STATE DEBTS, VALUATION, AND TAXES.

THE following statistics of the finances of the thirty-eight States in the Union have bee derived in most cases from the officers of the States themselves.

* The State of Maryland held $4,454,370 in interest-paying securities of corporations, besides $22,957,93 in unproductive securities.

† Massachusetts held $11,440,917 in sinking fund, January 1, 1877.

Historical and Statistical Table of the United States and Territories, showing
the Area of each in Square Miles and in Acres; the Date of Organization
of Territories; Date of Admission of New States into the Union, with the
Statutory References for each.

Corrected from Report of Commissioner of the General Land Office.

Amount of United States Coin Bonds Outstanding, January 1, 1878.

rency 6's issued to Pacific Railroads, 30 years, from 1865 to 1869.

$64.623,512