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 Corrected from Report of Commissioner of the General Land Office. |