VALUATION OF REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATECOUNTY AND TOWN TAXES, &c. It is made the duty of clerks of the boards of supervisors in the several counties, to return annually to the Comptroller's office the valuations of real and personal estate, in such form as shall be prescribed by the Comptroller. Forms for these returns were transmitted to the several clerks during the last summer, and returns have been received from every county in the State. The table annexed to this report, and marked J, gives an abstract of these returns, and shows the number of acres of land in each county, according to Burr's Atlas, and the number of acres assessed; also, the valuation of real and personal estate in each county; the amount of county and town charges, and the rate of taxation upon each dollar of valuation. The following are the total results in the whole State, viz: Aggregate assessed value of real and personal estate, $672,372,487 The total sum levied upon the several towns in the State, for their proportion of county expenses, for the year 1836, is...... Total sum levied upon all the towns and wards in $768,426 39 648,906 90 1,085,130 44 And it makes the aggregate annual amount of tax upon the several towns and counties of the State, $2,502,463 73 This tax will average a little more than one dollar to each inhabitant of the State. The average rate of assessment is a fraction less than 5 mills upon each dollar of the assessed valuation of real and personal estate. The whole number of acres of land, as given in Burr's Atlas, is....... The number of acres assessed (except in a few counties, where the number is given from the Atlas) is.. Difference, 29,220,936 27,650,368 1,570,568 acres. The number of acres assessed in the State is equal to 43,203, square miles; the number of acres given in Burr's Atlas shows 45,657,7 square miles, which is the estimate of the late SurveyorGeneral, Simeon De Witt; and this estimate, as stated in the Atlas published under his authority, "includes the whole surface, except the large lakes." There is a difference between the quantity of land assessed, and the whole area of the State, as given by the Surveyor-General, of 2,454 square miles. This difference is occasioned by the waters (other than the large lakes), which are excluded from the assessments; also, the lands belonging to the State, and not assessed, say half a million of acres; the lands occupied by the canals and other public works; and also, the lands connected with churches, colleges, academies, school-houses, and poor-houses, all of which are free from assessment. The valuations in the whole State, in 1835, were as follows, viz: In 1836, the valuations are as follows, viz. Real estate,. Personal do....... Non-resident debts,.. 125,058,794 3,842,028 $532,418,407 $539,756,874 127,639,486 4,976,127 $672,372,487 $136,239,289 2,580,692 1,134,099 $139,954,080 Showing an increase in the valuation of The statement marked K, shows the counties (15 in number) in which the principal part of this increase in the assessments has been made. Over ninety millions of the total increase is in the city of NewYork. The statement marked L, gives the names of the several incorporated companies in the State liable to taxation, the amount of real estate held by each, the amount of taxable stock, and the amount of tax assessed upon each company for the year 1836. All which is respectfully submitted. A. C. FLAGG, Comptroller. D, Account of moneys received into the treasury. E, Account of warrants on the treasury. F, Loans received by Commissioners of the Canal Fund. H, State prisons. J, Aggregate valuations of real and personal estate; the number of acres of land; the amount of town and county expenses, and the rate of taxation on each dollar of the assessed valuation, in each county of this State. K, Increase and diminution in the valuation of real and per⚫ sonal estate, in several of the counties of this State. L, Corporations, and the amount of tax thereon in each county of this State. |