4 all OF which, how
cver was IN interest scrip Governors SCRIP other
canal The amount Of actual cash paid into
the canal treasury from ls40 first suarter of s43
wes S272 Oe5 3 Of which there been dshursed
SHll27 80 showing balance against the Treasurer Of
$967 ~ For this triing sum- however according 10 H.
inos custom, he Claims to have legal demand or
ofset.


The most mport,nt item in the rerort s the
of the fact that there has been actually disbursed bv the
State Of Illinois, in the construction of the canal nav
OF officers and other expenses properlv
that work the Of IS 039 24s IRON ia
In the spring Of 1896 to the Noyember ad4
In addition this there is due and payable from ha Ga
nal hereafter to be realized either by losn o
otherwise the further Of 81 O83 Gas H. follows
Canal scrip and interest on the same to Dec lst


ioit.s .S4ll,040 81
Canal init btednes, not bearing interest," S0l 67s 10
Ninety day checks, without interest. 3i6 90
Balance due contractors. ............. Sc 692 81
Damages aw arled individuals in running


across private property. -. ....... % 5s7 98
Amount OF scrip issued by Gov Ford, under


the act Of the last Legislature, In payment


OF damages awarded canal contractors upon


slrrep1ernC their contracts. ....... GAG $50 ~
Interest due upon the TO Nov. lst 1884, Ia 900 90
Making the actual cost Of the canal to the pre-


shht ume.. 80, ,l0J 208 IL


To mpete it, six different plans are proposed, as
shown by the report of the Canal Commissioner the
highest estimate OF which - ia &c. and the lowest
S4sb O95 % Sixteen hundred thousand dollars is the
ras' sum the canal men demand complete this work.
which, II obtained 80 pd an AMI tba al