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| Polls. | Valuation. | Rate per $1,000. | City Tax. | City Debt. |
| 1846 | 3,224 | $9,312,481 | $5.00 | $46,122.59 | $22,000.00 |
| 1847 | 3,387 | 9,806,539 | 5.40 | 52,760.08 | 43,861.27 |
| 1848 | 3,639 | 10,476,230 | 5.50 | 55,967.53 | 51,661.27 |
| 1849 | 3,720 | 10,667,272 | 6.30 | 64,964.79 | 63,661.27 |
| 1850 | 3,436 | 11,469,618 | 6.30 | 68,809.16 | 91,661.27 |
| 1851 | 4,010 | 12,392,440 | 6.30 | 73,478.70 | 116,780.27 |
| 1852 | 4,044 | 13,175,257 | 7.50 | 94,252.19 | 134,800.00 |
| 1853 | 4,298 | 13,599,360 | 6.50 | 82,522.26 | 147,903.68 |
| 1854 | 4,648 | 15,437,100 | 7.10 | 108,604.53 | 146,600.00 |
| 1855 | 4,277 | 16,111,700 | 7.60 | 110,941.73 | 134,100.00 |
| 1856 | 4,806 | 18,038,650 | 7.70 | 125,790.88 | 207,100.00 |
| 1857 | 5,323 | 20,148,150 | 8.00 | 140,892.05 | 240,692.00 |
| 1858 | 4,974 | 20,261,850 | 9.10 | 175,652.74 | 250,692.00 |
| 1859 | 5,572 | 20,603,000 | 8.60 | 168,415.93 | 237,092.00 |
| 1860 | 5,629 | 21,280,700 | 9.00 | 182,977.40 | 257,508.40 |
| 1861 | 5,990 | 21,687,700 | 9.50 | 188,940.08 | 250,670.07 |
| 1862 | 5,615 | 21,527,100 | 10.00 | 169,974.72 | 501,224.28 |
| 1863 | 5,775 | 22,549,200 | 11.00 | 189,702.92 | 603,736.28 |
| 1864 | 6,289 | 23,271,500 | 11.50 | 210,969.23 | 830,236.28 |
| 1865 | 6,594 | 26,085,900 | 15.00 | 267,724.60 | 853,092.00 |
| 1866 | 7,253 | 28,385,700 | 13.20 | 293,562.40 | 871,092.00 |
| 1867 | 7,807 | 31,853,500 | 15.30 | 351,282.98 | 1,161,900.22 |
| 1868 | 8,196 | 34,093,800 | 13.80 | 413,214.43 | 1,262,072.01 |
| 1869 | 8,933 | 39,210,900 | 14.00 | 478,136.10 | 1,389,082.50 |
| 1870 | 9,435 | 43,097,200 | 14.00 | 533,544.40 | 1,671,072.40 |
| 1871 | 10,323 | 46,859,800 | 15.60 | 674,808.92 | 1,970,082.40 |
| 1872 | 10,867 | 55,248,350 | 12.00 | 592,165.46 | 2,184,584.42 |
| 1873 | 11,687 | 62,421,215 | 13.50 | 741,500.00 | 3,126,656.91 |
| 1874 | 11,983 | 66,576,671 | 12.50 | 757,508.36 | 4,399,066.02 |
| 1875 | 11,983 | 66,623,415 | 17.00 | 1,060,396.52 | 4,676,360.73 |
Of this debt $1,395,200 represents what is styled the
Water Loan, which the income of the Water Works is expected gradually to extinguish; and $25,000 represents certain perpetual funds, on which interest only is to be paid.
These two sums being deducted, there remains—
| A balance of outstanding debt | $3,256,160.73 |
| For the payment of this debt, Sinking Funds are provided, amounting nominally to | 605,011.99 |
| —————— |
| Balance to be provided for by taxation | $2,651,148.74 |
A more particular statement of the debt, at the close of the financial year, 1876, is made in the
Mayor's Address, Jan. 1, 1877:—
The total debt of the
City, November 20, 1876, is shown by the following exhibit:—
