COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE COMMERCE Through Saint Mary's Falls Canal, Mich., for the season of 1895 and 1896. (From the report of G. J. LYDECKER, Lieutenant-Colonel of Engineers, U. S. A.) + The item of Unclassified Freight includes 2358 tons of wool and 31 tons of hides. The United States canal was opened April 21, and closed December 8, 1896-season 232 days. The Canadian canal was opened May 7, and closed December 10, 1896-season 218 days. United States canal was open to navigation during the season of 1895, 231 days. EXPORTS OF HOG PRODUCTS. Quantities and value of exports of hog products from the United States to France and Germany from 1876 to 1896, inclusive. STATE VALUATIONS OF PROPERTY FOR TAXATION In the State of Illinois, from 1839 to 1896, inclusive; also the public debt of the State for the same time. NOTE.-Up to 1850 only the aggregate valuations in the several counties were reported to the State officers, and from 1852 to 1857, inclusive, a few counties returned only the aggregates; hence the details of real estate and personal property valuations are not complete for those years. In 1867 and 1868 the details of valuation are not entirely correct, owing to changes by the operation of the equalization law. Since 1868 the valuations are as equalized. The total valuations in each of the several years are correct and official. The valuations for 1873 as equalized are largely in excess of any previous year. In 1874 some changes were made in the manner of equalizing the assessments, resulting in reducing all the valuations, especially those of railroad property. The State debt, as noted, represents it as it stood on the 1st of January in each of the several years to 1869; in 1869 and 1870, as it stood December 1; in 1871, as it stood December 31; from 1872 to 1879, as it stood December 1 CHICAGO REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY. Valuation for purposes of taxation, also the taxes levied, and the public debt of the city in each year since 1852. Real est. Pers. prop. Real est. Pers. prop. Real est. Pers. prop. Total Rate of taxation. Total city debt of the city. $4,414,466 $1,844,280 $2,357,642 449,350 36,553,380 1 3-10 513,614 1,885,000 638,137 633,508 1862 16,165,540 113.472.359 7,372,235 5,306,462 2,491,100 312,072,995 1 8-10 14,239,685 17,188,950 12,290,145 17,078,950 NOTE. From 1851 to 1862, inclusive, a lamp tax of half a mill to two mills was levied on certain portions of the city, and is included in the above total 585,080 37,053,512 9-10 of 1 per ct. 373,050 2,336,000 670,285 36,352,380 1 2-10 per cent. 550,968 2,362,000 707,435 37,139,845 1 4-10 564,038 2,028,000 5,807,465 716,150 42,667,324 2 853,346 3,422,500 5,967,113 1,120,744 48,732,782 2 974,655 3,544,500 6,849,745 2,572,985 64,709,177 2 1,294,183 3,701,000 8,628,883 1,693,765 85,953,250 2 1,719,065 4,369,000 23,610,900 5,568,474 195,026,844 1 3-10 " 2,518,472 4,757,500 3,223,458 6,484,500 5,502,059 266,024,880 12 3,990,373 7,882,500 8,499,610 37,272,420 5,217,670 275,986,550 12 4,138,798 11,362,726 38,592,080 4,784,900 289,746,470 1 2,897,464 14,103,000 29,112,470 2,100,490 284,197,430 1% 4,262,961 13,546,000 |