The assessed valuation of real and personal property of the city and county of Albany for the year 1858 is as follows:: Total. Towns.... Total.. Real. $11,445,443 00 Personal. $18,277,724 00 25,963,922 11 BANKS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The following is a comparative return of the banks of South Carolina, Octo The change is not material under the influence of the panic. DEBT AND FINANCES OF GEORGIA. From the report of the Controller-General of the State of Georgia we learn that during the fiscal year ending October 21, 1858, the receipts into the Treasury of that State were And the disbursements were, (including subscription of $100,000 to the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad 715,480 64 Leaving available funds in the Treasury.... $130,354 65 To meet the balance unpaid on the appropriations of 1858, amounting to $110,130 43. The payments into the treasury from the net earnings of the Western and Atlantic Railroad were $200,000; in 1857, $108,500, showing an increase of $91,500. It is estimated that the receipts into the treasury from this source alone, during the coming year, will not be less than $300,000. The receipts into the Treasury from all sources, during the coming year, are estimated at $767,906 10; and the expenditures, $548,575-allowing $50,000 for miscel laneous or extraordinary appropriations; so that, after reducing the public debt $45,000, paying the interest on the same, as well as meeting all the ordinary demands upon the treasury, there will still be a surplus of $219,325 10 to apply to a further reduction of the debt, to education, or any other purpose the Legisla ture may direct. The public debt in bonds now amounts to $2,630,500, which will be increased to $3,530,000, when the remainder ($900,000) of the bonds for the subscription to the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad are issued. The following will show the character and amount of the various bonds, and when due : Except the bonds issued, (bearing 7 per cent.) to pay the liabilities of the Central Bank, amounting in all now to $241.000, and which are annually falling due in comparatively small sums, there will be no State bonds due sooner than 1862. There are, however, $289,500 of State bonds issued in 1848 for the benefit of the railroad, and not due until 1863 and 1868, but the State, in issuing them, having reserved to itself the right to redeem them and stop interest at any time after ten years, these bonds can now be redeemed at any time the State chooses to do so. There are also $200,000 7 per cent bonds, issued in 1852, to pay for railroad iron-$100,000 are due in 1862, and the State also reserved to itself the right to redeem the $200,000 in 1862, if it desired to do so. The assessed valuation of the property of the State, exclusive of bank and railroad capital, is $539,055,114, which is an increase of $11,226,151 in one year. The number of slaves is 432,124, valued at $227,468,927. This is an increase of 5,558 since 1857. VALUATION OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK. The following is the equalized valuation for 1858 :-Real estate, $30,279,228; personal, $6,182,230; total, $36,461,448. STATISTICS OF TRADE AND COMMERCE. GENERAL STATISTICS OF NORTH AMERICA. EXHIBITING THE AREA, POPULATION, COMMERCE, REVENUE, ETC., OF EACH GOVERNMENT *All of this territory west of the Rocky Mountains and south of the 55th parallel of latitude has been erected into a new colony, under the title of British Columbia. It contains Frazer River, on which extensive gold fields have been recently discovered. These returns are the latest in possession of the compiler. Probably the values for 1855 were 50 per cent additional. On the authority of the "Almanac de Gotha," 1858. In this summary are included Russian America, the Hudson Bay Company's territories, Dan1sh Greenland, the French fisheries, and Mosquitia. The compiler has searched in vain for specific information on the commerce of these couutries, and hence has been forced to adopt a reasonable estimate. COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES WITH OTHER NORTH AMERICAN STATES. Total..... 646,309 619,348 883,695 105,000 105,000 800,000 591,156 531,899 300,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 $82,219,483 $87,887,434 Add debts of the several States of the United States... $195,730,922 .... 192,026,298 Grand total..... $387,757,220 The amount of debts exhibits only the absolute indebtedness of the various States, etc. Several have also contingent debts, being guaranties issued on account of municipalities, public improvements, etc., and for which they are liable on failure of the original parties to the issue. Thus, Canada has a contingent debt of nearly £10,000,000, and to a smaller extent the other British provinces. The total contingent debt of the several States of the Union in 1855 amounted to $44,767,851. The Indian and other annuities of the United States may also be considered as debt, but which are provided for by an annual appropriation. |